nycdaug Chapter 126 Nonproliferation Agreements
Chapter 126 Nonproliferation Agreements
Chapter 126 Nonproliferation Agreements
Although Mortal Technology's acquisition of CDMA and its involvement in the semiconductor industry has touched the foundation of Qualcomm.
But Qualcomm can understand that it doesn't take ordinary people's technology too seriously.
After all, mortal technology has just started, and it is no exaggeration to say that it has nothing, and it will take a long time to grow.
And Intel, which has been eyeing the mobile chip market, is Qualcomm's most dangerous opponent at the moment!
Intel not only has excellent chip design capabilities, but also has an advanced fab, and is the overlord in the field of PC chips.
Once it obtains the CDMA authorization of Mortal Technology, becomes a full Netcom, and enters the field of mobile chips on a large scale, Qualcomm may not be able to withstand it!
The reason why CDMA technology is Qualcomm's money printing machine has brought him endless wealth.
It is precisely because of the existence of monopoly that there are basically no authorized objects, except for a Lianfa department.
In this way, other companies can only buy Qualcomm chips or basebands and give them money.Even Apple.
And now that Mortal Technology has bought CDMA technology, once it licenses it aggressively, Qualcomm's money will be cut off!
Therefore, Qualcomm has to reposition its cooperation with Mortal Technology, and even if it makes some compensation, it must limit the other party's wanton diffusion of technology.
In the conference room, negotiations are underway.
The president of Qualcomm China Region is still Zhu Jingwei, who didn't beat around the bush, and cut straight to the point: "Wang Dong must also understand that things are rare and expensive. The reason why CDMA makes money is because there are very few authorized ones. I hope that Wang Dong will not Authorize externally, so that everyone is better."
Wang Fan shook his head: "Mr. Zhu is half right. Rare things are more expensive, and making money is certain, but it is you Qualcomm who make money, not us mortal technology."
Just like VIA before, it also has CDMA technology, but it can't compete with Qualcomm at all. It can only earn some income with the 55nm baseband in stock, which is not enough at all, and is still on the verge of bankruptcy.
Zhu Jingwei paused in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "What is Director Wang's attitude towards CDMA authorization?"
"You know, there isn't much market for VIA's 55nm stock basebands. We can't make money in this area, so we can only rely on authorization." Wang Fan said deliberately: "Just now Intel came and offered a good deal..."
"Wang Dong agreed?" Zhu Jingwei asked hurriedly.
Wang Fan shook his head: "There is such an intention, but it hasn't been finalized yet."
Zhu Jingwei breathed a sigh of relief: "Frankly speaking, the purpose of this trip is to reach an agreement on the non-proliferation of CDMA technology with Mortal Technology, which is beneficial to both of us."
Wang Fan sighed: "It's a bit difficult. It won't hurt us much if it spreads. It's better to let go of the authorization directly and make a lot of money. Like Samsung and Apple, they don't have CDMA."
Zhu Jingwei's face changed drastically. Indeed, once Mortal Technology authorized CDMA technology to other companies, they would not earn much and would not be affected.
But Qualcomm is different. Once Apple, Samsung, Intel, etc. are authorized to make full Netcom, then who needs Qualcomm?
"As long as Director Wang does not proliferate authorization, we can make sufficient compensation." Zhu Jingwei said.
"Oh? What compensation?" Wang Fan asked.
Zhu Jingwei took out a document and handed it over: "As long as Mortal Technology doesn't spread CDMA authorization, we will not only immediately stop restrictions on Mortal Technology, but also give you free patent licenses for 5 years, and sell 810 to you at a low price!"
Free patent license for 5 years!Qualcomm can be regarded as the capital.
But there is no way, CDMA is one of their fundamentals, once it is released, Qualcomm's profits will drop sharply, or even cut in half.
With this condition, Wang Fan was a little moved. As long as he made a mobile phone, he couldn't get around Qualcomm's patents, unless he never went abroad for the rest of his life.
Moreover, since Huaxia launched the monopoly investigation of Qualcomm, the domestic situation has also changed.
It is estimated that Huaxia ZF may make big moves for the protection of patent property rights.
The reason is simple. When you investigate Qualcomm’s monopoly, how can you ignore that Chinese companies do not pay patent fees?
What's more, respect for intellectual property rights will be one of the criteria for the rise of a great power. It is only a matter of time before Huaxia will take this step.
Even the "patent-free" model of the domestic market will be gone forever.
Otherwise, Xiaomi, Haier, Tianyu, etc. will not take the initiative to send money to the door and start patent licensing negotiations with Qualcomm.
Even the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung, which has been tossing for more than two years, is about to come to fruition.
Apple's patent lawsuit against Ericsson was settled outside the office.
In the end it turned out to be Apple paying Ericsson a one-time fee, with subsequent fees depending on usage.
Even Apple, the giant in the industry, is in awe of patents and respects the protection of intellectual property rights, let alone Chinese companies?
As for CDMA licensing, everyone has selfish motives. Wang Fan paid a price to buy it, and it is impossible to contribute it selflessly.
Although he does not seem to be short of money at the moment, it is only temporary.
A fab costs tens of billions, and it also cost billions to purchase various network authorizations.
There are too many places to burn money, and Wang Fan doesn't plan to rely on Huaxia ZF. In the future, he will develop greatly, and all expenses must be solved by himself!
Therefore, there must be enough ways to make money, and CDMA is one of them.
And he does not rely on VIA's 55nm technology, but has its own advanced baseband layout.Such indifferent remarks are nothing but a bargaining chip for strengthening negotiations.
Everyone wants monopoly profits. If VIA hadn't been in a downturn and had no hope of turning around, it wouldn't have been authorized to Lianfa until the end of last year, and there were even other forces driving it.
As for domestic companies, the last time we negotiated with Huawei, we learned that Huawei is negotiating with Qualcomm to purchase CDMA licenses, and basically reached an agreement.
The reason why Qualcomm authorized Warwick is of course conditional.
Huawei's shipments of over [-] million yuan are hot on Qualcomm's eyes. In the future, many of Huawei's mobile phones sold abroad will use Qualcomm's chips. This is the basis for authorization!
Therefore, Wang Fan said: "In this way, the patent authorization fee will be exempted for 5 years, and each of our companies will reserve a CDMA authorization quota."
Zhu Jingwei thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes, but there is a condition that it cannot be Intel, Apple, or Samsung!"
Although Apple and Samsung have their own chips, they do not have CDMA authorization, so they can only plug in Qualcomm's baseband, which is also a major source of income for Qualcomm!
Wang Fan laughed: "Mr. Zhu, what joke are you kidding! Huawei's authorization is taken by you, Qualcomm. If you exclude these three companies, who do you want me to sell to?!"
There are many chips, but there are not many large-scale ones.
Except for Huawei, Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung, and the authorized Lianfa Technology, few people will spend more than one billion Huaxia coins to buy CDMA licenses for several years?
Zhu Jingwei sighed, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that Director Wang's investigation is very clear. Anyway, this quota will not be limited, but the free authorization period will be changed to 2 years. 810 can't give it to you either."
No matter who Wang Fan authorizes to, it is not a good thing for Qualcomm, but it is much better than authorizing them all at once.
For such conditions, Wang Fan is still acceptable, and the 2-year free period is enough for Wang Fan to carry out patent layout.
As for two years later, it is not certain who will pay the patent fee to whom!
The 810 is even more indifferent. Wang Fan is going to make his own chips, even buy a lithography machine, and build a fab. Who cares about his 810?
(End of this chapter)