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Chapter 441 Preparation for 5G

With the coercion of the two brands of Samsung and Dianyan, the current OnePlus canceled the original press conference.

After all, the level of OnePlus 3 this time is really incomparable with these two brands of mobile phones, and holding a press conference now is simply asking for humiliation.

At the end of July, OnePlus mobile phone 3 officially entered the Oga Mall. This time, OnePlus chose a low-key way to show itself, and at the same time lowered the price to get more sales.

This time, in order to show a certain cost performance, OnePlus 3 chose to lower the price to the starting price of 3499 yuan.

Use this price to get more consumer recognition, so as to get better sales.

July and August are relatively quiet months, and various mobile phone manufacturers are accumulating strength and preparing for mobile phone competition in the second half of the year.

After all, the second half of the year is a good time for various mobile phones to really compete, and each mobile phone manufacturer has certain ambitions and wants to achieve good enough results in this witness.

And now is also the time when the era of mobile phones is changing, communication technology has undergone substantial changes, and the original 4G mobile phone market has also begun to shift to the 5G mobile phone market.

Various manufacturers are thinking about releasing their own 5G mobile phones to gain market position.

Of course, among many manufacturers, the only mobile phone that does not consider 5G should be Apple.

After all, Apple has not really mastered 5G communication technology, nor has it been authorized by any communication technology company for 5G networks.

This makes Apple very sad now. After all, it has a stalemate with Qualcomm, which makes it impossible for them to get the technical support of 5G networks.

Just when Apple was at a loss, a newly established communication company found Apple.

Tianxin Company, this is a very young company and behind him is Tong Hao, the big boss of Tianyu.

Although this communication technology company has only been established for two years, it has developed very rapidly in the past two years. Of course, Tong Hao, the boss behind the scene, has not injected less funds into this company.

Basically, this communication company needs to spend nearly billions of funds every year to develop new communication technologies.

The continuous investment has enabled this brand new communication technology company to master more than 5% of the global 32G technology patents in such a short period of time, becoming the second largest communication technology company in the world.

And this time I came to the United States to be able to have a deeper cooperation with Apple.

After all, the current Apple can be said to be at a loss, and it has no real strength to develop 5G technology.

I deliberately chose to cooperate with Apple in August in order to be able to delay for some time, so that the next-generation works released by Apple cannot use 5G baseband chips.

Apple started producing mobile phones in June of this year. Even if Apple now obtains a 5G baseband chip, it cannot be applied to mobile phones.

Anyway, Apple will not use 5G baseband this year, and next year Apple will consider reconciliation with Qualcomm to obtain 5G baseband technology.

Instead of letting Qualcomm grab the business this time, it is better for Tianxin to do it by itself.

After all, the current company invests a lot, but has no real source of income, which is relatively abnormal for the company's development.

Obtaining a certain source of income by selling 5G baseband chips is also a feasible direction for the company's development.

After all, if the current Apple company does not cooperate with its own company, it will eventually cooperate with Qualcomm. Both Qualcomm and Apple are among the best companies in the world. If these two companies cooperate, I am afraid that the resulting image is something that Tong Hao does not want to see.

Cook hesitated a little after learning about the arrival of Tianxin Company, and finally chose to discuss with the other party.

After all, 5G technology is now an irreversible communication technology.

Apple has been criticized by many people for its communications.

After all, the signal of Apple's mobile phone is far worse than other mobile phones to be honest.

Especially after Apple and Qualcomm have completely turned over the years, Apple cannot use Qualcomm's baseband, which makes Apple have no advantage in communication technology at all.

And now that Tianxin Company has arrived, it is like sending charcoal to Apple in a timely manner.

"Tassy is a relatively well-known communication technology company in the world. We own more than 30% of the world's 5G patented technology and have very strong communication capabilities."

This time it was Cheng Peng, the current general manager of Tianxin, who came to Apple.

Cheng Peng was originally the deputy general manager of Qualcomm, but was squeezed out by communication executives and shareholders, and finally left Qualcomm to join the current Tianxin Company and became the general manager of Tianxin Company.

This person not only has a professional technical level, but also has a very good vision in communication technology. Having him as the general manager of the company is conducive to the development of the company now.

After listening to what the other party said and looking at the relevant baseband chip information handed over by the other party, Cook also showed a hint of hesitation on his face.

Tianxin X10 chip, this is Tianxin's first-generation plug-in baseband chip, which allows mobile phones to successfully connect to 5G networks, and also incorporates millimeter wave reception.

5G communications in China and abroad are actually different. Foreign countries basically connect to the network based on millimeter waves, and this chip can connect to 5G networks both in China and internationally.

And now this processor chip is a very good choice for the current Apple company.

In terms of overall level, it is not much worse than the X50 baseband released by Qualcomm recently, not to mention that this chip is relatively cheap this time.

The price of 5G baseband chips released by companies like Qualcomm basically reached nearly [-] US dollars.

And this time the price of the baseband chip can be described as very favorable, and the price of each baseband chip is only a mere twenty dollars.

Compared with Qualcomm's baseband chip, it can be said to be 2/3 cheaper.

The current relationship between Apple and Qualcomm is very stiff. Even if Apple can negotiate with Qualcomm on the need for cooperation, it still needs to pay a certain amount of compensation.

Apple, Gao Tongxu and him in Xiangyuan Time and Space spent almost billions of dollars with him, which was unacceptable to Apple.

Not only did he lose money, but his face was swollen by Qualcomm. This is not what Cook wanted to see.

And now this brand new 5G baseband chip does meet the current needs of Apple, and Cook is also very satisfied with this 5G baseband chip.

However, Cook is also worried about being stuck by the other party, and even afraid that the other party will not continue to supply him after the cooperation is negotiated.

"We are still very excited about the cooperation that your company said, but we still have some concerns. I don't know how much your company's chip production will be in a year!"

Cook did not directly agree to the other party, but wanted to know the output of the 5G baseband chips produced by the other party first so that he could make his own decision.

According to the current situation of Apple's annual mobile phone releases, basically each generation of mobile phones has a hot sales period of almost two years.

The iphoneX released last year counts.The next-generation iPhone 11 will be sold for another year after it comes out.

In the past two years, the total sales volume of the first-generation products has basically reached more than 5 million, and Apple also needs enough [-]G baseband chips to meet the output of its own products.

"We jointly produce such chips with Huateng Semiconductor. Since the production process of this chip is relatively simple, we can produce nearly 2 million chips a year."

Cheng Peng looked at the expectant face of the other party, and also said the current output of his company. Of course, the so-called output of [-] million is only a conservative estimate.

According to the current level of the company, it is much simpler to produce such a baseband chip than a mobile phone processor chip.

The baseband chip itself is a part of the mobile phone processor, and it is not even 1/5 of the mobile phone processor chip in terms of volume.

The current Huateng Company has expanded many production lines, and there has been an overcapacity in the production of processor chips. It is also very easy to produce such a large number of baseband chips.

More than 2 million!
Cook secretly rejoiced in his heart, obviously he also has an idea now, after all, in his opinion, this is a very good opportunity.

"Our Apple company is also very much looking forward to cooperating with your company. Of course, our Apple company needs at least [-] million baseband chips every year. If your company is willing, we are willing to sign a three-year supply agreement with your company!"

Cook still values ​​5G baseband chips very much now, and now he even wants to spend a lot of money directly to buy so many 5G baseband chips.

Signing for such a long time is also to ensure the interests of Apple's mobile phones. In Cook's view, almost [-] million baseband chips per year are necessary. This is to enable Apple to better realize the advantages of communication technology.

Three years, whether it is long or short, and the supply of at least [-] million per year can prevent Apple from being stuck.

With 40 million baseband chips and a total revenue of 10 billion U.S. dollars per year, telecommunication companies can still earn nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars in total revenue every year after excluding production costs and scientific research. A total revenue of [-] billion U.S. dollars can make the company develop faster .

And this time, Apple directly wants to sign a contract for three years, which is a very good thing for Tianxin now.

"Three years doesn't mean it won't work, it's just that our chips may arrive in several batches. I don't know if your company is willing!"

Cheng Peng looked at Cook in front of him, and said to the current Cook with a hint of expectation in his eyes, it is obvious that the current cooperation is obviously conducive to better communication between the two parties.

However, the supply of chips this time still needs to be supplied in batches according to the output produced by Huateng Company.

Cook is bound to win the current chip. After all, the current Apple company can no longer wait for its pig teammates to produce 5G technology. The manufacturer will replace it.

And the Tianxin company that came now is simply sending charcoal in the snow, giving Apple a chance to compete with other friends again.

"Of course, Apple is very happy to have such a partner. I also hope that our cooperation will go further in the future."

Cook doesn't have much opinion on this, after all, he now needs a communication company that can really help him.

And the current X10 baseband chip of Tianxin Communication Company is simply the best baseband chip they need. With such a baseband chip, Apple can use 5G technology for the first time on mobile phones next year.

The two companies can be said to need each other's technology, and now Tianxin needs more funds to develop communication technology.

As Apple, the buyer of baseband chips, what they need is communication technology, and they are not short of money.

The cooperation between the two companies can be said to be complementary to each other, and it is also a win-win cooperation.

Cheng Peng officially signed a cooperation agreement with Apple, and this time the cooperation agreement was signed for three years.

After completing this cooperation with Apple, Cheng Peng couldn't wait to bring his team back to China, and he wanted to tell his big boss the news.

On the other side, Huateng Company is also making technological breakthroughs.

As a top manufacturer in the semiconductor industry, this time Huateng Company wants to successfully break through the technology to the five-nanometer process technology.

5nm is a very large threshold, and it is also the most sought-after new process technology in the semiconductor industry.

And now the top semiconductor companies such as Samsung and TSMC are frantically exploring the new 5nm process.

As the current Huateng company is also frantically exploring.

"We just got the latest news. It seems that TSMC seems to be able to produce processor chips with a 5nm process, but the yield rate is relatively low!"

Zhang Rujin is full of resentment towards his former employer. As for TSMC's technology, he wants to catch up crazily.

And now Huateng is also starting to make technological breakthroughs. It is expected that it will be able to produce processor chips with a 5-nanometer process next year. level.

"It seems that next year will be a seven-nanometer processor chip, but I heard that you have made a technological breakthrough this time. I don't know where the breakthrough is!"

Tong Hao has also come to Huateng Company now, and what he is looking forward to now is how many technical breakthroughs the other party will make this time.

This time I came to Huateng Company, mainly to see the first-generation integrated processor chip newly developed by the other party.

Although 5G mobile phones have appeared now, everyone knows that the current 5G processor chips are basically all plug-in baseband chips.

Compared with the current integrated processor chip, the external processor chip is indeed slightly inferior.

First of all, the external chip will occupy a certain amount of space, which will affect the internal space of the mobile phone, which is not a good thing for a mobile phone.

After all, the current space in the mobile phone can be described as an inch of land, and enough space can be left, and it can also make the mobile phone have a better room for development.

Moreover, the external chip needs to be given a separate amount of power, which makes the power consumption of the mobile phone a headache.

At the same time, the plug-in chip does not support dual-card standby 5G, and only supports single-card 5G applications.

Of course, the last point is that the beholder sees benevolence, and the wise see wisdom.

However, the shift from plug-ins to centralization is the current development trend of mobile phones, and this is a point that all mobile phone manufacturers are very sure of.

"This time the Huateng G760 integrated processor chip is produced. Of course, this time we have also made certain improvements to this chip!"

“这一次我们采用的依旧是4+4的CPU架构，只不过这一次我们使用的4颗A76的核心中的一颗大核心从2.4Ghz升级到了2.65Ghz，另外的4颗小的A55核心从1.8Ghz升级到了1.85Ghz。”

Although the processing core this time is the continuation of Huateng G760, even in terms of architecture, it is also a 4+4 core architecture, but increasing the frequency of a large core with a main frequency makes the CPU performance stronger.

It can also be said that this time the processor chip is actually a 1+3+4 architecture.

Of course, such an architecture of increasing the frequency will improve the performance of the mobile phone to a certain level on weekdays, but the power consumption and heat generation will also increase.

Fortunately, Huateng's second-generation 7-nanometer process technology is used this time, so that the power consumption and heat generation of the mobile phone are not much different from the original G760.

"This time we still use the original GPU and ISP in terms of GPU and ISP, but we have increased the AI ​​computing power by nearly 30% in terms of DSP!"

This time the latest integrated processor chip, to be honest, also has a little bit of toothpaste in it. After all, this time the processor chip uses the original modules in terms of GPU and ISP.

The CPU has undergone a slight super frequency modification, and the improvement of DSP is basically not obvious.

This time, Huateng showed the characteristics of the toothpaste factory very realistically. Even Intel would praise the other party for learning well after seeing the processor chip launched by Huateng this time.

"We named this processor chip the Huateng G770 processor chip, and it can reach a score of about 34 in the running scores of the engineering machine tested. If it is specially optimized, it should be able to reach 35 or even It's 36!"

Of course, due to the magical modification of the CPU, the processor chip of this mobile phone has also increased from the original 30 points to 34 points.

Of course, if the model is adapted later, this processor chip can basically reach a score of 35 to 36.

"I think the name of the processor this time is a bit bad. Since it is still a continuation of the Huateng G760 processor, how can it be regarded as a new generation of processor?"

Tong Hao is somewhat dissatisfied with the naming of the processor this time, after all, this processor chip is not a so-called real replacement.

Zhang Rujin heard what his chairman said, and he didn't have any objections. After all, this processor chip is actually a modified version of G760.

"This processor chip is called Huateng G765!"

After thinking about it, Tang Hao finally gave this new processor chip a new name.

(End of this chapter)