Chapter 742: Survival of the Fittest

April 18, Saturday.

It was drizzling in Lin'an.

Fang Zhuo strolled around the hazy West Lake and left his second hometown in a bad mood.

The factory construction in Lin'an was going smoothly. The Qimonda team that flew from Germany was also satisfied with Bingxin's actions and officially started cooperation negotiations.

If nothing unexpected happens, Qimonda will sign an agreement with Bingxin at the end of this month. After all, Fang Zhuo had been in contact with Qimonda before it was separated from the parent company last year, and the attitudes of both parties were quite consistent.

The content of the cooperation is that Qimonda will transfer and license 110nm, 90nm, and 80nm DRAM groove technology to Bingxin for the development and sales of various niche storage.

Storage DRAM is divided into mainstream and niche types. The former is for PC, server and other needs, while the latter is used for TV, monitoring, network communication, car entertainment and other needs.

Niche storage is relatively low-end and mainly customized, accounting for only about 10% of the total memory market share.

Considering Bingxin's technical strength, the needs of the relevant industrial chain, and the price war among the big players in the memory market, Qiu Ciyun, Hu Zhengming, and Qimonda's head Luo Jianhua all believed that it was more appropriate for Bingxin to take niche storage as the starting point of DRAM.

As Qimonda's first independent partner, Luo Jianhua expressed his sincerity by adding an extension clause. If necessary, the two parties will expand their cooperation in the production of standard memory chips in the future.

Fang Zhuo quite recognized this attitude of cooperation and agreed with Bingxin's starting with niche storage.

According to the time, Bingxin's storage factory in Lin'an will be able to complete construction and digest technology within the year, and will be put into production at the earliest next year.

In other words, it will be put into production next year in 2007, which is not far from the reshuffle of the 2008 financial crisis, just right for picking and choosing to enter the mainstream storage field.

Lin'an's storage future is worth imagining.

However, the reality in front of him still made Fang Zhuo frown.

As soon as the news of the change of the head of the station came, he immediately asked people to inquire about the situation from different channels.

Sure enough, the Taiwan Journalists seemed to be really interested in making another move in the United States.

Fang Zhuo informed Zhang Rujing of the vague news, and fearing that the other party would not take it seriously, he also called Secretary-General Jiang Shangzhou.

As a result, the two people's attitudes were quite consistent, and they would deal with the situation as it came.

Zhang Rujing said, "We have complied with the terms of the settlement agreement, which is impeccable. The technology of the new process was introduced from Belgium. Mr. Fang, you also know this. How can Taiwan Journalists sue?"

Fang Zhuo sighed and said, "I believe what you said, Mr. Zhang, but I am afraid of one thing, that the referee will be biased."

Zhang Rujing was silent for a long time after hearing Mr. Fang say this.

In the end, he could only say, "It hasn't happened yet, do your best."

That was all he could do.

In addition to communicating with SMIC, Fang Zhuo paid attention to Liang Mengsong, who appeared in the management change of Taiwan Journalists. Dr. Liang was not affected by the butterfly effect and was elected as the vice president of R&D of Taiwan Journalists as he wished.

After hearing the news, Fang Zhuo called Dr. Liang with a heavy heart, intending to comfort him.

However, before he could say a few words, or even start to express his intention, the other party flatly refused and claimed that "even if I sit on the bench at Taiji, I will not go to Bingxin."

Such words are somewhat hurtful.

Even if Mr. Fang's heart is as strong as a rock, it has been scratched a little.

Immediately, he held the phone and realized the element again. After he got through, he didn't mention the bench or not. Dr. Liang said what he felt in his heart.

It seems that this person is still very concerned about the unexpected failure in his heart.

Now there is a problem. Fang Zhuo is afraid that even if Dr. Liang leaves Taiji, he will not come to Bingxin, and will turn around and go to Samsung with his Korean wife. If that happens...

Fang Zhuo feels that he has to quietly destroy the flower with a ruthless hand and resolutely help to eliminate the violations in the industry.

Taiji is a rival, and Samsung is also a rival with its wealth and power.

Liang Mengsong's news was mixed, and the new head of Taiji brought a completely bad news as soon as he took office. He announced the customer attitude to the media.

Because of Taiji's advanced technology, the cost of 65nm is expected to be lower than 90nm, so many customers will consider skipping the foundry products directly.

Bingxin is still struggling to make 90nm risk trial production, while others are considering skipping this generation. It was originally drinking soup, and this time even the soup has become less. It's really one step fast, one step fast, one step slow, one step slow.

Fortunately, Taiji will probably carry out large-scale mass production in the third or fourth quarter, leaving some time for orders.

According to Qiu Ciyun, Bingxin's small profits and quick turnover need to be thinner to increase its competitiveness.

On the way back to Shanghai from Lin'an, Fang Zhuo has been thinking about the changes represented by various news, and just when he arrived in Shanghai, his secretary mentioned the latest news that Penguin has officially entered the campus social networking and launched "QQ Alumni".

QQ Alumni...

This name is really straightforward.

Fang Zhuo had no emotional reaction to Penguin's actions, he was just curious whether its rapid entry into the campus social arena would lead to a different situation.

"Mr. Fang, this matter is being discussed on Zhihu." The secretary continued to report, "Everyone is taking stock of the various fields that Penguin has entered. There used to be three major portals. Penguin has become the portal. Now there are emerging e-commerce companies. Penguin has done photography. Shooting, including game platforms, Xiaonei network and other unexpected successes, Penguin also used traffic to follow up. They said that Penguin did not do anything. "

Fang Zhuo asked curiously: "What didn't you do?"

"Penguin has no involvement in Baidu's search track," the secretary replied.

Fang Zhuo laughed and waved his hands: "It'll be a matter of time."

With Penguin's online alumni and direct reference to the school network, not only Zhihu, but also online media such as Sohu, Sina, and NetEase have sparked a heated discussion.

Since its launch, Penguin has become more and more adept at using its traffic advantage, but it seems to have gone too far.

However, this discussion did not sway Penguin, and two days later, Penguin made up for the discussion - Penguin entered the search track and launched "SouSou", completing another use of traffic.

It was also because of the launch of Sosou that a vice president-level executive from Penguin asked rhetorically and expressed his position in an interview with the media.

“Aren’t our traffic and our users what we have earned through hard work?”

"If it were you, wouldn't you take advantage of this?"

“When doing business and doing projects, of course you have to bring out your own strengths.”

"Not to mention the alumni network, we are also considering creating a Zhihu. I believe that even Mr. Fang can understand the logic of our product development."

"The market is like this, survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest."

After the school and Sosou, Vice President Penguin used the power of traffic to call President Fang and named Zhihu.