Chapter 98: Zhuhai Small Factory (Ch 829461638)

“The Xuanwu series processor chips independently developed by Huateng Semiconductor? What is Huateng Semiconductor?”
After learning that Huateng Semiconductor was seeking cooperation, most manufacturers expressed doubts and confusion.
Since Apple released its first smartphone in 2007, the mobile processor chip market has undergone a major turning point.
Many technology companies have entered the mobile processor chip market, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to gain more market share.
Among the companies participating in this competition are Texas Instruments, Innovent, GOOG and other technology companies.
The development of early smartphone chips was highly competitive, and eventually, among the many manufacturers, some of the old-line manufacturers gradually fell behind, leaving only a few major manufacturers.
Currently, there are only a few manufacturers in the Android market: Gaotong, HiSilicon, MediaTek, and Sanxin.
The sudden emergence of Huateng Semiconductor has really left some manufacturers confused.
However, these manufacturers quickly came to their senses. After all, Huateng Microelectronics has been thriving in the screen panel market recently.
Huateng Semiconductor and Huateng Microelectronics have the same name, which makes many manufacturers immediately think of the connection between the two companies.
After Huateng achieved good results in the screen panel field, it unexpectedly entered the chip semiconductor field?
When they looked at the relevant data of the Xuanwu processor chip, these mobile phone manufacturers could no longer sit still.
The Xuanwu processor chip is very outstanding in terms of configuration and process design. Even from the configuration introduction, you can’t tell that this is a manufacturer that has just designed the chip.
And the content released this time also includes the quotation for the entire processor chip.
Compared with the quotations of mainstream processors on the market, the quotation of Xuanwu processors is extremely cost-effective.
This has also led some manufacturers to start moving towards the Xuanwu processor chips.
The most excited one among them was Huang Chang from Zhuhai Small Factory!
Zhuhai Xiaochang was originally a technology company specializing in MP3 and MP4 players.
In the early days, small factories in Zhuhai had already adopted Sanxin’s chips when making these MP3 and MP4, which laid the foundation for cooperation with Sanxin!
As the first domestic technology company to make smartphones, the small Zhuhai factory launched its first smartphone, the M8, and the chip used in this product is still from Sanxin.
From 2009 to 2013, all products of the small Zhuhai factory used Sanxin’s processor chips.
Since the small Zhuhai factory first cooperated with MediaTek in 2014, most of the products it launched have adopted MediaTek and Samxin processor chips.
Even when all manufacturers were using MediaTek’s processor chips in mid- and low-end products, the small Zhuhai factory was already using it in its flagship products.
However, due to the issue of patent fees, a huge conflict arose between the small factory in Zhuhai and the largest manufacturer in the chip industry, Gaotong.
Gaotong is not only the leader in the chip and communication fields, but also has a very large say in the supply chain industry. Due to Gaotong’s reasons, Sanxin finally chose to part ways with the small factory in Zhuhai.
Therefore, during this period, the small factory in Zhuhai could only cautiously choose to use MediaTek’s processor chips. It was precisely because of this reason that the development of the small factory in Zhuhai has gradually declined in recent years.
Before entering the 5G era, the processor chips released by MediaTek had many problems, and in terms of performance and other configurations, they were far inferior to those of the same generation.
Later in 2017, very big problems arose within the small factory in Zhuhai, and the actions of key figures forced Huang Chang, who had already retired, to come out and take power again.
It was not until 2018 that the relationship with Gaotong began to gradually ease and a relative reconciliation was reached between the two parties.
However, at this time, Gaotong did not give the small Zhuhai factory the relatively flagship processor chip, the Fire Dragon 845, but directly gave the other party the previous generation of mid-range processor chip, the Fire Dragon 660.
This kind of treatment makes the small factory in Zhuhai feel a little aggrieved. After all, all major manufacturers can use the latest Fire Dragon 845, and even if they cannot use the Fire Dragon 85, they can use the mid-range Fire Dragon 710.
As for the Fire Dragon 660, although it is a top-notch mid-range product, the small Zhuhai factory does not have any advantages at all in the current market.
“The test data of the Xuanwu processor chip is very good, and it is not inferior to the processor chips currently on the market!”
“Gaotong is currently unable to provide us with the latest processor chips. Even if they are willing to sell them to us, we will be the last technology company to get the products. Instead of this, we should choose Huateng…”
Although Huang Chang did not graduate from a formal university, he was indeed very good at vision. At this moment, he seemed to have made up his mind.
You have to know that the current smartphone market is all about timing, which includes the first release of components, and is also one of the ways for smartphones to occupy the market.
For this reason, many smartphone companies currently want to be the first to release processor chips, as whoever is the first to release them will be able to attract more consumers.
Compared with the manufacturers that released the products later, the advantages of components have been greatly reduced.
If a product with the same configuration is released four or five months after the first launch, it is basically equivalent to missing the market.
This is the crisis that the small factory in Zhuhai is facing now. Although the company can now get the Fire Dragon processor chip, it is definitely not one of the manufacturers that got it in the first batch, and it is not even in the second batch.
Instead of waiting so hard and waiting for the market to completely disappear, it is better to choose to embrace other manufacturers again and obtain better components in advance.
“Hurry up and send someone to Huateng Semiconductor. Maybe we can have some cooperation with Huateng Microelectronics at that time. If we can get the power supply of components from Huateng Semiconductor and Huateng Microelectronics, then our company will have room for a comeback!”
There was a solemn look in Huang Chang’s eyes. The small factory in Zhuhai was currently in dire straits, and there was no other way but to burn its boats.
At the same time, other manufacturers with the same idea include Smartisan Technology, which has reached a cooperation with Huateng Microelectronics.
Since Luo Smartisan got the latest order, Smartisan Technology Company has also begun to gradually prepare for the launch of new products.
After obtaining the screen provided by Huateng Microelectronics, the medium-sized vertical company specially released the Hammer R1 mobile phone in May of this year, but the price of this product did shock netizens.
The final price of the Fire Dragon 845 plus the current 2k straight screen of Huateng Microelectronics is actually 3999 yuan.
Such a price has once again dealt a huge blow to the reputation of Hammer. After all, one month before the release of Hammer Technology, Xiaomi released the Mi Phone 8 with a starting price of only 2,699 yuan.
Even the exploration version equipped with a 2k curved screen is only priced at 3499.