Chapter 779: Breaking Moore's Law

What to do?

Now it's a bit hard to compare with technology and price.

It's embarrassing!

It can't be said that the factory price doesn't make a penny.

In that case, what else are you going to do?

This is busy every year, and it is a busy job in vain?

This is not a company like this! Especially a high-tech company. Every year, you need to invest a lot of money in research. Now that the product is not profitable, how can you have the funds for scientific research?

When the time comes, you don't have the money to invest in scientific research, and in the end the technology gets worse and worse, which eventually leads to a bigger and bigger gap between the two sides, and then there will be no future.

This was eventually eliminated from the market.

"If we don't reduce the price, we must always maintain a little profit!" Qin Feng thought for a long time, "We can't sell it without making money." ”

360 yuan, so how do you get so many vendors?

"They sell Celeron 2 differently and can only make so much. We don't want to compete with Yang 2 and let them earn less!" Qin Feng said, "I believe that Intel will also be very unhappy." The price is too low. Now it's up to us to see who can hold on! Especially now that our Loongson is already competing for Yang 2. Don't worry about consumer choice. ”

Now, Intel is going to use an absolute price war to drive Loongson out of the market. Then, Qin Feng gritted his teeth and held on.

Look at whom, in the end, who consumes whom.

"Also, there must be no shortage of research funding. On the contrary, it is necessary to recruit more talent. Qin Feng said.

"What about the money?" said Lei Jun worriedly.

"I'll solve the money, the company's operation, research and development, you can solve it!" Qin Feng said, "We divide labor and cooperate, I'll go find money." You go to tap more talents and enhance the core competitiveness of the enterprise! ”

At the moment, Dream Company is here.

"Mr. Liu, it seems that Loongson can't hold on this time. The news just came over there that they are still supplying at a price of 360 yuan. Obviously, that's their bottom line. The price couldn't be lower. Now the price of both sides is equal. As long as Intel improves the performance of Celeron 2's chip processor, then Loongson is finished!" Yang Yuanqing said.

"This is the strength of international manufacturers. Just take out a little bit of it, it is enough to defeat a company like Loongson. Our dream company must not be a frog at the bottom of the well, and must go out and become an international factory. Only then can we have the right to speak!" Yanagawa Tomoshi looked resolute.

"I don't know how long Loongson can last!" Yang Yuanqing sighed, "At present, the longer you hold on, the more you will lose." CPU factories are going to lose money, which is billions, tens of billions. ”

Qin Feng's personal financial resources are indeed very strong. But if this loss continues, Yang Yuanqing is not optimistic. No matter how profitable his five-son Lianxing Mansion is, it can't fill the hole of the CPU.

It's a huge hole, a hole big enough to turn everyone upside down.

Intel Corporate Headquarters.

"It seems that 360 yuan on Loongson's side is the bottom line of the price!" Grove thought.

"Grove, you're not going to cut the price, are you!"

The current price is already very low, and the directors are all in pain.

Celeron 1, sells for 800. Now the Celeron 2, which has better performance, sells for 430 yuan, almost halved.

This is indeed very consistent with Moore's Law. Double the performance and cut the price in half.

This is indeed Moore's Law. However, this is also a little too moorish.

"Well, I mean every 18 months, it's only 10 months!" Gordon Moore added helplessly.

In 10 months, performance has doubled and price has been cut in half.

It's not about breaking Moore's Law!

Of course, strictly speaking, Intel's reserve technology has long broken half of Moore's Law. The reason why I say half is because there is a breakthrough in performance and a transcendence, but the price will not fall.

Because, businessmen are profit-seeking. You can't just make a breakthrough for the sake of R&D, and you can't make money for the sake of making breakthroughs.

If it doesn't make money, then who will go to research and development.

So, Gordon Moore proposed an 18-month period. Because this is almost the rhythm of a company's renewal under market competition.

It's just that I didn't expect that this time it was directly blasted by Qin Feng's side, allowing Moore's Law to come in advance.

"Price cut?" Grove glanced at the many directors.

"My instinct told me that I had to beat the dragon core to death with a stick, or it would be a disaster. I plan to directly reduce the price of Celeron 2 to less than 400 yuan, that is, the 300 yuan range. Grove said lightly, "But you must not agree!"

"What! 300 yuan! Then it won't make money!" exclaimed many directors.

"No, it's still going to make money. Just make a little bit of money. As long as we expand production, it's no problem!" Grove said lightly.

With Intel's industrial manufacturing technology and standards, it is impossible to lose money.

After all, Grove once said to the media that if the whole world only uses Intel chips, then Intel's chips can reduce the price to $1.

It's not a boast, it's a real thing to do. As long as the market volume is large enough, then in the era of industrial automation, this cost can continue to fall. Drop to the lowest point.

$1 CPU, it's definitely possible.

Of course, when it really comes to that point, Intel may not cut prices. Since they are all monopolies, it is natural to make money with peace of mind.

"Look, I'll just tell you how much you guys reacted. Then keep it at this price. Grove said lightly.

For Loongson, he is very vigilant. He had a feeling that if Loongson couldn't be killed, he would inevitably become Intel's fierce rival one day. It's just a feeling, though.

This feeling is not necessarily sensitive. On the contrary, he has always been very confident in Intel's strength.

Even if you don't rely on the price war, kill Loongson. Intel's technological superiority alone can also make Loongson collapse eventually.

"If the price cannot continue to fall, then the performance of our chip processors must be improved! Grove said.

"But now we've made so many Celeron 2 233 and 266 chips, and that's going to be more than 300, so what's going on? That's more than 20 million pieces. Some directors shook their heads.

More than 20 million pieces, which will be scrapped directly. That's a loss. Even if you can get it back and rebuild it, it's money. In particular, many of them have traveled all over the world. The price for this to be taken back is too high.

Grove frowned.

"You are so greedy, be careful of raising tigers!" Grove warned.

However, many directors did not agree. It's crazy that the price has been reduced. Even at this price, it is enough to crush Loongson. There's no need for them to withdraw Celeron 2 globally and rebuild it. After all, Loongson is only sold in Huaxia.

There is no such thing abroad. They can wait a while for the market to digest it.