chsdbacks Chapter 401 The Isolated and Helpless 3rd Sang
Chapter 401 The Isolated and Helpless 3rd Sang
However, Shenfei plans to entrust this issue to Adebayor...
After all, he trusted Adebayor to handle things.
Shen Fei then turned his attention to Honor of Kings.
"Has PopCap set a public beta date yet?"
"It's official! Open beta launch on all platforms on January 1st."
"Other phones will be able to play Honor of Kings by then." Shen Fei leaned back in his chair. "By the way, keep an eye on Tencent's moves."
I reckon he won't be able to resist!
"Boss, Mr. Ma should..."
"They have two powerful tools: QQ and WeChat. Tencent couldn't resist!"
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean.
At Qualcomm headquarters, CEO Steve Morankoff is reprimanding the head of chip development.
The R&D manager looked like a primary school student being called in for a talk by the homeroom teacher.
"12 benchmark score, temperature 43 degrees Celsius."
Our Fire Dragon 800 is far inferior to theirs.
Mollenkopf slammed the report in front of the head of chip development.
"They're both based on the reference ARM architecture, yet the difference is more than double. Can you explain this to me?"
Faced with this question from Mollenkopf, the R&D director became assertive.
"Mr. Steve, I need to correct you on a problem."
Transsion uses a self-developed architecture. Although it is still ARM on the surface, they have completely modified the A7 architecture, and even the latest A57 architecture cannot compare to their modified version.
It's normal for it to have powerful performance!
The reference design we are using is outdated; it's normal for it to have poor performance and high power consumption.
Even with the newly updated A57, we might not be able to beat Transsion.
In addition, Transsion has 14, 22, and 28 nanometer processes, and each of their processes represents a positive improvement. To date, none of their chips have shown any risk of leakage.
Our 28nm process is already two generations behind.
"With outdated architecture and outdated technology, how can I catch up?"
Looking at the head of R&D complaining bitterly, Steve Mollenkopf admitted that reality was indeed a bit difficult, and oh, they were indeed a bit behind.
But this is not an excuse for Qualcomm's continued failures; they are the world's number one chip company.
It's just a matter of modifying the architecture. If Transsion can do it, why can't they? After all, Huaxin Investment is their shareholder, so theoretically they are one company.
So I inherited a little bit...
However, he changed to a gentler tone before asking, "Will next year's Dragon 810 be able to catch up in benchmark scores?"
The R&D director paused for a moment: "810, we're preparing to try Transsion's eight-core architecture, but using 28nm for this design is a bit risky. It would be better to use 22nm or even 14nm..."
Steve Mollenkopf nodded: "I have faith in your design capabilities."
However, the reference architecture is still somewhat outdated. I hope you will also start modifying the architecture accordingly.
The R&D manager nodded silently, accepting the task.
Meanwhile, at the Sansheng headquarters, strategic meetings were held in multiple conference rooms in response to the launch of the Transsion S5.
Meetings included discussions on diamond-like stencil optimization solutions for the panel division, full-screen production, large-sensor lens production, and under-display fingerprint technology.
However, as the new president of the mobile phone business, Koh Dong-jin is most concerned about the teardown report of the S5.
Besides the departments with project planning, he is also most concerned about fingerprint technology.
What he values most is what his subordinates should address first, so the meeting room was filled with the director of the legal team, the head of the R&D department, and the head of the screen business.
"I think this under-display fingerprint technology will be a standard feature in future flagship phones. Is there any way we can get around it?"
The head of research and development shook his head.
"After disassembling and analyzing them, their solution, from sensor structure to algorithm architecture, is completely new and completely different from traditional capacitive fingerprint sensors."
We have searched the global patent database and found that Transsion has applied for 137 core patents in the field of under-display fingerprint technology, with the earliest application dated March 2010.
Our earliest under-display fingerprint patent was filed in December 2011, and it wasn't a core patent.
"So, if we want to do an evaluation, we have to use their patented fingerprint technology?"
Go Dong-jin looked at them!
"Yes and no, we have two choices."
A wry smile appeared on the face of the person in charge of research and development.
"First, we directly purchase licenses from Transsion and pay patent fees proportionally."
The second option is to develop a completely new solution from scratch, circumventing all their patents.
However, given the current technological approach, it is almost impossible to bypass Transsion's patent barriers.
They patented every feasible optical fingerprinting path, covering everything from microlens arrays to CMOS sensors, and from collimation layer structures to green light layer designs.
Gao Dongzheng, who was originally worried about smoking, put out his cigarette in the ashtray. Because it was too violent, many people saw it on the dismantling report.
Fortunately, these sparks didn't cause any major upheavals, but that seems to say something.
Just as he was lost in thought, the general counsel offered his perspective from his professional standpoint.
Actually, there is another way.
It's a lawsuit!
They filed lawsuits in South Korea, the United States, Europe, China, and other places, using patents to stall them for a period of time and deter other customers from buying their products.
Even if they ultimately lose, the litigation process alone can drag on for quite some time.
We'll use this time to develop better alternatives.
Gao Dongzhen also thought this method was feasible; however, he also offered his suggestions:
"Let's see if Qualcomm and Apple have any related patents. If the three of us file a lawsuit together, our chances of winning are much higher."
The general counsel nodded, preparing to contact them in the afternoon.
However, they overlooked the fact that Qualcomm and Apple share a common shareholder called Huaxin Technology, which, although not directly involved in operations, can still exert influence.
……
That afternoon, the legal director of SanSan called Qualcomm.
The call was answered by Qualcomm's Vice President of Legal Affairs.
"We have a patent dispute with Transsion regarding in-display fingerprint technology and are preparing to file a lawsuit."
Is Qualcomm interested in joining?
The response was incredibly swift; almost without hesitation, they gave a direct rejection.
"Sorry, we're not participating!"
"Why?" Sansang's legal director frowned. "Once Transsion's under-display fingerprint technology becomes widespread, it will be a direct threat to your fingerprint market."
Don't you think about yourselves?
"Because we have related business, we cannot file a lawsuit."
Qualcomm's vice president of legal affairs had no desire to talk to them, after all, the last person to act like a rogue with Transsion was the first president of the United States.
At this point, he hung up the phone...
Director Sansang wanted to persuade him further, but then he heard a buzzing sound in his ear.
So he could only call the fruit company again, hoping to get some good news.