Global monopoly of technology

Qualcomm has already begun to demonstrate the essence of "patent hooliganism" in this era. In the 4G era, it is even more unscrupulous. Even if the markets in various countries are heavily fined because of monopoly, the fine is still not painful to Qualcomm. After the fine, the "rogue nature" remained.

The "Blue Core" project in the [Azure] Confidential Research Project only serves as AP application processor and CP multimedia accelerator.

The current mobile phones basically use the ARM architecture mobile processor, that is, the CPU of the mobile phone. There are many categories, and each category has its own responsibility. It can be said that the division of labor is clear. A CPU is often integrated with ten Several, even dozens of chips.

But the core is actually just a few. The AP and CP developed by the "Blue Core" project are both core technologies. The system operation of the smartphone and the operation of the APP are operated by the AP application processor.

As for the CP multimedia accelerator, as the name suggests, it is mainly responsible for multimedia decoding and processing. The reason why this is the core technology. With continuous progress, CP can handle virtual reality VR, augmented reality AR, image processing, HIFI, HDR, Sensors etc.

The core of another CPU is the BP baseband processor. The baseband processor chip is responsible for the wireless signal of the mobile phone. For example, how many network modes the mobile phone supports, 2G3G4G5G, etc., are all determined by the baseband part.

At present, the best baseband chip is Qualcomm. The BP baseband processor is its unique skill, but in other fields, Qualcomm's performance seems average. For example, AP application processors, Qualcomm cannot.

If you want to rush to release the first real smartphone before Apple, Qualcomm can't get around this hurdle. The autonomous communication baseband must get rid of its dependence on Americans.

Luo Sheng planned two paths, one is self-study, and the other is to play with Hua in the future. In any case, there must be a "spare tire plan" to ensure that it is needed from time to time.

And Luo Sheng was not reconciled to let Qualcomm, a stinky rascal, lie on the Cote d'Azur company and take away a lot of profits.

According to Qualcomm’s licensing model, if the Côte d’Azur adopts Qualcomm’s baseband chip, in addition to paying a valuable patent license fee to the other party, each mobile phone it produces using Qualcomm’s baseband chip also needs to Qualcomm pays an additional fee, and this fee is still charged as a percentage of the total price of the entire phone, not a percentage of the cost of a certain component.

This kind of authorization model of Qualcomm simply puts: you buy my chip, you have to pay; you use my chip to make the whole machine, and you have to pay.

This double charging model is simply a hooligan.

"Mr. Harris, how does your company plan on licensing fees?" Luo Sheng asked at this time.

"The annual patent licensing fee is 37.4 million US dollars, and the contract is signed for a minimum of three years. In addition, each mobile device sold by your company that has a Qualcomm baseband chip must pay a fee, which is charged in proportion to the price of the whole machine. The actual charging rate fluctuates from 2% to 6% depending on the manufacturer. As for your company, we charge it at a rate of 4.5%.” Harris whispered, without any hesitation, showing that these were already set before coming. Understand.

Qin Weimu, who was sitting next to him and kept silent, heard the authorization fee, his pretty eyes blinked and his mouth opened in surprise.

She glanced at Luo Sheng, but the other party still remained silent. At this moment, she was playing Luo Sheng's assistant role. She remained as it was without receiving the boss's signal, sitting quietly.

Qin Weimu's heart is not at peace, no wonder the people from Qualcomm will come so eagerly in person, still a global vice president.

Qualcomm doesn’t need to do almost anything. It’s almost as simple as running over to chat with Luo Sheng and nodding. A year will take away 300 million yuan of patent fees from the Blue Coast company. Taiwan mobile phones have to pay an additional sum of money to Qualcomm based on the percentage of the whole phone.

Luo Sheng was not surprised at all. After hearing the offer from the other party, he shook his head and said: "It is more than three years to sign Mr. Harris, I signed for six years, and I signed the full payment immediately, but I also have a request. Commercial Gambling Agreement."

After finishing talking, Luo Sheng looked at Harris with a calm face. The latter was also stunned for a while, and couldn't help but curiously said: "What is the gambling agreement?"

Luo Sheng said in a hurry: "If the mobile terminal equipment launched by the Blue Coast company is calculated on the first anniversary of the launch date, the shipment volume of the equipment within one year will be less than 300,000 units. A 15% fee will be paid to Qualcomm according to the price of the whole machine. If the annual shipment is 700,000 units, the proportion is 11%. If the annual shipment is 1 million units, it will be 7.5%, and 2 million units will be 4.5%. %, and if the annual shipment is more than 2 million units, each unit will be paid at a rate of 0.25%. Add that the shipment volume I am talking about is global shipments, not a single market."

Harris: "..."

Except for Luo Sheng's smile, everyone present was stunned when he heard what he said. Harris turned his head and looked at each other with his assistant, and both sides couldn't say a word.

After a while, Luo Sheng saw Harris turning his head and looking at him. He smiled and said, "How about? Mr. Harris, Qualcomm dare not play."

Harris couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly. He didn't immediately answer, staring at Luo Sheng trying to see some useful information from his eyes.

Business gambling is generally a heartbeat.

Luo Sheng's proposal of such a gambling agreement is simply unbelievable. This shows that he has unparalleled confidence in the sales of his products in the future, and the guaranteed annual sales are more than 2 million units.

Harris wanted to break his head and couldn't think of where his self-confidence came from. It stands to reason that this young Chinese is not stupid, otherwise Bluestar Technology can develop to where it is today?So many VCs are willing to invest their money in him?

"Why?"

Harris pondered for a long time, only one "why" was asked. Obviously, there must be something wrong with the so-called something abnormal. The people at Qualcomm are very cautious. There is no free lunch in the world.

Indeed, Harris actually thinks that the opponent is mostly crazy, and only when he is crazy will he propose such a irrational betting agreement.

Luo Sheng looked at Harris again and said with a smile: "There are not so many whys, it's just to be a little exciting, otherwise what is called a gambling?"

Harris said immediately: "What if I refuse?"

Luo Sheng shrugged: "Then do as you say, 4.5% for each unit, plus a three-year license fee of 37.4 million US dollars, but I have to pay for this money after three years. Your company."

Harris pondered for a moment, then stood up and said: "Sorry, I will go to the bathroom and be temporarily absent for a while."

Luo Sheng nodded when he heard it and said that it was okay. Most of the time to go to WC was to call Qualcomm's headquarters, because this kind of commercial betting agreement is different from Qualcomm's original authorization plan.

After Harris and his assistant left here, Qin Weimu said to Luo Sheng anxiously: "In more than three months, you spent 2.1 billion, what can you do with the remaining 500 million? Although I don’t I understand semiconductors, but I also know that this is not something 500 million can do."

Luo Sheng glanced at Qin Weimu and said with a smile: "Of course I can't make a 500 million. I didn’t say that I would invest $1 billion, or about 8.27 billion."

"It's up to you. Anyway, it's your company and your money, how do you like it." Qin Weimu turned away and said lightly, not wanting to pay attention to him.

Luo Sheng smiled and said: "Even you think so, I am more confident about it, just one word, steady--!"

Qin Weimu rolled his eyes.

After a while, Harris came over again, and after sitting down opposite Luo Sheng, he watched. He said on the spot: "Qualcomm signed the gambling agreement you proposed!"

Just now, Harris discussed the matter with the head of Qualcomm’s headquarters. Although he did not understand Luo Sheng’s incredible business gambling, no matter from that perspective, he would never be able to do so. With shipments reaching more than one million, do you think it is Motorola, Palmer, and Nokia?

As a result, the two parties signed the agreement on the same day. It would take at least a week for the normal process to negotiate and sign the agreement, but Harris couldn't wait, because he was afraid that Luo Sheng would regret it.

Until he got the signed contract, Harris smiled, and the world is really vain for such a good thing. Can you be unhappy...

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(Ps: Would it be more swollen today? Isn’t it necessary to vote for more collections~~~~)