"Boss, are we really going to do this now?" Ralph asked in disbelief.
"Why not? What are you all worried about? We have the funds and technologies, and we have the sales channels. Why are you all not confident? "Feng Yu asked.
"Chairman, our XOS 2.0 is expected to be released at the end of this year. Why don't you all wait until after this?" Qiu Bojun asked.
"There is no need for this. I had said before that if there are two voices in the IT industry, one will be mine, and the other will be the rest."
"Now, I want to make my voice heard and let everyone know that we are the best. Blindly taking a step back won't bring us any benefits. Instead, it will allow our competitors to reach out for a yard! "
"If you agree, then you will follow behind us to make money. If you disagree, then you will be our enemy and will be defeated by us! "
What decision did Feng Yu make? Why is everyone not confident?
Feng Yu had said that he wants his IT companies to become the world's number one!
Some things are easy to say, but hard to do. For example, AMD is still lagging behind Intel. Currently, Intel owns close to 70% of the CPU market, and AMD only owns slightly more than 30%. Intel's market share is still double AMD's.
But compared to the time Feng Yu acquired AMD's shares, Intel's market share is 10 times AMD's. The gap is much smaller now.
But this is not enough to satisfy Feng Yu. Dual-core CPUs are becoming the mainstream, and single-core CPUs' sales are dropping. AMD is leading in the dual-core market, but not by a lot. Intel is a giant and has a strong foundation.
Luckily, AMD and Lenovo Group are working together. As Lenovo's PC sales increase, AMD's CPU orders increase. AMD's reputation is growing, and Lenovo's PC sales are also increasing.
Nvidia had become the leader in the graphics card industry, and Feng Yu is satisfied with this. That ATI is now being suppressed by Nvidia. Currently, the market share is 60%, and Nvidia has 60%. The gap is still increasing.
Kingston's memory card was the same. With more stable performance, higher price-performance ratio, and greater marketing efforts, it had become the world's leader in the memory card industry.
It could be said that the main components of a computer, including the operating system, could be completed by themselves. Furthermore, many of them were the best.
But in a PC's core CPU, it is still suppressed by Intel, and Feng Yu is not satisfied with this.
AMD's development speed was already extremely fast, and it wasn't easy for them to fight their way out of the encirclement of Intel. However, Feng Yu's request for AMD was to reverse their positions.
Intel's revenue last year was more than 30 billion USD, and AMD's revenue was only slightly more than 10 billion USD. In order to reverse their positions, AMD must snatch more than 10 billion USD worth of orders from Intel!
In the eyes of Ralph and the others, it was impossible. Didn't the boss always say to take things step by step? Why did he suddenly become so radical this time?
Is it because of Intel that he supported Microsoft and other companies a few days ago? Or is it because Intel's CEO said that Feng Yu is a tycoon who only knows how to spend money and does not know about technology?
"Sanders, how is the lawsuit against Intel going?" Feng Yu asked.
All these years, AMD had never stopped suing Intel. They had accused Intel of monopolizing the market, and Intel had also accused AMD of dumping their products.
Both parties had not reached a settlement on the patent issue in the past few years. More and more charges were filed in the lawsuit, but there was no conclusion. But the European Union is already unhappy with Intel.
Once the European Union ruled that Intel had lost the lawsuit, compensations are not important. What's important is the restrictive clauses, which will affect Intel's development.
It was just like when Microsoft was sued for monopolizing their products. Microsoft did not care about the compensation, but whether their methods were monopolizing the market. They cannot afford to lose the best and easiest way to increase their market share.
"We have the upper hand, and we have been contacting each other outside of the court. But as our market share increases, many of the charges filed against us are no longer valid. "
At that time, Intel's market share was 10 times AMD's, and now, it is only twice. Many of the charges filed against Intel are no longer valid. Of course, Intel and Microsoft came up with many new charges, like patent infringement. This is also the reason why both companies sued each other.
"How is it going when I asked you to contact those PC manufacturers?"
If Intel wants to increase its market share, focusing on retail sales will not work. Getting the orders from these big customers is the key to turning the tables.
As long as these PC manufacturers order more AMD CPUs, Intel's orders will decrease, and the market share will change drastically. Intel's position will be reversed.
"Not bad. All the PC manufacturers had ordered our APUs. But the quantity is not high, and there is still room for growth."
Liu Chuanzhi suddenly realized something. "Chairman, the other PC manufacturers had already developed their own tablets?"
Wasn't this speed a little too fast? There are so many patented technologies, and they have found a replacement solution for all of them?
No wonder Feng Yu wants AMD to overtake Intel. If AMD can take over all the tablet PC market share, it will narrow the gap between them.
"Liu, our APU is not only for tablets. It can also be used on all-in-one PCs, laptops, etc." Sanders explained.
"But even with this APU, it is not enough for us to overtake Intel. After all, those manufacturers are still ordering Intel's products." Liu Chuanzhi frowned. These APU can increase AMD's sales, but it should not be a lot. Furthermore, APU is developed by AMD and Nvidia, and it cannot be attributed to AMD.
"Next, it will depend on the performance of our XOS 2.0."
This system had optimized AMD's core and did not optimize Intel's core. This means if a PC with this system is using AMD's CPU, it will run faster. But if it is using Intel's CPU, it will be slower.
This was simply a drastic strategy!
If that was the case, Intel would definitely be affected.
More importantly, this is forcing Intel to be on Microsoft's side. If Microsoft improves Intel's CPU performance, they will be in the same faction!
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