Shockingly, a counterfeit factory has produced a 3-nanometer chip.

Chapter 152 Counterfeit Rice Takes the Lead in Mass Production

Finally, he put down the document and looked at Shen Fei.

"Mr. Shen, you win."

"Mr. Jacob, this is not about winning or losing, it's about cooperation and mutual benefit."

He stretched out his hand.

Transsion and Qualcomm have many areas where they can collaborate in the future.

Jacob stared at the hand in silence for a few seconds, then reached out and grasped it, his face showing only resentment at the unpleasant parting.

As for the cooperation that Shen Fei mentioned, he didn't take it seriously.

Everyone uses the ARM architecture, and he doesn't want to see the other party.

Unless the other party's semiconductor manufacturing process is greatly improved, but how is that possible?

…………

After seeing Jacob off, Shen Fei returned to his office.

Huang Tianya followed him in.

"Mr. Shen, about that patent fee..."

Shen Fei waved his hand: "That's not how you calculate it."

He looked out the window at the departing Qualcomm team: "Qualcomm's willingness to sit down and discuss patent licensing is our biggest takeaway."

Huang Tianya nodded.

"Then let's move on to the next step."

Shen Fei thought for a moment and said, "The next step should be to target Nokia. I'm also very envious of the patents they have."

The $3.5 Qualcomm tax is still too little.

Huang Tianya also grinned mischievously...

Although Qualcomm has reached a licensing agreement with Transsion, they will definitely try to surpass it in the future; they cannot stop.

…………

On April 8, 2010, an account called Digital Chat Station was quietly registered.

Digital Chat Station: "A mobile phone manufacturer has successfully taped out a domestically produced chip, with performance in the top tier."

Thanks to their financial resources, many tech enthusiasts managed to see related Weibo posts even without having any followers.

"Domestic chips?"

"Which one is it...?"

"Maybe they're just bragging, or maybe they're in the top tier?"

"Could it be one of those Transsion models?"

"Brother upstairs, please explain in detail."

"Didn't the boss of Transsion say a while ago that their chip was about to be successfully taped out? You didn't even know that."

I'm quite curious about what level of technology the African Little Tyrant's chips can achieve.

"What level can he be at? He's done pooping, that's all."

…………

Meanwhile, in Kyoto, at the Ginya Building.

Entering April, Lei Jun has not been home for three days.

His office even had a folding bed piled with pillows and blankets.

He's been sleeping here for the past few days, sleeping for three or four hours at a time, then getting up to continue making phone calls.

Lin Bin pushed the door open and came in, his face looking very grim.

"Old Lei, San Sang's plans have been postponed again."

Lei Jun looked up: "Until when?"

"next month……"

Lei Busi's vision went black, and he felt like he was about to collapse.

Qualcomm finally managed to avoid a major blunder these past few days, and managed to send over a batch of chips.

But the other supply chains are all exhausted...

Qualcomm: That's not actually the case.

Whether the first batch of 8 units can be assembled has become a serious question.

"Old Lin, how many problems do we have to solve right now?"

Lin Bin opened his notebook.

「高通MSM8255交付延迟，原本上个月20号就该到的8万块，其实就到了4万片，剩下的要等到4月20号。」

"For the screens, they prioritize supplying their own products, as well as Apple and HTC. Our orders..."

Because there are so few of them, they've been relegated to the fourth tier.

"Secondly, counterfeit versions of the first-generation rice have appeared on the market."

Lei Jun took a look and was speechless.

They may not look exactly alike, but they are definitely from the same mother.

The same appearance, the same packaging, and even the system is flashed with MIUI...

However, the configuration is completely different. The processor is a MediaTek MTK6573, the memory is only 256MB, and it has the same plastic frame and plastic back cover.

The battery capacity has been reduced to 1500 mAh, and three batteries are included with the purchase of the device.

Lei Jun's face was filled with speechlessness.

"How much does this thing cost?" Leibusi asked.

"1699 yuan."

Lei Jun closed his eyes. This guy must be here to cause trouble.

Their appearance, using their free system...

No wonder, MIUI activations have increased significantly since April.

So they're all counterfeit products.

Selling this thing for 1699, there should be at least a few hundred yuan in profit, since they don't need to develop or maintain the system themselves; they just use whatever MIUI has...

"Can users tell the difference?"

Lin Bin smiled wryly: "They are practically a 1:1 replica, only the workmanship is a bit rough."

Ordinary users can't tell the difference. They see the same interface and logo and assume it's the genuine product, or even our youth version.

Lin Bin hesitated for a moment: "In the past few days, at least 10 units of this knock-off phone have been sold."

Leibusi remained silent for a long time before opening his eyes.

"Old Lin, notify the team to ship the goods urgently."

Lin Bin hesitated for a moment: "But we don't have enough chips and screens..."

"Send as many as you can," Lei Jun interrupted him. "Send 3 units first, so users can get their hands on the devices. For the rest, keep pushing for delivery."

He looked at Lin Bin.

"We can no longer allow counterfeit phones to impersonate our rice company."

Lin Bin nodded and was about to leave when Lei Bus called him back.

"Also, book the plane tickets."

"Where to?"

"Korea, America, Japan."

Lei Jun picked up his coat: "I need to go and urge them to deliver again..."

…………

While rice was in a state of panic, MediaTek's Tsai Ming-kai arrived at the rice company first, ready to offer his support.

Lei Jun naturally gave him a warm welcome.

"Mr. Lei, I watched their press conference, it was a great success..."

There may be some misunderstanding between us, but I believe he was doing it more for publicity purposes.

At this moment, Tsai Ming-chieh was the absolute firefighter, and Lei Jun was also very polite.

A misunderstanding arising from previous chip negotiations?

It's a misunderstanding. There's no misunderstanding. It's just that Lei Jun (Lei Jun's nickname) spoke rudely.

"It's for publicity purposes, I hope Mr. Cai won't mind..."

Lei Jun then explained the situation, and Cai Mingjie remained silent for a moment after listening.

Lei Jun's words are definitely half true and half false...

But remembering what Shen Fei had told him—that this was a huge favor—he still smiled and nodded.

"Mr. Lei, I can't help with Qualcomm. But with MediaTek..."

He paused briefly: "We can provide a batch of MTK6573s."

Lei Jun took a breath: "How much?"

"As many as you want, we have them."

This has stumped Lei Jun (CEO of Xiaomi). On one hand, there's a shortage of production capacity, and on the other hand, there's an abundance of demand.

Qualcomm's performance is indeed stronger, but its power consumption is really high. Why not release a youth version to capture the market first, at least to kill off the counterfeit phones?

But if we don't hold grudges, there must be additional conditions.

"Mr. Lei," Cai Mingjie looked at him, "to be honest, Jiefa Technology has always wanted to cooperate with DaMi Company."

If this is helpful, I hope that the next generation of Xiaomi products will consider MediaTek platforms.

Lei Jun fell silent. This was indeed the price to pay.

Using MediaTek means that we have to temporarily put up with Qualcomm, and our relationship is definitely not that close.

But he had no choice.

"Mr. Zhang, I promise you."

However, I hope this batch of chips will have a slight name change; let's call it MTK65756, and have it first released by DaMi Company.