Chapter 412 Joint Research and Development

"Mobile phone chip?" Big Mouth was stunned.

"Yes, I heard that you guys make the chips for GSM base stations yourself. How about that? Do you have any ideas for mobile phones?"

"Mr. Soul, we do have a chip business, but chips are different from each other." Big Mouth was a little embarrassed. "Signal base stations and mobile phones are completely different things."

"I know, but they are related. They won't cross industries like chips and potato chips. You have the ability to design base station chips, so there's no reason why you can't make processor chips for mobile phones."

"This chip design is very complex, especially the processor chip."

"I'll pay more!"

"Ah?" Big Mouth was stunned again.

"I'll pay for the design, including the tape-out fee." Ron began to show off his financial ability.

"This" Big Mouth was a little confused.

"But I also have conditions." Ron added.

"You say."

"We own the foreign copyrights, and you can do whatever you want with the Tokyo University."

"You mean the chip will be called Su Er overseas, and Dongda can use a different name in China?"

"Almost." Ron nodded.

Sur Electric doesn't have the capability to research chips, and they know it. Even within a few years, even the entire country of India won't have that capability.

Europe and the United States have mature markets and systems, and Japan and South Korea are catching up. They will not accept Sur Electric's request to help design chips, but will only sell chips here.

So what should we do? Looking around the world, only the University of Tokyo has such potential.

Huazi has proven its R&D capabilities in signal base stations. Although the first generation of products has more or less the shadow of others, which company in the world has not gone through this process?

It's not surprising that Toshiba and Hitachi, which are living on a small scale, were blatantly copying European and American products just a few years ago.

The important thing is not to copy all the time, but to forge your own path afterwards.

Ron picked and chose, and now only Huazi can help him.

India is such a huge market, we can’t let foreign brands reap all the profits, he is also jealous.

However, the price of mobile phone chips is too high, so Sur Electric can only make a small profit.

If you want more, then be autonomous and in control, there is no other way.

Ron also had another concern: the opponent's sea of ​​machines tactics would be coming soon after the millennium.

At that time, let alone making small profits but quick turnover, it was even a question whether one could survive.

In order to get cheap chips, Huazi is the one who supports it!

"I have to say, this condition is quite generous." Big Mouth was also tempted.

"We are all victims of chip hegemony. Only by uniting can we break through the siege." Ron said righteously.

"The idea is good, but this path is difficult," Dazui said frankly. "Chip design is not just limited by physics; the underlying software logic is also very important."

"Bangalore has a large number of IT talents. If you have any needs, just let us know."

"Have you thought it all out?" Big Mouth asked in surprise.

"I just want to combine the strengths of both companies to speed up our research and development. Of course, we can also learn from each other. I hope that Suer Electric won't fall too far behind in the future."

"You are a man with a far-sighted vision!" Big Mouth couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"In any case, you can make a budget as soon as possible, and we will follow up in a timely manner."

"This matter may need to be discussed in a meeting in China. I am only responsible for the wireless product business, and the chip team is managed by someone else."

"I can sponsor this amount." Ron held up his finger.

"How much more?"

"One hundred million."

"rupee?"

"Dollar."

"Oh!" Big Mouth's mouth was almost crooked with laughter.

With $100 million, there's no need to worry about not accomplishing great things.

Today's chips are actually not that high-end, and it's not the 3G or 4G era. It's enough for them to meet basic communication needs.

With so much money, including personnel recruitment, design and tape-out, it is more than enough to reduce it several times.

Huazi didn't start from scratch, so he can use a lot of resources.

"But the conditions I just mentioned must be met."

"No problem, it will definitely work!" Big Mouth agreed hurriedly.

He gave too much and he couldn't control his mouth at all.

Somehow, in Big Mouth's eyes, the Indian in front of him suddenly became shining with gold.

The two parties agreed to finalize the matter next month and then began intensive preparations.

Big Mouth didn't stay in Mumbai for long, and went back excitedly to report the good news.

He comes from a technical background and actually has some knowledge of chip development.

The integration level of mobile phone chips is not high nowadays. With Huazi’s strength, 20 to 30 million US dollars would be enough.

The remaining money can also be used to integrate the industrial chain.

The reason they did not enter the mobile phone chip market before was because they did not have this business internally.

Dazui is getting a little restless. Now that they have the chips, can they also make the entire mobile phone themselves?

Given India's huge market, Soul Electric will definitely spread the cost of chips to a sufficiently low level.

That was a good time for them to enter the mobile phone market.

There's something to do!

Ignoring the little thoughts in Big Mouth's mind, Ron was already thinking about another thing.

That is whether to set up a new chip design company, just like Garuda.

First build the framework, and when the market gradually matures, you can sell base stations and chips to other peers.

What he wants is the link in the industrial chain with the most profits.

Fame and money, have both.

In addition to mobile phones, Soul Electric's refrigerators will also be launched soon.

In order to adapt to India's national conditions and occupy as much market as possible, the refrigerators they designed are mostly single-door.

It is also relatively small in size, with the lowest price being around 10,000 rupees, which is about the same size as a small color TV.

To some extent, this thing is also a necessity in India. The weather is too hot and food cannot be preserved.

But the price is still very unfriendly, and perhaps less than 10% of the population can afford it.

But no matter what, what is necessary must be there.

It’s just like the laptops that Sur Electric is tinkering with. The technology is all purchased and everything is assembled.

The price is expected to be as high as 30,000 to 40,000 rupees, and even fewer people will buy it.

However, as a leading company in the industry, these high-tech products are indispensable.

First put up the brand and promote it for a few years, and maybe it will become popular in the future.

As I said, cultivate the market first, then make money.

As the millennium approaches, a new century is about to arrive.

After so many years of accumulation, Sur Electric now has a tendency to make great breakthroughs.

Various new products began to be launched, and his original plans for several home appliance divisions should also be put on the agenda.

While Ron was busy integrating the various business units of Soul Electric, the general election was also in full swing.

The largest transfer of power in history may be about to take place. Before this, India and Pakistan had already experienced huge power transfers after they broke free from colonial rule.

But an even greater shift of power occurred fifty years later: India handed over the right to vote, in a sense, to its billion people.

The Dalits, who are considered untouchable, the scheduled castes and tribes who have been discriminated against historically, together with other backward classes who deserve equal treatment, make up the vast majority of the people in this country.

For thousands of years, upper castes, herders and Christians have held exclusive power.

But at the end of the twentieth century, the lower castes came of age, and for the first time they participated in the political process and had a say in who would be their leaders.

Last year, when Narayanan was elected as the first Dalit president of India, Brahmin lawmakers came to touch his feet and seek his blessings.

A bill has also been introduced in Congress: reserving one-third of the seats in the country's highest legislative body for women.

The passage of this bill is not only imminent, it is unprecedented.

Although the right to vote is difficult to guarantee in some backward areas, voters in cities can still control the ownership of their votes.

Strangely enough, in some areas of Mumbai, the Election Commission drastically cut back on spending, making the elections low-key and almost unnoticeable.

At least in the Malabar Hill area, unless you turned on the TV, you would not know that this happened.

The favorites for the overall pick this year are Rajiv Gandhi's Italian widow, Sonia Gandhi, and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Sonya was frowned upon by the politically minded middle class, who considered themselves patriots and did not want even carp to be imported from Italy like two-in-one radios or designer jeans.

They do not consider Sonia to be Indian and hence her support rate in Malabar Hill and Chopar is low.

It was in the countryside that Sonya was truly welcomed, and she would begin her speeches by saying, "My husband completes my life."

So the person standing before people was no longer the Italian immigrant speaking broken Hindi, but Savitri (a character in the Indian mythology "Mahabharata"), a model of a good wife and mother in India.

It no longer matters whether her late husband was of Kashenmire and Persian descent and had been a pilot.

To Indians, when an Italian woman marries her Indian husband, everything she had in Italy loses its meaning.

Anyone can come to India and make a home here, even those who have been away from their homeland for twenty-one years.

As a major donor to the BJP, Ron is also concerned about the outcome of the election.

He also promised them that he would provide some manpower to maintain order at polling stations during the election.

Ron has a lot of workers under him, so this is no big deal.

This time, Amor is responsible for other urban villages near Malabar Hill Reservoir.

He took people from the Kama compound to visit the neighborhood, accompanied by staff from the BJP campaign office.

There is a village with beautiful scenery. Blue and pink plastic bags are scattered on the ground, and banyan trees are planted on them, standing tall like a canopy.

Brick and tile houses are scattered around, with green grass outside and roosters and chickens running freely.

Looking into the distance, you can see ships shining with golden light shuttling back and forth on the blue sea.

Brand new mountain bikes are parked in front of many houses, residents are well-dressed, children are lively and healthy, and there are no open sewage pipes in the community.

This is not a temporary slum, it has water and electricity, and the village is densely packed around Malabar Hill.

This was not the first time Amol had visited the election site. He and Anil had been here together during the Mumbai local elections a few years ago.

He knew that in India, the rich generally did not vote, and the poor were the target of the various political parties.

Crossing a street, he saw an acquaintance: the Shiv Sena leader, Thackeray.

(End of this chapter)