Occasionally we hear about some innovations and developments in the technology industry, but overall, the Silicon Valley area has not changed that much.
Rather than investing large sums of money in independent research and development, he would rather directly participate and reap the benefits when the time is right, at least in the IC industry. Otherwise, the uncertainty factors are too high and the investment will involve certain risks.
Anyway, there is no shortage of projects to invest in, and there are very few investors competing with him.
There are so many options to choose from that there is no need to spend too much time thinking about it.
But in terms of R&D investment, Han Chudong spent the most money on Aurora Games, having already spent more than 4 million US dollars, and the subsequent factory construction and production are expected to cost some money.
Another thing to mention is investing in Intel and Texas Instruments.
Both companies have technical patents, R&D teams, and market foundations. The latter currently has a higher market value. In his opinion, as long as they operate well in the later stages, they should both belong to the category of high-quality industries that can develop more steadily.
After all, Han Chudong is a shareholder and is also preparing to get involved in the field of personal computer research and manufacturing. Regardless of whether IBM will purchase Intel's products at that time, he will definitely support his own company and bring markets and funds to Intel, thereby using this as a bargaining chip during market competition.
To be honest, at this stage, more R&D funds are invested in Mason Laboratory than in Silicon Valley.
This is mainly determined by the market. Han Chudong cannot enter the mature IC market, and even if he gets involved, the profits are low. The IT market is just starting out, and the technological level does not meet the requirements. It is better to temporarily develop home appliances, beauty products, toys and other products.
At the beginning of September, Mason Laboratory resumed the development of portable player.
After the research, the supervisor told Han Chudong that if all went well, they should be able to develop the product. So he obtained a huge amount of research and development funds and set up a portable tape player research and development team and a digital music player research and development team. The initial investment was estimated to be as high as 3.5 million US dollars.
The tape player is the focus, and the latter is to accumulate some technology in advance, obtain patents first, and establish patent barriers.
Before making a decision, Han Chudong investigated Sony Corporation of Japan.
I learned that in the mid-1960s, the huge losses caused by its color TV business almost pushed Sony to the brink of bankruptcy.
It was not until 1967 that Sony released a new picture tube technology, which made Sony televisions a global hit. The huge research and development debt that Akio Morita borrowed from the Development Bank of Japan was quickly repaid. At present, there were no plans to develop any portable tape players.
At the end of 1974.
Sony is still just one of the most powerful home appliance manufacturers, with its main businesses being radios, televisions, etc.
Han Chudong has the ability to invest in it. With a market value of just over 400 million US dollars, it would be no problem for him to buy the entire company. However, this company does not have the technology he wants, so there is no need to spend money.
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Came to Silicon Valley from San Francisco again.
There were two main purposes: one was to meet with the major shareholders of Aurora Games, and the other was to visit the prototype of personal computers produced by Xerox.
As for Intel, there is currently little market for its products.
After communicating with CEO Moore in advance, Han Chudong, as the major shareholder, only asked the other party to concentrate on the research and development of new products, and bluntly said that he did not care about the current revenue situation at all.
Come to think of it, if you care about revenue, then the current Intel company can indeed be called a junk stock.
They keep pouring money into the lab, but don't see much return on their investment. All they have are technological products that no one wants to buy. From a traditional investment perspective, this is tantamount to suicide.
Some shareholders often criticize Intel's current development strategy, arguing that its previously failed personal computer business was a deformed product developed after the intervention of the board of directors. Even the research and development funds for microprocessors have been drastically cut, and they believe that Intel will become the next Fairchild Semiconductor, which is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Few people could foresee the future of microprocessors, but Han Chudong, with a mentality of watching a joke, was buying at the bottom and picking up bargains. As a major shareholder, he had already pushed for it, cutting off some personal computer R&D teams and further increasing investment in the R&D of new processors.
As a veteran, he certainly knows how much wealth he can gain in the future by maintaining his current technological advantages and building a solid patent barrier.
Considering all this, it is no wonder that Han Chudong has grown so rapidly in just over a year, and even had the absurd idea that "money is easy to make". If the current scale of Mason United Group is already scary, then the most terrifying thing is its development potential.
With a hammer here and a stick there, the outline of a huge business empire has emerged.
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Without an appointment in advance, Han Chudong came to Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. After identifying himself to the front desk, he said that he wanted to meet the person in charge of the research center.
Gradually, business cards were no longer needed. The name "Mason Han" was equivalent to a universal pass, especially in California. The media often compared him with Paul Getty Sr., saying that Paul Getty had accomplished nothing at the age of 20, which seemed to further affirm Han Chudong's achievements.
The girl at the front desk stared at him again and again, and even took out a magazine for comparison. Then she smiled and personally led them in to find the supervisor.
What you see.
You can see many personal computers named Otto placed on people's desks.
The screen was very small, with a mouse and keyboard. Han Chudong hadn't seen something like this for a long time, so he was a little excited, as if he had returned to the IT era again.
From what we have learned, this product was obviously not valued by Xerox. It was produced just for fun and not sold to the outside world. Instead, it was given to universities and research institutions. It was similar to Intel's microprocessors and was labeled "useless".
They are placed on the desks. Others think they are useless and treat them like decorations without being bothered to turn them on. But in Han Chudong's eyes, it is like seeing the future.
Especially the mouse, which I didn’t see when I visited IBM’s 360 computer at Intel. It is an original product of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center.
The short white girl at the front desk noticed that Han Chudong's eyes were always on the microcomputer, so she said kindly, "Our research center is rather... strange. The company uses the money for research, attracting many experts to help, and is also cooperating with teams from several universities, but there are not many formal employees, only about thirty people in total. Last time, they also wanted to give me an Alto computer, but I didn't know how to use it. Do you want to put it into your Baofeng Electric Appliances for sale?"
Han Chudong was stunned when he heard this, and said happily: "That's about right, I want to study game consoles..."