Han Wenbo had already held discussions with Intel yesterday, and the general framework for supply and demand cooperation had been settled, just waiting for the Intel Asia-Pacific president to sign the specific contract with Han Wenbo this afternoon.
Initially, Han Wenbo didn't pay much attention to this matter, after all, the other party was a technology giant famous worldwide for its processors, and he was merely purchasing a batch of low-end chips from them.
But Intel was shocked by the interaction and compatibility between the hardware and software displayed by Sun and Moon Technology Company, which was like someone buying a single-cylinder tractor engine, and an outdated model from nine years ago at that.
However, this person managed to build a car comparable to a supercar using that single-cylinder engine.
This was undoubtedly a harsh slap in the face for Intel and Microsoft, considering that Microsoft's market share in desktop operating systems reached 80%, and Intel's reached 60%.
These two companies have been in a long-term cooperative, almost honeymoon, relationship; it can be said that Intel's chips are designed to be compatible with Microsoft's operating systems, and Microsoft's operating systems are specifically adjusted for Intel's chips.
The adaptation process between operating systems and CPU chips involves multiple layers, including CPU instruction sets, operating systems, and application compilation processes.
The dependencies, compatibility, control and management, performance optimization, and synchronized progress are all interconnected.
In summary, the cooperation between software programs and hardware is a core concept in computer science; they are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, together forming a complete computer system.
Intel and Microsoft have cooperated for 43 years, knowing each other thoroughly; it can be said that Microsoft taught Intel how to make chips, and Intel taught Microsoft how to adapt.
However, it was unexpected that Sun and Moon Technology Company’s smart pet product performed so astonishingly in AI intelligence, leading Intel to even consider deep cooperation with Sun and Moon Technology.
"Intel's people gave me a new quote list yesterday; they are willing to provide us with their latest mobile processor chip, the U5, and even produce a customized batch specifically for us.
Although the cost is a bit higher than the i3 we previously purchased, it is still cheaper than any market price.
According to Intel, for the chips provided to us, they only keep a profit of one dollar per chip, hoping that we will use their chips in all future products," Han Wenbo told Feng Jun.
"So kind, are there no conditions?" Feng Jun didn't believe Intel would be so benevolent; everything these businessmen do is for profit.
Han Wenbo smiled and said, "They hope to send a technical team to our R&D department for exchange and learning.
Uh, they say mutual learning, but we probably don't need to learn anything from them.
They are likely hoping to learn new instruction methods from us, which would be of great help for them to manufacture new chips.
I've paid attention to Intel's market share in recent years; they have been heavily squeezed by AMD in the civilian market, losing a significant portion of it."
"You agreed to them?" Feng Jun asked.
"Of course not; although I've been in charge of operations, the R&D and the financial support behind it all rely on you," Han Wenbo said.
"That's good.
The R&D team's lineup is too powerful.
I don't plan to bring R&D to the forefront.
You can politely decline their offer.
Just maintain a normal cooperative relationship, not too distant and not too close."
Exchange and learning are impossible; the programmers are in the Doomsday, and the only way to meet them is for them to become corpses and be brought over by Feng Jun in his storage space.
Moreover, there are many processor manufacturers available for cooperation, such as AMD, Qualcomm, and MediaTek.
Domestic chip manufacturers like Loongson, Zhaoxin, and CETC can all serve as suppliers of processor chips.
If Feng Jun is willing, he can enable Sun and Moon Technology to have the capability to manufacture chips within a day.
"That's good; actually, my thoughts are consistent with yours.
Do you want to come to the contract signing this afternoon? You, as the president, should show your face."
Han Wenbo said.
"Show my face? I'd rather not.
I plan to rest for a few days, and I might leave at any time.
If there's anything, just leave me a message, and I'll deal with it when I get back."
Feng Jun didn't intend to personally handle such minor matters; he was currently just stealing some leisure time, and if anything happened in the Doomsday, he had to rush back immediately.
"Alright, I'll follow your arrangements.
Who told you you're the boss?" Han Wenbo said.
"But I'm also very curious, how exactly did you develop such a program?
I'm from a professional background and even worked in Silicon Valley.
The program you brought is something I've never seen before.
I even suspect you might have received help from aliens."
"Haha, just assume I met aliens.
In short, you don't need to worry about R&D.
And before long, we will launch new products; wait for my notification.
But it's completely different from smart pet; it's a product in another track," Feng Jun said.
"Hmm, I'll listen to you on all of this.
Oh, right, according to the backend data and user activation data.
Our servers have endured no less than a million attacks daily within this month.
Nearly ten thousand of our sold products have also suffered varying degrees of damage.
From the data feedback, a considerable portion was disassembled by professional institutions.
Should we apply for patents to help protect our products?" Han Wenbo voiced some of his concerns.
"Absolutely not needed; no one can crack our products.
You can rest assured.
"Feng Jun had a high degree of confidence in the product's security; the programming level in the Doomsday was completely different from reality.
Moreover, Feng Jun intentionally had Yan Xin switch to a new programming language; although it looked somewhat similar to real-world code, it was entirely two different computational methods.
Those who wanted to decipher it probably have lost all their hair by now.
At this moment, just as Feng Jun said, within the headquarters of several technology giants in China, their program development departments had been working overtime for over ten consecutive days.
A group of programmers, both male and female, had developed panda eyes from exhaustion, yet they had not even broken through the smart pet's peripheral programs, let alone Sun and Moon Technology Company's network servers.
In some more specialized laboratories, dozens of smart cats and dogs had been continuously disassembled, but no useful information was obtained.
The internal circuit boards triggered security devices the moment they were opened, and all valuable chips and batteries were burned, leaving them only able to see parts of the mechanical structure.