The second production line, protected by abundant funds, has successfully started assembly and debugging.

Of course, official production is still a few weeks away.

During this time, everything was quiet.

After the initial frenzy of price cuts in the market, the market gradually calmed down as neither Intel nor Loongson had subsequent price cuts or other promotional activities.

In China, due to the endorsement of the official media, most ordinary computer users choose Loongson for their computers. After all, the performance is better and the price is the same.

Then it’s natural to choose Loongson.

Some high-end users still choose Pentium 2. After all, the performance of Pentium 2 is indeed better than that of Loongson. This cannot be denied.

For the time being, everyone is keeping their peace.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Intel is preparing to spend money to kill Loongson.

After all, if you are not making any money, it depends on how long you consume energy. Loongson has only one Chinese market. But Intel also has a global market. Compared with this, Loongson cannot afford it.

While the market is worried about Loongson, there is one company that feels speechless.

We provoked whomever, why did the market become like this! This company is amd.

AMD has been the second best in the world and slowly developed its CPUs. As a result, Godson fell from the sky, and then joined forces with Intel to disrupt the entire CPU market.

Originally, AMD was planning to watch the show on the sidelines and watch the fight between tigers and tigers. However, before they could see Intel or the Godson House collapse, one-third of an acre of their own land was destroyed.

This time, my heart was really bleeding.

Originally, they were still selling the k6-2, and thought they could still sell it for more than half a year. This way they could make a steady profit. After all, the performance was similar to the Pentium, but the price was a little cheaper. Then the k5 series was almost the same as the Celeron.

, the price is also a little cheaper.

They relied on being so cheap to occupy the market share. Who would have expected that the market would suddenly change.

Pentium became Pentium 2, and Celeron became Celeron 2. Pentium 2 beat K6-2, and they recognized it. After all, the high-end processor market has always been dominated by Intel. They have never had the luxury of trying to snatch it. They can get so much profit from it.

They were all satisfied with a small cup of rice.

But in the low-end market, they refuse to give up any ground. The results are good now. When Celeron 2 comes out, its performance is almost the same as their k6-2 processor, which is far inferior to their k5 processor.

Not only that, the prices are avalanche. Originally, the Celeron sold for about 800, and the K5 sold for 600 or 700. Anyway, it is cheaper.

As a result, Celeron 2 now sells for 430 yuan! Is this what people do?

AMD President Jerry Sanders looked at the market price list in his hand with a depressed expression.

Celeron 2 is 233,430 yuan, Celeron 2 is 266 450 yuan. Huaxia Loongson 1st generation is 300,430 yuan.

These three prices deeply hurt his heart.

It’s so inhumane!

"President, now in the Chinese market, our sales have dropped to single digits!" the secretary came over to report.

Single-digit sales! This is no different from being eliminated from the market.

"What about global markets?" Sanders groaned.

"Uh..., the high-end market share is 8%, and the low-end market share is 1.3%!" the secretary said in a low voice.

Jerry Sanders' face twitched.

Originally, in the high-end market, AMD's market share was about 18%. In the low-end market, it was about 35%. As a result, a large part of the high-end market has been taken away. Of course, he recognized this. Pentium 2 is too powerful.

.However, he can't stand it when the low-end market is reduced to rubbish.

"Cy Young 2!" Jerry Sanders gritted his teeth.

"Where are our next generation processors?" Jerry Sanders asked.

The next generation processors are k7 and k6-3, both using 0.18 micron process. K7 is aimed at the high-end market, while k6-3 is aimed at the low-end market.

"Planned to go public in 1999!" the secretary reported.

Under normal circumstances, Intel will not launch Pentium 2 so early, and will launch Pentium 2 at the end of next year. After that, AMD will keep up. After all, AMD has been a chaser in the past few years.

Who would have expected that after Intel was stimulated by Qin Feng, it would come up with laboratory products a year in advance. This left AMD speechless.

"Accelerate research and launch it as soon as possible!" Jerry Sanders snorted.

Subsequently, Jerry Sanders held a board meeting to discuss the matter.

"If we launch k7 and k6-3 ahead of schedule, we will suffer huge losses!" Many directors are also worried.

This requires increasing investment in research and development and taking back most of the CPUs on the market. In this way, they will suffer huge losses.

"If we don't follow up quickly, we will be eliminated from the market. The k7 and k6-3 must be launched as soon as possible!" Jerry Sanders said.

It will be too late, and then there will be no place for them in the market.

The k7 is a product that is comparable to the Pentium 2. Of course, the performance is still slightly inferior. But at least it can compete. It will not be beaten like the k6-2. As for the k6-3, its performance is beyond the Celeron 2.

.Of course, the current price of Celeron 2 is a bit painful.

"As for money, don't worry, I will go talk to investors!" Jerry Sanders said.

For a company, nothing is more important than funds.

Originally, AMD was not short of funds. After all, they could occupy more than 30% of the market share overall. But after being disrupted by Qin Feng, they almost collapsed.

Therefore, the only option is to find the sponsor.

The one who has always supported AMD is a consortium called atic in Abu Dhabi. These oil tycoon consortiums are never short of money. For them, investing a little money in AMD is just a casual thing.

Although it is said that AMD's market share is being beaten by Intel every year. Intel has almost 80% of the market share, while AMD only accounts for 20%. But for the oil tycoons in Abu Dhabi, it doesn't matter if they lose a little money.

Therefore, this is also the reason why Jerry Sanders, or AMD, still has confidence in such a severe market.

"Money? No problem. How much?" the Atic consortium in Abu Dhabi asked generously, "What is your annual income now?"

Jerry Sanders was slightly proud.

"Last year our annual revenue exceeded..." Jerry Sanders was about to proudly introduce AMD's market share and annual revenue last year.

When AMD was founded, there were only 8 employees and no office space. They started a business in their own houses. Now, it is a large company with more than 5,000 employees and sales of more than 2 billion US dollars.

But before he could speak, the tycoon from the Atic consortium in Abu Dhabi waved his hand.
Chapter completed!