234. snapdragon
2 p.m. the next day.
Hoyoung was at the Amazon headquarters.
Yesterday, Smith had already come and arranged all the details, so today Ho-young had to sign the contract, and everything to be done here was finished.
“I have heard a lot. This is Jeff Bezos.”
“This is Yun Ho-young.”
Hoyoung and Jeff Bezos exchanged brief greetings.
‘Jeff J-Jos was shaved this time too.’
While Hoyoung was thinking stupid thoughts while looking at Jeff, Jeff was staring at Hoyeong without taking his eyes off him.
“Did you put anything on my face?”
“Oh, no.”
On the table in the drawing room, there were already documents for Hoyeong to sign.
Hoyoung and Jeff sat across from each other at the table, chatting briefly.
Hoyoung, who smoothly turned over the contract, signed the document first without hesitation.
“It doesn’t seem that there is anything different from what was discussed yesterday. I signed it.”
Hoyoung said with a confident expression.
Seeing Hoyoung’s expression, Jeff Bezos felt a little uneasy.
In fact, he already knew the name Yun Ho-yeong because he had heard it a lot here and there.
Yoon Ho-young was already known as an investor who sees the future among American entrepreneurs.
‘No matter how much I think about it, the last clause is uncomfortable…’
Besides, Jeff Bezos was a prudent personality.
A clause that allows you to exercise your voting rights if the price per share falls below $10.
It’s not common, but it’s not an awkward clause that can be included in any number of other investment contracts.
He picked up the pen, but pondered for a moment before signing.
‘Ten dollars. Yeah, there can never be a price of $10. That clause is probably a symbolic clause that means that you will exercise your voting rights right before the company goes bankrupt. It means to do well in management in the future.’
When Amazon first went public, the price was $18.
He didn’t even consider a price less than $10.
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After much thought, Jeff finally signed the contract.
Seeing that, Hoyoung thought to himself that Jeff Bezos is not normal.
‘Well, apart from business philosophy, if I hadn’t had this level of judgment and determination, I wouldn’t have been able to become the richest person in the world.’
It was Ho-young who thought it was fortunate that he met Amazon before it became a big success.
‘But in just a few years, the future we feared will become a reality.’
Of course, Hoyoung had no intention of kicking Jeff out even then.
It was because they thought it was a waste of manpower to kick out such a talented person.
However, it was clear at that time that not everything would go his way as in the original history.
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After signing the contract, Hoyoung talked a little more with Jeff Bezos without any special after-parties, and then headed straight to the airport.
“boss. It was a short time, but it was nice to see you after a long time.”
“okay. I’m going to play soon, so see you then.”
“You must come to play. Let’s play instead of work.”
“haha. Anyone who hears it will know that I always work and live.”
“What? Wasn’t it?”
Smith opened his eyes wide and answered.
When Hoyoung burst out laughing as if he was dumbfounded, Smith looked at him and smiled as well.
“haha. It’s a joke. The next time you come, please come with Miss Sumin. Please pass on that gift as well.”
“yes. Next time I should go to Smith’s house to play.”
Hoyoung shared a sad farewell with Smith.
Because Smith had to go back to Texas, and Ho-young had to go back to California.
– Passengers boarding a flight to San Francisco, please come to Gate 12.
As Smith entered the gate, an announcement announcing the departure of Ho-yeong’s flight rang out just in time.
Hoyoung’s destination is Qualcomm.
It was Hoyoung who wanted to check the progress of the chipset made by Qualcomm with his own eyes before returning to Korea.
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A few hours later, when he arrived at the San Francisco airport, an Asian woman greeted Ho-young.
“Hoyoung! Here it is!”
She was Lisa Sue.
“lisa! How you doing? Long time no see.”
“I always get along. Didn’t you put us to work and didn’t care too much?”
“I am not interested. I am always interested.”
Lisa Su was lively like this time.
However, in fact, I couldn’t hide the dark circles under my eyes, probably because I was very tired.
“Right now, Jensen and I are going to work at Qualcomm. We set up a joint research lab at Qualcomm. Come over here.”
Lisa Su continued as she took Hoyeong and Miru to the parking lot.
When collaborating with Qualcomm’s researchers for the first time, they worked at their respective companies, but it was very inconvenient because the chipset research was a research that required the movement of physical hardware.
“So, in the end, an opinion came up to establish a joint research center in one place, and Jensen and I decided to build a research center at Qualcomm because we only needed to move our bodies. Of course, Qualcomm made an unexpectedly large investment and set up a research center with the money.”
As she drove to Qualcomm, Lisa Su’s mouth seemed unwilling to rest.
I guessed that she might have come to pick up Hoyeong herself because she wanted to constantly talk to Hoyeong about her progress and achievements so far.
“Anyway, in conclusion, I saw quite a result. Maybe sooner or later something great will come out.”
“I’m glad. I think the results are coming out faster than I thought.”
“haha. We invest this much money and manpower, but if results do not come out, it is our researchers’ fault.”
Her words were modest, but her expression showed confidence and pride.
Even in its original history, Lisa Su is the CEO of AMD. In other words, he was the CEO, but he wanted to be called the Doctor rather than the Chief or the President.
Her wish to live as a researcher for the rest of her life must have been revealed in that way.
Maybe that’s why Lisa’s expression was very good right now.
“The other day, we signed a technology partnership with Sony for lithium-ion batteries, and the results are bearing fruit little by little. I’m working hard at Hermes. maybe···. I think the battery of the prototype will be completed by next summer.”
“Oh, is it? We think that our chipset will be completed around that time as well!”
By the time she arrived at Qualcomm, Lisa Su’s face showed no hint of tiredness, but was subtly uplifted.
After arriving at Qualcomm after a while, Hoyoung exchanged greetings with Jensen Hwang and toured the research center.
‘Fortunately, it seems to be worth the money poured in.’
There was one thing that the people at the research center didn’t know: the investment money that went into this research center wasn’t from Qualcomm.
Ho-young was also well aware of the need for a joint research institute, and most of the investment money came from Ho-young’s private wealth.
However, Hoyoung had instructed the researchers not to talk about it, fearing that if the researcher was informed of the fact, it would cause excessive burden and hinder the research.
Anyway, because Hoyoung thought that if the chipset came out well, he would be good.
Hoyoung, who looked around the entire lab and even the chipset being researched in the lab, said in a very pleasant voice.
“To be honest···. It’s beyond my expectations. Are you really saying that CPUs come with specifications of around 400 MHz?”
“yes. It’s a bit unstable right now. In my opinion, these specifications are sufficient, and I think it would be better to focus on stabilization and commercialization now. what do you think?”
“good. For the first version, this is enough.”
Hoyoung nodded happily.
Of course, this direct comparison is meaningless, but when Sony first released the PSP in 2004, the CPU clock speed was only 222 MHz.
Hoyoung thought it would be enough if it was made to that level, but it seemed like something that would literally exceed expectations would come out.
“CPU clock is not the only end.”
Hwang Jensen, who had been silently listening to Hoyeong from behind, opened his mouth.
“Graphic capabilities are also likely to come out as powerful as the top-of-the-line components that go into desktops now. It seems that it can be made at a level that supports true color resolution of 720 * 480 as well as 3D rendering ability. Of course, we still need more time…”
Jensen Huang said with a dark face, perhaps because he was sorry that he could not show Ho-young because the specific results had not yet been revealed for the graphic architecture part he was in charge of.
However, Hoyoung smiled even wider and held his hands.
“When it comes to graphics, I believe 100% only in Jensen Huang. There’s still plenty of time before release, so don’t be in too much of a hurry. If you need anything, just let me know.”
Perhaps feeling Hoyoung’s sincere words, Jensen Hwang’s expression relaxed a little, and he nodded with a firm expression as if he had made up his mind once again.
“I will contact you as soon as possible.”
“haha. good.”
After touring the research center, Ho-yeong decided to have a dinner with the leading members of the research center.
Along with Lisa Su and Jensen Huang, Paul Jacobs, who is currently the CEO of Qualcomm, also attended the event.
After Irwin stepped down from the representative position, his son, Paul Jacobs, steadily built a track record and was fully recognized as the representative.
Although he showed a bit of a modest business method and a move to hit Ho-yeong in the beginning, he eventually came to admire Ho-yeong’s continued success and foresight, and now he has become one of the people who trust and follow Ho-young the most.
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The sound of four wine glasses colliding echoed clearly.
Hoyoung treated the three of them at a top-notch restaurant, and it was only natural for them to think of good wine in a good place.
At least in this place, they honestly told each other about the difficulties they had felt during their research and what they were disappointed about at work, and thanks to that, it became an opportunity to become closer.
Of course, it was painful to say that there was Hoyoung’s skillful mediation in the process.
“By the way, have you thought of the name of the finished CPU chipset?”
“Ah, there is no name yet, but we call it ME.PU because we think that our CPU chipset will be active in 2000.”
“It’s a word from millennium.”
“Oh, you also have a sense.”
Paul Michaels clapped softly and admired, then continued with a rather serious face.
“However, no matter how much I think about it, I’m worried because I can’t really stick to it. What is the name of Miffy Yu? Did you feel weak? I don’t think it’s a name that will be imprinted on consumers.”
Hearing this, Hoyoung smiled.
The name MiffyU was actually a name that Qualcomm agonized over whether to use or not until just before its release.
However, Qualcomm eventually decided to use this name in 2008.
“How about a name like this?”
“Oh, do you have any ideas?”
“Snap dragon.”
“Snap Dragon?”
“You mean that flower that withers into a skull?”
Except for Hoyoung, the rest looked at each other once.
and then
“Wow, are you really okay? It must have been our preconceived notion that the name of the chipset must have some meaning.”
“I feel good too. Snap Dragon.”
Everyone seemed to like Snapdragon very much.
Hoyoung also smiled pleasantly when he saw that face.
Snap Dragon.
Originally, it was a name that would be introduced to the world only after 10 years, but because of Ho-young, the schedule was pushed forward by 10 years.