The four core departments include the personal device department (mobile phone department), network department, official service department, enterprise department, and network home department.
Among them, the person in charge of the personal equipment department, that is, the mobile phone department, is Yafirovsky.
This Jafirovsky is also a famous person in history. According to the history of his previous life, this man almost acquired Huawei Technology this year.
“It’s really time to take this matter seriously.”
The person speaking at this time was Motorola's President and CEO Christoph Galvin.
Although Galvin has always been at odds with Jafirovsky, who is ambitious and wants to rise to the top, the two can still reach an agreement regarding the future development of Motorola.
"I think what we, Motorola, should pay attention to is how to abandon the semiconductor business. After all, we lost US$284 million in the semiconductor business alone last year!"
The person speaking at this time was none other than Motorola's Edward Sandel.
According to history, Edward Sandel will defeat Gafirovsky to take over the position of CEO in December 2003.
As for the original Galvin and Gafirovsky, who only served as president for a few months, according to history, they will be dismissed by Motorola's board of directors this year.
Among them, not to mention Jafirovsky, it seems a bit unjust and aggrieved that he was dismissed as president after only a few months.
However, Galvin's dismissal was inevitable because he had always advocated that Motorola should have its own semiconductor factory. To this end, he established the largest chip production factory outside the United States in Tianjin City in the summer.
But it turns out that Motorola did not seem to find a way to make a profit. As a result, in 2002, Motorola not only failed to make money in the semiconductor business, but lost all its money.
Under such circumstances, many of Motorola's top executives and even shareholders were complaining a lot about Galvin, the president. It can be said that it would have been had it not been for Christofor Galvin's surname: Galvin.
He was a member of the Galvin family who created Motorola. At that time, Galvin had been forcibly removed by the board of directors just like Jobs, although of course he has not been removed yet.
But according to history, Galvin did leave Motorola in May of this year. The board of directors only left a little face for him to resign on his own. The subsequent head of the company was Yafirovsky, and then he was replaced by the board of directors in December. Become Edward Sandel.
However, at this time, after hearing that the problem of the semiconductor business was to be solved, Yafirovsky, the head of Motorola's personal equipment business, said in agreement:
"We should really think about giving up the semiconductor business, at least first sell the 8-inch wafer factory and affiliated semiconductor factory in Ljin, Daxia.
Didn’t Zhongxin International reveal that they want to buy our 8-inch wafer fab and other affiliated semiconductor factories? I think we can talk! "
At this time, everyone in Motorola except Galvin, the head of Motorola, who strongly advocated that Motorola should have its own chip factory.
All the middle and senior management and shareholders hate the damn semiconductor business, because this semiconductor business caused Motorola to suffer huge losses and reduced the profits and income of their executives!
Therefore, everyone at Motorola, including shareholders, really hates the semiconductor business and wishes to abandon this semiconductor business as soon as possible.
According to previous history, in October 2003, Zhongxin International successfully acquired Motorola's eight-inch wafer fab and affiliated semiconductor factory in Tianjin, and then established Zhongxin International with a registered capital of US$1.29 billion. Tianjin Branch.
But this has not happened yet, and it is possible that Lin Chen, Motorola's eight-inch wafer factory, can obtain it.
After all, it is not a sale to anyone. As long as Sugon Technology offers more than Zhongxin International, Sugon Technology may still be able to purchase the eight-inch wafer factory and the affiliated semiconductor factory in Tianjin.
Although Motorola's eight-inch wafer factory is nothing in this era, its chip manufacturing technology lags behind the world.
Currently, only 350 nanometer and 180 nanometer chip processes can be mass-produced. The 130 nanometer process technology has been losing money because of the yield problem. Motorola lost so much money last year because of the insufficient yield rate of the 130 nanometer process technology.
As for wafers, they are only 8-inch wafers, which are not even comparable to the 12-inch wafers that Zhongxin International is currently building. The actual total cost of producing chips is definitely higher than that of other companies' 12-inch wafers.
But even with so many shortcomings, this is still a complete chip factory.
A complete factory that can extract silicon rods from raw materials and cut them, then go to chip photolithography and etching, pin testing and testing, and packaging.
It can be said that except for a few key raw materials still need to be imported, such as high-precision silicon raw materials, photoresist and chemicals for chip production, etc., which need to be imported from island countries or the United States.
But even so, this is actually a quite complete chip factory, and it can be said that you can use it after buying it.
Under this situation, Motorola's 8-inch wafer factory is definitely the best choice for Sugon Technology.
But unfortunately, with the current strength and financial resources of Sugon Technology, it is not easy to purchase an eight-inch wafer factory.
After all, even if it is just a third-rate 8-inch wafer fab and affiliated semiconductor factory in the world, the acquisition price starts at tens of billions.
Especially now that there is Zhongxin International, a troublemaker who also wants to buy an 8-inch wafer factory, Motorola, who has the opportunity to raise prices at a lower price, will definitely not be soft-hearted when he wields his knife.
“Don’t even think about selling the semiconductor business, I never agree!
Our semiconductor business is about to succeed. If we sell the semiconductor business at this time, all those years of investment will be lost. "
At this time, Galvin, the head of Motorola, did not agree to sell the semiconductor business.
Although he has realized intellectually that Motorola is not in the business of chip production, he also regrets why he spent money on semiconductor chip production in the first place.
But Motorola has invested so much money in the semiconductor business over the years. If it sells the semiconductor business at this time.
That was undoubtedly an admission of his failure, and all the huge sums of money he invested had turned into water. This result was too unacceptable.
"A dead duck has a tough mouth."
At this time, Sandel uttered an Eastern proverb in his heart, with a look of disdain in his eyes.
He actually also knew why Galvin refused to give up the semiconductor business, because if he really did this, it would undoubtedly mean that Motorola officially admitted failure.
As the price of failure, it is obviously impossible for Galvin to continue to be the leader, so Galvin has been holding on and refusing to admit defeat.
But escaping will not solve the problem. Now, the number of people criticizing and dissatisfied with Galvin in the company is increasing day by day.
Maybe in less than a year and a half, they can kick Galvin off the altar, tell him to get as far away as possible, and tell him that Motorola will no longer welcome the Galvin family.
(End of chapter)
