The 3th Generation of the Chaebol Wants to Live Quietly - Chapter 1105



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1105

“… This is true.”

Originally, MPEG-2 patents were held by Japan, the United States, and Europe.

However, most of the Japanese patents ended up in the hands of Director Choi Min-hyeok.

After that, the European and American patents also passed into the hands of Belin Investment.

Director Im Ki-seok scratched his head.

“According to Manager Woo Young-min, there are many conditions when receiving investment. Originally, it was a penthouse, but those who didn’t have that also offered their technology.”

To be exact, they themselves did not possess the technology.

Companies associated with them, such as Motorola, are the target.

Most of them were able to demonstrate this level of capability because they had shares in multinational corporations.

However, core patents were an exception.

The problem is that there aren’t many such patents.

Even Woo Young-min, head of Belin Investment, said that at first, this task was not easy, but as he gained experience, he was able to secure patents using various methods.

The reason they did this was simpler than you might think.

I didn’t think the MPEG-2 patent had much value.

Since Director Minhyeok Choi holds all the key patents, it was better to coexist rather than confront Director Minhyeok Choi.

In fact, Belin Investments also invested in MPEG-2 related stocks, so their intentions were not wrong.

“… … .”

Director Choi Min-hyeok quietly covered up the MPEG-2 patent items while looking into them.

It was only then that he realized that Manager Im Gi-seok had observed his actions and acted as he had learned.

However, it was more severe than I thought.

In fact, strictly speaking, if you look at it from the perspective of increasing expertise in the patent field, Director Lim Ki-seok was better than Director Choi Min-hyeok himself.

So he decided to collect patents.

Director Choi Min-hyeok did not take this lightly. Of course, he had no intention of selling the patents he owned.

“Since Belin Investment is the owner anyway, it can’t be seen as a monopoly. Belin Investment isn’t completely mine either. Some of the shares are owned by the company’s executives and employees.”

This is ridiculous, considering that the percentage is less than 0.1%.

It was bound to be a problem.

‘I think I’ll have to sell some of my stake, but I’m sure there’ll be an opportunity.’

Director Choi Min-hyeok was not unaware of that.

“While we’re at it, let’s expand the business. We need to show that the Plims business isn’t a story of the distant future. Oh, and if we’re going to do it, a terminal would be good. The high-speed CPU that Plims needs. How’s the development status of that?”

“… I will check.”

“Since we’ve come this far, let’s check it out ourselves. If there’s a practical problem, I’ll take care of it myself. Oh, and Director Choi Byeong-yeon is back from vacation, right? Talk to Director Choi Byeong-yeon.”

“…All right.”

* * *

After enjoying his vacation, Director Choi Byeong-yeon returned to work and focused on his company’s work.

He tilted his head after receiving instructions from Director Choi Min-hyeok.

Because there has never been such an instruction before.

However, he was carrying out various projects based on the technology of Director Choi Min-hyeok’s affiliates even without Director Choi Min-hyeok’s instructions.

One of those technologies was high-speed mobile CPUs.

It wasn’t exactly the same technology.

This was an application based on this technology.

Director Choi Byeong-yeon thought this technology had considerable value and gave various ideas to Vice Director Cho Chang-ho.

However, Vice President Cho Chang-ho already had the technology he had acquired while developing the AI ​​chip-based technology for Annie, and based on this, he developed the chip that Director Choi Byeong-yeon wanted.

This chip wasn’t a completely new technology that was created from scratch.

Because it utilized the technology that Vice President Cho Chang-ho had already acquired and the high-speed CPU technology that Director Choi Min-hyeok had purchased.

Fortunately, ARN was also working on a project related to this mobile technology.

So the results had to come out a bit faster.

As soon as Director Choi Byeong-yeon confirmed this matter, he reported it to Director Choi Min-hyeok.

“…I have never given such an instruction.”

Director Choi Byeong-yeon smiled brightly.

“I am the head of the research lab in charge of our KM electronics research. I think I should prepare in advance by considering Director Choi Min-hyeok’s intentions.”

“hmm.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok simply stuck out his tongue even after hearing the obvious story.

High-speed mobile CPUs The next technology is more than 10 years ahead.

Director Choi Min-hyeok ended up sticking out his tongue again.

‘Is it because of Korea’s characteristic of being fast-paced?’

It seemed like the Koreans’ fast-paced DNA had an influence.

Even Vice President Cho Chang-ho was not much different. He worked really hard after receiving a lot of vacation and incentives from Director Choi Min-hyeok.

He also knew the priorities of work well because he had seen and learned from what Director Choi Min-hyeok had done so far.

One of them is the Plims terminal chip.

He developed the core chip that controls the operation of this chip based on frequency conversion, amplification, and synthesis. To be precise, he created the chip based on the technology used in existing patchwork military radios.

In some ways, it was similar to the development of chips used in anime artificial intelligence.

Of course, this chip was not developed by Vice President Cho Chang-ho alone.

It was the result of a joint effort between ARN and other affiliated experts led by Director Choi Min-hyeok.

Dr. Helen’s role was also difficult to leave out here.

No, if it weren’t for her, we wouldn’t have developed this chip so quickly.

In the end, Director Choi Byeong-yeon’s leadership shone through.

This is because the development costs for related projects usually run into the hundreds of billions.

However, Vice President Cho Chang-ho did not report this result because the development of other systems related to Plims was delayed, or more precisely, because the focus was on technical standards.

Director Choi Min-hyeok stuck out his tongue after hearing Vice-Minister Jo Chang-ho’s explanation.

“Wait a minute, isn’t this a Plims chip? Oh my god. Am I really done developing the Plims chip?!”

Vice Minister Cho Chang-ho was greatly embarrassed by Director Choi Min-hyeok’s belatedly excited attitude. He had no idea that Director Choi Min-hyeok would suddenly call him.

“It’s not perfect yet.”

Of course, it couldn’t have gone well.

Because the next generation of communications technology standards is just beginning to develop.

It should be said that the Plims chip that has been created so far has only applied the most basic features.

It is a military radio terminal used on a test platform, packed into a single chip.

“Manager Choi Gu-man’s help was a great help. The power amplifier related to the transmitter in this chip had to be redesigned from scratch.”

The frequency band itself was 2.155 GHz, something that had never existed before in the world.

Surprisingly, the chip could be manufactured in a single process.

“However, since the technical standards are still in progress, modifications are necessary.”

“That’s a given. But the important thing is that we’ve set a standard. I think everyone will be amazed when they see this chip. It’s a technology that’s literally 10 years ahead of its time!”

“… … .”

Vice Minister Cho Chang-ho was left speechless by Director Choi Min-hyeok’s praise.

However, the planning team, including Team Leader Jo Seong-don, has not yet come to their senses.

I never imagined that this kind of result would come out already.

Vice Minister Cho Chang-ho also made that point clear.

“This is all thanks to Director Choi Min-hyeok. He created the basic test platform in advance and set up the framework for Plims. Dr. Helen made the technology into a single technology standard, and I just compiled it.”

“Don’t do that. Even if you know the technique, it doesn’t mean you can make it like this.”

That’s actually the case.

Because the technology related to Plims is still fiercely fighting for its rice bowl in the International Telecommunications Technology Association.

That too, with an ambiguous phrase.

When we actually get into technology development, it will escalate to war levels.

If that conflict becomes too great, the technical standards will be split.

After encouraging Vice President Cho Chang-ho, Director Choi Min-hyeok continued to examine the Plims chip. He also checked the report related to the chip.

‘Is this okay?’

It was so different from what he had expected that it was fun just thinking about how to use it.

* * *

The Plims chip is so advanced that the Plims standardization effort is now underway.

If the US government steps in and sabotages it even a little, the development of the Plims chip may become meaningless.

But things couldn’t go that way.

This is because Director Choi Min-hyeok created the framework for Plims technology.

In fact, it is not easy to test the parts that are still in progress in the next-generation technology standards that are currently being developed.

The problem is that there are so many of these areas that whenever they come together because of technical standards, they fight among themselves.

Dr. Chris Amon of Qualcomm was no different. He fought like a fighting cock at the next-generation communication technology standards meeting.

But this was something that couldn’t be helped.

Because it’s for money.

Not just any money, but astronomical amounts of money.

That was money that could be earned by extorting royalties from telecommunications companies around the world for the next 30 years.

But he fought hard for the standards of human communication technology.

He had to be wherever there was a meeting about important next-generation communications technologies.

This time, the location was ETRI Korea.

This happened because ETRI came up with some unusual results.

To be exact, Director Choi Min-hyeok presented it together with Helen and Dr. Lee Ji-soo.

That’s why Dr. Chris Amon decided to travel to Korea to review this material.

But there was someone who found him at just the right time.

It was none other than Congressman John Smith.

To his surprise, he came to see me right as I was about to leave for the airport.

“Doctor, can we talk for a moment?”

“I have to go because of that flight schedule.”

“I know. That schedule. But there’s something more important to talk about.”

“But ETRI has a new security technology… … .”

“I want to talk about that security technology.”

Dr. Chris Amon then looked at the haggard-looking Representative John Smith with a puzzled look on his face. This was not the confident John Smith he knew, leading the U.S. House of Representatives.

“What are you trying to say?”

“Dr. Chris, are you really going to follow Director Choi Min-hyeok’s next-generation mobile communications standards?”

“…What are you talking about?”

Congressman John Smith spoke coldly, his expression almost android-like.

“This time, don’t you know that this is all Director Choi Min-hyeok’s work?”

Dr. Chris Amon snickered. He also received the materials related to Director Choi Min-hyeok’s lecture show. After checking the contents, he sighed.

It is a security-related technology that has been overlooked because it is something that needs to be done, but circumstances do not allow for it.

However, Director Choi Min-hyeok had everything neatly packaged so that it would be easy to eat.

The core theory was so well-polished that it was difficult to even begin to touch it.

“… Even if that’s true, there is no other alternative.”

“No, we can just create a new one. Like CDMA to compete with GSM.”

He had a dumbfounded expression.

“Are you saying that knowing the extent of the progress so far?”

“That’s why I came to Dr. Chris. I thought he would be able to solve the problem and find a solution.”

“Look here. Congressman John, do you know what’s been going on lately? Director Choi Min-hyeok has created a next-generation mobile communications security protocol and has even tested it. Now, even in tests, up to 500 people can talk to each other!”

“No, that’s what worries me more. If things continue like this, won’t the same thing happen again with MP3, MPEG-2, and ATSC?”

“That is, Director Choi Min-hyeok disclosing the technical standards… … .”

“Do you really believe that? Do you know how many additional next-generation mobile communication patents Director Choi Min-hyeok has filed?”

Congressman John handed over a list of patent applications he had received from his aide.

The report, which contained only a table of contents and a summary, was as thick as an encyclopedia.

To be exact, it was an addition to the material handed over by Director Derek Morgan.

Even in that short period of time, the data had increased dramatically.

It seemed like Director Choi Min-hyeok was wasting his time fighting with the media in Korea.

No, that’s what I heard.

But that wasn’t the case.

“… … .”