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”Orange Z1? Apple, Huawei, and the Huake Science Association all bought architecture licenses? Damn it! No wonder Apple’s suddenly playing hardball!”

In an office at the ARM Headquarters in Cambridge, a group of well-dressed, balding, middle-aged British men were cursing angrily, their faces grim.

The news of Hua Country’s first independently developed instruction set technology spread like wildfire throughout the semiconductor industry the moment it was announced.

If Apple, Huawei, and the Huake Science Association hadn’t purchased architecture licenses, ARM would never have given the Orange Z1 a second thought.

But these three companies weren’t stupid. The fact that they were willing to shell out the money to buy it was enough to prove that the Orange Z1’s coding efficiency and power-to-performance ratio were, at the very least, on par with the ARM architecture.

In the eyes of a businessman, there is only profit!

As long as the Orange Z1’s one-time licensing fee and royalty percentage were lower than ARM’s rates, companies like Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Mountain Star would be bold enough to kick ARM to the curb.

These days, it’s all about money, not loyalty!

If the Orange Z1’s architecture licensing fee was reasonable, Orange Technology would become the ’dearest brother’ to Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Mountain Star.

As for ARM?

They would be nothing more than a stray dog kicked to the side of the road.

Meanwhile, upon hearing the news, companies like MediaTek and Mountain Star made some inquiries. After learning that the Orange Z1 architecture license cost only 3 million US dollars, they chuckled and swiftly dispatched their business teams to Xucheng.

The world has suffered under ARM for far too long!

Even if the Orange Z1 instruction set had limited performance, spending 3 million US dollars was enough to send a clear message to ARM: your prices are too damn high. If you don’t lower them, we’ll find a new partner.

At the same time, thanks to explanations on various news platforms, netizens in Hua Country were gradually beginning to understand what the Orange Z1 instruction set was all about.

To put it simply, the self-developed Hisilicon chips that Huawei promoted were, in essence, still based on ARM architecture principles, developed through technology licensing. It was like buying a pre-owned house and just remodeling it.

The Celestial Craft T100, however, was completely different. It redefined the CPU’s instruction set and operational logic, which was equivalent to building a new house from the ground up.

There was a fundamental difference in its design philosophy, number of instructions, and execution efficiency!

The moment Mike Keller finished speaking, Orange Technology was no longer just a phone assembly company.

”The Celestial Craft T100 is an AI chip designed specifically for Smart Speakers. It offers 500 billion floating-point operations per second deployed locally, supports millisecond-level response speeds, and has enhanced multi-turn conversational capabilities and improved voice recognition accuracy in complex scenarios...”

In the conference hall on the top floor of the Sky Garden, Mike was clearly and logically explaining the superior performance and design philosophy of the Celestial Craft T100.

Technical personnel have a common bad habit when giving presentations: they love to get bogged down in the details.

Wang Teng, standing on the left side of the stage, glanced at the time and quickly gestured for Mike to speed things up.

”Sorry about that. I always tend to ramble on when I’m talking about my area of expertise. President Wang is telling me to get off the stage. If you ever have the chance, you’re all welcome to attend my public lectures at Xucheng Academy. Thank you.”

Mike was a straight-shooter. He calmly teased Wang Teng before giving a wave and walking off the stage.

’Xucheng Academy?’

Over the past year, this second-tier college in Huian Province had become famous both at home and abroad.

Practically everyone knew about Xucheng Academy. It was the alma mater of Chen Yansen—the founder of Senlian Capital, a post-90s super-billionaire worth fifty billion US dollars, and a leading figure in the internet industry.

After reports in *Time* magazine, on Facebook, and on YouTube, Xucheng Academy’s fame had reached a level comparable to Qingbei.

Regardless of its actual capabilities, its reputation was enormous!

Wang Teng returned to the stage with a smile and began to speak. ”Our next new product is the Moss Smart Speaker 2.0. Like the Qingcheng D2, Orange C3S, and Yaocheng X1, it comes equipped with the latest version of the Moss Intelligent Voice Assistant. As for its design, please look at the big screen!”

With that, he silently pressed a button on his controller, and a high-definition image of the Moss M7 Smart Speaker appeared on the screen.

Compared to the first generation, the Moss M7 had changed drastically. Its cylindrical shape was replaced with an L-shaped design, featuring a seven-inch touchscreen on the front with the speaker located below it.

It had a rich built-in application ecosystem, including music, videos, and audiobooks, and came with a five-megapixel front-facing camera that could be used for video calls with other users.

Anyone, from the elderly to children, could use simple wake words to command the Moss M7 to play movies, music, and radio.

It was no exaggeration to call it a leap-forward upgrade!

The Moss M7 was priced at 999 Hua Yuan!

Next, Wang Teng introduced the Alexa A7 Smart Speaker. Aside from the application ecosystem, there were no significant hardware differences between the two.

The Alexa A7 was priced at 269 US dollars, only 70 US dollars more than the first generation, yet the user experience was several levels better.

It wasn’t hard to imagine that once the Moss M7 and Alexa A7 hit the market, the 1.0 version of the smart speakers would most likely be phased out, becoming an ignored product eventually swept into the dustbin.

Furthermore, Wang Teng also took the opportunity at the conference to explain for the first time why the Alexa A7 was priced higher than the Moss M7.

In short, due to the exorbitant app licensing fees in the North American Region, the price of the Alexa A7 had to be increased for cost reasons.

The implication was clear: it wasn’t Orange Technology trying to rip you off; it was your own local app developers who were to blame.

And with that, the two-and-a-half-hour new product launch finally came to a close.

Wang Teng then held a live drawing for 400 lucky audience members, giving away 100 Qingcheng D2s, 100 Orange C3Ss, 100 Yaocheng X1s, and 100 Moss M7s.

The moment he stepped off the stage, he was swarmed by a crowd of media representatives from all over the country.

”President Wang, why wasn’t an Aurora OS version of the Yaocheng X1 released? Does Orange Technology plan to stop iterating on the Aurora OS?”