1991 Starting from the core

Of course Su Yuanshan has considered that this situation of being both a supplier and a competitor will definitely not work in the future. And he has also made a lot of preparations for this-several major departments of Yuanxin can be separated in the future.

But he obviously didn't expect the impact to come so early, and he was initially worried about Sony.

Su Yuanshan pursed his lips and frowned deeply.

Kutaragi Ken didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly, and gave him another cup of tea, pushing it to his side.

After dozens of seconds of silence, Su Yuanshan nodded slowly: "Jiu Duojun, thank you for reminding me."

Kutaragi Ken smiled slightly: "Susan, Yuanxin is proud of that, there is no doubt about it. But in the future, what kind of identity will it sail to the distance... This is something you have to consider."

"Yes." Su Yuanshan nodded, took a sip from the tea cup, and sighed: "I have thought about it a long time ago. In the future, Yuanxin will gradually transform into an R\u0026D enterprise that provides top technologies and solutions, relying on technology to To guide and serve the world.”

"What an amazing wish." Kutaragi listened with leisurely fascination: "That must be a science and technology center that gathers the most cutting-edge technology and wisdom."

"But the science and technology center cannot be built in an instant, just like a multi-stage launch vehicle. Although it is the satellite on the rocket that finally goes up, the other things that are peeled off are booster thrusters. But without those thrusters, the satellite cannot go up. of."

Kutaragi Ken added with a smile: "Moreover, the separation of the thrusters also requires timing."

"Yeah... For example, I want to separate the mobile phone business, but the mobile phone business is currently our cash cow. It is impossible to separate it - it must at least support Yuanxin's profits in the next ten years." Su Yuanshan said again. I picked up the teacup, only to find it was empty.

Seeing this, Kutaragi Ken picked up the teapot and gave him another cup: "You mean, you just want to keep the chip business in the future?"

"Well, to be precise, it is a multi-functional integrated system chip design business for future complex environments." Su Yuanshan used a longer attributive to comment on the future development of Yuanxin.

"Jiu Duojun, what do you think will happen to those electronic and digital products when technology develops to its extreme in the future? For example, network signals can achieve transmission rates of over Gb in the air, and supercomputers can achieve The number of operations per second is up to Jing or even Gai..." (Note: 1 Jing=10^16, 1 Gai=10^20)

Kutaragi Ken narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled after a moment: "If such a supercomputer can run ordinary programs, as far as current programs are concerned, only a display system will be needed."

"Yes! It's what I thought. In the future, it will definitely develop in the direction of highly concentrated data and computing power." Su Yuanshan smiled as he said: "For example, a camera will only need one lens, one display interface, and A chip that integrates the menu and communication module is enough. Click! Press the shutter, and then the data can be uploaded to the server instantly, and then the original picture in the server can be analyzed and operated by the operation interface. In this process, even the camera itself No need to bring a memory card.”

"Personal device terminals only need to provide input and output functions."

Kutaragi Ken was startled after hearing this. He immediately thought of the LCD panel business that Su Yuanshan had been paying attention to, and the lens that he had been urging him to have - isn't that the output functional component of the future?

"Susan, have you really been working in this direction?" Kutaragi Ken asked hesitantly.

He has been in the industry for more than 20 years and has seen countless whimsical ideas, but he has never seen anyone who is as unswervingly moving towards his "dream" as Su Yuanshan.

"Yes, I have been working hard in this direction." Su Yuanshan nodded unabashedly: "Coupled with artificial intelligence, these two directions will definitely push the third industrial revolution to its climax."

At this time, the trend of summarizing the third revolution has begun to emerge in the academic world. Many scholars believe that since the invention and application of atomic energy and computers, the current boom in the Internet and IT industries indicates that the third industrial revolution is in its final explosion.

But the outbreak happened, and no scholar can give an accurate prediction or definition of what the next industrial revolution will be.

Some scholars believe that the next industrial revolution should be artificial intelligence, genetic revolution and the Internet of Everything to realize the world in cyberpunk.

Some scholars believe that the next industrial revolution should be the beginning of human beings walking out of the earth.

But no matter what, we are now in the midst of a vigorous wave of scientific and technological revolution. This is the consensus of the academic community.

"It's too far." Kutaragi Ken breathed out softly, smiled and shook his head: "Maybe I won't be able to see that day."

"Who said that? It's very close, okay? I can hear footsteps."

"Susan, you understand what I mean." Kutaragi Ken chuckled.

"Yes, I promise you." Su Yuanshan nodded without hesitation.

Kutaragi Ken means that you should not go too far and solve the immediate problem first.

Even if they are allies, they don't want to put their necks under the opponent's raised knife - what if their hand slips? Who can say for sure?

When a problem arises, it is natural to solve it. Faced with the negative impact of Yuanxin's current huge business, Sony itself proposed a solution. There is no doubt that Su Yuanshan is grateful.

…

Next, the two people briefly discussed the cooperation model. Only then did Su Yuanshan discover that Kutaragi Ken had been planning for a long time.

He hopes to jointly establish a wafer fab with Yuanxin and Deyuan to achieve independent third-party manufacturing and sales by accepting Yuanxin's technology and Deyuan's process technology authorization.

In other words, this fab is not the most "popular" professional foundry at present, but is similar to an independent manufacturing link in (vertically integrated manufacturing) IDM.

In this way, on the one hand, it has technical support from Yuanxin and Deyuan, and on the other hand, it has relative independence and can not be interfered by the two giants, Yuanxin or Sony, which can be regarded as an advantage for the current Yuanxin The embarrassment provides a more suitable solution.

At the same time, Kutaragi Ken said that Sony’s CMOS production line can also be moved in.

That way, no one has to worry about each other's necks.

When he heard this sentence, Su Yuanshan immediately realized that Kutaragi Ken was probably not just worried about his neck problem.

He... seems to be relying on this opportunity to fully enter the semiconductor industry.