1991 Starting from the core

Just when everyone stood up and prepared to leave, Su Yuanshan suddenly stopped Chen Jing and others.

"Mr. Chen and the heads of all the technical departments will stay here for a moment - Brother Yuanxin, don't leave. We will hold an additional technical meeting to discuss your in-vehicle computer proposal just now."

At this time, Zhang Rujin, who had already reached the door, stopped after thinking for a while and walked back to his seat - logically speaking, he was in charge of the wafer fab, so he should have nothing to do here.

"Uncle Zhang?" Su Yuanshan asked with a smile: "Are you interested in discussing our discussion of automotive chips?"

Zhang Rujin smiled and shook his head: "Haha, no, mainly because I suddenly thought of something."

"Uncle Zhang, please tell me."

"Chips used in automobiles require high material and process costs, which you should pay attention to when considering. At the same time... I suggest that in the chip design process, more programmable logic chips such as GAL and FPGA be used. After the design matures and the market expands, we will tape out special chips, which can control costs relatively smoothly." After Zhang Rujin finished speaking, he glanced at Li Mingliu without leaving any trace.

Well, Li Mingliu didn't notice his glance.

Su Yuanshan understood immediately - Li Mingliu and other people relied on his support and never took the tape-out seriously. Yes, Su Yuanshan can accept the cost, because those chips have to be launched into the market on a large scale, and the process problems will have to be solved sooner or later.

But it would be a bit excessive to go through a lot of trouble to get even a small control chip to a fab.

So Su Yuanshan nodded one after another: "Okay, we are also going to discuss this matter this time. FPGA, a general-purpose chip, can be absent from Yuanxin, but it will definitely not be absent in China in the future."

"Well, I'll leave first."

…

After Zhang Rujin and a group of people from the enterprise department left, only Chen Jing, Su Yuanshan, Mr. Xi, Qin, Tian, ​​Li, Gao, Zhu and others were left.

Except for Chen Jing, they are all the bosses of Yuanxin's R\u0026D department.

"Brother Yuan Xin, the idea of ​​in-vehicle computers you proposed is very good. And you are right. Cars will definitely move towards the road of integrating intelligence, technology and industry in the future. When we enter the market at this time, making money is already secondary. Yes, it is an opportunity to dominate a certain field in the future.”

Su Yuanshan praised Zhu Yuanxin again, and then immediately said seriously: "But what Dr. Zhang just said makes sense. Automobile products involve personal safety, so we must be cautious. Not to mention the cost must be very high, and the most important thing is It’s still the chip field.”

"Of course, we will not consider the chip system of the entire vehicle for the time being, and will only start with the vehicle positioning system. Then we will slowly extend it to provide a complete set of solutions including various sensors and control systems for future cars."

When Su Yuanshan said this, everyone here knew why they were kept here - because everyone present, except Chen Jing and Zhu Yuanxin, had some experience in systems, chips, and communications.

"But I just thought about it, car navigation, we have several problems to solve at the moment."

Su Yuanshan pursed his lips and looked at Chen Jing: "The first thing is the authorization issue of the GPS chip."

Chen Jing knew that this guy would trouble her sometimes if he stayed with her, but she didn't expect it to be this...

Frankly speaking, although there is currently no ban on the flow of GPS chips into the country in the west, it is difficult to figure out whether a company from mainland China can be allowed to produce GPS chips at this moment.

Just as Chen Jing was thinking about it, Gao Xiaodi suddenly interrupted: "Mr. Shan, I think it shouldn't be difficult to authorize."

Chen Jing immediately looked at Gao Xiaodi: "Why?"

"I don't know if you have heard about the drill a while ago. Anyway, the second artillery fired three rockets. The first one hit, and the next two had problems." Gao Xiaodi chuckled and said, "It is said that, These rockets use civilian GPS positioning."

Chen Jing was stunned for a moment, biting her lip and not knowing what to say.

At this time, Li Yinan also followed: "I don't know anything else. Anyway, I heard my classmate who is engaged in satellite communications mentioned that he has been very busy recently - do you think he is engaged in Beidou?"

Everyone: "..."

Gao Xiaodi then laughed and said: "So...if companies like Yuanxin introduce GPS civilian technology into the domestic market, then the lighthouse country will probably wake up laughing..."

Su Yuanshan also smiled, nodded and said: "That's the reason. The West always likes to do this kind of thing, destroying the country's technology in its infancy."

"But at present, the domestic demand for GPS is not large. Our main target is developed countries such as Europe, the United States and Japan." Su Yuanshan looked at the crowd again: "How to solve it? Especially when Executive Order E911 was issued, which mandates all wireless communication operations All businesses must meet network positioning.”

The E911 order was promulgated by the FCC (M Country Communications Commission) last month. Although the slogan of this executive order is a well-intentioned order to ensure that users can accurately locate, it has not considered the cost and difficulty of achieving network positioning.

In short, this is a mess.

Historically, the E991 order was not fully implemented in the end, but LBS technology was eventually formed (which can be understood as positioning in multiple ways).

"This is the operator's business." Li Yinan pointedly pointed out: "We only provide technical support. Mr. Shan, I think the main difficulty is map data - it is impossible for us to obtain these resources and can only cooperate with foreign countries." Cooperate with map companies.”

Gao Xiaodi said again: "I'm afraid that cooperation may not even be allowed, right?"

Seeing that everyone had different opinions, Su Yuanshan also nodded a little.

Fortunately, Xi Xiaoding finally gave a very constructive hint, and then the plan was finally finalized.

——That is, try to achieve the autonomy of GPS chips, launch only hardware and operating systems to foreign countries, and adopt authorization, hardware and technical support methods to jointly launch navigators with foreign automobile companies, in order to deepen cooperation and gradually penetrate into Cooperation areas for vehicle chips.

As for the navigation system, the focus is on the country, growing together with the domestic map industry, car companies, and the car market.

…

After the technical meeting ended, it was already past seven in the evening. After hastily cooking a few dishes in the canteen, everyone went about their own business.

Su Yuanshan and Xi Xiaoding walked side by side on the way to the laboratory building.

The late autumn night wind blew by, blowing a dead leaf on Su Yuanshan's shoulder.

"Winter is coming." Seeing him twisting the fallen leaves, Xi Xiaoding sighed like a poet.

"Well, we're almost there." Su Yuanshan put his hands behind his back, rolled the fallen leaf stems on his fingertips, and looked at the brightly lit experimental building in the distance: "Senior brother, today you said that Pandora Laboratory is busy, I will give you directions. Road."

Xi Xiaoding immediately stood still: "You say it."

"Isn't there someone in your laboratory who is engaged in encrypted data transmission?"

"yes."

"Get an engine anti-theft system." Su Yuanshan said, looking at a Mazda on the roadside - Yuanxin's parking lot was already full of cars, so much so that there was a tendency to park them randomly.

"If you watch movies, you always pry the car door open, then pull out two wires and connect it." Su Yuanshan raised the corner of his mouth: "If it is possible to achieve password matching between the car key and the engine, who can do it?"

Xi Xiaoding only thought about it for less than two seconds before he suddenly said, "You mean, add a chip to the key and engine?"

"Yes." Su Yuanshan nodded: "Moreover, this will also involve the control system of the entire vehicle. Once it is figured out, it will be of great help to us in entering the automobile industry."

Xi Xiaoding nodded in agreement, and then hesitantly said: "But this thing probably requires in-depth cooperation with car companies. How can we have such resources?"

"Just buy a car company." Su Yuanshan threw away the dead leaves and said calmly.

"Anyway, I will build cars in the future."

(Congratulations on the successful launch of Shenzhou 12 and the successful docking with the space station)