Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

When you come to Shenzhen, you naturally have to go to Dongxu Technology's chip research room, another research room. This can be said to be the heart of all mobile phone technology. If this big problem cannot be solved, everything will be at risk.

In fact, although domestic semiconductors started late, their development was quite good in the 1960s and 1970s, at least it was better than South Korea at that time.

It was only after entering the 1980s that foreign semiconductor industries advanced rapidly. However, the domestic semiconductor industry basically used technologies that had been eliminated by foreign countries, without innovations in cutting-edge technologies, so the gap widened instantly.

This has resulted in the current booming development of semiconductors abroad, and the situation in China where they are basically technology foundries. To break this backwardness, breakthroughs in chip technology are the top priority.

At this point, the most popular Pentium series on the market has already launched 90-nanometer chip technology in 2003. This year, rumors spread that Microsoft's chip technology has reached the 65-nanometer level.

However, in China, we cannot even produce a chip of 100 nanometers or above independently. This can be said to be a huge gap.

But all this is not hopeless. After all, Yang Dongxu is willing to spend money. In addition to programmers, he also brought back some experts from the semiconductor industry during the collapse of the IT industry, plus several package purchases from the former Soviet Union earlier.

Large database.

At least we have a foundation for research and development instead of starting from scratch. At present, the key technology is stuck in the photolithography machine for manufacturing chips.

If, like the approach adopted by Apple in its previous life, it just upgrades and transforms the original chip architecture into the mobile phone chip model and data architecture it needs, and then hands over these requirements to those foundries for production, then it is completely possible to reduce the size of the chip.

Upgraded to about 50 nanometers, becoming the most advanced existence in the world.

But if you can't produce chips yourself, you will still get stuck sooner or later. Therefore, not only Professor Ni, but also Yang Dongxu is obsessed with producing chips by himself.

Of course, there is no magic barrier to obsession, and you must not give up on this point, no matter how much money you invest, you must continue to research and develop. But if a technological breakthrough cannot be achieved at the critical moment, the chip foundry channel will still have to go. After all, without Zhang Butu, and

If you don’t want to eat pigs with hair on them, you can only go to Butcher Liu and Butcher Li.

Anyway, we can make two preparations. On the one hand, we can quietly continue to develop chips ourselves. On the other hand, we can seize the smartphone market by manufacturing OEMs first, and then invest the money earned from smartphones into chip research and development. This is the best way to form a virtuous cycle.

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"Lei Jun's system architecture is basically ready. Do you feel relieved? You are a bit biased. Now you only care about smartphones, not computer hardware research and development."

After coming out of the scientific research room, Yang Dongxu came to the Dongxu Technology Building. As soon as he entered Ye Rongrong's office, he started to be teased by him.

"It's not that I don't care, but even if I don't ask, I know that you can arrange these things well."

"Your compliments are very helpful to me, and at the same time, you have completely shied away from the responsibility of being the shopkeeper." Ye Rongrong said with a smile.

Compared with Ye Rongrong, who was just a high school student in the past, although she still does not have any amazing academic qualifications, she is in charge of Dongxu Technology and is definitely the boss of the No. 1 technology company both domestically and internationally.

However, compared to Zhou Ya's business queen, a powerful queen like Bai Qian. Ye Rongrong always feels so amiable, without any sharp edges and very gentle.

This is also related to personal experience. After all, whether it is Zhou Ya or Bai Qian, they have to be strong in many things to intimidate a group of people and competitors.

Ye Rongrong has a big boss named Yang Dongxu, and she has been working at Dongxu Technology since the time when Dongxu Technology was still building a pirated tape production line.

Coupled with Wu Aibing's current status and intimidation power in all the companies under Yang Dongxu's control, Ye Rongrong does not need to show too strong a side, and the people below will be obedient.

"How is the research on the processor?" Yang Dongxu sat down and asked about the progress of the computer research laboratory.

"It's definitely not as good as Microsoft, and there's a certain technological gap compared to AMD. But for now, if customers don't want computers with top performance.

The processors we produce are basically usable. Although heat dissipation performance has always been a problem, they are fairly stable when used under high temperatures in summer.

In addition, our motherboards, hard drives and other hardware can be produced independently, so the compatibility is better. Therefore, our computers are selling well in the all-in-one market.

It’s okay to make motherboards and hard drives for computers, but others can only do mid- to low-end configurations, and there’s no way to compete with those giants for the mid-to-high-end market. At the same time, in terms of processors, our architecture is very well designed, but production still requires OEMs.

"We don't have chip production technology." Ye Rongrong said helplessly.

To be honest, in the past few years, the research and development funds invested in graphics cards and processors have been almost ten times that of hard drives and motherboards.

But technology research and development is so speechless, it seems that one thing is the same as everything. Since the development of motherboard and hard disk technology, these two technologies can be said to be making rapid progress, and it seems that they have become world-class without much effort.

On the other hand, graphics cards and processors have spent a lot of money, and the result is that these two technologies are like shit. Until now, they can only be ranked among the top five industries in the world, not even the top three.

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At first glance, the top five seem very powerful, but when you know that the top three occupy nearly 90% or more of these two markets, you will know how difficult it is for the so-called top five to survive.

After all, the technology industry is basically an industry where technology leads the way. This is also the biggest reason why Microsoft was able to take over the processor and take the top spot. If I am more skilled than you, I don’t care whether you are a senior or a big boss in the industry. I can directly surpass you.

That's it.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "What advantages do we have in architectural design?" Yang Dongxu asked.

In fact, graphics cards and processors face the same problem as mobile phone chips. The production technology is not good. But the design concept is very transcendent.

"The design architecture of the processor has been calculated by the scientific research laboratory before. It is barely equal to AMD, but it still cannot surpass Microsoft."

"Do you think if we join forces with AMD, can we give Microsoft a break?" Yang Dongxu asked.

"It is possible, but I'm not sure whether I can win in the end. After all, Microsoft's processor is indeed good. Whether it is heat dissipation or the calculation law at the same HZ, it is indeed better than other processors on the market.

And even if we join forces with AMD in research and development, Microsoft will not stand still. After all, the new products Microsoft is preparing to launch this year will not only have faster computing speeds, but also be smaller in size. AMD definitely does not have such technology, and we also

There is no such advanced architectural design.”

"This is a standard case of 1 + 1 less than 2." Yang Dongxu couldn't help but shook his head with emotion and changed the topic, "By the way, how is the cooperative research and development of some projects with Samsung?"

"The progress is pretty good, but I still have to say one thing. For some other projects that we are preparing to cooperate with, Japan's Toshiba is actually a better partner. And they are more sincere." Ye Rongrong said.

If it were another manager, he would definitely not say this. After all, the relationship between Yang Dongxu and Li Fuzhen is clearly stated. This is obviously an offense to others, but Ye Rongrong obviously has no such scruples.

"Leave the graphics card cooperation to Toshiba, but we can sign a confidentiality agreement or a non-competitive sole transfer agreement with them. But similarly, after obtaining our advanced graphics card design architecture, they will also have to transfer part of the graphics card production technology to us."

"This may be a bit difficult." Ye Rongrong frowned.

"Then let's talk slowly and see how they react after the first batch of graphics cards we cooperate with Samsung are put on the market."

"What about the chip?"

"Continue to cooperate in depth with Samsung." Yang Dongxu pondered for a moment and said.

"In fact, TSMC is also a good choice."

"Then let's talk together?" Yang Dongxu thought about the Wall Street bosses standing behind Samsung, and felt that he could not be regarded as the only choice, even with Li Fujin's relationship.

"The U.S. IT industry, or the electronics industry, has completely recovered, or has developed further and more rapidly. Now the Commerce Bureau over there seems to be starting to notice us." Ye Rongrong opened her mouth and talked about a serious problem currently faced by Dongxu Technology.

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If at this time the United States adopts a technology blockade similar to the one imposed on Huawei in the previous life to target Tunghsu Technology. Even though Tunghsu Technology is already a big player in the technology industry, it is not as strong as Huawei in the previous life.

Because too many technologies now rely on foreign patents, our own technical reserves are seriously insufficient. This is a gap in absolute basic technology, and it cannot be made up by his own research over the years.

If the domestic technology industry takes another ten years to grow and he concentrates on cultivating for another ten years, he may be able to compete with the United States like Huawei, but it is definitely not possible now.

"I'll figure this out. You can do your own thing with peace of mind. By the way, Yiting Technology is developing cloud computing, and they have a researcher named Kanei whom you should know.

You use the excuse of co-developing some technological products to pay more attention to the situation at Yiting Technology. If you find anything wrong with the situation, you must bring Ka Nei and his technical team to China. Yiting Technology does not need it, but Ka Nei

There is no room for error.”

"Can you do this now?" Ye Rongrong looked at Yang Dongxu with some confusion.

"Now it is indeed possible to bring Kaney to China, but research and development such as cloud computing requires the use of many advanced technologies in the United States. It is more convenient there and the speed of research and development is also faster." Yang Dongxu spread his hands helplessly.

The R&D progress of some technologies must stand on the shoulders of predecessors, and currently in the IT industry, the United States, a giant, is obviously taller and stronger than China.

"Okay, I will pay attention. You should resolve the matter with the US Department of Commerce as soon as possible. The export approval procedures for our latest batch of MP4s are always stuck with various excuses." Ye Rongrong instructed.

"Understood!" Yang Dongxu nodded.

This time he was going to cut some meat. There was no way he could face a big boss like the U.S. Department of Commerce. Whether it was Kennedy or Jack Jr., they couldn't just throw in some bait. They had to cut the meat.