Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

When Moriyoshi Matsuka rushed to the Fujitsu R\u0026D building, Fujitsu’s president Kiyomiya Hiroshi was taking Intel people here to visit.

"Mr. Last, please see that this is where Fujitsu develops DRAM chips."

Qing Gongbo introduced proudly, pointing to the building in front of him.

Ben Rust looked at the six-story building in the direction, and asked in surprise, "It's all in here?"

"Of course" Qing Gongbo couldn't hide the flamboyant look in his eyes.

"The technicians on the first floor are developing 64KB DRAM, and the technicians on the second floor are developing 256KB memory chips.

The third floor is 1M." Further down, Qing Gongbo didn't say.

But even so, Ben Last from Intel was still terrified by the battle in front of him.

He is the production supervisor of Intel. This trip to Japan is mainly to visit the development of Neon Semiconductor.

In fact, the visit is fake, but the spying on the military situation is real.

Japan's concentration on research and development of chips has naturally been heard by colleagues in the United States on the other side of the ocean.

And I heard that the research results will be released soon, so during this period of time, American companies have been visiting related Japanese companies.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, after watching Last, he kept shaking his head in disbelief.

Hell, these East Asian monkeys are devoting too many resources to R\u0026D and doing it too fast.

64KB, 256KB, 1M

Three arrows at once!

Rust bets that Intel's president, Andy Grove, would be terrified if he were here right now.

You must know that the mainstream storage chip memory on the market is still in the 16KB era.

Although Intel is also developing 64KB chips, it doesn't even have a plan for 256KB and 1M chips!

But what he saw in front of him, he saw that the Japanese were already investing in manpower, and began to tackle the next two generations of chip research and development!

He saw that Japanese semiconductors will kill the Quartet internationally in the future!

He saw the wailing of semiconductor manufacturers in the United States!

There is no doubt that the companies in Silicon Valley are still in the development mode of fighting alone, and they will definitely not be the opponents of the Japanese in front of them.

Last and his colleagues looked at each other, and they all saw the worry or fear in each other's eyes.

They have already made up their minds that they must tell Andy what happened here when they go back.

If Intel does not change, then what awaits it in the future will definitely not be a wonderful ending.

For the current situation, there are only a few solutions.

Either immediately catch up with Japan's R\u0026D progress, or stop investing in memory chips and develop other businesses instead.

Or let Andy continue to lobby in Congress, it's time to show these Japanese monkeys who is the real master of the world.

Rust's eyes flickered, and the look in his eyes was meaningful.

Even if it doesn't work out for now, don't worry too much.

Intel now still has a processor chip business, and these Japanese seem to have completely ignored this area.

This is a blessing in misfortune, Rust secretly prayed in his heart.

After seeing off the Intel people, Qinggong Hiroshi returned to the office with Mazuka Daoyi proudly.

The amazed expressions of those Americans just now are simply the highest level of praise for Qing Gongbo.

When will Americans marvel at Japan's technological development?

Thirty years ago, no, more than 20 years ago, Japan couldn't even understand the most basic transistors.

Had no choice but to wag his tail and beg for mercy behind the American father, and was finally awarded transistor technology like alms.

How long has passed now, and Neon is about to complete the overtake.

It can be said that it has been 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.

Thinking about the shocked eyes of Rust just now, Qing Gongbo felt extremely refreshed as if he had taken a panacea.

"Hmm~, the client introduced by the first persuasion bank today, how is the conversation going?"

Behind the desk was Qing Gongbo, who had a lot of aftertaste, and only now remembered that there were other visitors today.

Matsuka Moriyoshi standing in front of him immediately bowed his head and responded, "It's a design company that makes processor-level chips.

At present, the preliminary intention has been reached, and the tape-out trial production will be carried out here in the future. "

"Processor chip?" Qing Gongbo asked in surprise.

"Hay," Moriichi Mazuka nodded in response.

"It's really strange." Qing Gongbo was a little puzzled, this is an unpopular field. "How's the chip evaluation?"

"It's surprisingly good, at least better than Intel's 8086 three years ago."

"That's right." Qing Gongbo nodded, "It's also a good thing for Neon.

However, in the later product verification, if the performance is acceptable, you can ask the other party if they accept financing.

Presumably, the cost of tape out is not a small burden for them, and Fujitsu can provide additional help here. "

Mazuka Daoyi really wants to say that the other party may not be short of money, but seeing that his own president is still in the mood to "raise our country's prestige".

He was wise not to spoil the fun, and besides, he himself thought it was an "exciting event".

"By the way, 16KB DRAM is coming to the market soon.

This time we are going to do a big job, with a target of 30% market share. "

"Hay!"

Mazuka Moriyoshi and Kiyomiya Hiroshi looked equally excited, they had waited too long for this day.

In 1978, the global memory chip market.

4KB memory chips, the United States accounted for 87%, Japan accounted for 13%.

The rest, such as the European Community, and other countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, have basically zero business in this area.

Since this year, the scientific research results brought by the national power have exploded in a blowout style.

In the 16KB memory chip business, VLSI Research Institute's preliminary estimate is to swallow 30% of the global market.

Regarding this point, several companies involved in chip research and development have no doubts.

They are too aware of the advantages of the chips they manufacture, and the quality of those American products is not enough.

Even Hiroshi Kiyoshi hasn't told Mazuka that the VLSI Research Institute's internal market target for 64K memory chips is more than 50%.

That's right, Japan occupies more than 50%, and the rest belongs to the United States.

As for the future, Qing Gongbo laughed even more proudly.

Not to mention that Japanese semiconductors are rushing all the way to occupy the world, or they are frantically probing on the verge of throwing themselves into the abyss.

February passed by in a hurry, and March came quietly.

Bai Chuanfeng frowned and studied the financial report in his hand, but he didn't expect that the effect of friends and merchants entering the market would be so immediate.

Just in February, the profit of Shirakawa Electric's Walkman business was compared with the monthly average in the second half of last year.

Not only did it not grow, but it dropped its share by 8%.

This is just a Panasonic company. In March, my brother also launched Aihua's low-end models.

In the next four or five months or even earlier, there will be Hitachi, NEC, etc.

When everyone has gathered together, the share of Baichuan Electric will be even more pessimistic.

Even if Shirakawa Electric's Walkman is excellent, it is impossible to keep the previous market unchanged.

This is the law of the market and he cannot change it.

And as far as he knows, Sony's market share is also falling.

Alas, it's not fun when there are too many people.

Because it is the New Year in January, the profit is relatively more, about 2.5 billion yen. By February, there were only more than 1.6 billion left.

Compared with the monthly average of 1.8 billion in the second half of last year, it has dropped significantly.

The key point is that most of the profits in the past two months have to be reserved to fill the hole in the previous acquisition of Beidu Bank.

It will take at least half a year to smooth out the deficiencies on the books.

And because of the new year bonus, the handheld also made a profit of about 2 billion in two months.

Most of these will be reserved for the trial production of chips at SIC.

The tape-out after the chip design is completed is really a money-burning job.

The failure of tape-out and the bankruptcy of small clubs are not a joke.

Lack of money, Bai Chuanfeng sighed.

Also, the total investment in my hometown is about 1.5 billion yen, although it will be completed in several years.

However, at least 30% of the initial start-up capital is required, which is another burden.

Looking around, Bai Chuanfeng suddenly felt that money was needed everywhere.

The speed of making money is not slow, but the speed of spending money is also extremely fast.

Fortunately, the North American market is relatively competitive, and the revenue is directly more than three times that of the local market.

However, due to the cross-border finance, the payment is relatively slow.

Moreover, plans to build overseas factories also need to be put on the agenda, and all of these will cost money.

Oh, by the way, it may be time to consider the development of the European market.

All in all, the income from the North American market may also cost more than half.

Sure enough, this year is also a year to spend a lot of money.

Bai Chuanfeng put down the financial statement in his hand and began to think about where he could get some more money.

But after thinking about it for a while, he gave up. Since he chose to do business, then don't think about those crooked ways.

If you want to make money, start from industry. Thinking of this, Bai Chuanfeng decided to go to HAL to have a look.

The handheld business has been in development for more than half a year. Except for the fact that I have been watching closely in the early stage, it is basically in a state of stocking.

I don't know if Satoru Iwata and the others have come up with any interesting games.

As soon as he said he would leave, Bai Chuanfeng drove straight from Ota District to Akihabara.

Along with him is Akagi who is responsible for the development of handheld hardware.

After nearly two years of training, Akagi has faded away from the greenness when he first joined Shirakawa Electric.

Along the way, he reported various information to Bai Chuanfeng about the handheld business with winking eyes.

Because there is no breakthrough in technology, the sales volume of each handheld is very metaphysical.

How should I put it, the sales of each handheld completely follow the game.

If the game is popular, then this handheld will sell well.

If the game is unattractive, even if it is a new product that has just been released, it will suffer from Waterloo.

This is true of Shirakawa Electric, and so is Nintendo.

The fundamental reason is still that the current handheld is a "hard and soft" configuration.

The so-called one hard and one soft is a handheld and a game.

A proper disposable game console, to be honest, such a design is a bit redundant.

As for whether there is any plan to change this design method, it depends on the market and cost.

At present, the handheld is still a new thing, and it should be sold for a few years if it maintains the current design.

Wait until the sales of handhelds decrease significantly, or the cost of improving the design decreases.

Only then will Bai Chuanfeng consider the design of a new model.

As a capitalist, he has become more and more qualified.

With the end of Akagi's report, the office building where HAL is located is also in sight.