Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

The tape-out process cannot be completed in a day or two. It takes a few days from the import of drawings to the production of mask plates, and finally to the final film.

Shimasatoshi and Yamazaki Akira from Fujitsu followed up in an all-round way, and Shirakawa Feng also temporarily returned to Shirakawa Electric to handle affairs.

Just this month, the Walkman market once again ushered in two new players, Aihua and NEC.

Although the financial statements for March haven't come out yet, Bai Chuanfeng can already foresee it.

Compared with last month, the share of Walkmans should continue to decrease.

This will be a slow process until all new entrants are in place and the market becomes saturated.

At that time, there will be another chaotic battle, and then the cards will be reshuffled, and the market will be balanced.

Business disputes never happen overnight. Only after a few months or even years will we see who is the final winner.

Just as Bai Chuanfeng was thinking about the future business of Bai Chuan Electric, Assistant Komatsu suddenly knocked on the door and came in.

"Master President, Watanabe-san from Daiichi Kanye Bank is here, and he is in the conference reception room now."

Um? Bai Chuanfeng was stunned for a moment, why did he persuade Yinlai in the first place?

"Understood, I'll go over later." Although he was surprised in his heart, Bai Chuanfeng remained calm.

He asked Xiao Song's assistant to entertain the guests first, but he picked up the phone and dialed a number.

"Moshi Moshi, Arai-san? I see, I need to work hard on you for a while."

After hanging up the phone, Bai Chuanfeng had a rough idea.

The first thing to persuade Yin to come over is nothing more than those few things.

Shirakawa Electric headquarters, loans, cooperation with Fujitsu, or a series of actions in Akita.

After going through them one by one in my mind, there was probably nothing missing, and then Bai Chuanfeng got up and walked to the conference reception room.

"Watanabe-san, why are you here?" Before the other party got up, Bai Chuanfeng greeted with a smile.

When Ichiro Watanabe saw Bai Chuanfeng coming in, he smiled and got up and shook hands with him.

"Bai Chuan-san is really amazing, he did such a big thing without making a sound."

"Eh?" Bai Chuanfeng pretended to be surprised, "What did Watanabe-san say?"

Ichiro Watanabe smiled and leaned closer to his body, "SIC is a company under the Shirakawa Group, right?"

"Watanabe-san should know about this." Bai Chuanfeng looked at him strangely. Didn't you introduce him to connect with Fujitsu?

"What Shirakawa-san said is what Ichiro Watanabe said." Ichiro Watanabe nodded, "But I didn't expect that SIC is so powerful."

Bai Chuanfeng's expression changed, "What does Watanabe-san mean?"

"If your message is correct, it is likely that results will be produced soon." Ichiro Watanabe looked at Bai Chuanfeng meaningfully.

It turned out that it was because of this matter, Bai Chuanfeng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past two days, he has also talked with Shimasa Toshi on the phone. Most of the tape-out work has been completed, and the real thing will be on the wafer soon.

However, the performance of the real finished product still needs to be verified by going back to SIC.

However, as Fujitsu, who has rich experience in production, he must have been able to roughly estimate the success rate of the chip based on the drawings and the current progress.

The reason why Ichiro Watanabe said this is that he probably learned the relevant news through Fujitsu.

"It is thanks to you and Fujitsu that SIC can realize the ideas in its heart."

Bai Chuanfeng was not sure of the specific intention of the other party, so no matter what, I would like to offer a polite word first.

"That's a chip." Watanabe Ichiro sighed with emotion.

To be honest, when Bai Chuanfeng found him, he didn't take it seriously.

He didn't even figure out what kind of chip SIC was making, so he could take it as a young man's impulse, or a great success.

Based on the previous good cooperation foundation, Ichiro Watanabe took the lead in this matter. If you don't even show up specifically, you won't pay attention to the follow-up.

In his opinion, after one or two failures, Bai Chuanfeng will honestly return to the electronic product manufacturing industry.

After all, it is understandable for young people to struggle. He used to brazenly want to go into politics, but in the end he returned to the banking industry honestly.

But he didn't expect that Bai Chuanfeng was not messing around, but wasting a lot of real money.

And judging from the feedback from Fujitsu, the prospect is likely to be very good.

"Bai Chuan-san, although I don't understand technology, I also know that the chip industry requires long-term and huge investment.

Both Fujitsu and First Quanyin can provide technical and financial support for SIC. "

Hearing Watanabe Ichiro's words, Bai Chuanfeng finally knew the purpose of the other party's visit today.

Seeing the potential of SIC, are you ready to bet first?

Sure enough, each of these giant consortiums has a keen sense of smell, almost like a dog's nose.

Alas, it is really difficult to do something alone in Neon.

No wonder it is able to control more than 60% of the total output value of Japan, and its growth is not in vain just because of this sense of smell.

Even Bai Chuanfeng was thinking that the first persuasion was to be polite to him.

After all, now Bai Chuanfeng somewhat has his own strength, if it is other small clubs, he probably has to lie flat.

"Watanabe-san, SIC has no funding needs for the time being. However, it can cooperate with Fujitsu in certain areas."

Facing the temptation of the first persuasion silver, Bai Chuanfeng gave his own answer.

"Oh~" Watanabe Ichiro nodded calmly, "Bai Chuan-san might as well explain it in detail."

Regardless of what Ichiro Tobe was thinking at this time, Bai Chuanfeng said to himself.

"Presumably Watanabe-san also knows that SIC is a chip design company, and there will not be much investment in design costs, so there will be no large capital needs."

In fact, Bai Chuanfeng has secretly changed a concept here. The design does not require a large cost, but it is necessary to realize the design.

But the design company only talks about the design cost, so there is nothing wrong with that.

"As for the cooperation with Fujitsu, we can customize chips for each other, and even jointly develop them.

Watanabe-san should be very familiar with Fujitsu's business. A large number of consumer electronics products require chips.

Instead of directly purchasing foreign chips and switching to chips jointly developed with SIC, it must save a lot of money in terms of cost. "

That makes sense, Watanabe Ichiro nodded.

Fujitsu is a very important company in the Daiichi Bank consortium, and has a thorough understanding of Ichiro Watanabe.

In addition to semiconductor manufacturing, Fujitsu also has a consumer electronics business.

Such as personal computers, printers, scanners, air conditioners, wired phones, monitors, etc.

Most of these electronic products are inseparable from microprocessor chips.

The previous Fujitsu chips basically directly purchased products from the United States.

For example, the latest personal computer FM-8, which it plans to release in May this year, is equipped with an 8-bit chip MC6809 from Motorola in the United States.

The other companion chip is the Z80 from Zilog, also an 8-bit chip.

None of the processor chips in the entire computer come from Neon.

Now Bai Chuanfeng proposed that SIC and Fujitsu jointly develop the processor chip. Once successful, it will be beneficial to Fujitsu.

Not to mention other things, the cost of use alone will be greatly reduced.

To know the early chip price and production cost, there is a multiple relationship.

Otherwise, an Intel 8086 would not sell for $360.

Participate in the design and manufacture by yourself. There is no doubt that the cost will plummet.

If this is the case, Fujitsu can explain the past.

That's right, Ichiro Watanabe came to visit Shirakawa Electric today, partly because of the entrustment from Fujitsu.

It is also engaged in the semiconductor industry, of course it knows the future potential of SIC if the tape-out is successful.

SIC was introduced by the first bank, so Fujitsu hopes to complete its own investment in SIC through the first bank.

Seeing that Fujitsu is so optimistic about SIC, Ichiro Watanabe just directly expressed his idea that the first bank can provide financing.

This is completely a temporary decision, it belongs to the grass to beat the rabbit, by the way.

Unsurprisingly, Bai Chuanfeng rejected the proposal of the first bank to persuade the bank to raise funds, but he let go of the technical cooperation.

This is also Fujitsu's minimum expectation for SIC. If investment fails, at least technical cooperation can be maintained.

As Bai Chuanfeng said just now, chips with self-property rights are also a great thing for Fujitsu.

Whether it is cost, or getting rid of the dependence on outsiders.

For Fujitsu, it is all about enhancing competitiveness.

And this is the biggest concession Bai Chuanfeng can make. There is no doubt that SIC must maintain its financial independence.

Because this is the wall and moat that Bai Chuanfeng built for himself, how could it be faked by others.

Let alone leave control to others, at least for now.

However, technical cooperation with Fujitsu is still possible, although compared with independent design, it will make less money.

However, he also understands that some things cannot be eaten alone, especially industries with monopoly meaning.

Moreover, with Foxconn's support, it may be a good thing for SIC in its infancy.

The jointly developed chip must be an improvement on the basis of SIC8081, most likely it is a simplified version of it.

So once this chip is finalized, it means that it has also obtained an order from Fujitsu.

You can see that with the order and mass production, the production cost of the chip will come down.

And for the improved chip, Fujitsu should bear half of its mask cost, right?

The main frame of the simplified version of the chip will be roughly the same in the future. Most of the dozens of masks, can I reuse other family chips?

You see, the mask cost of my other chips has also been saved by more than half.

So in general, Bai Chuanfeng does not reject the cooperation with Fujitsu.

After such a comprehensive consideration, regarding Watanabe Ichiro's proposal just now.

Bai Chuanfeng agreed to half of it here, and they both had an explanation.

But just when Bai Chuanfeng thought that things were about the same.

But Ichiro Watanabe turned his head and looked around, "By the way, Bai Chuan-san, why didn't you see Arai-san?

Since the new year, this guy has been saying that he is busy, and he doesn't know what he is busy with.

It is said." Watanabe Ichiro looked at Bai Chuanfeng with a smile, "It is said that Arai-san went to Akita, Bai Chuan-san's hometown? "

Bai Chuanfeng's heart froze, sure enough, I just said it.

It turns out that the other party has never forgotten it. It seems that the first persuasion silver is also very concerned about Baichuan Electric.