The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

When I came to Shencheng, I naturally had to go to the chip research room of another scientific research room of Tunghsu Technology. This can be said to be the heart of all mobile phone technology. If this big problem cannot be solved, everything is at stake.

In fact, although domestic semiconductors started late, they developed quite well in the 1960s and 1970s, at least better than South Korea at that time.

Only after entering the 1980s, the foreign semiconductor industry made rapid progress. However, the domestic semiconductor industry basically uses technologies that have been eliminated by foreign countries, and there is no innovation in cutting-edge technologies, so the gap is instantly widened.

This has led to the current situation where semiconductors are booming abroad, and in China they are basically technology foundries. In order to break this backward phenomenon, breakthroughs in chip technology are the top priority.

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

In China, even a chip of more than 100 nanometers cannot be independently manufactured, which can be said to be an unusually large gap.

But all this is not hopeless, after all, Yang Dongxu is willing to spend money. Taking advantage of the collapse of the IT industry before, in addition to programmers, I also brought back some experts in the semiconductor industry, plus several large databases that were packaged and purchased from the former Soviet Union earlier.

At least there is a basis for research and development, rather than starting from scratch. At present, the key technology is stuck on the lithography machine that makes the chip.

If it is like the method adopted by Apple in the previous life, it is only based on the original chip architecture and upgraded to the mobile phone chip model and data architecture it needs. Then hand over these requirements to those foundries for production, which can completely increase the chip size to about 50 nanometers and become the most advanced existence in the world.

But I can't produce chips by myself, and sooner or later I will still be stuck. Therefore, not only Professor Ni, but also Yang Dongxu are obsessed with producing chips by himself.

Of course, obsession is not a magic barrier, and we must never give up on this point, no matter how much money is invested, we must continue to develop. However, if a technological breakthrough cannot be achieved at a critical time, the chip foundry channel still has to go. After all, without Butcher Zhang, and if he didn’t want to eat pigs with hair, he had to go to Butcher Liu and Butcher Li.

Anyway, this can be prepared with two hands, and quietly continue to develop chips on the other hand. It is the best solution to seize the smartphone market first by foundry first, and then invest the money earned from smartphones into chip research and development, so as to form a virtuous circle.

"Lei Jun's system architecture preparations are roughly completed, do you feel relieved? You are a bit biased. Now you only care about smartphones, and you don't care about computer hardware development."

Coming out of the scientific research room, Yang Dongxu came to the Dongxu Science and Technology Building. As soon as he entered Ye Rongrong's office, he was teased by the other party.

"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 boast is very useful to me, and at the same time, you completely let go of the responsibility of the shopkeeper." Ye Rongrong said with a smile.

Compared to Ye Rongrong, who was only a high school student before, although she still doesn't have any amazing academic qualifications now. But she who is in charge of Tunghsu Technology is definitely the leader of the No. 1 technology company both domestically and internationally.

But compared to Zhou Ya's business queen, Bai Qian is a powerful queen. Ye Rongrong's impression is always so amiable, without any edges and corners, very gentle.

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

Ye Rongrong has Yang Dongxu, the big boss, and has been working in Dongxu Technology since the time when Dongxu Technology was still working on the production line of pirated tapes.

Coupled with the current status and deterrent power of Wu Aibing in all enterprises under Yang Dongxu. Ye Rongrong doesn't need to show too strong a side, 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 room.

"It's definitely not as good as Microsoft, and there is a certain gap in technology compared with 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, it is still stable in high temperature in summer.

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

It is okay to configure the motherboard and hard disk on the computer, and the others can only be used in the low-to-medium configuration route, and there is no way to compete with those giants in the mid-to-high-end market. At the same time, on the processor, our architecture design is very good, but production still requires foundry. 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 are almost ten times that of hard drives and motherboards.

But technology research and development is so speechless, it seems to know everything. Since the development of motherboard and hard disk technologies, these two technologies can be said to be making great strides, and it seems that they have become world-leading without much effort.

On the other hand, on the graphics card and processor side, a lot of money was poured down, and as a result, these two technologies are like defecating. Until now, it can only be mixed in the ranking of the world's top five industries, and it can't even enter the top three.

Suddenly, the top five seem to be very powerful, but when you know that the top three occupy nearly 90% 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 a technology-leading industry. This is also the biggest reason why Microsoft was able to kill AMD and IBN on the processor and sit on the throne. My technology is better than yours, so I don’t care whether you are a senior or a boss in the industry, just surpass it and it’s over.

"What advantages do we have in architectural design?" Yang Dongxu asked.

Graphics cards and processors face the same problems as mobile phone chips. The production technology is not good. But the design concept goes beyond that.

"The design architecture of the processor has been calculated by the research office before, and it can barely match AMD, but it still can't surpass Microsoft."

"You said if we and AMD join forces, can we wrestle with Microsoft?" Yang Dongxu asked.

"Yes, but it's uncertain whether we can win in the end. After all, Microsoft's processors are really good. Whether it's heat dissipation or the algorithm at the same HZ, they are indeed better than other processors on the market.

And even if we collaborate with AMD, Microsoft is not standing still. After all, the new products that Microsoft is planning to launch this year not only have faster computing speeds, but are also smaller in size. AMD certainly doesn't have such a technology, and we don't have such an advanced architecture design. "

"This is the standard case where 1+1 is less than 2." Yang Dongxu couldn't help shaking his head with some emotion, and changed the subject, "By the way, how is the joint research and development with Samsung on some projects?"

"The progress is not bad, but I still want to say something. For some other projects that are being prepared for cooperation, Toshiba of Japan is actually a better partner. And they are more sincere." Ye Rongrong said.

If it were another manager, he would definitely not say this sentence. After all, the relationship between Yang Dongxu and Li Fuzhen is clearly laid out, which is obviously to offend people, but Ye Rongrong obviously has no such scruples.

"Let's hand over the graphics card cooperation to Toshiba, but we can sign a non-disclosure agreement, or the only transfer agreement for the same non-compete business. But similarly, after obtaining our advanced graphics card design architecture, they will also transfer part of the graphics card production technology to us."

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

"Let's talk slowly and see their reaction after the first batch of graphics cards we cooperate with Samsung are put into the market."

"What about the chip?"

"Continue to further cooperate with Samsung." Yang Dongxu said after a moment of pondering.

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

"Then let's talk together?" Yang Dongxu thought for a while about those Wall Street bigwigs standing behind Samsung, and felt that he couldn't be the only choice, even with Li Fuzhen's relationship.

"The U.S. IT industry, or the electronics industry, has completely recovered, or it has developed further and rapidly. Now the Bureau of Commerce over there seems to have begun to pay attention to us." Ye Rongrong spoke about a serious problem facing Tunghsu Technology at present. .

If at this time, the United States adopts a technology blockade similar to the one against Huawei in the previous generation to target Tunghsu Technology. Don't look at Tunghsu Technology is already a leader in the technology industry, but it is not as strong as Huawei in the previous life.

Because too many technologies now need to rely on foreign patents, and their own technical reserves are seriously insufficient. This is a gap in absolute basic technology, and it cannot be made up by him alone after years of research.

If the domestic technology industry grows for another ten years, and he devotes himself to practicing for another ten years, he may be able to compete with the United States like Huawei, but he will definitely not be able to do so now.

"I'll figure out a solution for this matter, and 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 Ka Nei, you should know him.

You cooperate to develop some technological products as an excuse, pay more attention to the situation of Yiting Technology. If there is something wrong with the situation, Kanei and his technical team must be brought to China. Easy Ting Technology is not necessary, but Kanei must not make mistakes. "

"You can do this now, right?" Ye Rongrong looked at Yang Dongxu with some puzzlement.

"Now it is indeed possible to bring Card Nei to China, but the research and development of cloud computing requires a lot of advanced technology in the United States. It is more convenient there, and the speed of research and development is faster." Yang Dongxu spread his hands helplessly.

The research and development progress of some technologies must stand on the shoulders of the predecessors, but currently in the IT industry. The giant of the United States is obviously stronger than China Gao.

"Okay, I'll pay attention. You should settle the matter with the U.S. Department of Commerce as soon as possible. The export approval procedures for a batch of our latest MP4s are always stuck with various excuses." Ye Rongrong instructed.

"Understood!" Yang Dongxu nodded.

This time he was going to cut some meat, and he couldn't face a big boss like the U.S. Department of Commerce. Whether it was Kennedy or Little Jack, they couldn't be dismissed by just throwing some bait, they had to cut the meat.