When I came to Shencheng, I naturally had 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 the foreign semiconductor industry progressed rapidly. The domestic semiconductor industry basically uses technologies that have been eliminated from foreign countries, without innovations in cutting-edge technologies, so the gap widens instantly.
This has resulted in the current situation where semiconductors are booming abroad and are basically technology foundries in China. 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 there were rumors that Microsoft's chip technology has reached the 65-nanometer level.
However, in China, we cannot even manufacture a chip above 100 nanometers 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. Taking advantage of the collapse of the IT industry, in addition to programmers, we also brought back some experts from the semiconductor industry, plus several large databases packaged and purchased from the former Soviet Union earlier.
At least there is a foundation for research and development instead of starting everything from scratch. At present, the key technology is stuck in the photolithography machine used to manufacture chips.
If it is like the method adopted by Apple in its previous life, it only upgrades and transforms it into the mobile phone chip model and data architecture it needs based on the original chip architecture. 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 if you cannot produce your own chips, you will still be 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. You must not give up on this point and continue to research and develop no matter how much money you invest. But if a technological breakthrough cannot be achieved at a critical moment, the chip foundry channel will still have to go. After all, since Butcher Zhang was gone and he didn’t want to eat pigs with hair on them, he could only go to Butcher Liu and Butcher Li.
Anyway, we can make two preparations for this, and continue to develop chips quietly on the other hand. The best solution is to seize the smartphone market through OEM first, and then invest the money earned from smartphones into chip research and development. This creates a virtuous cycle.
"Have you felt relieved that Lei Jun's system architecture has been roughly completed? 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. 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 now. But as she is in charge of Dongxu Technology, she is definitely the boss of the No. 1 technology company both domestically and internationally.
But compared to Zhou Ya's business queen, a powerful queen like Bai Qian. Ye Rongrong always makes people feel 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, one must be strong in many things in order to intimidate a group of people and competitors.
Ye Rongrong has the big boss Yang Dongxu, and she has been working at Dongxu Technology since the time when Dongxu Technology was still building a pirated tape production line.
In addition, Wu Aibing's current status and deterrent power in all enterprises under Yang Dongxu's control. Ye Rongrong doesn't need to show too much force, 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 configure 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 in the mid-to-high-end market. At the same time, on the processor, our architecture design is very good, but production still requires OEM. 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, as if everything is covered. Since the development of motherboard and hard disk technology, these two technologies can be said to have made rapid progress, and it seems that they have become world-class without much effort.
On the other hand, when it comes to graphics cards and processors, a lot of money has been poured into them, and the result is that these two technologies are like shit. Until now, it can only be ranked among the top five in this industry in the world, not even the top three.
At first glance, the top five seem to be 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 technological leadership takes all. This is also the biggest reason why Microsoft was able to defeat AMD and IBN in terms of processors and take the top spot. If I am technically better than you, I don’t need to care whether you are an industry senior or a big boss. I can just surpass you and that’s it.
"What advantages do we have in terms of architectural design?" Yang Dongxu asked.
Graphics cards and processors actually face the same problem as mobile phone chips. Production technology is not good enough. But the design concept is transcendent.
"The design architecture of the processor has been calculated by the scientific research laboratory before. It is barely on par with AMD, but it still cannot surpass Microsoft."
"Do you think if we join forces with AMD, can we give it a try with Microsoft?" Yang Dongxu asked.
"It is possible, but I am not sure whether I can win in the end. After all, Microsoft's processor is indeed good. Whether it is heat dissipation or calculation law at the same HZ, it is indeed better than other processors on the market.
And even if we join forces with AMD to develop, Microsoft will not stand still. After all, the new products Microsoft is preparing to launch this year not only have faster computing speeds, but are also smaller in size. AMD certainly does not have such technology, and we do not have such an advanced architectural design. "
"This is a standard case where 1+1 is 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 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 any other manager, he would definitely not say this. After all, the relationship between Yang Dongxu and Li Fuzhen was clearly stated. This was obviously an offense, but Ye Rongrong obviously had 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 respond after the first batch of graphics cards we cooperate with Samsung are put on the market."
"What about the chip?"
"Continue to cooperate with Samsung in depth." 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. .
If at this time the United States adopts a technology blockade similar to the one against Huawei in the previous generation to target Dongxu Technology. Even though Dongxu Technology is already a big player in the technology industry, it is not as strong as Huawei in its previous life.
Because too many technologies now rely on foreign patents, our own technology 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 that 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.
As an excuse to cooperate in the development of some technological products, pay more attention to the situation at Yiting Technology. If anything is found to be wrong, Ka Nei and his technical team must be brought to China. Yiting Technology does not need them, but Ka Nei cannot make any mistakes. "
"Can you do this now?" Ye Rongrong looked at Yang Dongxu with some confusion.
"It is true that Kanai can now come 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.
Some technological research and development progress must stand on the shoulders of predecessors, and currently in the IT industry. The United States, this giant, is obviously taller and stronger than China.
"Okay, I will pay attention. You should also 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.
