Jiang Hua pointed to the box in his hand and asked: "Is this the product you designed? Can you tell me in detail what its use is?"
"This is a music player I made myself, a brand new product."
Jiang Hua became interested and asked curiously: "Nowadays, there are portable music players and CDs in the world. What do you mean by this?"
"This is a digital player. I use a hard disk as a storage device. I made a software player myself."
Jiang Hua's heart skipped a beat. Isn't this the most original MP3? So he took the thing in his hand and weighed it. Oh my god, this player is really heavy. There is absolutely no problem in trying to trick someone.
"What is the capacity of your computer's hard drive?"
The researcher smiled and said: "This is the best hard drive I can buy on the market currently, with a capacity of 80M."
"Then if you compress a song according to your algorithm, how big can it be?"
The researcher sighed and said: "The compression efficiency is not very high, it must be about ten megabytes."
"That is to say, you can only play seven or eight songs on one hard drive." Jiang Hua said with a smile: "You are far worse than tapes and CDs. There is no advantage at all."
Director Xie also said: "That's right, Xiao Liu, I have advised you a long time ago that your design is a bit whimsical and has no practical significance."
Jiang Hua smiled and said, "And your player is so heavy. It's much heavier than CDs and Walkmans. It doesn't make any sense to be portable."
The researcher said dejectedly: "This is the first digital product I have studied. I also know that it has no advantages now, but I just can't accept it."
"It's right not to be resigned. This product is indeed useless now, but it is very forward-looking." Jiang Hua praised: "Mr. Lu, we must give him a bonus."
"Okay, but please explain how you can be forward-looking."
Jiang Hua said with a smile: "Now it can store four or five songs, which is indeed no problem, but we can study the compression technology in depth. If a song only has two to three megabytes, can it store many songs?"
"In addition, with the development of time, hard disk technology will also improve rapidly. Now a hard disk is 80 MB, but maybe one day a hard disk can reach 1G. Will that have more advantages than tapes and CDs?"
Lu Xiuying frowned and said, "But the hard drive is still very heavy."
"I remember Kotoyo four or five years ago. A doctor from Toshiba proposed the concept of flash memory. The flash memory chip is much smaller. Although the capacity is also small, with development, I think the chip will become smaller and smaller. The capacity will get bigger and bigger.”
"Oh, by the way, I remembered. Last year Intel launched a flash memory chip with a size of 256K. I think you can study it in depth. If a flash memory chip can store more than 100 megabytes, one of your songs will only have three It looks like four megabits, so it can be made into a music player, which has both portability and capacity advantages."
When the researcher heard this, he was really happy. Mr. Jiang confirmed my idea, which shows that this thing of mine really has a future.
Director Xie thought for a while and said: "Someone in our research institute is studying flash memory chips, and now it seems to be similar to Intel's technology."
"That's even better." Jiang Hua said with a smile: "This digital player project cannot be stopped. We must continue to conduct in-depth research. When one day, this player shrinks to the size of a palm and can store thirty or forty songs. , it can be launched into the market. Of course, we cannot just focus on the hardware aspect, we must also pay attention to the software aspect, the compression method, the playback method, and in-depth research. I see that its future market will not be much worse than VCD."
Lu Xiuying said with a smile: "Director Xie, you assist Researcher Liu to prepare the proposal report and prepare the documents for project application. I will approve it as soon as I get back. Since Mr. Jiang said that the market is huge, then we can't Ignore."
Director Xie said mockingly: "I understand, although my vision is a bit poor, my work efficiency is still good."
"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, and thank you, Mr. Lu. I will definitely work hard to develop this player as soon as possible."
"Don't be impatient, this thing involves both software and hardware. If you don't make progress in these two aspects, you will never make progress, and your player has something to do with the Internet. If the Internet does not develop enough to download music, Yours is just a decoration, it is also related to computer transmission, at least it must have a convenient interface."
Lu Xiuying was dumbfounded and said: "Then this thing will probably be useless within three to five years." 0
"I don't know either. But I think it's hard to be listed in five or six years, but it doesn't matter. If we propose such a concept five or six years in advance, it means we have a head start. In fact, we can wait until the Internet develops to that extent, even if Our products are immature, so we can be the first to launch the product and establish our launch image first. Then we will operate as we do now, registering patents and establishing standards."
After receiving Jiang Hua's guidance, the researcher was extremely happy. Although it was far away from the time of listing, he was still young and could afford to wait. Especially since these projects would be led by him, he was even more happy.
Saying goodbye to this really excited researcher, Director Xie took him to the next laboratory.
Director Xie introduced enthusiastically: "This is researcher Zhang Wanhe. He got your idea from Compaq Computer. He wants to make a real mobile computer that can be stuffed into a backpack and carried away. It looks like that. Much more convenient.”
Jiang Hua nodded: "Yes, it has great development prospects. In 1985, Toshiba launched the T1000 and proposed the concept of laptops. However, the so-called laptops on the market today are not really convenient. I think one A real laptop weighs one to three kilograms at most. There are many problems that restrict this laptop, including battery life and the heat dissipation of the laptop. These must be taken into consideration. This is a systematic project. I have one in Beijing. The research institute is also currently researching new energy batteries. If there is progress there, it may be of great help to your laptop plan."
"Really?" Researcher Zhang was overjoyed: "Mr. Jiang, if there is good news over there, be sure to tell me. The efficiency of the batteries currently used is too low and the size is too large. I am very distressed."
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time. Some things cannot be rushed, especially problems with basic materials, which can only be solved over time."
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