1991 Starting from the core

At this time, at the headquarters of Yuanxin Science and Technology Park, Xi Xiaoding was presiding over the monthly technical meeting of various R\u0026D departments.

This kind of meeting was filled with a lot of technical solutions and terminology, so the company just followed the usual practice and pulled a manager who had switched from technology to administration from the president's office to attend and take notes.

And because Xi is always known to be "lazy", he can come to host the meeting. Generally, half of the big guys who can make it will be present. Even those who can't come, they will participate remotely through a conference call.

"I just received the news that the first MP3 mobile phone in the special zone has officially been offline." Xi Xiaoding glanced at the fax and looked happily at Qin Weimin and Tian Yaoming, who were sitting on his left and right hands: "You two are lucky."

"We don't work hard, the hard work is here..." Tian Yaoming has always been more outgoing and cheerful. He pointed at the phone cheerfully and said: "It is said that they stayed up all night to come up with the MP3 main control chip."

At this time, Li Mingliu's slightly distorted and extremely clear voice came from the phone. It could be heard that he was quite happy: "Mr. Tian, ​​according to Mr. Shan's plan, our decoding chip is only the first one, and it is not for you." For mobile phones...it’s you who are really busy.”

Hearing Li Mingliu say this, Tian Yaoming and Qin Weimin, who was sitting opposite him, looked at each other with a bit of a wry smile.

Indeed, Su Yuanshan did not urge them... But from the enterprise to R\u0026D, everyone has reached a consensus - with the advent of the digital age, there will be more and more countless exquisite small digital devices, so the functions of the chip Sexual needs become more and more abundant.

In the digital field and in the field of consumer electronics, SOC chips that integrate multiple functions are the way to go in the future.

"But there is no way to rush this matter. We are also busy waiting for Apple's people to come." Qin Weimin coughed and raised his hand to check the time: "They just arrived today, I have to go later. Pick them up.”

"Well, let's go step by step." Xi Xiaoding nodded, smiled and revealed this article first - since taking care of the undergraduates, his temper has improved a lot, and he is becoming more and more like a good old man.

"Yinan, where are you? According to the standard application sent by the European Telecommunications Association last month, it seems that our index at Yuanxin is not enough." Xi Xiaoding looked at Li Yinan as he spoke, his attitude a little more serious.

The reason is simple - if you have to say who can best understand Su Yuanshan's technical level, then Xi Xiaoding must be the one. He knows that whether it is the YX architecture or the Tamron architecture, Su Yuanshan, a genius, can "help a little bit", pulling and pushing at critical moments.

But in terms of communication protocols, Su Yuanshan has not provided substantial help - Xi Xiaoding knows that this is something Su Yuanshan cannot provide.

After all, human abilities have limits.

Su Yuanshan has shown amazing talent and genius in the fields of programming and integrated circuit design. If he is also proficient in the field of communication protocols, then Su Yuanshan can only be described as non-human.

Therefore, Xi Xiaoding also pays special attention to the communication technology department, and even his laboratory has launched cross-department cooperation with Li Yinan very early on.

…

Facing Mr. Xi's gaze, Li Yinan is no longer as nervous as before - he is an idol after all. And as the next popular candidate to join the Science and Technology Committee, he naturally has a lot to offer.

"Mr. Xi, the main reason for the insufficient index is that the basic patents in the 3G field are not ours... In addition, Qualcomm's patent wall is really high enough and the technology is strong enough, so we only applied for one core patent. In addition, Qualcomm applied for another Two, as well as many extended patents and technologies, constitute today's 3G technology pool and the prototype of the four major standards." Li Yinan smiled and said: "Don't look at us...you have to look at Europe. Although the European Telecommunications Association It was the beginning, but there are not many capable companies in Europe, they are just like the stupid sons of landlords."

Hearing what Li Yinan said, everyone laughed, and Xi Xiaoding couldn't help laughing.

Technology and standards are always ahead of practical applications. At present, mobile phone and base station manufacturers are still discussing whether to upgrade to 2G+, which is GPRS. Technology companies focusing on communication technology and protocols have already begun to lay out and seize the next generation technology.

As in previous generations, all companies, including Yuexin, have chosen the current code division multiple access technology - Qualcomm's CDMA - as the underlying technology for the next generation communication protocol.

Some of the well-known standards are CDMA2000 developed by Qualcomm itself, W-CMDA developed by the European Telecommunications Commission based on GSM, TD-CDMA developed by Siemens, and CCDMA developed by FarCore.

The rest, as Li Yinan said, are like the silly sons of landlords, and few companies can come up with a somewhat complete set of standards.

And it is true that in the 3G technology pool, although Yuanxin has only applied for one core patent - power control, this patent, as several standards are gradually taking shape, the future of 3G is becoming more and more concrete and gradually reflected. out of its importance.

"Our main goal is to work hard on the next generation standards." Li Yinan waited for everyone to laugh and continued: "The goal set by President Shan for our department was also the same. He hoped that we would enter the market under the second generation standards and the third generation standards. We are drinking soup according to the standards of the first generation, leading by the standards of the fourth generation, and monopolizing the standards of the fifth generation.”

"By the way, Mr. Tian, ​​Mr. Qin. I'm afraid you have to think about it... In the future, SOC will integrate all functions involved in 3G technology - including but not limited to signal transmission, reception, power management, digital and analog signals. Convert these, all of them.”

After a pause, Li Yinan spread his hands: "What President Shan mentioned casually at the beginning was not what I meant."

Everyone: "..."

…

After the R\u0026D department meeting ended, everyone left in twos and threes. Qin Weimin and Tian Yaoming stopped for a while and waited for Li Yinan.

"Yinan, Mr. Shan really said that?" Tian Yaoming is no longer Li Yinan's leader, but he can be regarded as Li Yinan's boss, so the relationship between the two is very harmonious even in private.

"Yes. Last time when I reported to him that the power control patent application was approved, he expressed his happiness like this. He said that this power control is the core of the core..." Li Yinan pursed his lips and smiled: "Mr. Tian, Is SOC that difficult?”

"Why don't you come?" Tian Yaoming pretended to be angry, knowing that this guy was a man who said whatever he wanted and didn't hold back.

"Uh... forget it, it's not my strong point."

"It's good to know." Tian Yaoming held his shoulders and walked aside: "Old Qin, we won't accompany you anymore. You can pick him up at the airport yourself."

"..." Qin Weimin glared at the other party: "You guys are just afraid of showing off your bad speaking skills!"

"Haha, yes, yes... you are good at speaking, so it's your turn to go."