Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1118 Amazing gap

After leaving Toshiba Electric's booth, Duan Yun visited other booths in the exhibition hall.

Duan Yun has gained a lot from participating in the exhibition this time. As a person who came from later generations, Duan Yun has a deeper understanding of the current development level of international electronic product technology, and has a clear positioning for the future development of his company. and plan.

From the present point of view, the next few years will be a period of rapid growth in the development of international electronic products. The most notable feature is that many household appliances and electronic products have gradually shifted from the previous analog circuit technology to digital circuit conversion. In the 90s, Japan underestimated the development of digital technology and only paid attention to the deep digging of analog circuit products. As a result, it was eventually overtaken by American companies. After the emergence of products such as vcddvd and LCD TVs, many Japanese home appliance companies did not follow Up to the rhythm, and eventually eliminated by the times.

Another point is that the current international chip development has entered a new stage, while the domestic electronics industry has been in a state of stagnation.

In fact, as early as the 20s and 70s, China's elite scientists and militarized R&D system were sufficient to ensure the smooth completion of national-level projects such as "two bombs and one satellite". In response to the ever-changing market changes, and to reach an annual output of hundreds of millions or even billions, more and more obstacles have been encountered.

From an international point of view, since integrated circuits are advanced technology and are closely related to national defense and military affairs, "Batumi" has imposed an embargo on China for many years. Regardless of manufacturing equipment or process technology, it cut off China's exchange and introduction during a very critical period. path of.

Many of the golden generation of scientists who presided over chip research were graduate students and junior college students who came back from abroad. However, they encountered unfair treatment in this era and were unable to engage in research work at all. The gap of five or six years widened to more than ten or twenty years.

During the honeymoon between China and the United States in the 80s, foreign countries relaxed their control over China's low-end chips. In addition, many domestic scholars put forward the concept of "buying is worse than buying, and renting is worse than buying". The rate is low, the price is high, and there is a big gap between performance and foreign chips, so they cannot be sold at all. Therefore, domestic chips have not been well developed all the time.

Duan Yun actually wanted to get involved in this field very early, but one of the big problems is that chip research and development requires a lot of money and top talents. Even in the 80s, the investment required every year was often high. In terms of billions of dollars, with Duan Yun's current net worth, he simply cannot afford to get involved in this industry.

Another point is that it is impossible for Duan Yun to gather so many talents in the chip field in the short term. Most of the top domestic chip talents are concentrated in the Chinese Academy of Sciences and some related military departments. Duan Yun wants to recruit these people to his company. The difficulty is comparable to ascending to the sky.

The large and comprehensive development idea is not suitable for Duan Yun's current enterprise development plan. What he needs to do now is to find a high-profit entry point and complete sufficient capital accumulation.

If you have no money and no technology, you can only honestly buy products from other companies first. In fact, speaking of flash memory chips, in 1975, China had already completed the research and development of the core technology of DRAM.

The research group led by Wang Yangyuan in the semiconductor teaching and research section of the Physics Department of BJ University completed three technical solutions and produced China's first 109-bit DRAM at the then 1024 factory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Although this achievement is four or five years later than that of the United States and Japan, it is four or five years earlier than that of South Korea.

This kind of domestic flash memory chip is based on EPROM chips that can erase data with strong ultraviolet rays. Unfortunately, the output of this kind of domestic flash memory chip is extremely low. Only less than 600 pieces are produced every year, but the price is as high as 500 yuan, because it cannot be sold at all. So it was discontinued many years ago.

However, Duan Yun has always been very interested in chip research. In the future, if the funds and talents are strong enough, he will definitely choose to invest in or acquire a chip company in a related field. Reality.

At the end of the visit, Duan Yun found the person in charge of the exhibition and asked him about the situation of the CES exhibition.

For a long time, domestic enterprises can only open up the international market through the Canton Fair, and for a long time, the Canton Fair has been the only important window to the outside world in mainland China. With the relaxation of the country's corporate policies in recent years, some enterprises have already Start trying to participate in foreign exhibitions.

In Duan Yun’s view, if his company can participate in an exhibition like CES, even if it does not get any orders, it is also a very good opportunity to communicate and cooperate with international peers. Duan Yun can cooperate with some well-known international companies, Jointly expand the domestic and international markets. Although Duan Yun’s company is still unable to compare with world-renowned manufacturers in terms of technology and products, companies in mainland China generally have a very good labor cost advantage, coupled with the preferential tariff policies of Shenzhen and foreign trade companies. , which is also an important bargaining chip to attract foreign businessmen to cooperate with their enterprises.

And not only the CES exhibition that he participated in this time, but also MWC and IFA Berlin Consumer Electronics Show, which became the three major electronics exhibitions in the world with CES. Duan Yun will also actively participate in the future to realize his plan to expand the international market.

Through inquiries to the person in charge of the exhibition, I learned that if Duanyun’s enterprises want to participate in the CES conference, they must apply to the exhibition organizing committee one year in advance. In addition, if the application is approved, the exhibitors must also pay a sum Booth fee, the bigger the booth, the higher the price, the best booth costs around $40 per day.

In addition, the CES exhibition organizer will also edit and produce a magazine about the exhibition. All exhibitors can submit articles to the exhibition organizing committee. Once it is adopted, it will be published in the CES journal of that year and sent to more than 2000 electronic peer companies around the world. For companies, it is a very good publicity opportunity.

In the end, Duan Yun got an application form from the CES official. He planned to fill out the form after returning to China, and then send it to the United States by fax, preparing to participate in the CES exhibition next year.

(End of this chapter)