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Chapter 403 It deserves a name

"Hey hey hey, don't do this!"

"Let everyone take a look at the laboratory environment."

"That's right, Mr. Ze~ Mr. Ze~~~~"

"Are you there? Mr. Wen, Mr. Ze is about to turn upside down."

Li Ze on the stage forcibly choked back the words on his lips, showing a helpless smile: "Everyone, don't worry, Wen will always come up."

"As for... the laboratory environment."

Li Ze glanced at the venue: "I'm sorry, we didn't know beforehand that everyone would be curious. The breakthrough of photoresist materials is very important, but it can't be displayed like the previous content, including the substrate discovered by Academician Cao's team."

"The reason why I mention this is simply to show off."

"It's not me bragging. Our Bolang is really good. If Apple doesn't work harder, at least in the mobile phone industry in the future, there will only be Xinghai as a high-end brand. Do you understand me?"

After finishing speaking, Li Ze, a flirt, released a piece of explosive background music that he had prepared a long time ago, and took advantage of the situation to twist his buttocks.

He twisted and sang.

"Invincible...how...how...lonely."

"Invincible...how...so...so...so lonely~~"

Master Xing called the expert directly.

It took him two years to create an original piece of music, which came out ahead of schedule.

Although the song is completely different, although this sentence is very common...

Wen Liang in the audience was also calling out to the experts, and couldn't help but look at Chen Jiaxin next to him: "Ah Ze...is he so handsome?"

"Uh..." Chen Jiaxin looked back at the stage and scratched her head a little, "I'm not very clear about this, but our Ze Zong has always been very good. The CEO of the world's first manufacturer ran a live broadcast to screw the screw, and the show was short... ...The figure is not very unusual."

"Haven't you seen the rehearsal?"

"I haven't watched the whole thing."

"He didn't mention it in advance?"

"I didn't pay attention, but there must be a clear process, otherwise the backstage wouldn't be able to prepare so well."

Wen Liang shook his head and sighed: "The first "Bolang Research" will probably be unforgettable forever. If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have allowed him to take the stage. I'm an introverted person, and I can't stand this."

Chen Jiaxin: "..."

What can he say.

Say Mr. Wen, don't insult the word introverted?

In his mind, when it comes to flirting, the co-founders of them can't compare to being gentle.

Of course, it wasn't just Wen Liang who was shown.

There are also countless audiences in the venue.

and countless online viewers.

"Boss Ze didn't play cards according to common sense."

"Not to mention, Mr. Ze has something to do with those two twists, and he must go to nightclubs a lot~"

"Has no one bumped into it?"

"What is Mr. Ze's identity? I don't think ordinary people can get in the place he is going to. How easy it is to bump into him."

"Anyway, I really like Mr. Ze's arrogant attitude. I don't know how much effort Bo Lang has put in, but with Bo Lang's current level of arrogance, he should have a little bit of it."

"One thing to say, I also like it very much. After holding back for so long, I finally waited until today. It's too wasteful not to talk about it."

"..."

Meanwhile, some special viewers are talking.

"Today's Bolang is a bit unusual. He has been showing off his muscles, even a little too much. Maybe we have overlooked something."

"I feel the same way. This press conference is full of strong provocation and catharsis."

"Probably we have overlooked Mr. Wen. After he appeared with Ma Poli at the industry content summit, he has never had any public activities. According to reliable sources, Wen Liang has not shown up very often since March. After April, it has never appeared in Huagong.”

"There is news. A friend found some Wen Liang's itinerary in April and May. His private jet has traveled to many places, but he has not been to any big cities, except Jiangxia and Yangcheng."

"Huh? No... no way."

"impossible!"

"With a gentle background, who can put pressure on him? Whose pressure can he obey? He is the master who can go straight to the red wall to talk."

"Zang Feng?"

"Just look at it and you'll know, Wen Liangren is at the venue."

"Too."

"..."

After more than a minute of background music ended, Li Ze finally stopped in his tracks, and said with a smile on his face, "Impromptu, everyone, don't mind too much, haha~"

"Anyway, that's what it means."

After a short pause, Li Ze straightened his expression and made a sideways gesture: "Next, Mr. Qin Zheng, our co-founder and IC design chief engineer, and Mr. Lin Tong, our deputy chief engineer, will introduce to you the Xinghai Tablet 1. chip."

As he spoke, he applauded and left the stage.

Video is still played on the big screen.

This time it was Qin Zheng and Lin Tong who appeared stern.

The background is a room with some monitors and other equipment. Qin Zheng and Lin Tong are sitting on the edge of the table.

The camera first follows Qin Zheng: "Our chip is the engine of the Xinghai series of mobile devices. With excellent chip design, we are able to enable technological innovation to empower the entire system, achieving stronger performance and excellent energy efficiency."

"This time, we creatively used 40nm technology to complete high-performance processing tasks with less abundant transistors, as well as outstanding graphics processing tasks."

Qin Zheng introduced in a simple tone: "Thanks to this 4-core CPU, its 4 excellent performance and energy-efficiency balanced cores, and further machine learning capabilities, we can better display the voice of 'Xiaoxing' Synthetic technology..."

"And... all kinds of high-performance processing requirements, and handle the feedback of each click with more amazing efficiency..."

"...Without a doubt, this is the most powerful CPU in mobile devices! Up to 35% ahead of the previous generation!"

Later, the camera followed Lin Tong, who stood up and made gestures: "For graphics-intensive tasks, such as running several mobile games produced by Guofeng, this chip is equipped with our excellent dual-core GPU to drive amazing graphics. Visual effects and light and shadow effects."

"Combined with the existing hardware, it shows a very surprising image effect."

"Compared to the previous generation, the graphics processing performance is as much as 50% ahead!"

Qin Zheng took up the conversation again: "Cooperating with the Star Tablet System 1.0, it will achieve excellent high-performance processing capabilities and graphics task processing capabilities."

"Show the best for every user."

"Lovely, but not hot."

The formation of this short video is not simple. Professional shooting equipment and the most professional photographers are used to highlight the details of this laboratory.

For example, there are many electronic devices with the Xinghai logo.

For example, an unknown game that seems to be running automatically on a screen.

At the end of the video, Li Ze's voice sounded at the right time: "Thanks to Mr. Qin Zheng and Mr. Lin Tong for their explanations. I would like to invite Mr. Wen Liang, general manager of Bolang Group, to introduce more information to you."

A beam of light hit the right side of the podium, moved with Wen Liang who was moving, and focused on him all the time.

Different from last time, this time Wen Liang appeared in a more formal form.

The applause of the venue ensued.

The audience in the live broadcast room also regained their enthusiasm.

The barrage is so full that the screen can't fit.

"Mr. Wen, Mr. Wen, catch in the front row!"

"It has to be Boss Wen!"

"This aura, this row of faces, this posture, this..."

"Boss Wen~~~"

Wen Liang's hands kept pressing: "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

"It's a great pleasure to stand here to meet with you. I would like to thank all the employees of Bolang Group for their hard work, so that we can bring you some different content."

Standing still in the center of the podium, Wen Liang looked at the audience with a happy smile, and raised his left hand: "Just now the two chief engineers of our IC design laboratory introduced to you from a technical level... the one in my hand. chip."

"The 40-nanometer process does not make this chip lose its color. It is so small that I am afraid that it will be lost if I am not careful..."

Good-natured laughter sounded from the audience at the right time: "Hahaha..."

It has a different style from Li Ze, which seems to have changed the atmosphere of the venue.

Wen Liang said unhurriedly: "Before Bolang actually started chip research, I never thought that the design of a chip would be so complicated. The simplicity of the unnamed chip on the previous generation Xinghai 1 made me There is some dislocation in the perception of chips."

"I don't think there's anything special about chip design."

"Reality taught me a lesson."

"When making more in-depth changes and designs based on the ARM solution, our team encountered endless difficulties. For the first time, I felt the horror of the crystallization of human cutting-edge wisdom, and I also admire those who have gone far in the chip field. colleagues."

"Every small change and adjustment is a massive attempt and overthrow."

"In the past 10 months, we have spent up to 40 billion yuan in research and development for this chip."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was stunned.

Wen Liang continued with a smile: "The figure of 40 billion sounds a bit thin. Let me put it another way. For example, my country's Chang'e-14 project finally ran from the earth to the moon after three years. Its project cost is [-] billion yuan. .”

"More closely, for example, ARM's net profit before tax in 2012 was about 27 billion yuan."

"For example, Apple's latest A6 chip currently on the market costs about 176 yuan per chip, and the research and development funds we spent on this chip are enough to produce 2270 million A6 chips."

"This is some insignificant effort we have made to bring you a better experience."

After finishing speaking, Wen Liang changed the subject: "Because of these, we think it deserves a formal name."

The big screen slowly changes.

A picture of a chip and some text emerged.

Star Dragon M1
Wen Liang looked sideways at the big screen: "After careful discussion, we named it 'Shenlong', M is the abbreviation of 'Mobile Platform', and 1 is the first officially named serial number."

"In the future, the Shenlong M series will be widely used on Xinghai series mobile platform devices, empowering every bit of experience."

In the end, all kinds of complicated names were not chosen, but the name of the dragon was added with the word god.

In fact, for this name, Bo Lang's team, or Li Ze, they searched a lot of information.

It is an ancient story.

[People in the Shang Dynasty believed that the universe was composed of the sky where the gods lived and the earth where humans lived.

In the central position of the sky is the Emperor of Heaven.

After the immortal king on the earth dies, he will come to the central kingdom where the emperor of heaven is.

And this empire is surrounded by the four directions, and the four phoenixes, also called Xuanniao, are in charge of this place. They are mainly responsible for the connection between the heaven and the four directions.

The place where human beings live is also similar. The central country on the ground is surrounded by four directions. The difference is that the divine beast in the world is a tiger.

It guards the edge between the four directions and the national border, which is called the four edges.

There is a tortoise in the water under the ground, which can feel the will of the heavens.

And the intersection of the human world and the heaven, or the channel of communication is the dragon.

People in the Shang Dynasty believed that the dragon was a way to gain divine power and enter the heaven, or a kind of technology. 】

The reason why Li Ze and others used this story as a blueprint to persuade Wen Liang to agree is because these stories are in a sense the same as the ultimate pursuit of modern science.

Humans have always tried to master/obtain the power of nature in some way.

In general, it is a good wish and longing to name Bolang's first-generation self-developed SoC with this name, and to name a core component such as a chip, which is inseparable from all industries in modern technology.

Go to the stars and the sea with the help of Shenlong.

The following number M1 is Wen Liang's decision.

Wen Liang, who came back from 2022, of course knows that Apple has launched the M1 chip. He snatched this title six or seven years in advance, which is some kind of bad taste of a reborn person.

"..."

At the same time that Wen Liang announced the name, it had already been discussed on the Internet.

"The name Shenlong is a bit simple. Qualcomm changed the name of its mobile SoC to Xiaolong last year. So, does Bolang mean that it is on the same level as Qualcomm?"

"Almost, there have long been rumors that there is a mobile phone in Xiaosaoliang that has chosen the supply chain with Bolang. It is estimated that the chip will also use this Shenlong series."

"This is really a rumor, but if they are all of the same SoC, how to distinguish between high and low."

"Do you think it is possible that this chip is also self-developed? After all, it cost 40 billion."

"It goes without saying that it was originally self-developed. In fact, the chip on Xinghai 1 is also the same. It is just that the depth of self-development is different. The ARM solution is very free. Apple's A6 is also a self-developed model of the ARM solution."

"So that's the case, but why doesn't Bolang promote it like this?"

"The word self-research is more important to Bo Lang. In their view, as long as they use other people's things, it is not easy to call it self-research. For example...refer to the star system."

"66666..."

In fact, Xiaosaoliang's Redmi series will not use the SoC with the name of Shenlong.

That's why Wen Liang put on a vest when he was talking to Lei Jun.

Bolang Lab authorizes specific CPU cores, GPU cores, etc. to this company, and then the company will design and then mark the tapes.

The method is similar to that of ARM authorization. For example, almost all mobile chips are now sourced from ARM, but each company will separate them out, such as Qualcomm Snapdragon and Apple A-series.

Naturally, the name cannot be Star Dragon.

Of course, at this stage, the ARM solution has not been detailed. The company does not have much ability to carry out secondary design for the time being. Some.

In fact, the main purpose of opening the vest is to promote the Galaxy instruction set ecology on a wider scale.

After all, there is Scode now, and everyone will modify the UI and repackage the Android system. In the process, use Scode to compile, and the interface compilation between the operating system level and the processor level will be in place.

There is no problem that the system does not recognize the CPU.

Wen Liang glanced at the big screen again, and looked back at the audience: "The opening announcement of the first "Bolang Research" conference has come to an end here."

"We have been committed to providing the most excellent electronic product experience for consumers around the world. Thanks to everyone's support for the Xinghai brand, we have more funds to spare no effort in in-depth research on various detailed technologies."

"Our preparations were done hastily, and we failed to show the most satisfactory results to everyone. Some developers, both overseas and domestic, were unable to come because of the hasty time period, which also made today's press conference a little less. Fun experience, sorry."

"I look forward to having a great time in the next 150 meetings, fellow developers."

"thank you all."

Amid the applause, the press conference came to an end.

Obviously, the end of the opening press conference of "Bolang Research" also means the arrival of storms...
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PS: I didn’t update it today, but I’m happy today, hahahaha~ Moyu wrote a chapter all afternoon, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I’m happy today.

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