Riding the wind of rebirth

Today, under the leadership of Microsoft and Apple, the UNICODE regional font has become a mainstream international standard. Matsui has published several papers based on font research, and his academic status in the island country has not declined but has increased.

Now that we are mixed between Chinese electrical manufacturers and island country manufacturers, it is a blessing.

Matsui Zou looked at Shimooka's "working environment" and couldn't help but shake his head: "Souoka-kun, what they did is too much..."

"Haha, compared to my old classmates, I feel a little ashamed of myself." Fujio Shigaoka smiled and said, "I heard that you have achieved great results in the past few months in China."

"Compared to the person next to me, this achievement is not worth mentioning." Matsui Zou did not care at all about the pili Yangqiu in Fujio Shigaoka's words, and said with a smile: "I learned a wisdom story in China, that is, the youth Even if a fly lands on the tail of a thousand-mile horse, it can travel a thousand miles in a day."

"Really?" Fujio Shioka looked very surprised, but he didn't know who this young man, who looked to be in his twenties, was.

"This is not the place to talk." Matsui said, "How about we go to the pub and sit for a while?"

The word "tavern" tickled Fujioka Fujio's itch: "Let's go!"

In a private and elegant club, Ikeda Qiu had already arranged the banquet. When the three of them arrived at the private room, they quickly stood up: "Mr. Matsui-san, Zhou Sang, and Mr. Shuoka."

"Miss Ikeda is here too?" Shuoka looked at Ikeda Qiu: "It seems that China is a magical place. Did Miss Ikeda find her career or love there? She has become younger and more beautiful!"

Ikeda Qiu is wearing casual clothes today, which is indeed more beautiful than her usual business attire. In the past few days, she has been assigned by the company to Zhou Zhi as a portable translator. She is also responsible for handling some affairs for Zhou Zhi, and she is also equivalent to a temporary secretary.

Zhou Zhi is a very easy to get along with. I felt very comfortable in Ikeda Hill for a few days. I arranged sightseeing and looked for delicious food. I treated this time as a vacation for myself.

On the contrary, Zhou Zhi has a new understanding of Ikeda Qiu. This girl looks gentle and cute, but all the big guys in the industry know her, which shows that it is not easy.

Thinking about it, someone who can be responsible for Sony's regional business in China is someone who has worked hard in a male society like an island country. She should be regarded as a strong female talent.

Ikeda Qiu said with a smile: "Zhou Sang is an important guest of the company. I have been assigned to him by the company these days to help him arrange some affairs."

"Oh, no wonder Miss Ikeda is so happy." Fujio Shioka showed a knowing expression.

Ikeda Qiu spat lightly and said, "I'll ask them to serve the food."

When the three of them sat down on the tatami, Fujio Shioka looked at the "dry landscape" in the courtyard outside the window and listened to the soft "Hele" in his ears: "I haven't been to a place like this for a long time."

"Toshiba went too far towards the seniors," Matsui said.

"So today, you are working as lobbyists for Sony?" Fujio Shigaoka said with a wry smile: "The island country's electrical industry is so big, do you think Sony will offend Toshiba for me?"

"What are your plans, senior?"

"I wrote a cover letter to my alma mater, Tohoku University Electrical Engineering Research Institute, and they agreed for me to go." "What about your team? Shirata, Sakui, Baitong and the others?"

"I can't protect myself now. As for them..." Fujioka Shizuo said: "They are all very capable. If I leave, the other teams will probably compete for it, so there is no need to worry about this."

"NAND and NOR flash memory technologies are far from mature." Zhou Zhi said: "Is Toshiba disbanding the flash memory research team?!"

"Toshiba has its own management style, maybe I am not suitable for it." Fujio Shigaoka said with a wry smile: "The research and development of the flash memory business has been suspended for more than a year. Since Takeshi-kun passed away, hey..."

"Didn't China purchase a batch of NAND flash memories from Toshiba some time ago?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"That batch of NAND..." Fujio Shioka said with emotion: "I personally supervised the production of that batch of NAND flash in the factory, but everyone thought that the cost was too high, there were too few customers, and the profit was too far behind that of DRAM."

"The DRAM R&D Department has made it clear at the meeting this year that it will no longer support FLASH blood transfusions." After Fujio Shigaoka said this, he looked at Zhou Zhi warily: "By the way, who are you? You, Matsui-kun and Miss Ikeda are here Together, why don’t I recognize you?”

"He is the person who once submitted the first flash memory manufacturing business to Sugaoka-san, hoping to restore Sugaoka-san's reputation in Toshiba." Ikeda Qiu happened to lead the waiter who brought the food tray in, and he also held a small plate in his hand. Inside was a cute wine note and several small cups: "He is the president of Clover Company, Zhou Zhi Zhou Sang."

"Are you the inventor of WinClover?" Fujio Shigaoka couldn't help but be shocked: "So young?!"

"No, no." Zhou Zhi waved his hands repeatedly: "Those are the collective wisdom. I just did some management work."

"Ms. Ikeda praises me too much. Our company doesn't have any president position right now. It's just a general manager, and the other one is the process safety director."

Shuogang didn't care about the difference in names, but asked directly: "What's wrong? Zhou Sang is not satisfied with the NAND flash memory?"

At this moment, Zhou Zhi already understood the reason why he was not welcomed within Toshiba. This man was a technology nerd and seemed to be incapable of hearing anything other than technology.

But he still said patiently: "Flash memory has the advantages of ROM and RAM, and also has the ideal characteristics of EEPROM. It can not only perform basic operations such as writing, erasing and rewriting, but also can store static data for an almost unlimited time. It should be said that in addition to the price and performance, this is an ideal storage component.”

"Of course, it cannot be said that there are no defects. WinClover uses flash memory as a pure storage component, which is the first in the world, and many problems have been discovered."

"There is bound to be a problem." Shuogang estimated that he had encountered a lot of attacks recently and had already thought of a response: "To make the price of flash memory meet the requirements of Clover Company, we have to do something in terms of performance. Some subtraction.”

"Actually, the emergence of flash memory is the result of subtraction, right?" Shuoka continued: "Between the upper limit of technology and production capacity, there is another keyword called cost-effectiveness. We cannot ask for a twenty-dollar chip, like six A ten dollar chip would be perfect, wouldn’t it?”

"I agree with Mr. Shuogang's concept." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "But we found that a twenty-dollar chip can actually do better. And the point I am talking about is not whether flash memory is right or not. Previous inventions sacrificed performance for discussion.”

"The design principle of flash memory itself is to organize the storage space into blocks from the previous bits, which greatly reduces the need for storage of index addresses. By sacrificing part of the performance, it greatly increases the unit volume of the chip, right?"

"Yes, this is the experience I gained from working in production and sales positions for ten years. Don't design high-precision things first, but first design things that can be sold."