Siheyuan: The Era of Core Generation

Chapter 165 The First Effort

"It has indeed dropped very sharply. At present, we have learned that there are already more than a dozen companies in three countries making similar products. The competition with us is very fierce. If we want to maintain the current profit, we have to reduce prices and increase production." Deputy Factory Manager Li also interjected.

Zhao Ye nodded, supposedly this way of thinking is correct.

How can there be a product that can be sold for a lifetime?Especially electronics.

"Zhao Ye, do you think that improving the technological level of computing chips can increase the value of calculators?" Commissioner Zhang asked.

"No, at least not entirely possible." Zhao Ye gave a negative answer as soon as he opened his mouth.

"why?"

"The calculator, to put it bluntly, is to meet the normal computing needs of ordinary people. No matter how advanced we make computing chips, this will not change the original intention of people buying this thing. Therefore, this has little to do with computing chips."

Zhao Ye first analyzed the functions of use, and then said: "Of course, if a higher-tech chip is applied, we can produce products with more functions and better usability. But now I don't think this is the main thing. The problem."

"What do you think is the main problem?" Commissioner Zhang asked.

"I think the main problem is that our products are too single. Our products in microelectronics are just calculators. I think that if we want to expand our profit scale, we need to find new profit growth points. come out with new products.”

"A new product?" Commissioner Zhang was a little surprised. They really hadn't thought about it from this angle.

The main reason is that they don't know what new tricks can be played with a thing used for counting?

"Do you have any new ideas?" Commissioner Zhang asked.

"I do have a few new ideas." Xia Zhao Ye didn't hide it, and directly expressed his thoughts.

"I had a plan before to increase our process to three microns. If we can reach this level, we can make a lot of products. For example, calculators, we can make smaller, more portable, functional It is also more powerful. Correspondingly, it is entirely possible to set a relatively high price without being caught in a long-term price war with other companies.”

"Well, what else?" Commissioner Zhang responded, and then asked.

"Besides, we have three-micron technology, and we can combine chip technology with many things. For example, typewriters, telephones, digital switches, etc., these are high-profit items, and they must be very popular in the West. There is a market.

The other is the computer. If we have a higher technology, we can also develop a computer for personal use. "

"A computer for personal use? What's the use of that?"

"This has a wide range of uses. Some of our departments have been using computers for some time. I believe that many people have discovered that computers have a wide range of uses. In fact, the current computers are not even one percent of what I imagined. functions have not been fulfilled.”

"Oh? Not even one percent?" Commissioner Zhang asked in surprise.

"Yes, not even one percent." Zhao Ye said this confidently. He has seen what an information society should look like.Computers at that time were carriers of informationization.

Chips are the foundation and guarantee for realizing informatization.

"Zhao Ye, go back and summarize your thoughts carefully, and submit a report." Commissioner Zhang said.

"Okay." Zhao Ye nodded and stopped talking about this topic.

"Let's talk about your difficulties now. I called you here today to solve your difficulties. Speak up boldly and don't have any worries." Commissioner Zhang encouraged.

"Leader, I have an idea." Zhao Ye was the first to speak without waiting for others to speak.

"Well, tell me!"

"I want to put part of the research force on Zhennan Island."

"What? Put it on Zhennan Island? How could you have such an idea?" Commissioner Zhang never thought that Zhao Ye would have such an idea.

The country is so big, where is it not more suitable than that small island in the sky?
This means that the speculation on this island is relatively hot recently, otherwise, Commissioner Zhang may not even know that there is such a place.

"Commissioner Zhang, I have this idea based on several considerations.

First, although the place is far away, it also has the advantage of being far away.After the researchers have passed, they really can only do research without distraction, and there is nothing else to do.

The second point is that the joint factory is an electronics factory with many female workers, which can balance the population structure there very well.I believe that the country will definitely develop the oil and gas resources there. With so many lesbians in the past, it can better solve the living problems of gay men in many units.

Third, the transportation efficiency of the electronics industry is high.Especially in the chip industry, there are few raw materials, and the finished products are small in size and high in value, and can bear the freight generated by long-distance transportation.

Fourth, the environment is good.With the advancement of technology, the degree of refinement of chip production is getting higher and higher.This will inevitably require higher environmental cleanliness.It is actually very difficult to achieve a high-clean production environment on the mainland.

Fifth, it is conducive to confidentiality...

sixth……"

Zhao Ye didn't want to think about this issue any more, so when he talked about it at this time, he almost didn't stop.

Everyone was really baffled by his proposal, but after Zhao Ye said it, they felt that it was more or less reasonable.

Zhao Ye was also very helpless. If he could choose, he would certainly not choose that kind of place.

But in order to minimize future losses, this choice is very necessary.

After all, "the sky is high and the emperor is far away", many things are easy for Zhao Ye to operate.

If this is on the mainland, no matter where it is, Zhao Ye will be at the mercy of one thing and lose another.

It's good to be far away from the sky, and the impact of the storm can be minimized by being far away.

It can provide a stable external environment for those real researchers.

Nothing is more important than this.

But Zhao Ye couldn't express his true thoughts.

Said it would really kill people.

"What you said makes a lot of sense, but this kind of thing still needs the comprehensive consideration of the superiors." Commissioner Zhang has not been completely fooled by Zhao Ye, no matter how he thinks, he feels that Zhao Ye's idea is a bit whimsical.

How can such an important production department be placed so far away?Instinctively, Commissioner Zhang felt that it was inappropriate.

Zhao Ye didn't expect to get the superiors to agree with him right away.

At this time, it is like planting a seed, burying the seed in the leader's mind, and when the right opportunity is encountered, the seed will naturally take root and germinate.

After returning from Commissioner Zhang, the group of people did not disperse separately, but went directly to the administrative building of the joint factory.

Sitting in Director Yang's office, several people exchanged pleasantries with each other first, and then aimed at Zhao Ye.

"Yezi, tell me, what on earth are you thinking? Why did you come up with such a suggestion from Commissioner Zhang?" Director Yang was the first to ask the question. Judging from Zhao Ye's performance at the time, this kid was thinking about this matter. It's not a day or two.

"Master, the reason I said there is all my thoughts." Zhao Ye replied, and after finishing speaking, he glanced at Deputy Factory Director Li secretly.

Director Yang knew Zhao Ye very well, and he understood what he meant by seeing his expression.So he said: "You should discuss such things with us in advance. You are not a student now, but an employee of the joint factory. Any ideas should be reported to your superiors first, instead of talking in front of the big leaders. , You made us very passive like this. To put it bluntly, you are a kind of kidnapping, do you know? We did not refute your opinion on the spot, and we have already given you a lot of face. Don’t make an example!"

After a reprimand, Zhao Ye's act of dragging the big bosses into the background this time was exposed.

Zhao Ye just apologized humbly and didn't say anything more.

Professor Ci is very familiar with Zhao Ye, so he should be able to feel that Zhao Ye still has some unknown reasons.But seeing the performance of their master and apprentice, Professor Ci was rational and didn't say much.

The conversation then turned to specific issues, where the development of new technologies was a top priority.

Chip research and development is not just a simple breakthrough in one or two technologies. It requires the joint breakthrough of multiple units.

From raw materials to home processing equipment, multiple technological advances can give birth to a new chip processing technology.

In addition, there is design. Traditional paper drawing can no longer meet larger-scale chip design.

Due to the increasing scale of integration and the increasing number of transistors and circuits contained in a design diagram, traditional design methods can no longer meet the needs of design.

Now in product design, there is an urgent need for a special design software.

The performance of Dawn-[-] can meet the hardware requirements of the software, the only deficiency is its display chip and display device.If this shortcoming is not resolved, the functions of software design are not even thought about.

As a result, another technical problem that needs to be solved urgently was added to Zhao Ye's notebook.

At this time, the two routes in his mind began to argue with each other. Should he develop CRT monitors?Or directly on the LCD monitor?
It stands to reason that LCD is more promising.

However, CRT also has its advantages. This is not just a problem of monitors, it also involves the development of another industry, televisions.

If CRT monitors are developed, then if the technology spreads, it will directly drive the country's TV industry.

At least to a usable level, Zhao Ye feels that the current technology is not difficult.Zhao Ye adjusted the data of the monitor in the system. After reading it, he felt that this thing did not exceed the current processing level too high.The picture tube technology itself is not a complicated thing, the real technical core is still on the control chip.

Of course, this does not mean that this thing is very simple, but its complexity does not lie in theory, but in processing equipment.But when it comes to processing equipment, this happens to be Zhao Ye's strong point.

Therefore, Zhao Ye made up his mind to develop crt monitors, and let people of this era feel the charm of "big butt" monitors.

(End of this chapter)