Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 107 16 Bits

Of course, Sharp would not give up the customer easily, and quickly sent someone to contact Rex Eden, saying that the price could be reduced.

Rex Eden is best at dealing with the two competitors, repeatedly pulling back and forth, and the operation is as fierce as a tiger, making the quotations of Panasonic and Sharp both as low as 2800 million US dollars.

Considering that Sharp's LCD technology is stronger, Rex Eden decided to purchase TN LCD production lines and related technologies from Sharp.

In the morning of that day, Rex Eden asked Zhao Ye for instructions, and after getting approval, in the afternoon, Rex Eden signed a purchase agreement with Sharp on behalf of Wujiang Group for the TN LCD production line and related technologies.

After the agreement was signed, Zhao Ye also got the news immediately.

In this regard, Zhao Ye had to lament that Resk Aiden was awesome, and then told him to bring the TN LCD production line and technical materials back to China as soon as possible.

Next, Zhao Ye has a heavy responsibility to win the battle of home game consoles.

After the MMC chips are produced in the Wujiang factory in Shanghai, the game cartridges will be produced immediately.

Each game cartridge is equipped with a game screen enhancement chip MMC.

In addition, according to the size of the game, add the number of memory chips on the game cartridge.

For example, "Pokemon" uses 6 memory chips, while "Tetris" only uses 1 memory chip.

Price game cartridges based on the number of memory chips used.

For example, "Tetris" costs 5000 yen, and "Pokemon" costs 8000 yen.

According to the current 100:6 conversion of yen into RMB, the prices of "Tetris" and "Pokemon" are 300 RMB and 640 RMB respectively.

It is not difficult to see that the price of genuine game cartridges is not cheap.

The price of the Nintendo FC red and white game console is only 14800 yen, namely: 888 RMB.

The price of "Qongqi Home Game Console" is even cheaper than that of FC Famicom. The price is 13000 yen, that is: 780 RMB.

As long as you sell more home game consoles, you can earn more by selling game cassettes in the future.

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At this time, just before the "Qongqi Home Game Console" is about to go on the market.

The chip development team led by Zhao Ye finally designed Kirin 2.

However, this does not seem to be something to be proud of.

Intel released 1982-bit chips on February 2, 1.

And ARM's parent company took only one year to directly develop the first 32-bit processor ARM1, and applied it to the Acorn computer.

However, later designers were able to design even better 16-bit chips, let alone under the leadership of Zhao Ye.

Zhao Ye's chip design ability was already top-notch in his previous life, and now in this era, it is undoubtedly the strongest.

It can be seen from the data.

"The 80286 processor integrates about 13 transistors, with a maximum frequency of 20MHz, and uses a 16-bit data bus and a 24-bit address bus. Kirin 2 integrates about 15 transistors, with a maximum frequency of 24MHz, and Kirin 2 Low power consumption, cheap price!"

Zhao Ye said, "Next, arrange people to conduct various tests on Kirin 2. If there is no problem, we will start tape-out, and finally strive to mass-produce Kirin 2 as soon as possible. The design team of the original Kirin 2 chip will be on vacation for a week, and then start to design Kirin 3. , this time we will directly design a 32-bit processor, Kirin 3 will be a chip that can be truly applied to PC products!"

The 16-bit Kirin 2 chip will most likely only be applied to home game consoles, handhelds, and arcades.

Of course, it can be used on a personal computer, but it is obviously not comparable to a 32-bit computer.

It will take more than four months for the Kirin 2 to be tested and streamed, and then mass-produced. It will take at least a year for a chip to be mass-produced.

It seems that Kirin 2 will not be widely used until next year.

At around 3 o'clock this afternoon, Zhao Ye picked up the phone and called Wang Jizhi.

Wang Jizhi was working on a handheld game console in the laboratory, when the landline on the table suddenly rang, which immediately caught his attention.

After answering the phone, I learned that it was the boss calling, so I couldn't help asking what was the matter.

Zhao Ye said: "Godson Design Company has designed Kirin 2, and it is currently testing it, but there is a high probability that there should be no problem. Your hardware department, you can try to develop a 16-bit home game console!"

"If you don't have enough manpower, recruit people. Your department will be responsible for developing more products in the future, such as electronic pet machines, arcade machines, personal computers..."

"Good boss!" Wang Jizhi accepted the task with a wry smile.

The hardware development department of Wujiang Group is now mainly divided into two parts: Lu Jia leads the communication department (BB machine) and the game and PC department he leads (home game consoles, handhelds, computer motherboards).

The hardware development departments of Hanka and typewriter have been abolished and merged into these two business departments.

At present, the game and PC business department led by Wang Jizhi has the largest number of people, with more than 300 engineers.

Qiongqi 1 home game console is not yet on the market, but Wujiang Group needs to make technical reserves for Qiongqi 2 home game consoles.

Zhao Ye's thoughts at this time were very solid.

If in the era of 8-bit machines, Qiongqi 1 can't kill Nintendo FC.

Then in the era of 16-bit home consoles, overtake on curves and completely crush the opponent!

Nintendo probably felt so comfortable lying down and making money that they didn’t want to move anymore. In their previous lives, they hadn’t developed a 16-bit home console for a long time, and it was only in 1990 that they launched the first 16-bit home console.As early as 1988, Sega launched the 16-bit home game console MD.

People who stay in the comfort zone for a long time will destroy their aggressiveness, and the same is true for companies.

Previously, Nintendo had never met an opponent. In this life, if Nintendo continues to do so, Zhao Ye will let it know why the flowers are so popular...

"Boss, do 16-bit home game consoles still use game cartridges as storage media?" Wang Jizhi asked.

"No! We use CDs as game storage media!" Zhao Ye shook his head and said, "CDs have large storage capacity and low cost, much better than game cassettes!"

"Boss, we haven't got authorization from Philips or Sony yet..."

"It's okay, the licensing will be done soon!" Zhao Ye replied with a calm smile.

As long as the Qiongqi 1 home game console sells well, both Philips and Sony will definitely pay attention to Wujiang Group, thereby promoting CD as a game storage standard.

When the news that Qiongqi 2 home game consoles intend to use CDs as storage media spreads, the two companies may come to seek cooperation on their own initiative!
In the final analysis, it still depends on one's own strength, which is worthy of sitting together and cooperating.

Otherwise, how can you be on the same level as Philips and Sony...

Before Wang Jizhi went to Philips to discuss cooperation, he was once underestimated.

"Okay, then I will use the CD as the storage medium to develop a 16-bit home game console!"

"Ah."

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"It's almost June 6st, what's up with Nintendo?"

"There is no movement, it is because I threatened a third-party game developer before."

"It seems that Nintendo simply ignores our existence!"

"Yes, boss."

It's almost June 6st, and the proud Nintendo is still holding a contemptuous attitude. It dismisses the upcoming launch of the "Qingqi Home Game Console" and hardly takes any action, such as reducing prices or promoting...

Perhaps in Nintendo's view, with so many competitors, which one is Wujiang?

Zhao Ye took the fragrant tea handed over by his secretary Liu Yinyin, smiled lightly, and took a sip with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth.Nintendo probably never expected that Wujiang's "Qiongqi 1 Home Game Console" carries nearly [-] classic games, and it's a strong attack. Let's directly force FC...

PS: I was delayed by something in the afternoon, so I only wrote one chapter. I still have time in the evening, so I can write three chapters. I guarantee that there will be six chapters today.
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