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Chapter 707 Kill and Penetrate

In his previous life, Lei Jun once launched the famous "Lei's comparison method", which is comparable to a magic weapon for press conferences and can turn decay into magic.

Using this comparison method, a technical college in a small fifth-tier city can also crush the Men's Vocational College in Wudaokou.

Even the worst model can rely on this theory to instantly kill the latest products from competitors. It can truly be called a nuclear weapon at a press conference.

In comparison, the body of the phone is thinner than a coin, the all-glass lens that makes Zhou Hongyi feel inferior, and the famous propaganda method of "beer bottles are blown with pure high-pressure gas", etc., can only take a back seat.

The promotion of Shenzhou computers does not require a lot of fancy tricks, but some basic promotional strategies still need to be used.

People are psychologically wired to accept the promotion of certain products when they buy them.

This will allow users to feel that the product they bought is the best and they will be happy after buying it. Who would want to buy an outdated product, even if the budget is not too much...

"In addition to the boot time, the Master Lu software should also have a running score function. At the press conference, Master Lu will be used to run the Shenzhou computer and other brands of computers at the same time.

We need to show everyone the performance of Shenzhou computers through running scores!"

Li Dongling explained to Chen Tao while swiping the mouse. Chen Tao and several Shenzhou computer project designers behind him were enlightened when they heard this and looked at Li Dongling with astonished eyes.

Over the past few years, major brands in the computer industry have been boasting about themselves, each claiming that they are better than their competitors, but no one can clearly explain exactly where they are better.

But now, Shenzhou Computer is compared with other brands of computers through an independent, fair and impartial third-party computer evaluation software, and the chip, graphics card, memory and storage performance are compared through paper data.

Which one is stronger and which one is inferior, can't we tell at a glance? !

What, are you worried that you can’t win in the Shenzhou Computer Master Lu test?

At worst, we can ask Tianya Company to deeply optimize Master Lu and Shenzhou Computer. Are you still worried that it won't run well?

When the time comes, on the podium, what we need to worry about is not that Shenzhou computers cannot win, but that we need to be more restrained and not go too far. It would not look good if other brands of computers were crushed into ashes by Master Lu.

Li Dongling swiped the mouse. The mouse used in this No. 10 prototype was developed by the Silver Sable Mouse Department specifically for Shenzhou Computer.

To put it more bluntly, this is a customized mouse that is completely compatible with the Shenzhou computer and there is no incompatibility at all.

But Li Dongling didn't feel that the mouse was particularly flexible when he slid it. This was different from lag, it just felt like the frequency was not fast enough.

Li Dongling also knew that this was not a problem unique to Shenzhou Computer, but the current situation of the entire computer industry.

Opening Kingsoft's WPS software, Li Dongling used a stopwatch to calculate the time. It was neither fast nor slow.

It is basically "smooth". Compared with other competitors, nowadays major computers have no concept of software optimization at all. As long as the software can be opened and there are fewer freezes and crashes, it is considered good.

Chen Tao saw that Li Dongling frowned slightly, "Kingsoft and the Shenzhou computer project team said that this computer should still be stable. While increasing the computer speed as much as possible, the files running on the computer should not have any bugs!"

As the first computer of Shenzhou, Chen Tao, who is at the helm of the entire project, is now under tremendous pressure. The first thing the entire computer R&D team pursues is definitely "stability."

As long as the computer project is completed smoothly without errors and can run stably, on this basis, we can improve the computer's running speed, add more functions, and do more fancy things in the future.

When Li Dongling heard what Chen Tao said, he just glanced at him. Although Chen Tao pursued "stability", as long as it could meet expectations, this computer would have surpassed many other brands.

Li Dongling then opened a series of software in the background, including Microsoft's office software, UFIDA financial software, Kingdee management software, Jiangmin anti-virus software, Tianya Forum, Himalaya Radio, etc.

Every time they saw Li Dongling opening a new software, Chen Tao and the designers of Shenzhou Computer became a little nervous.

It is true that the team has been tested, but no one knows how the God of Machinery will react each time.

Li Dongling opened several software and websites in turn, and the entire backend was basically full. This was considered powerful in this day and age. If other computers dared to do this, they would have been stuck long ago. Switching between different software in turn, to be honest, the running speed was not fast, but at least it was still running and the software did not crash, which was considered acceptable.

Li Dongling opened the "Quake" game again. The picture quality... let's not talk about it. It's not that good anyway. The graphics cards of Shenzhou computers are supplied by NVIDIA and ATI. Both of these graphics card manufacturers have been invested in by the Zhixing Foundation.

Given the pricing of Shenzhou computers, it is impossible for them to order high-end graphics cards from manufacturers such as 3Dfx and Trident. Each graphics card costs several hundred dollars. How much should Shenzhou computers be priced at?
Therefore, the graphics cards that Shenzhou Computer customizes from NVIDIA and ATI are mid-range models with great cost-effectiveness. In other words, this graphics card can do everything, but its performance is average when it comes to graphics card-intensive games.

There is nothing that can be done about it. You can't have your cake and eat it too. As Shenzhou's first computer, we are pursuing sales, so the price cannot be too high. It is enough as long as it can meet the needs of most people.

After trying it out, Li Dongling felt that this product, which is destined to be moved into the Shenzhou product exhibition hall in the future and regarded as a part of the Shenzhou brand history, is acceptable.

“For products running on Shenzhou computers, the running speed needs to be further optimized, but the stability must also be reliable.

We want to make people, designers, units, securities companies, banks and other institutions who use computers for work feel that Shenzhou computers are the most reliable!"

Li Dongling told Chen Tao that as long as Shenzhou Computer could prove its reliability, it would not be difficult to win orders from municipal departments, schools, banks, hospitals, etc.

Could it be that Lian Xiang can get orders from these places, but Dongling Hi-Tech can't? !

After leaving the laboratory and arriving at Chen Tao's office, Li Dongling asked Chen Tao the question he had not asked in the meeting, "According to the current calculation of parts, how much does it cost to produce a Shenzhou computer?"

Chen Tao knew that what was coming would eventually come. The fate of Shenzhou Computer could only be determined by sales, and only sales!
Now is an era where success or failure is measured by sales volume. If a computer sells well, it is a success. No matter what crappy configuration it has or anything else, as long as it can sell, it is great.

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On the contrary, no matter how solid the workmanship and materials are, if the sales are not good, it will be sentenced to death. This is the standard of the computer industry in this era!
What determines the sales volume of a computer is always price!

“According to the current configuration of Shenzhou computers, the current purchase cost of Dongxin Semiconductor’s Tianji chip is US$400.

Manager Wu Xinyi said that as long as large-scale mass production begins, the price of the Tianji chip can be reduced. As long as the sales volume of Shenzhou computers can exceed 500,000 units, the cost of the Tianji chip can be reduced to around US$345!"

Doxin Semiconductor is also constantly adjusting the process of the Tianji chip. When it was first developed, the cost of the Tianji chip was only US$450 per chip.

This year, the price has been gradually reduced to four hundred US dollars. After large-scale mass production, the cost will be reduced to three hundred US dollars, which means the cost of a chip is twenty-four hundred US dollars, which is not impossible.

For Doxin Semiconductor, this is also a big test. Once it is proven that the Tianji chip is reliable, with Tianji's much higher cost-performance than Intel's, as long as the sales channel is opened, it will be able to start shipping continuously!
"The graphics cards supplied by Nvidia and ATi to Shenzhou computers are mid-range models, priced at $125, and the hard disks are supplied by IBM, priced at $.

The rest of the Shenzhou computer accessories, including computer screens, memory sticks, mice, keyboards, motherboards, chassis, power supplies and other parts, are all purchased by Dongling Hi-Tech's parts industry chain.

Some parts are not supplied by Dongling Hi-Tech, but are also purchased from domestic companies.”

Chen Tao said, "The current production cost of Shenzhou computers is around US$850, or about RMB 6,800, and the selling price is recommended to be around RMB 8,000 to 9,000.

Computers with the same configuration and performance from brands like Lenovo, Great Wall, and Founder all cost more than 10,000 yuan! "

This price would definitely be considered astronomical in later generations, but this was the price of computers in that era, easily costing tens of thousands of yuan.

This is the pricing of domestic brands, which is considered to be relatively "conscientious". For example, the most common low-end machine from IBM costs more than 15,000 yuan, and it is not uncommon for high-end machines to cost 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.

But when Li Dongling heard the price, he frowned, "The cost needs to be reduced further, to 6,000 yuan, and the issue price also needs to be reduced further, it's best to keep the selling price within 8,000 yuan!

After mass production in the future, the cost will be reduced to less than 5,000 yuan, or even lower. The goal of Shenzhou Computer is to make every family in China have a Shenzhou computer! "

The components of other brands, such as chips, graphics cards, screens, memory, etc., are all imported. Although some components of Shenzhou computers are imported, not all of them.

Generally speaking, graphics cards and hard drives still need to be imported, but even graphics cards are “our own” and as long as large-scale mass production begins, the cost can be brought down!

"Dongling Hi-Tech's parts industry chain has been communicated with the headquarters. When the first generation of Shenzhou computers are officially released, the price will be... 7,500 yuan!"

Li Dongling said, since you want to play, you must play big. This pricing directly kills the entire domestic computer pricing system!
(End of this chapter)