Chapter 419 The first generation of Star Computing is on the market!
Luo Jia's idea immediately aroused strong interest. One of the reasons why two memory chips are needed to coexist within today's computers is the speed. The hard disk speed is slow and the memory speed is fast, so the hard disk data needs to be preloaded into memory and then the memory is directly connected to the CPU.
The price issue is like the relationship between Lamborghini and a large truck. Although Lamborghini is fast, it is expensive. Large trucks are slow but cheap. Everyone likes large hard drives. After all, the larger the hard drive, the more games and small movies can be loaded.
A 100tb speeding hard drive can be technically done, but who is willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a hard drive? With so much money, what kind of movies can you watch? I have already practiced it with the young ladies in real life.
In short, the reasons are diverse, and the final result is that there are two completely different memory chips inside the computer, causing unnecessary trouble.
After thinking for a while, An Ran said: "If we do it, we should not only strengthen the speed, but also increase the fault tolerance and addressing capabilities, increase the cache interval, and establish new rules for direct connection between storage and CPU. In short, it is more troublesome, but if we really do it, it will be very meaningful."
"Address!"
"Address!"
Members of the Brain Storm Group expressed their opinions, Fang Yuanchu of the semiconductor design department said in a deep voice: "I also agree to launch the research and development of next-generation memory chips. After all, we all know that future computers will be highly integrated, and at the same time, they will all be installed in one chip to achieve simplicity and power, the ultimate goal of this computing field."
"The only problem is that the higher the integration level, the higher the difficulty of R&D. I wonder if I can catch up with the autumn offensive."
Xingchen Technology's semiconductor process is very advanced. Just the first generation of processes has reached a shocking zero point one nanometer. A lower process means that the finished chip is very small, with low power consumption and heat generation.
As long as you work hard on design, you can install storage, CPU, graphics card, etc. in a chip less than the size of a fingernail. This process is called super integration.
Imagine that in the future, high-performance desktops will be stuffed into small mobile phones, and it will be awesome to use their mobile phone to run the top 3a masterpieces.
However, the long-term vision is far-reaching, but reality is very troublesome. Before, Xingchen Technology did make a fully integrated CPU, integrating memory, flash memory, and graphics cards, but that product has a relatively low performance, low yield rate, and high cost.
The reason for such trouble is very simple, because the technical difficulty brought by CPU plus storage is one plus one equals three, and if you add a graphics card, it equals six. The more integrated functions, the design difficulty will increase geometrically.
Luo Jia thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Don't wait, the autumn offensive begins on time, and the new generation of storage will be the focus of research and development, and it will be handed over to the semiconductor center to carry out technical research. If the autumn offensive cannot catch up, there will be winter offensives. If the winter offensive cannot catch up, then wait for the spring offensive."
"Anyway, we're going to make a decision in the semiconductor industry!"
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Luo Jia's strategy of establishing a super-large supply chain and partner groups finally received a reward just one week before school started on September 1st, and the products using the Star Series CPU were officially launched.
Many new product launch conferences were held at the same time on China. Luo Jia politely declined the invitation of President Ren from Huawei and went to the headquarters of Xiaomi Group in Beijing to build momentum for President Lei's publicity.
The reason why Luo Jia did this was not because she had a bad relationship with Huawei. On the contrary, it was because the relationship was too good. Even if Luo Jia didn't attend, Huawei would fully understand it.
This huge product line is Huawei's strongest combat power, so Luo Jia hopes to help Mr. Lei who is in trouble at this moment.
The press conference went very smoothly. Mr. Lei selected the location in the Forbidden City, which was full of gimmicks and eye-catching. In addition, Luo Jia, a heavyweight special guest, had an impromptu speech that took 30 minutes to attract countless attentions across the country. Whether it was the audience interaction or the number of people watching the live broadcast, it set a record high.
At this press conference, Xiaomi launched four laptop products based on Star CPU in one go, targeting freshmen who are about to start school.
New students and parents across the country are looking forward to the whole summer vacation, waiting for the computers that have installed domestic CPUs to be launched, and then buy them.
"Youth Edition is priced at 2,999 yuan!"
"The standard version price is 3,999 yuan!"
Mr. Lei was excited and used his very poor Mandarin to announce the price of the new generation of Xiaomi notebooks. As expected, the price was quite low. The products on the market at the same time include Huawei, Razer, Tongfang, Unisex, Hisense, Shenzhou, etc. Among them, the prices of Xiaomi and Shenzhou were all below 3,000, and the most expensive one was Huawei, with a starting price of up to 5,500 yuan, and the Honor logo on the secondary factory was still on the Honor brand.
After all, Mr. Lei is doing business, not charity. He also gives a lot of messy things for a laptop worth 2,999 yuan. It looks affordable, but in fact the quality is really average, which is exactly the truth that you get what you pay for.
But on the other hand, it is absolutely not a bad thing to have a computer with Star CPU installed in less than 3,000 yuan.
To be fair, Xiaomi Group's low-price strategy is fine, and the company is absolutely united and able to fight tough battles. What Luo Jia is really worried about is Mr. Lei.
Back then, Xiaomi mobile phones were at its peak in India and suppressed Samsung Group. Once, Mr. Lei went on a business trip to India. It was already 3 a.m. and there were still talks with India at 10 a.m., and the time was very urgent.
According to the logic of normal managers, you should find a hotel to stay in immediately, so that everyone can hurry up and sleep for two hours, take a shower, change clothes and eat breakfast, and welcome the business negotiations a few hours later with the fullest spirit.
However, Mr. Lei pulled everyone to KFC at the airport, saying that it was not worth checking in the room for these few hours. Everyone ate something at KFC. When they were tired, they lie on the table for a while and went to the venue when they were dawn.
Therefore, people who can become big entrepreneurs must have excellent IQ, and the only thing that determines the final achievement is the only one's pattern.
"I have installed a domestic CPU computer, I'm fucking buying it!"
"Xingchen Technology is awesome! In my lifetime, I finally used domestic CPUs!"
"The Star System is installed. I heard that professionals use this, which is much more powerful than Windows."
The barrage was refreshed wildly, and on major shopping platforms, the computer products installed with Xingchen CPU were sold out in just a few minutes. Major supply chain companies and assembly factories were running at full speed for 24 hours, but they still couldn't satisfy everyone's crazy buying enthusiasm.
"I said, except Xingchen CPU, who is the memory used in the new computer?"
"I heard that the memory is used by Samsung and Hynix, and the hard drive is used by Micron and Toshiba."
"What are you doing? Isn't this still imported goods?"
"Don't worry, you have to eat one bite at a time. Xingchen Technology has only been working on semiconductors for a few days and has continuously solved the major problems of lithography machines and CPUs. Besides, the bridge chips are also made in China, and the communication chips are from Huawei HiSilicon. The domestic production rate of this system is already very awesome!"
"By the way, semiconductors are not a joke. North America is strong. If you ask North America to build a computer by itself, they can't make it! Many things need to be imported from abroad!"
Perhaps I hope to have a completely independent semiconductor industry. Netizens are still anxious about the fact that a large number of imported chips are still used within the first generation of Star Architecture computers.
Chapter completed!