Chen Zifan nodded. Before the Stardust press conference, he had also envisioned this development strategy that was more conservative and more in line with the current situation of Stardust Technology. However, he was really unwilling to do so. It took so long to prepare for air charging...
"Okay, do you have any questions?"
Don’t worry about the stacking problem of Stardust 4 and Stardust 4+. Stardust Technology has been famous for stacking materials since its debut. Many Chinese consumers are not afraid of spending money to buy things, but they are afraid that the things they spend money on are not good.
As some executives said, instead of air charging, there are a series of new technologies such as high-refresh screen, ultrasonic fingerprint, 50W single-cell full-blood fast charging, 50W full-blood wireless charging, and battery temperature control management.
As for the issue of high refresh rate and high resolution that consumes electricity, don’t worry. Stardust New Energy is now moving in the direction of “thin and light batteries”, and it can completely use larger batteries for Stardust 4 and Stardust 4+.
At the same time, Star Vision has also established a team specifically responsible for CMOS. Stardust Technology provides technology, and their development in imaging is also very fast.
Imaging can be regarded as the main track for competition by domestic manufacturers in Chen Zifan's memory and become the main direction of "flagship phones". It is not all hype and false demand. It is indeed more convenient to take pictures with mobile phones.
Moreover, the imaging technology of mobile phones has improved very quickly. Optical theory technology will soon be able to outperform cameras. However, the photos taken cannot be compared with some top traditional cameras. However, Chen Zifan believes that it will not take long.
The situation will change.
He also writes very heavy stuff about imaging hardware and algorithms, although he doesn’t take pictures much himself...
When these senior executives heard Chen Zifan's question, they were unambiguous and put forward some of their own ideas. They would mention them usually, but they were all scattered. Some senior executives even took out their own documents:
"We have a five-year development period for electronic paper books. During these five years, the products do not need to be updated. This is good and bad for us. The advantage is that we can have a longer time to develop new electronic paper books.
According to Director Chen, in the next step, Star Vision will further improve the quality of the ink screen, and even reach a level of 60hz that breaks through material limitations, completely comparable to conventional electronic screens.
Moreover, its cost can be reduced to a very low level. It only costs 1,699 to buy a super high-quality, long-lasting, ink-screen e-paper book with a complete e-book library. Just look at the product and see that it has been added and reduced in price.
At the price of 2699, we will use a brand new "color ink screen" instead. Everyone knows the difference from the ink screen by the name. We also all know that the purpose of producing electronic paper books is not just to make profits...
This requires us to open up a new situation as much as possible while developing the next generation of e-paper books."
To sum up, the next generation of electronic paper books will be very powerful and will be divided into two versions: Stardust-ink and Stardust-color ink. It has the blessing of air charging in terms of battery life, and it is likely to achieve "unlimited use"
.
But everyone knows that Stardust-Ink was born to eliminate most physical books. This part of the workload is very huge and requires the intervention of many forces. It is also one of the next key projects.
"I will arrange for someone to do it as soon as possible..."
In the past, Wang Jinli could do similar work. Now that Wang Jinli is not in China, Chen Zifan has to select some suitable candidates from high-level and middle-level cadres to form a team to facilitate subsequent work.
"As for drones, the current sales of 'playful' drones aimed at mass consumers are average and have not reached the expected level. We can wait and see for another month. If the subsequent sales are still not good...
Should we adjust our product strategy and focus the next generation of drone products on professional "commercial drones"? Let some of their professional capabilities be stronger and their role can be fully utilized.
Civilian drones only need to be updated normally, and Stardust-Margin’s product power is high enough that it does not need to be updated in a short period of time.”
Chen Zifan nodded. This is indeed true. It's not that the sales volume of Stardust-Margin is really bad, but compared with other popular products of Stardust Technology, its sales volume does seem a bit mediocre.
This is still the Stardust Technology brand. With the blessing of word-of-mouth, the first-time sales are very average. If it is other brands... I am afraid that it will be a problem to return the money.
There is also a new outlet for more professional commercial drones. After all, it is impossible for Chen Zifan to give up on the drone product, and it will still have a very important role in the future.
“Tablets, smart watches, and Bluetooth headsets will also enter a bottleneck period for the time being. Many Stardust users have reported that Stardust Technology’s tablets are updated too quickly and product homogeneity is serious.
There is not much improvement in each generation, so the high refresh rate on Stardust 4 and Stardust 4+ can not be applied to tablets for the time being. The same is true for the other two products, which can be put aside for a year before updating."
High-intensity product iteration has made some consumers tired of aesthetics. For tablets, the best-selling one is the old model released together with Stardust 2, because the price of that model is low enough...
The main consumers of tablet computers are still students, and their budgets are generally relatively low. Compared with the new tablet computers that have not been improved so much, the old model is also sufficient as a video playback tool.
Chen Zifan also understands the intentions of the top management. He will first use the high-refresh screen on mobile phones to satisfy them, and then bring a wave of "big improvement" in the Stardust 5 series.
Just like this...
The only products that can be confirmed for next year are: Stardust 4, Stardust 4+, and Stardust-Yaobao.
The senior executives also took this into consideration, and a certain radical executive also proposed a new strategy:
"After our market research, we found that there is currently a huge vacancy in high-end displays. Some brands use Star Vision screens and put their own logos on them, claiming that they are the best displays in China. Are we?"
"It's not necessary yet."
This was Chen Zifan's tacit approval. It was a revenue project of Star Vision. Everyone was in a win-win situation. It's not that Chen Zifan didn't want to do it. He wanted to put the monitor further back.
Another senior executive expressed his thoughts:
"We can make high-end monitors at any time, but we have to consider the issues of channels and supporting products. Don't worry about channels, but supporting products... You also know that at present, mainstream PC manufacturers refuse to cooperate with Stardust Technology unless we do it ourselves!
At present, Changhe Chip Engineering has reached the level of 28nm process and is 1 to 2 years ahead of mainstream international manufacturers. We can use our existing advantages to enter the computer CPU and GPU fields...and then further expand Stardust OS to create a new PC.
End system!"
It's a bit similar to Apple. Apple went from computers to mobile phones, while Stardust Technology went from mobile phones to computers. However, the PC side is not that easy to do... now the easiest things to do have become CPUs and graphics cards.
"This is also a new direction!"
"Dr. Chen, don't you have a plan specifically for graphics card manufacturers in your planning plan? This year AMD released a graphics card called HD5870, which is known as the most powerful single-core graphics card. Its measured performance is significantly ahead of Nvidia's single-core graphics card.
GTX285!
It can even be evenly matched with NVIDIA's GTX295, which is known as a dual-core small nuclear bomb! Huang Renxun is still in a state of turmoil! As the saying goes, the fishermen benefit from the snipe and the clam, we can also enter, make the market a little more chaotic, and create opportunities for entering the PC side!
"
Chen Zifan was a little speechless. If only it was really that easy. Making graphics cards is easy. In addition to AMD and Nvidia, there are many graphics card manufacturers in the world. Now it is not dominated by A and N.
But they also said that mainstream PC manufacturers did not cooperate with Stardust Technology. Stardust Technology finally produced a batch of new graphics cards, and players happily bought them and installed them in computer cases... Hey! It doesn't work!
What is this thing called?
All he could say was:
"I will start several key projects to enter the PC side next, but if I want to create a full set of products within a year, it is a bit late. I will not release a single product until the full set of products is built."
"understand!"
"Director Chen just starts the project first..."
"You can leave the PC project to me!"
"I also…"
These senior executives are all militants. Last time, a senior executive participated in a talk show. When mentioning Stardust Technology’s Speedy USB, an unknown host asked a question on the spot:
"Stardust Technology always mentions how advanced Speed USB is in its promotions, but its design is not reasonable, and it requires a special adapter when connecting to the host. So can we understand Speed USB as: it is
A relatively backward technology?”
The executive was very angry at that time, but he also knew that there has always been controversy about Speed USB. The reason is that Speed USB is very difficult to use when converting to USB-A, and it is better to use the following software for online transmission.
Thanks to the good software of Stardust Network and the high level of Bluetooth technology of Stardust Technology, some of the shortcomings of wired transmission can be compensated for.
Speedy USB really shouldn’t be blamed for this problem. There are so many factors that affect data transmission speed. How can we blame it all on Stardust Technology? Part of the slow wired transmission is also related to the USB technology of the host computer.
Where is USB-A now?
There were too many messy things. Since they wanted to do it, Chen Zifan just happened to find something for them to do: "Okay, I will arrange it tomorrow. The PC side can't be rushed. Who has plans for next year's new products?"
Three new phones + air charging technology alone are actually enough, but it always feels a bit boring, missing some icing on the cake products. Stardust Technology's technology is rich enough, and high-level executives soon proposed new products.
"I think we can also start from three aspects: projectors, AR glasses, and voice assistants. Projection technology is what we have been doing. We have sodium-lithium batteries for AR glasses, and there is no problem with battery life!
Voice assistants are even simpler. They may not be needed on mobile phones, but our car systems really need them. When driving on some roads, it is inconvenient to park, and it is not convenient to operate with one hand... I thought at the time if I could use the voice assistant
Just control the machine in this way.”
Chen Zifan:......
It is not difficult to create a voice assistant, and it is very simple to make one, but the problem is... China is so big, with different styles and customs. Some fourth-tier cities have seven or eight dialects, and many people can understand Mandarin.
Let him say it himself and he can't tell it at all.
How can I use a voice assistant?
It is likely to be a failed product like Tmall Genie and Xiaodu, so Chen Zifan gets a headache when he mentions this. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder and cannot bear to launch a function that is not easy to use.
He had no choice but to say:
"I will arrange the voice assistant. You don't have to worry about it. I already have several plans for AR glasses. I will also make this one, the projector..."
To be honest, Chen Zifan really doesn't know how far Stardust Technology's projector research and development has progressed, and the conditions for releasing projectors are not yet mature enough, and the TV market is still in a booming stage.
Not many online streaming platforms are doing well. Some platforms don't even bother to develop, and directly sign a sharing agreement with Stardust Network, giving up a large amount of profits and letting Stardust Network handle technical matters.
They are responsible for resource and copyright disputes, and they are also responsible for publicity, which can be regarded as mutually beneficial.
This is not the point. The point is that Chen Zifan cannot get the resources of many TV stations. The projector may only have one function. After using it once or twice, it will still be fresh. After a long time, it is better to use a mobile phone.
Tablets are also better than projectors.
The best time to enter the market is to wait until mobile payment is promoted, and the era of smartphones for all people enters. After traditional TVs have cooled down, projectors can be launched.
AR glasses are a new direction. How to make them specifically... Chen Zifan has not decided yet yet. Several of the solutions he has in hand are all used by "friends" in his memory, including Oppo, Huawei, Apple, and Xiaomi.
Among them, the shape of Oppo is the most special. It is very similar to the combat power detector in the "Dragon Ball" comic. However, the price of 4999 is much more expensive than other domestic brands, has fewer functions, and is relatively large...
After all, they are single-sided smart glasses, and with the weight of the battery there, ordinary glasses frames are really a bit unsupportable, and the imbalance between the left and right is quite uncomfortable.
Of course, smart glasses and AR glasses are a little different, but many functions overlap, so there is no need to subdivide the two so clearly.
"Okay, if you have any questions about the product, go here first. If you have any questions about management, just ask Mr. Zhao."
With Zhao Wushang here, Chen Zifan doesn't have to be responsible for the company's affairs. He can work on products with peace of mind. At most, he can consider holding a few meetings from time to time to give employees some blood, and just show up when something important comes up.
These senior executives still have a lot of product plans in their pockets, including electric unicycles, fully automatic cooking robots...it's a shame they haven't, otherwise Chen Zifan would have to complain about them.
As soon as the three new models of Stardust 4, Stardust 4+, and Stardust-Asia were confirmed, the Stardust factory immediately entered full operation, and Chen Zifan once again came to the Changhe chip production line in the core area.