Chapter 157 Xunchi's memory stick
Fan Wubing spent several days soaking in the memory production line to understand the current memory architecture.
As an indispensable and important core component in personal computers, the development of memory can indirectly reflect the development history of the entire personal computer. Memory is constantly updated in terms of specifications, technology, bus bandwidth, etc., and basically also represents the update of personal computers.
The memory production enterprises led by Wang Shihan mainly produce edo memory. It is used on ordinary memory on 486 and Pentium-level computers, with 72-line and 168-line. 5v voltage, 32-bit data bandwidth, and basically have speeds above 40ns. Since the CPU data bus width of Pentium-level and above CPUs are 64-bit or even higher, edo ram must be used in pairs.
But Fan Wubing knew that with the upcoming launch of Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system, the application of personal computers will enter a new era, and various large-scale application software and computer games will also emerge. Under this circumstance, the size and speed of memory will become an important factor restricting the entire computer system.
Under such conditions, it is necessary to develop memory technology under the new architecture and produce new memory with large capacity and high speed, so as to meet market demand. EO memory is already in decline.
Therefore, Fan Wubing’s requirements for Wang Shihan are one that it needs to increase efforts to develop new SD memory technology, and the other is to start construction with all efforts, use all the current memory production lines, and drive enough power to produce edo memory in order to recover the funds currently spent on building the factory.
Because Fan Wubing knew that the sdram that first appeared on the market belongs to the Intel PC-66 technical specification. If the external frequency of the motherboard is increased from 66mhz to 100mhz, this change is a qualitative leap in the PC architecture.
Of course, troubles will follow one after another. The root cause of the problem is that Intel's PC-100 technical specifications are quite strict. Its standards put high technical requirements for both chip manufacturers and memory stick manufacturers. Moreover, the existing integrated circuit packaging methods can no longer meet the working requirements of high-speed chips. The manufacturer needs to replace the original equipment, which will inevitably increase the cost of the manufacturer.
Fan Wubing studied computer and application majors in college. Although he didn't learn anything at that time, he was still familiar with the history of computer development. He had learned hardware, software, database principles, system structures, software engineering, etc. He calculated the emergence of a new memory architecture. It will take about one and a half years to two years later. This period of time is enough for Wang Shihan and others to launch products based on SD memory technology. As for future ddr memory, it is still a technology that will be at least ten years later. There is no need to consider it now.
The ten-year profit period is enough to allow Fan Wubing to make a lot of money from memory production. More importantly, it is to cultivate a large number of his own chip research and development technical talents through this industry to lay a solid foundation for future work.
Wang Shihan was surprised by Fan Wubing's foresight and familiarity with the industry. If he was an insider or had a good understanding of the memory structure, Fan Wubing was in international trade and was not on campus normally. It would be a bit unbelievable to be able to be so familiar with the memory industry.
But no matter what, the memory sticks that were put into use for the first batch of classes have been offline.
After Fan Wubing got the sample of the note, he first opened the computer case on Wang Shihan's desk, then skillfully removed the original memory stick, then inserted the new product, then turned on, tested, and turned on. A series of actions were like flowing water, which surprised everyone in the office.
Although they are doing this, they are not very skilled in disassembling and installing machines. They are usually done by workers. Such work without any technical content naturally does not require them to operate. However, Fan Wubing's set of actions is very skillful, as if he had done installation work for people.
After the machine was turned on, Fan Wubing immediately ran several large software. Sure enough, he felt that the speed had been greatly improved. It seemed that the group of technical talents under Wang Shihan were still very good at kung fu.
Fan Wubing smiled at everyone, then raised his thumbs up and said, "No, the technology is first-class."
After seeing the boss' approval, everyone cheered, and some active employees encouraged the boss to treat him to the boss and send him red envelopes.
Wang Shihan also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had done a lot of preliminary tests, it was not ruled out that some defective products would occasionally appear. If Fan Wubing picked the imperfect defective products from the production line, it would be a bit shameful. Fortunately, this actual trial was perfect.
In the following day, the company's two other shareholders, Wang Rongchang and Maximos, also flew to Hangzhou to meet with Fan Wubing, and were preparing to attend the celebration of the new product being offline. After the three of them met, they were naturally very happy. Last year's proposal finally succeeded this year.
There were also hundreds of technical talents who came with them. This was probably what Wang Rongchang had dug three feet into Taiwan. It would be quite difficult to find so many people.
"This is also because Taiwan's political situation is unstable. I have only picked up such a bargain. If it were normal, it would be impossible to pull out so many people." Wang Rongchang said to Fan Wubing and Maximos with a smile.
Fan Wubing was also very satisfied and asked Wang Rongchang with concern, "Prince, how much impact does this matter have on you? I'm afraid it would be a bit unfavorable to continue to work in the career of the government?"
Wang Rongchang shook his head with some disdain and said to the two of them, "If I am still limited to the development of the island these days, then I will be short-sighted!"
Besides, although Wang Rongchang can be regarded as a senior executive of the Straits Foundation, this organization is still a non-governmental organization. Even if he exercises some semi-official power, he is not an official organization in the final analysis. Therefore, Wang Rongchang does not have too many concerns about investing in the mainland to develop.
Since the mainland has money to make money and has good development prospects, why do you still have to fall in love on Taiwan?
Although the old man is old, he is not confused. Since the general situation is like this, he naturally wants people to go to high places and water flow to low places. It is undoubtedly a wise move to build a factory in the mainland. What makes him even more gratified is that he has found Fan Wubing, a powerful collaborator, and his wealth path is of course bright.
"Mr. Fan, uncle, Mr. Maximos, our products are now offline. Should we give a resounding name?" Wang Shihan said to the three bosses.
"That's certain, Mr. Maximos, what are your suggestions?" Wang Rongchang asked Maximos.
The old Jewish man shook his head and said, "I only care about how much money I can make. As for the name, you are more good at it. After all, this is mainland China, and our main sales target is also a user in mainland China."
Seeing that Maximos had no objection, Wang Rongchang asked Fan Wubing, "Mr. Fan, computers are a relatively fashionable thing, and this name should be younger, should you decide?"
Fan Wubing did not refuse. After thinking for a while, he said, "The trademark is called Xunchi! The English abbreviation xc, how about it?"
"Haha, as long as it is not WC, I have no objection. The name Xunchi also sounds very loud." Wang Rongchang said with a smile.
Wang Shihan thought about it carefully, "Xunchi, the fast Mercedes-Benz is very suitable for our product features, a good name! This XC trademark is also easy to design, so why not just design it as an x ​​inside the c?"
The three bosses nodded, thinking it was feasible, so even if the trademark and name of the new memory stick were decided, it was very simple to apply for industrial and commercial registration and other things, and they could be handed over to the lawyers to deal with.
However, when they heard that Fan Wubing and Intel jointly built a CPU packaging factory, the two old men felt a little envious. Unfortunately, due to their limited funding, it was probably difficult for them to join in. However, Fan Wubing was not a stingy person. He told the two old men that as long as they recruited another hundred technical talents, they could give one percent of the equity of the new factory.
Anyway, for Fan Wubing, the profit of the CPU packaging factory is average. Although it can make 18 billion yuan, it is very slow to make money compared to his other investments. If it weren't for cultivating his own technical talents and bringing closer relationships with Intel, in order to obtain some of the other party's technology, he wouldn't choose to spend some of his efforts in such a company. He would make a lot of money by selling stocks. Why bother so hard?
However, the benefits of doing this are also very obvious. At least Fan Wubing guaranteed Boss Zhu that the task of providing 20,000 jobs here is basically considered to be settled.
"Tomorrow night, "The Same Song" will hold a special party on West Lake. We are sponsors, let's come together." At the end, Fan Wubing said to everyone.
Wang Rongchang and Maximos were in a good mood, so they naturally agreed at once. They also had to participate in the foundation of Fan Wubing's new factory. Of course, they could not leave Hangzhou these days. This entertainment activity is not bad.
Chapter completed!