Chapter 234 Running all the way

Author: quiet thoughts

Chapter 234 Running all the way

When Matatsuka Michoyoshi hurried to the Fujitsu R&D building, Fujitsu President Kiyomiya Hiromasa personally took people from Intel to visit here.

"Mr. Rust, please see this is where Fujitsu develops DRAM chips."

Qing Gongbo pointed at the building in front of him and introduced it proudly.

Ben Rust looked at the six-story building in the direction and asked in surprise, "Is it all in here?"

"Of course" Qing Gongbo couldn't hide the showy look in his eyes.

"The first-level technicians are developing 64KB DRAM, and the second-level technicians are developing 256KB memory chips.

The third floor is 1M." Qing Gongbo didn't say anything further down.

But even so, Ben Rust from Intel was still frightened by the battle in front of him.

He is the production director of Intel, and his trip to Japan was mainly to visit the development of Neon Semiconductor.

In fact, visiting is a fake, but spying on military intelligence is real.

Of course, Japan’s counterparts in the United States on the other side of the ocean have also heard about Japan’s concentration on chip research and development.

And I heard that the research results will be released soon, so during this period, American companies have been visiting Japanese related companies.

It didn't matter. After reading it, Rust shook his head in disbelief.

Heck, these East Asian monkeys have too many resources invested in R&D, and the pace of R&D is too fast.

64KB, 256KB, 1M

Three arrows fired in unison!

Rust bets that if Andy Grove, the president of Intel, were here at this moment, he would also be frightened.

You must know that the mainstream memory chip memory on the market is still stuck in the 16KB era.

Although Intel is also developing 64KB chips, there is currently no plan for these 256KB, 1M chips!

But what did he see in front of him? He saw that the Japanese were already investing manpower in researching and developing the next two generations of chips!

He saw a future where Japanese semiconductors would dominate the world!

He saw American semiconductor manufacturers wailing!

There is no doubt that companies in Silicon Valley are still developing in isolation, and they will definitely not be the opponents of the Japanese in front of them.

Rust and his colleagues looked at each other and saw the worry or fear in each other's eyes.

They had made up their mind to tell Andy what happened here when they got back.

If Intel does not change, what awaits it in the future will definitely not be a happy ending.

As for the current situation, there are only a few solutions.

Either immediately catch up with Japan's R&D progress, or stop investing in memory chips and turn to other businesses.

Or let Andy continue to lobby Congress. It’s time to show these Japanese monkeys who is the real master of the world.

Rust's eyes flickered, and the look in his eyes was meaningful.

Even if this thing won't succeed at the moment, don't worry too much.

Intel now also has a processor chip business, and the Japanese seem to have completely ignored this area.

This is a blessing among misfortunes, Rust prayed secretly in his heart.

After seeing off Intel's people, Kiyomiya Hiroshi returned to the office with Moriyoshi Matatsuka proudly.

The amazed expressions of those Americans just now were simply the highest level of praise for Qing Gongbo.

When will Americans also be amazed by Japan's technological development?

Thirty years ago, no, more than twenty years ago, Japan could not even understand the most basic transistor.

I had to beg for mercy behind my American father, and in the end I was given transistor technology like a charity.

How long has passed now, Neon is already on the verge of overtaking.

It can be said that it takes thirty years to be east of Hedong and thirty years to be west of Hexi.

Thinking about the shocked look in Rust's eyes just now, Qing Gongbo felt as if he had taken a panacea and felt extremely comfortable.

"Hmm~, how was the discussion with the client introduced by First Bank today?"

Qing Gongbo, who was thinking deeply behind his desk, only then remembered that there were other visitors today.

Standing in front of him, Matsuka Michoyi immediately lowered his head and responded, "It is a design company that makes processor-level chips.

At present, a preliminary agreement has been reached, and the tape-out trial production will be carried out here."

"Processor chip?" Qing Gongbo asked in surprise.

"Hai" Matsuka Moriichi nodded in response.

"It's really strange." Qing Gongbo was a little puzzled. This is an unpopular field. "How is the chip evaluation?"

"It's surprisingly good. It's at least better than Intel's 8086 three years ago."

"Yeah." Qing Gongbo nodded, "It's also a good thing for Neon.

However, in the later stage of product verification, if the performance is acceptable, you can ask the other party whether they accept financing.

Presumably the cost of tapeout is not a small burden for them, and Fujitsu can provide additional help."

Matsuka Moriyi really wanted to say that the other party might not be short of money, but he saw that his president was still interested in "promoting our country's prestige".

He was wise enough not to spoil the fun, and besides, he himself thought it was an "exciting event."

"By the way, 16KB DRAM will be launched on the market soon.

This time we are going to go big, and the target is 30% market share."

"Hai!"

Moriyi Mazuka and Hiroshi Kiyomiya looked equally excited. They had been waiting for this day for too long.

In 1978, the global memory chip market.

The United States accounts for 87% of 4KB memory chips, and Japan accounts for 13%.

The rest, such as the European Community and other Asian, African and Latin American countries, have basically zero business in this area.

Starting from this year, scientific research results brought about by national power have exploded.

In the 16KB memory chip business, VLSI's research institute initially estimates that it will capture 30% of the global market.

Regarding this, several companies involved in chip research and development have no doubts.

They are very aware of the advantages of the chips they manufacture, and the quality of those American products is simply not good enough.

Even before Kiyomiya Hiroshi told Matsuka Moriyoshi, VLSI's research institute's internal market target for 64K memory chips was more than 50%.

Yes, Japan occupies more than 50%, and the rest belongs to the United States.

As for the future, Qing Gong Bo smiled even more proudly.

Not to mention that Japanese semiconductors are rushing all the way to occupy the world, or they are frantically testing on the edge of the abyss.

February passed by in a hurry, and March came quietly.

Bai Chuanfeng frowned and studied the financial report in his hand. He did not expect that the effect of the entry of friends and businessmen would be so immediate.

In February, the profit of Shirakawa Electric's Walkman business was compared with the monthly average in the second half of last year.

Not only did it not grow, but its share dropped by 8%.

This is just a Panasonic. In March, my senior brother also launched a low-end model of Avawa.

In April or May or even earlier, there will be Hitachi, NEC, etc.

When everyone is gathered together, Shirakawa Electric's share will be even less optimistic.

No matter how good Shirakawa Electric's Walkman is, it will not be able to maintain its previous market position.

This is the law of the market and he cannot change it.

And as far as he knows, Sony's market share there is also declining.

Alas, it’s not fun when there are too many people.

In January, because it was the New Year, the profit was relatively larger, about 2.5 billion yen. By February, there was only more than 1.6 billion yen left.

Compared with the monthly average of 1.8 billion in the second half of last year, it has dropped significantly.

Most of the crucial profits from these two months will be retained to fill the hole in the previous acquisition of Beidu Bank.

It will take at least half a year to smooth out the shortcomings on the books.

The handheld console also made a profit of about 2 billion in two months due to the New Year bonus.
To be continued...