"Yes, this is SIC." Shirakawa Kaede spread his hands generously, with a look of confidence.

"San Nakamura must also know how the arcade games developed based on the 8088 chip are different from the Z80.

With stronger computing power, you can be competent for more complex instructions.

Whether it is the level complexity or the button delay, it will be greatly improved."

This is the most vocal point of Nangong Meng, an arcade game design company. The importance of a chip with excellent performance to arcades is self-evident.

"But SIC is a new brand after all, and we have never used it and we don't know much about it."

This is a very realistic problem. Before it is recognized by the market, Masaya Nakamura must be responsible for his products.

"Of course, I understand Nakamura Sang's concerns. So." Shirakawa Kaede pointed to the chips in the bag, "These SIC8089s are welcome to try out for your club."

"In addition," Shirakawa Kaede stretched out his hand to signal to Hiro Yamazaki, "This Hiro Yamazaki is one of the chip developers.

As long as Nakamura Kan needs it, he can stay and assist your club in developing the game substrate."

Not to mention orders, free trials, and there are also technical personnel from the development team who stay to provide technical support.

Such sincere approach also greatly improved Nakamura Masaya's SIC.

"Okay, Shirakawa Sang's sincerity is hard to refuse.

There will be several prototypes here in Namco. As for the final result, it depends on the performance of the prototype after completion."

The $40 chip is even better than the $100 8088, if the final result proves that the performance is indeed satisfactory.

Then Masaya Nakamura will of course consider purchasing SIC8089 because it is too cost-effective.

With more powerful chips, Namco can design more complex games.

At the same time, the original arcade experience will also be greatly improved, so its market performance will naturally rise.

Although arcade games are color screens today, they still have a big gap in experience with later generations.

First of all, the delay and reaction speed of the screen are urgent, and a large part of the reason is attributed to the chip.

It’s not that there are no better chips at this time, but because good chips are too expensive.

The 16-bit processor is priced at more than $300, and most manufacturers will be discouraged.

But the $40 8-bit processor enhanced version will naturally be moved when he is placed in front of Masaya Nakamura.

The increase in cost of $10 is in exchange for an overall increase in arcade sales, which is a good deal no matter how you look at it.

So the SIC8089 is priced at US$40, which is more than half cheaper than Intel8088. Is the SIC still profitable?
Chapter completed!