Chapter 311 A product of Hongchuan Electric

Author: quiet thoughts

Chapter 311 A product of Hongchuan Electric

The profit from SIC's processors to Fujitsu is around US$45, or 11,250 yuan per month.

In the early days, Fujitsu Toda's order was only 100,000 pieces. However, the current inventory of FM-7 is only tens of thousands units, and the remaining chips are lying in Fujitsu's warehouse.

They need to reserve some chips to meet the assembly of their own computer production lines. After all, each generation of computers will be sold for a long time.

But it has something to do with Hongchuan Fengmeiji, so if the chips are released from him, then Fujitsu needs to pay.

100,000 pieces can make a profit of more than 1 billion, which is so delicious.

Moreover, chips are not terminal consumer goods, and there are no offline channels for distribution, after-sales, marketing, etc.

After the chip is designed, they place an order, and the SIC is delivered, and the transaction is completed.

Compared with Hongchuan Electric's consumer electronics products, there are many less required links, which can also save a lot of operating costs.

But in terms of profits between the two, they are almost the same.

It can be seen whether the profits of the chip industry are very high, and it is also a high threshold and a unique dividend for industries with high technical difficulty.

As long as you get into the industry and have a market, you can basically make money from there.

With one order and a monthly profit of 1 billion yuan in his pocket, Hongchuan Feng was in a pretty good mood.

Even the big, bulky computer in front of me looks much more pleasing to the eye now.

Although Fujitsu uses the 8-bit enhanced version of SIC, if it uses the 16-bit SIC8081, the profits will be even greater.

Hongkawa Kaede did not try to persuade Fujitsu to directly use the high-end version of SIC8081, but the wrong party was very cautious.

I am willing to use SIC8089F on low-end computers first, and then wait and see what the market feedback is like before making any plans.

After all, the price of the 16-bit SIC8081 is as high as 260 US dollars, so they cannot be cautious.

But the price is actually very low. Can Intel’s 16-bit chips cost less than $300? SIC still has a lot of conscience.

For the time being, Hongchuan Feng did not force him to do anything, and he would finish digesting what he had eaten in his mouth first.

The staff over there wanted to test the text editing function of FM-7, and took a small boxed device from the side and plugged it into the computer.

Soon the system recognized that the other peripherals were in place, and a small window popped up, indicating that the font function could be enabled.

Staff-san clicked off the window and started typing on the keyboard quickly. At the same time, the computer screen in front of him displayed rows of Chinese characters in sequence.

"It seems that the Chinese character reading and writing card is running normally, and there is no downtime." Hongchuan Feng nodded with satisfaction, wondering if there were two brushes at HAL.

"It is indeed very reliable. They have tested it themselves. Therefore, the 5-stop operation can support long-term operation."

Tokida Ryuji on the side also agreed that the kind of hardware provided by the wrong party was at least not reliable.

That's right, that small external device is a Chinese character ROM card developed by HAL Research Institute.

Does the current Microsoft system support Chinese character editing? In fact, not only Microsoft, but all current systems on the market do not support Chinese character editing.

However, Neon is still using a lot of Chinese characters at this time, especially in business transactions. Most of the contents of company documents and forms are composed of Chinese characters.

This brings inconvenience to many business clubs in using computers, but if there is demand there will be a market.

I see, wasn’t the HAL Research Institute’s Chinese character reading and writing card born?

Even though there are not all young people in the HAL Institute, everyone is a master of leg movements and has extraordinary creativity.

It is too simple to develop an external device that supports Chinese character editing based on the DOS system.

Store the Chinese character library in the ROM card in advance, and you can call it directly when needed.

As for such a small, palm-sized device, it costs 29,800 yuan per month.

But don’t be too expensive, companies usually don’t purchase those kinds of things.

Any product must be related to business offices and corporate procurement, so it is normal for the price to be higher.

Moreover, Chinese characters are indeed an indispensable communication tool in business transactions. Having a read-write card will greatly facilitate work and improve efficiency.

Then it is normal to spend some money to solve one's work needs.

For that kind of small peripheral, Hongkawa Kaede initially suggested that Fujitsu integrate it directly outside the computer and sell it as a complete machine.

However, Fujitsu was worried that the high price would affect its reputation and sales, so it initially decided to make it an external device.

In this way, customers can choose and add additional items according to their own needs.

Although Amway was not successful, Hong Chuanfeng felt that Fujitsu could sell the HAL Research Institute's Chinese character reading and writing card as an official configuration, which is already very good.

A set costs 29,800 yuan per month, two-thirds of which is profit, which is a much higher rate of return than chips.

But due to positioning issues, most of the buyers will be business clubs.

The sales volume in Cocoa is not that high, and because of the super high profits, the initial revenue will not disappoint Hongchuan Feng.

In addition to reading and writing cards, Zhencuo FM-7 has successively tried printers, fax machines and other office equipment.

Those same products are also designed and produced by Fujitsu. They are all included in the menu as optional configuration packages for computers.

After trying those, the staff took out a small machine in a square box and connected it to the computer.

Then under the gaze of Hongchuan Feng and others, he carefully took out a square black disk from a plastic bag.

After carefully checking that there were no obvious scratches on the surface, staff-san inserted the disk into the floppy drive that had just been connected to the computer.

After reading this series of operations, Hongchuan Feng realized whether Hong Fang was testing the computer's disk reading and writing capabilities.

The small black square disk just now is actually a floppy disk that has long since disappeared.

In the minds of many people in later generations, U disks are the most common storage device in daily life.

But before the millennium, floppy disks took over that role.

The portable mobile storage device that appeared in the early 1970s has been the most important data transfer method in office and daily life, and has been popular for decades.

Although floppy disks have been around for more than ten years, they have always been impressive in terms of capacity.

Its data storage size is generally in KB, or it is hard to imagine.

For example, the Sony 3.5-inch floppy disk in the staff's lap in front of me. Hongchuan Kaede just took a look at it. It has a capacity of more than 800 KB, which is less than 1MB.

"Matsuka-san, how much does Sony's 3.5-inch floppy disk cost approximately?"

While staff-san was testing, Hongchuan Feng turned around and asked quietly.

"Eh?" Matsuka Michoyoshi was stunned for a moment. What does that have to do with their FM-7?

Although he was a little confused, he explained in a low voice, "Then Sony launched a new 3.5-inch disk two years ago, with a capacity of 870KB and a price of about US$300.

The wrong party has great ambitions, trying to overthrow IBM's 5.2-inch floppy disk and become the standard specification for Eastern generation floppy disks."

Sony's ambition, Hongchuan Fengbu Xingxin. Does he really care about the price, 870KB? 300 US dollars?

That's totally unreasonable. How much does it cost to make a floppy disk?

Even Hong Chuanfeng would not believe it. Cocoa has limited capacity due to technical limitations, but the cost has absolutely nothing to do with the hundreds of dollars.

"Did Sony succeed?" Hongchuan Feng suppressed the surprise in her heart and asked gossipingly.

Matsuka Moriyi smiled, "Is it IBM who was in the wrong? How could it be that easy?

The mainstream floppy disks currently on the market are still 5.2-inch disks, and the price is similar to Sony's, or even a little more expensive.

As for Neon, there is definitely a certain market for Sony’s 3.5-inch disc.”

After all, taking advantage of the local home court, Sony is still a reputable company.

Therefore, although the 3.5 save disk launched is not very popular, it can still ensure the survival of that part of the business.

The reason why Sony's floppy disks are not a big hit is because there are no drive manufacturers to follow up.

Why IBM is so unique in the definition of computers is because it has gathered a large number of hardware equipment manufacturers around it.

For example, after IBM launched the 5.2-inch floppy disk drive, manufacturers such as Compaq and Shugart Associates immediately followed suit, and soon the 5.2-inch disk became the industry's consensus for a new generation of floppy disks.

Then there is the difference between working alone and industry alliances. If Sony's 3.5-inch disk is to be used on a large scale, it must be discussed with the big brother of IBM.

"The price of floppy disks is so high, but what about floppy disk drives? Is there really a market for such expensive prices?"

Contrary to the gossip about Sony and IBM, Hongchuan Fengcuo is obviously more interested in the price of floppy disks.

"Here" Matsuka Michio pointed to the box-like floppy drive on the desktop, "It is also sold as an optional equipment for FM-7, and it costs about 100,000 yuan per unit.

Basically, ordinary business clubs will buy it. After all, compared to physical data, floppy disks are much more convenient."

"How much?" Hongchuan Feng's eyes widened. The price of the floppy drive shocked him.

"100,000 yuan a month is equivalent to 400 U.S. dollars, which is the market price." Matsuka said the price of the floppy drive was surprising.

A floppy disk of less than 1MB can be sold for US$300, so as its reading and writing machine, selling it for US$400 is very reasonable.

It is indeed very reasonable. Hongchuan Feng is almost drooling with envy. Look at this person.

It is also a computer optional accessory, and it is also a small box. They sell it for 100,000 yuan a month, which is almost the same as the price of a computer. It is very affordable.
To be continued...