"President, the specific reason has been found out."
Three days after some game consoles were accidentally damaged and exploded, the engineering and development department finally found the specific cause of the problem and reported the situation to Zhuyouxing as soon as possible.
"What is the specific reason?"
"It's a matter of chip yield. The latest AI chip we use is relatively new in technology and some details are not mature enough. However, our Cyberpunk 2077 game can utilize all the performance of any processor chip to the extreme.
, some AI chips have suffered chip burnout due to poor quality."
A manager from the Engineering Development Department took out a few photos and showed them to Zhu Youxing.
That was a damaged game console obtained from a player in the United States.
Staff from the engineering development department in the United States immediately dismantled the game.
Finally, it was disassembled and found that the most severely damaged area was the area of the AI chip, as well as some components that provide auxiliary functions to the AI chip. After testing, they were more or less damaged and short-circuited.
"People from the US branch repaired the data records of the damaged game console and finally determined that Cyberpunk 2077 occupied more than 130% of the AI chip performance. Even with normal overclocking, our existing AI chip
It’s difficult to withstand this kind of pressure, and the chip will inevitably burn out in the end.”
The photo shows the appearance of a burned chip.
There is an area on the entire motherboard that has been burned black, which is where the AI chip is located.
"Is the quality of the AI chip manufacturer bad?"
"This is part of the reason, but not the whole reason, because there are a small number of barely qualified AI chips that cannot meet the performance consumption of Cyberpunk 2077."
"What do the chip manufacturers say?"
"They have already sent people to the US branch and us. They promised to help us solve the problem as soon as possible. This is actually not a big problem. The biggest problem is that Cyberpunk 2077 squeezes performance too much. Many games
I’m afraid it will be difficult for any machine to withstand this kind of performance squeeze.”
This is really an unexpected thing.
Cyberpunk 2077’s image quality and performance requirements are indeed a bit abnormal.
In the previous life, Cyberpunk 2077 also became the benchmark for image quality games for a long time.
But that’s not to the extent that the game console will be killed directly. It’s just that Zhuyouxing’s requirements for Cyberpunk 2077 in this world are higher than in the previous life.
The effect of the game itself is of course unparalleled, it can be called the top game in the world.
But the side effect of this picture quality is that the performance of the game console is somewhat unsustainable.
Airi Hayasawa said at this time: "Takeyu, I think a patch update should be carried out for Cyberpunk 2077 to reduce the current performance consumption and at the same time provide certain compensation to the players who have suffered losses. This should be possible.
"
Airi Hayasawa already has many years of experience in the industry, and she is already familiar with some of the methods commonly used in the industry.
Appropriately reducing the performance consumption of the game and clarifying it publicly should be the most reliable solution.
Zhu Youxing looked up at the others and asked, "Do you think so too?"
"President, this is indeed the most cost-effective way and the lowest-cost solution. Then when we launch newer game consoles in the future, we can improve the performance of the game consumption."
Zhu Youxing said: "To reduce performance consumption, it should be to reduce the AI processor, right? This also means that the artificial intelligence effect of passerby NPC characters in the game will be reduced."
Airi Hayasawa nodded: "Well, it's enough to reduce the effect of artificial intelligence, because the AI chip consumes the most performance, and the AI processor chip is still a new technology, and the technology in this area around the world is not mature enough.
, there are still flaws, so it’s normal for some unexpected situations to happen.”
Zhu Youxing thought for a moment and then said: "Don't rush to make a decision. Let's wait for the AI chip manufacturer to come over and see if they have any good plans. We also need to listen to their explanation."
In the afternoon, the boss of the AI chip manufacturer hurriedly arrived in front of the Youxing Electronic Entertainment Building.
He came here by plane from Japan in the evening yesterday.
After taking a flight for more than ten hours, he came to Youxing Electronic Entertainment without stopping, almost without rest.
Youxing Electronic Entertainment is their chip manufacturer’s largest customer.
The initial purchase orders alone have exceeded 100 million AI chip processors.
Subsequent orders for chip processors are also beginning to be prepared for signing.
Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's latest game console currently has sales of more than 40 million units, but Yuxing Electronic Entertainment plans to develop the latest handheld console in the future, which will naturally have an AI chip processor built into the handheld console.
If nothing else happens, this will definitely become a product with sales exceeding 100 million in the future.
For him, a newly emerging chip manufacturer with AI processors, Youxing Electronic Entertainment is his father.
Now that Dad is in trouble, and the source of this trouble is still them, the boss of the AI chip can't sit still.
Originally, he planned to hold several order celebration ceremonies, but now he put them all down and rushed to Japan overnight to meet Takeyusei.
"Boss, how should we explain it? There is actually no big problem with our chip, but no one would have thought that the game Cyberpunk 2077 would squeeze performance so hard. I think we might be able to shirk the responsibility..."
"Are you an idiot?! Shut up later and don't say anything more!"
The boss glared fiercely at one of his entourage.
AI chips are an emerging industry with many uncertainties. Youxing Electronic Entertainment was willing to purchase over 100 million chips from the beginning, which is something that no other manufacturer would dare to do easily.
Other manufacturers are more willing to be conservative and unwilling to take risks easily. If Youxing Electronic Entertainment is lost, their company may go bankrupt on the spot.
So no matter what, no matter what the outcome of the matter is, they need to actively cooperate with Youxing Electronic Entertainment to solve the current troubles.
Soon, when they arrived at the reception desk in front of Youxing Electronic Entertainment, the reception staff directed several people to the prepared conference room.
Zhu Youxing has been waiting here for a while, and he is still looking at the photos of the damaged game console carefully.
What he was thinking about at this moment was not dealing with the current public opinion trouble.
What he is thinking about now is the loss of a game console, and the player's mentality will probably be quite bad.
Zhuyouxing has arranged for the engineering and development department to do its best to save the data in all damaged game consoles, at least to ensure that the game progress that these players have worked hard to play will not be burned, and then when the matter is resolved, these archives will be provided again in a timely manner.
player.
Fortunately, it is the processor chip that is damaged, not the storage device, so extracting relevant data is not a big problem for the engineering development department.
"Sorry, I'm very sorry that we are late! President Zhuyou, I want to apologize to you personally."
While Zhu Youxing was meditating, a group of people from the chip manufacturer entered the conference room in fear. As soon as they entered, the boss of the chip manufacturer immediately apologized to Zhu Youxing.