Chapter 839 Technical shortcomings must be overcome!
Guo Hongtao immediately formed a special report on what happened in the laboratory and testing site and reported it to the relevant departments of Xia State.
In the report, Guo Hongtao used products that can transcend the era of military weapons and equipment to describe Changtian Technology’s super chips and wearable smart devices.
Products that transcend the times.
In other words, it is a dimensionality reduction attack.
Relevant national departments attached great importance to it and immediately sent a team of experts to Guo Hongtao's laboratory to analyze the performance of Changtian Technology's wearable devices and the construction of the platform with Guo Hongtao.
When I learned that Changtian Technology handed over the platform application design software and relevant usage methods to Huobingsan Laboratory almost free of charge.
The expert group was still very emotional.
After detailed analysis and judgment, the relevant national departments are determined to build more military application collections based on Changtian Technology's wearable device platform.
The development of military applications is not commercial applications.
The purpose is not to make profits, but to maximize the level of militarization, increase the probability of winning the battle, and reduce the casualty rate of soldiers.
In the end, the relevant departments, Huobing 3 Laboratory and the group companies above Huobing 3 spent a total of 500 million RMB to establish a military application technology company code-named C501.
C50 is the number of the group company in the military industry, and 1 indicates the No. 1 project.
It seems to be to allow Changtian Technology to continue to provide smart wearable devices.
It may also be so that Changtian Technology can provide technical support for the platform.
In the company's equity structure, relevant departments hope that Changtian Technology can occupy more than 30% of the shares.
And can continue to provide technical support for the platform and equipment.
Of course, Changtian Technology must agree to this matter.
Therefore, the relevant departments and the above-mentioned Huobingsan group companies sent a high-level negotiation team.
After meeting Wang Xiang, the negotiation team spoke frankly and told Wang Xiang clearly that they did not consider any feelings about family and country, but only considered simple business. Cooperation would be beneficial to Changtian Technology.
This business is definitely a monopoly business.
The negotiation team masters the skills of negotiating with private companies.
For a business to survive, the most important thing is profit.
You must first ensure the survival of the company before you can discuss the feelings of family and country with the company.
There are two reasons why this business is said to be a monopoly business.
The first is that if the relevant equipment is successfully developed, Huo Bing 3 will become the only supplier of the equipment without any competitors.
The second reason is that the Huobing Third Group Company has a large customer base overseas.
Among these customer groups, there are many rich people from West Asia.
Looking at the eager attitude of relevant national departments and Guo Hongtao.
After Wang Xiang reported the matter to Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao did not and certainly did not object to it. He only expressed his willingness to provide technical support for the development of the platform.
But whether it is commercial or military, if smart wearable devices want a large number of equipment, then they must reduce costs and increase production capabilities.
There are three components in the composition of the entire equipment, which are very critical.
The first one is the Jinghong chip.
Among the Jinghong chips, two very important combinations are the carbon-based chip and the neuron computing group.
There is no problem with the measuring range of the carbon crystal chip. Changtian Technology already has relatively mature technology.
But the neuron calculation group is more troublesome.
This thing is currently only in the experimental and practical stage.
The cost of production is also relatively high.
The production cost of the wearable device Chen Xiao gave to Guo Hongtao last time was 300,000.
This 300,000 yuan only accounts for the raw materials and labor costs required for production, and does not include the wasted raw materials and the cost of constant trial and error.
If these costs are included, wearable devices are sky-high.
The second key point is the screen of the wearable device.
The screen uses BOE’s latest screen.
We are talking about BOE’s latest screen. In fact, the entire technology is provided by Changtian Technology, and BOE only produces it for us.
But the technology of flexible screens is also very immature.
It is necessary to ensure that the screen is very transparent and can display information in extremely thin materials, while also protecting the user's vision.
And its display effect needs to reach a very ideal level, which requires a very high technical content.
Changtian Technology also suffered huge losses on the basis of mobile phone screens, so it spent huge sums of money to establish a dedicated scientific research team.
Breakthroughs have been made in flexible screen technology and some problems have been solved, but the cost has not been reduced.
Regarding the design method of flexible screens, Chen Xiao actually has his own ideas.
Although he did not major in physics and materials, he still had his own ideas on the commanding heights of technology.
Logically speaking, an LCD screen is actually filled with liquid crystal material between two parallel plates, and voltage is used to change the arrangement of molecules inside the liquid crystal material to achieve the purpose of shading and transmitting light to display images of varying shades.
By adding light filters of the three primary colors between the two flat plates, color images can be displayed.
This can actually be achieved with carbon crystal materials.
Moreover, the light transmittance of carbon crystal materials is better than that of traditional liquid crystal materials, and the materials will be lighter and thinner, and their toughness will be stronger.
If the traditional LCD panel material is replaced with carbon crystal material, or if the two materials are superimposed, will there be any unexpected effects?
The technology guide did not tell Chen Xiao the specific technology of the flexible panel.
This one doesn't even exist.
This can illustrate a problem very well.
Whether it is an LCD screen or a flexible screen, it should not be a very important technology in the entire future of human technology.
With the current technical capabilities of Changtian Technology, it should be possible to achieve a breakthrough.
The third key point is the battery problem.
Changtian Technology already has very advanced bio-battery technology, so electronic problems are very easy to solve.
For mass production, costs need to be reduced.
Regardless of whether we cooperate with relevant departments or Guo Hongtao.
For wearable devices to take this step towards commercial use, they must complete the corresponding puzzle pieces.
The neuron computing group was handed over to Qu Ping.
The neuron computing group has been well used in devices.
So as long as Qu Ping is given a certain amount of time, it will be a matter of time to reduce costs and improve yield rate.
So the final problem is the screen.
In the field of LCD displays, Japan and South Korea have long dominated the market.
After entering 2010, companies such as Samsung and LG in South Korea have experienced a technological explosion and are at the global leading level in the LCD panel industry.
Changhong, Xia's leading company, was languished for a long time and withdrew from global competition because it was cheated by South Korean companies.
Although other companies such as Hisense and Skyworth have achieved certain results in panel technology, they are still far behind South Korean companies in terms of core technology.
Therefore, Xia Guo's LCD panel company or LCD TV company can only continue to make the technology it has mastered more mature and have a higher yield rate to continuously reduce production costs, thereby forming competition with South Korean and Japanese companies.
This approach seems silly, but it has a powerful subversive effect on the entire LCD panel market.
Originally, a 32-inch LCD TV cost at least 5,000. LCD TVs over 50 years old from Sony will sell for 10,000, and Samsung can also sell for 10,000 to 20,000.
But as Xiaguo Technology Company joined the competition, the cost of LCD TVs dropped sharply, and 32-inch models can be supplied for around 1,000 to 2,000.
Although the technology lags behind Samsung and other companies, and the display effect is also worse, the low-salt price is enough for many families with low incomes to buy a TV.
Xia's cheap manufacturing industry allowed most families in the United States and Europe to live a prosperous life.
Even though it has occupied many markets through Saudi prices, the core technology is still in the hands of South Koreans.
When it comes to high-end, everyone’s first reaction is Samsung TVs.
Moreover, the profit earned by others from selling one TV is higher than that from selling four or five TVs.
This is absolutely unequal competition.
Chen Xiao took the team to BOE's headquarters and production factory again.
With the investment from Changtian Technology, BOE has expanded its factory production in recent years.
Both factory equipment and personnel have been innovated.
It was also under this situation that BOE was able to make further breakthroughs in technologies such as OLED and make some progress.
Although it is still unable to catch up with the technology of South Korea and Japan, it is still barely usable.
Wang Dong, CEO of BOE, greeted Chen Xiao at the gate of the factory.
"Hello, Mr. Chen, hello!"
A smile appeared on Wang Dong's face.
After seeing Chen Xiao, he was of course extremely happy.
After Changtian Technology took a stake in BOE, it not only did not interfere in BOE's management and operations, but provided sufficient funds and technical support.
Changtian Technology's capital injection here will enable BOE to gain a firm foothold in the highly competitive global one-pound panel market.
And it has initially gained the ability to compete with Japan and South Korea.
Wang Dong first took Chen Xiao to visit a floor panel production factory and production equipment in the latest construction city, and then invited Chen Xiao to the office to report to Chen Xiao some of BOE's work during this period in person.
As BOE expands its production, BOE has been able to provide tens of thousands of local jobs and become a major local taxpayer.
In addition, because Changtian Technology's Hanhai mobile phone uses BOE's screen, although the display effect is average, there are not many quality problems. This has also allowed many mobile phone companies in Xia Guo to see that the quality of BOE's products is still excellent.
Mid- to low-end mobile phones from Xiaomi, Huawei and other brands are all using BOE’s mobile phone screens.
Of course, Samsung is still used in high-end mobile phones.
Chen Xiao is well aware of these things. He came to inspect BOE this time not to check the sales volume of LED screens and which companies are buying them, but to inquire about popular screens used in wearable devices.
What is the progress of its development?
In the past, with the support of Changtian Technology technical staff, countless materials were wasted and a lot of time was spent, and a flexible screen that could be used on wearable devices was barely created.
But according to this yield rate, flexible screens will never be commercially available.
Mentioning this, BOE CEO Wang Dong looked embarrassed.
Wang Dong has gathered the most advantageous team and the most advanced equipment to tackle the problem of flexible screens, but the results are still unsatisfactory.
Wang Dong said with some helplessness: "This technology is not for us to imitate or catch up with other companies, but for our own independent innovation, so it is very difficult."
"The degree of flexibility of the screen and the display effect are inversely related."
"The softer the screen, the thinner it is, and the lighter it is, the worse the display effect will be."
"But if you want to increase the display effect, the screen will be more brittle and heavier."
"If our screen is used on a mobile phone, there is no problem. We can make some concessions in terms of thickness and weight to ensure the display effect of the mobile phone and the quality of the mobile phone screen."
"But it's different with wearable devices. Wearable devices are just like glasses. The probability of falling to the ground is very high, and the probability of wear and tear is also very high. This poses a serious challenge to our technology.
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"With our current materials and technologies, there is no way to achieve complete unification at two different points."
"Even if we continue to produce flexible screens for wearable devices according to the previous methods, the cost will be very high. Almost no consumers are willing to bear it, and there will be no practical value."
Wang Dong was unwilling to tell lies in front of Chen Xiao. He was not complaining, but telling the truth.
The screen quality that Chen Xiao is pursuing now is actually what Samsung and LG are pursuing.
After Google designed a wearable device, it also contacted Samsung directly, hoping that Samsung could come up with a thin and light screen, but this was rejected by Samsung.
It's not that Samsung doesn't want to make money, it's that Samsung doesn't have the technology yet.
Chen Xiao kept smiling, waiting for Wang Dong to complain, but did not comment on Wang Dong's speech.
It was not until after Wang Dong finished complaining that Chen Xiao said: "You just said so much, but in the final analysis it is just a problem, the problem of materials."
"At present, we have not found a suitable material that can perfectly combine the screen's flexibility, wear resistance, lightness, and display effect."
Wang Dong smiled awkwardly.
In fact, he is not evading the problem, but the difficulty is indeed before him.
Wang Dong may feel that he has talked about too many difficulties and too few solutions?
He said to Chen Xiao seriously: "Currently, our team is looking for ways to deal with ultra-thin flexible glass, hoping to solve this problem as soon as possible."
Wang Dong was not confident when he made the call. After all, the current ultra-thin flexible glass is divided into two materials. One is UTG. This technology is in the hands of Samsung and is not for sale. The other is CPI film, which is a product of
The yield rate is too low, the quality is too poor, and the display effect is not good.
This problem is almost unsolvable for Wang Dong.
Chen Xiao nodded and said, "Then you try this material."