The first thousand two hundred and seventy-four chapters of the fantasy group all over again
In this life, the world's computer industry has undergone tremendous changes. In the previous life, the dominance of IBM Computer was broken and replaced by Wan'an Computer. Now the world's largest computer company is Wan'an Company, but the "Fantasy" Group still chose Ibn Company.
Of course, Yang Zhichuan did this for a reason. In the previous life, he "fantasized" that computers opened a door to the "unknown" world for the Chinese people, but that was already in the 1990s. In this life, because of the existence of Wan'an Company, the Chinese people
I learned about computers five years ago.
When Wanan Company established a scientific research center in Shanghai, they not only asked SMIC to manufacture chips, but as the world's number one personal computer manufacturer, they naturally would not let go of China's huge market.
It's just that the price of a Wanan computer is too expensive. It costs more than 3,000 US dollars in the United States, which is equivalent to more than 20,000 yuan. After including tariffs and other things, it already exceeds 30,000 yuan. Where can ordinary people buy such a high price?
Arrived?
Only scientific research institutions and some institutions can afford computers. For example, Liu Lang donated one hundred Wan'an computers to his alma mater, Huaxia University, a few years ago. These one hundred computers have become the treasure of Huaxia University.
Some other institutions of higher learning have also purchased computers. For example, Fucheng University of Mining and Technology also owns 100 computers with Liu Lang's donation. It is one of the few institutions in China that owns computers.
Here comes the problem. "Fantasy" Group wants to sell computers in China, and its competitor is Wanan Company. No matter how generous Wanan is, it will not let Yang Zhichuan become its rival, and Yang Zhichuan will not go there.
He wanted to find the other party, so he cooperated with IBM. IBM also hoped that he could conquer the Chinese market for itself, and the two parties hit it off immediately.
It has been almost two years since 1990, and "Fantasy" company has not made much development. After all, the price of its IBM computer agent is not cheap, even more expensive than Wan'an Computer, because some of Wan'an Computer's chips are from China.
Manufacturing by Core Technology is cheaper than in foreign markets.
So just this year, when Yang Zhichuan chatted with Chen Chunsheng, he talked about wanting to manufacture his own brand of computers. This decision received strong support from Chen Chunsheng and Sun Mingfan, because Gemei air conditioners relied on their own brands to succeed.
This is similar to the development of the "Fantasy" Group in the previous life. Next is the time for the "Fantasy" Group to develop rapidly. "Fantasy" computers will soon become the number one domestic computer brand.
This incident is of course a good thing. It lets the Chinese people know that China still has a place in the high-tech computer industry. The "Fantasy" Group is also called the first national brand by the Chinese people and enjoys great honor.
However, as an "experienced person", Liu Lang knew another truth, that is, the "Fantasy" computer was not completely produced independently. Its core component, the CPU, was still a foreign product, and it remained the same until more than 20 years later.
Even though the "Fantasy" Group manufactured its own panel, its own mouse, and more than 90% of its components, the CPU is always an Intel product, and it is this small chip that determines a country.
position in the digital age.
The "Fantasy" computer is very similar to Norinco's "Exploration One". All core components of "Exploration One" except for the chip are manufactured by Norinco. Many professionals also know this, but they still
Don’t be stingy with your compliments.
If Liu Lang stops here and just keeps copying "Exploration One", he will also receive a high enough evaluation in the future.
But Liu Lang himself clearly understands that without the support of the chip, "Exploration One" can only be regarded as a semi-finished product, at least in his eyes, because the chip is the soul of a CNC machine tool, and something without a soul is useless.
Yes, what Liu Lang wants is a complete CNC machine tool.
So Liu Lang established an engineering chip R&D department, with Lin Hai as the general manager. This department also cooperated with SMIC to develop its own chips within two or three years, which the "Fantasy" Group failed to achieve.
In the previous life, the "Fantasy" Group received too much praise, and Yang Zhichuan also received numerous honors. However, more than 20 years later, when people gradually learned the truth, public opinion immediately changed. At that time, the United States wanted to restrict China's development.
Begins to impose restrictions on exported chips, especially to China.
How much does the country spend on imported chips? It’s scary to say that it has reached more than 200 billion U.S. dollars in just 17 years. This is already the country’s largest expenditure on the import of a single category of goods, surpassing oil. It can be imagined that the country’s investment in chips
How dependent is it.
Where are these chips used? Of course there are computers, but there are also communications, CNC machine tools, satellites and other industries. As a result, domestic communications companies were immediately paralyzed. It was at that moment that only the Chinese knew that domestic companies had developed for so many years.
There is no completely independent chip, especially not a single computer chip. The "fantasy" computer is just a fantasy.
People turned to curse Yang Zhichuan, wondering why they didn’t develop their own chips after so many years of development?
Some people even learned that the "Fantasy" Group had an opportunity during its development, but Yang Zhichuan personally gave up this opportunity at that time. He personally set the tone for the development of "Fantasy" computers based on the assembly and foundry model, and independently developed
The chip opportunity was just given up.
When everyone learned about this past incident, they became even more indignant. They felt that he was a "coward" and did not have the national interests at heart. Some even used the word "comprador" on his head.
Is this actually the case? Liu Lang thinks it shouldn’t be.
Times are different, and people's thinking is also different, because the backgrounds in different times are different, and people's thinking is affected by the times. No one can really escape the constraints of this era, except Liu Lang...
In the era of "fantasy" manufacturing computers in the previous life, the country did not have SMIC or CNC machine tools. If he wanted to independently develop chips, he would have to pay for it out of his own pocket. How much would it cost?
In this life, Liu Lang established a chip research and development department. The budget he set was to give Lin Hai five million US dollars per year, about 40 million yuan, and strive to succeed within two years, which would be 10 million yuan. This premise is still in cooperation with SMIC
Now, the other party's chip manufacturing has reached an almost first-class level in the world, but in the previous life, there was no SMIC.
Furthermore, engineering chips are much simpler than computer chips, which are more complex, so the cost of research and development will be higher.
In the situation where the chip industry of the country in the previous life was so poor, it was too difficult for the "Fantasy" Group to develop its own chips. Not to mention the technology, it would have cost hundreds of millions of money. They had so many "
Do you have spare money to develop chips?
Of course, this cannot be called spare money, it should be called research and development expenses. This is the core of a company, but the "Fantasy" Group really does not have this money and does not dare to invest it in research and development of chips.
The reason is that Yang Zhichuan knows how difficult it is to independently develop chips. It is not even a matter of money. You must know that in the previous life, even twenty years later, the country did not produce commercial computer chips. There were hundreds of millions of computers in the country, and all the chips were Intel
, when the computer is turned on, the familiar Intel boot music plays.