Chapter 669: [Tianwen] Chip
"Tingbo, how did we finish the chip designed according to the ARM architecture before?"
Huanyu Technology Chip R&D Department has two projects.
One is the chip research and development of a completely independent architecture, which is currently the most difficult.
The other is an ARM chip for the purpose of accumulating experience and research.
"Mr. Chen, our design has been completed. ”
He Tingbo took out the chip solution: "This is our chip design plan. ”
"I'll take a look. ”
Chen Yu naturally can't understand the chip design drawing, but the chip scheme can still be roughly understood.
Of course, this plan is actually based on Chen Yu's idea before.
The overall bias is towards multimedia.
That is, to integrate various multimedia settings into the chip.
In this way, mobile phone manufacturers can directly take the chip over and no longer need to do more debugging.
It's not much of a technique, it's just an idea idea.
But this idea is not something that others can imagine.
“OK。 ”
After reading the plan, Chen Yu nodded with satisfaction.
"So, next, you go all out on the chips of our own architecture. ”
The autonomous architecture has been spent a lot, but the task is tight and difficult, and it has only entered 30% until now.
However, Chen Yu was not in a hurry.
He still has time.
As long as he has gained a firm foothold in semiconductor chips in recent years, it will be much easier to launch chips with completely independent architecture in the future.
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"Mr. Zhang, do you want to find Chen Yu from Huanyu Technology?"
"What can Huanyu Technology do?"
Zhang Rujing's head is getting bigger now.
This was the biggest crisis he had ever faced since he founded Center International.
He knows that if this crisis is not resolved, the Central International may not be finished, but there will never be a chance to catch up with and surpass Taijidian.
Regarding the assistant's mention of Chen Yu, Zhang Rujing subconsciously shook his head.
Although Huanyu Technology has recently crossed over a lot, it has also entered the mobile phone market, and even cooperated with VIA Electronics.
But in the final analysis, Huanyu Technology is still doing the Internet.
The Internet is innovative, but it doesn't really have any technology.
But the semiconductor industry relies on the accumulation of technology.
The price of Taiji electric energy has been greatly reduced, and it also depends on their technology.
But it's a pity that the 0.25 micron technology of the center international has just been developed for a long time, not to mention the price reduction, even normal production, and their cost is much more expensive than that of Taijidian.
However, Zhang Rujing didn't think about Chen Yu, but Chen Yu came to Center International.
"Mr. Zhang, it seems that Chen Yu is here. ”
"He's coming?"
"He just arrived. ”
Assistant Qiu Ciyun put down the phone.
Although Zhang Rujing didn't think that Chen Yu of Huanyu Technology could do anything.
But as Chen Yu, the major shareholder of China International, Zhang Rujing did not dare to slack off.
"Mr. Zhang, I have to say sorry to you, if it weren't for me, you might not have been invited to Taiwan by Zhang Zhongmou. ”
Chen Yu and Zhang Rujing have met a few times.
It's just that Chen Yu didn't talk to Zhang Rujing much before a few times, and he wasn't particularly familiar with it.
Mr. Chen's words were outspoken. ”
Zhang Rujing shook his head and said: "Zhang Zhongmoubu has spent a lot of effort on this bureau, even if I don't go to Taiwan City, we won't be much better now." ”
Zhang Rujing was not angry because he was invited to Taiwan by Zhang Zhongmou.
The technology of the center international is much worse than that of the company, and the company has a series of methods to compete with the center.
"That's what I thought, too. ”
Chen Yu also nodded.
Then the two parties sat down, and after a polite turn, Chen Yu entered the topic.
"Mr. Zhang, before I came, I discussed with VIA and prepared to hand over the VIA C4 chip to the center international foundry. ”
Previously, VIA's chips were foundry by Taiji.
As for why it was not handed over to Center International before, it was completely because VIA had a good cooperation with Taiji Power before.
While VIA and Universal Technology are in a partnership, VIA and Center International are not.
This time, Chen Yuneng transferred the foundry business of C4 chips to Center International, which can be regarded as spending some price.
Zhang Rujing can also see this.
Regardless of whether VIA cooperates with Huanyu Technology or not, VIA is still a Taiwanese company in the final analysis.
VIA trusts Taiji, not Center International, the most.
Chen Yuneng handed over the C4 chip business to himself, which can be said to have taken a lot of effort.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen. ”
Zhang Rujing thanked politely, but still said with a wry smile: "This time, the price reduction of Taijidian is too ruthless, and the C4 chip will not play a big role in handing it over to us for OEM." ”
Netbooks look like they're developing well, but that's what they look like.
At present, only Huanyu Technology and Shenzhou Computer use C4 chips.
Overall, this amount is also very small.
Even if this foundry business is handed over to Center International, Center International will not last long.
"Mr. Zhang, don't worry, in addition to PC chips, we also have mobile phone chips. ”
Chen Yu naturally knew that this business was not big, even if it was for Center International, it would only allow them to hold out for a period of time at most.
What he brought today was not a PC chip, but a mobile phone chip.
The largest share of PC chips is controlled by Intel and AMD, and even if Huanyu Technology can enter, it can only share a little of the market.
Moreover, there are countless rounds of fighting with them in the future, which is too difficult.
But in the face of the incomparably terrifying mobile phone market, it is completely different.
However, apparently Zhang Rujing didn't know what mobile phone chips Huanyu Technology had, and asked with some doubts: "Mobile phone chips?"
"Mr. Chen, your company's mobile phone chip uses chips from Philips and Infineon. ”
"We used to use theirs, but recently we designed one of our own. ”
"Design it yourself?"
"This is our chip design drawing, Mr. Zhang, you are an expert in the chip industry, you give us some advice. ”
Chen Yu took out a USB flash drive and handed it to Zhang Rujing.
"I'll look at ......"
Zhang Rujing inserted the USB flash drive into the computer.
Although he said to look at it, Zhang Rujing was not very optimistic in his heart.
Of course, he knows that there are many companies in China that want to make chips, and many companies have already taken action.
For example, Lenovo has designed a chip before.
But chips are not something you can make if you want to make them.
The first is design, generally speaking, depending on domestic technology, even chip design is difficult for you to surpass others.
Of course, this also has to be said from the authorization of ARM.
Generally, domestic companies can get ARM licensing architecture, which is relatively low-level.
Can you imagine how high-level a chip you can design in such a low-level architecture?
"Heavenly question?"
Seeing the word [Tianwen] on the chip design drawing, Zhang Rujing was even more puzzled.
Obviously, Tianwen is the name of this chip.
But that's too arrogant.
As soon as a chip was designed, it was directly named Tianwen.
This time, Zhang Rujing didn't have much idea about this chip.
The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
A good chip doesn't become awesome just because you have such an awesome name.
Sure enough, that's exactly what happened.
Zhang Rujing took a closer look at this chip called [Tianwen], and Zhang Rujing found that this is a very ordinary and ordinary chip.
Well, it's not that bad, actually, but it can only be said to be decent.
There aren't too many downsides, and likewise there aren't any highlights.
Based on Zhang Rujing's decades of experience in the semiconductor industry, he feels that even if such a chip is made, not many people will use it.
However, although I am not optimistic about the chip designed by Chen Yu.
But the design made by Chen Yu gave Zhang Rujing a hint of thought, why didn't he design one?
Generally speaking, those who do chip foundries also have strong chip design capabilities.
But why don't chip foundries design their own?
It's not that they don't have this ability, but Zhang Rujing understands that there is a specialization in the art industry.
They just need to do a good job of chip foundry.
Someone else does the chip design.
Taiji Electric forced Zhang Rujing to exhaust all kinds of methods by greatly reducing prices.
Instead of this, it is better to fight and design a chip yourself.
It's just that although he thinks so, Zhang Rujing also knows that this trick is estimated to be hanging.
They do have the ability to design their own chips, but no matter how strong their technology is, can they design chips that can be compared to Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Infineon?
If this can be compared, then Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Infineon and other companies will not have anything to eat.
Thinking about it this way, Zhang Rujing is a little discouraged.
He suddenly felt that his chip foundry business had stopped.
"Hey, what is this?"
Thinking of this, Zhang Rujing's face became extremely ugly.
At this moment, he didn't even have the heart to look at the design of [Tianwen].
It's just that when Zhang Rujing was about to turn off the design drawing, at this time, Zhang Rujing found a very interesting design.