In this world, the world's computer industry has undergone great changes, the previous life IBM computer monopoly situation was broken by VIE computer, and replaced, now the world's largest computer manufacturer is VIE company, but the "fantasy" group still chose IBN company.

Of course, Yang Zhichuan did this for a reason, in his previous life, he "imagined" that computers opened a door to the "unknown" world for the Chinese people, but that was already in the nineties, and in this life, because of the existence of VIE Company, the Chinese people knew about computers five years ago.

When VIE established a scientific research center in Shanghai, they not only let SMIC OEM chips, but also the world's first computer manufacturer to let go of China's huge market.

It's just that the price of VIE computers is too expensive, and it will sell for more than 3,000 US dollars in the United States, which is equivalent to more than 20,000 fast yuan, and it has exceeded 30,000 yuan if you count tariffs or something.

Only scientific research institutions and some institutions can afford to buy computers, for example, a few years ago Liu Lang donated to his alma mater Huaxia University 100 Wan'an computers, these 100 computers have become the treasure of Huaxia University, other colleges and universities have also purchased computers, such as Fucheng Mining University also has 100 computers with Liu Lang's donation, which is one of the few colleges and universities in China that have computers.

This problem comes, the "Fantasy" group wants to sell computers in China, and his competitor is VIE Company, even if VIE is generous, he will not let Yang Zhichuan become his opponent, and Yang Zhichuan will not go to the other party, so he cooperates with IBM, IBM also hopes that he can conquer the city for himself in the Chinese market, and the two sides immediately hit it off.

It has been almost two years since the 90s, and the "Fantasy" company has not developed much, after all, the price of IBM computers he represents is not cheap, and it is even more expensive than VIE computers, because some of the chips of VIE computers are manufactured by SMIC, and the cost is cheaper than that of foreign markets.

So this year, when Yang Zhichuan found Chen Chunsheng to chat, he talked about wanting to manufacture his own brand of computers, and this decision was strongly supported by Chen Chunsheng and Sun Mingfan, because Gemei air conditioner relied on its own brand to succeed.

This is similar to the development of the "Fantasy" group in the previous life, and the next is the time for the rapid development of the "Fantasy" group, and the "fantasy" computer will soon become the first brand of domestic computers.

Of course, this is a good thing, which lets the Chinese people know that there is still a place in China in the high-tech industry of computers, and the "Fantasy" group is also known as the first national brand by the Chinese people and enjoys great honors.

However, as a "person who has come over", Liu Lang knows another truth, that is, the "fantasy" computer is not completely self-produced, and his core component CPU is still foreign, and it is the same until more than 20 years later.

Even though the "Fantasy" group manufactures its own panels, its own mice, and more than 90% of its own components, CPUs are always Intel's products, and it is this small chip that will determine a country's status in the digital age.

The "Fantasy" computer is very similar to the "Exploration No. 1" of the North Industries Group, and the "Exploration No. 1" is also manufactured by the North Industries Group except for the chips.

If Liu Lang stops and just keeps copying "Exploration No. 1", then he will also get a high enough evaluation in the future.

But Liu Lang himself clearly understands that without the chip as a support, "Exploration No. 1" 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 things without a soul are useless, Liu Lang wants a complete CNC machine tool.

So Liu Lang set up an engineering chip R&D department, with Lin Hai as the general manager, and this department cooperated with SMIC to develop its own chips within two or three years, which was not done by the "Fantasy" group.

In the previous life, the "Fantasy" group received too much praise, and Yang Zhichuan also received countless honors, but after more than 20 years later, people gradually learned the truth, and public opinion immediately changed, when the United States began to restrict the export of chips in order to restrict China's development, especially for China.

How much does the state spend on importing chips? It is scary to say, it has reached more than 200 billion US dollars in just one or seven years, which is already the largest expenditure on the import of single household commodities by the country, surpassing oil, and it is conceivable how much the country is dependent on chips.

Of course, there are computers, but there are also communications, CNC machine tools, satellites, and other industries, and the result is that the domestic communications enterprises were immediately paralyzed, that is, at that moment, the Chinese people knew that the development of domestic enterprises for so many years has not made completely independent chips, especially the computer chips are not at all, and the "fantasy" computer is a fantasy.

People turned to curse Yang Zhichuan, thinking that why didn't they develop chips independently after so many years of development?

Some people even learned that the "Fantasy" group had an opportunity in the development process, but at that time Yang Zhichuan personally gave up this opportunity, and he personally set the tone for the development of the "Fantasy" computer in the assembly and OEM mode, and an opportunity to independently develop chips was thus abandoned.

When everyone learned about this past, they were even more indignant, thinking that he was a "coward" who did not take the interests of the country to heart at all, and some people even pressed the word "comprador" on his head.

Is that actually the case? Liu Lang thinks it shouldn't be.

The times are different, people's thinking is also different, because the background under different times is different, people's thinking is influenced by the times, and no one can really jump out of the constraints of this era, except for Liu Lang .............

In the era of "fantasy" manufacturing computers in the previous life, the country did not have SMIC technology, there was no CNC machine tool, if he wanted to independently develop chips, he could only pay out of his own pocket, how much money would it cost?

In this life, Liu Lang set up a chip R&D department, and his budget was to give Lin Hai 5 million US dollars and about 40 million yuan every year, and strive to succeed within two years, that is, 80 million.

In addition, 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 of the poor chip industry in the previous country, it is too difficult for the "Fantasy" Group to develop its own chips, not to mention the technology, even the money spent has to be in the hundreds of millions, do they have so much "spare money" to develop chips?

Of course, this can't be called idle money, it should be called R&D expenses, which is the core of a company, but the "Fantasy" group really doesn't have this money, and it doesn't dare to invest money in R&D chips.

The reason is that Yang Zhichuan knows how difficult it is to independently develop chips, and it is not even a matter of money, you must know that in the previous life, even after 20 years, the country did not manufacture commercial computer chips, hundreds of millions of computers in the country, all chips are Intel, and when the computer is turned on, it is familiar with Intel boot music.