Chapter 189 The domestic optical drive project is expected to be officially launched
cpa300_4(); This morning's technical appraisal meeting, in general, is still very successful, for Chongguang company to come up with domestic optical drive servo technology, experts from all walks of life are very gratified. see
In particular, all the experts and leaders were shocked to see that Chongguang's control chip and the servo technology it contains can make the optical drive play the world's first-class performance.
After the technical appraisal meeting in the morning, Wang Lili walked up to the stage and said with a smile: "Our Chongguang company has arranged a reception luncheon for all the experts and leaders attending the meeting today in a nearby hotel, and the bus is downstairs, please come with me." ”
Hu Yiting was about to accompany Xia Lao to leave the venue, but Yang Yuancheng, a researcher from North Industries Company, came directly to him.
At the seminar just now, Xia Lao specially reminded Hu Yiting that NORINCO intends to build an optical drive production line.
Regarding Xia Lao's source, Hu Yiting was naturally relieved, so he directly asked at the meeting at that time, who can make a product with Chongguang's optical drive servo control chip.
However, NORINCO did not follow up further, and Hu Yiting was a little disappointed at the time.
Yang Yuancheng greeted Xia Lao first, and Xia Lao saw that Yang Yuancheng had something to say to Hu Yiting, so he said: "I'll go first, go to dinner, you talk slowly, Yang Yuancheng, don't bully my students." ”
Yang Yuancheng hurriedly smiled: "Old Xia, you are really good at laughing, you go slowly." ”
Secretary Tu Xiaobo accompanied Xia Lao out of the conference room.
Yang Yuancheng got straight to the point and said: "Hu Yiting, you have probably heard of the background of our North Industries Company, I don't mean anything else when I say this, I just want to sue you." NORINCO has the ability to build an optical drive production line. ”
Hu Yiting smiled: "Teacher Yang, what do you want to say?"
Yang Yuancheng also smiled: "Our northern company built a video recorder factory in 93. Imported parts from Japan for assembly, the benefits are not bad. In 94 years, 1.1 million domestic video recorders were produced in the country, of which three percent were made by our northern company. This year, the video recorder market is still developing rapidly, and it is expected that the annual sales will exceed 1.7 million units. However, our company's marketing department predicts that the video recorder market may be saturated, and VCD may replace the video recorder and become the next high-speed growth point. ”
Hu Yiting nodded: "You guys are quite discerning." ”
Yang Yuancheng looked at Hu Yiting: "Before I came this time, the boss of our group told me that if your technology is not adulterated and misreported, the northern company is willing to become your first batch of customers." ”
After saying that, he added: "As long as the price is right." ”
Hu Yiting shrugged: "Anyway, it's cheaper than foreign goods." Philips sells for $100, we sell for 85, and when the Japanese control chips come out, we sell Japanese goods at a discount of 80%, in short, we must let domestic manufacturers use Chinese chips. ”
Yang Yuancheng said with joy on his face, for the manufacturing industry with meager profits, cost is the lifeblood of the enterprise, especially in the assembly industry, and the cost of each component must be carefully calculated. Not to mention the core components. Chongguang Company's statement made Yang Yuancheng make up his mind.
"At the meeting just now, you said that to engage in optical drive manufacturing, you need both experts and markets, and I agree. But I think the market should go to the outside to find, at present, the optical drive has a mature external market, and it is no longer an advanced product. ”
Hu Yiting scratched his head: "Teacher Yang, you're right. I may be too cautious because I'm really not interested in manufacturing. Too hard, too tired, too unprofitable. ”
Yang Yuancheng smiled bitterly: "If someone else said this, I must think it was a deliberate show-off." can be said from the mouth of your genius chief engineer of Chongguang Company, you Hu Yiting, I have to admire. Hu Yiting, how much did you make on the Youying Overlord chip?"
Hu Yiting said honestly: "Tens of millions of dollars." ”
Yang Yuancheng sighed: "It's really incomparable...... Our military-industrial complex is in trouble at the moment...... Otherwise, you can't make money by assembling the video recorder, you are exporting to earn foreign exchange, and we are using foreign exchange to buy foreign parts, alas, shame. ”
Hu Yiting looked at Yang Yuancheng: "Mr. Yang, are you interested in producing optical drives?"
Yang Yuancheng nodded: "We had this idea last year, and we invited a group of experts at that time, including Xia Lao, but after studying it at the meeting, we all felt that with the current manufacturing level, it is difficult to control the cost, and once the cost is controlled, the quality cannot be guaranteed." ”
"Considering that there is no price competitiveness in the face of foreign goods, it is equivalent to sitting still, so we abandoned this plan. ”
"And you now?" asked Hu Yiting.
"After the seminar last year, the group has not given up the idea of localizing optical drives. In this, the laser head is used as an infrared laser, which is less difficult, and we have mastered the core technology of related devices through cooperation with Huang Dexiu in Wuhan. Yang Yuancheng said confidently.
"Can it be industrialized and mass-produced?"
"At present, Puhai and Sony have set up a Suoguang Electronics Co., Ltd., planning to produce 1.4 million optical captives per year, and their assembly line has been built and is expected to be put into production in March next year. ”
Hu Yiting smiled, knowing that with the military background of NORINCO, it is not a problem to understand the equipment on the production line in a domestic factory, coupled with the existing core technology, it should be possible to quickly find a special equipment manufacturer in China to customize a set of production lines, and it should not be difficult to debug qualified products.
"What about the motor?"
Yang Yuancheng said with confidence: "At that time, the group felt that the most tricky thing in optical drive products was the chip, and now you have made a chip, which is really a great achievement, as for the motor, our company has its own factory to produce precision motors for automatic aiming of tanks, or ask the electromechanical enterprises of the aerospace system to supply us." ”
"Then what were you hesitating about?"
"Whether it is a bald head or a motor, I estimate that the production cost in the first year will be very high, and it is not a small risk to invest a large amount of money into the optical drive manufacturing industry, so I hope that you Chongguang Company can give a commitment on the price of chips. Yang Yuancheng said frankly.
Hu Yiting smiled: "Then are you still satisfied with the promise I made just now?"
"Okay, as long as you can guarantee that we can supply us at a price lower than 20% of the international market price, we at NORINCO will have the confidence to turn the optical drive localization project into a golden doll. ”
Hu Yiting was also very excited when he heard Yang Yuancheng say this.
"It's a pity that the success rate of the tape-out of the Institute of Microelectronics is too low, and the 908 project is difficult to deliver, otherwise our company would not have to go to Taiwan to cast the film, just produce it directly in China. ”
When Yang Yuancheng heard this, he came up mysteriously and whispered: "Tell you news, Minister Hu of the Ministry of Electronics Industry wants to talk to you again." ”
Hu Yiting was taken aback: "Is it really fake? Teacher Yang, where did you hear about it? What is Minister Hu looking for us to do in Chongguang?"
Yang Yuancheng grinned: "This thing is eighty percent true, you don't care where I heard about it, as for what Minister Hu is looking for you...... Hehe......"
Hu Yiting hurriedly said: "Teacher Yang, are you more relaxed?"
"It's not for Project 908 yet. ”
"I heard Wu from the Institute of Microelectronics say that 908 is now difficult to deliver. ”
"What is difficult to deliver, the line has actually been debugged, small problems continue, but there are no major problems, but the problem is that there is no rice in the pot. ”
"What do you mean by that?"
"You must know that the 908 Project was carried out because it saw the Gulf War and was stimulated by the scientific and technological level of the Americans.
As a result, in recent years, the development of military electronics has been very vigorous, and several wafer factories of the Ordnance Industry Group have been engaged in and have come up with a batch of decent products. However, the civilian IC has stopped, and the customers who were originally conceived all have their own way, which makes the 908 project what to eat? They did not look for a nurse when they originally planned, and now the mainstream of the market is no longer 0.8 to 1.2 microns, and even the mainstream process of memory modules is already 0.35 microns! There is no IC company to design supporting products for the 908 project, and once the operating cost of 908 is started, it will inevitably be a loss-making operation, so it has been dragging and not daring to start, saying that it is solving technical problems, but it is actually a dying struggle, I heard that I have invited a group of experts now, and I want to see if it can be used for a year or two to carry out some technological transformation, and then raise the process to the top, and strive to make 0.6 to 0.5 microns. ”
Hu Yiting shook his head: "Fooling around, how can it be so easy, unless I personally take action......"
Yang Yuancheng said with a smile: "You're right, I'm looking for you to make a move." But it's not to engage in the process, but to ask you to be a wet nurse again. (To be continued.) )