Chapter 714: The Return of the Pangu Computer King (First Update, Ask for Subscription)

"Compared with the Pangu 6th generation, the Pangu 7th generation, the CPU frequency is only 32% higher on the surface. However, in view of the fact that our research and development of the shortcomings of the system and hardware performance in all aspects has made it a real experience, and in most cases, it has a clear sense of improvement compared with the 5th and 6th generations, and it is a visible improvement to the naked eye!"

"For example, the speed of the CPU is far faster than the memory, and the speed of the memory is naturally far faster than the hard disk. But...... If we want to read data, we have to read it from the hard drive, so if the hard drive is slow, it will slow down the whole process. In the lab, we began to prove that SSDs consisting of flash memory chips and master control chips are faster than HDDs. Although, many people have raised the factors such as the small capacity of SSDs, the high cost and so on. But I insisted on using an SSD because it would provide an immediate performance boost. Even if, limited by capacity and cost, we can't use the solid state completely, but we can at least install the system on the solid state drive, after all, the most commonly used and inseparable from us is the program in the system. After that, depending on the capacity inside the SSD, we can decide to put some software in the SSD. ”

"At this stage, our Pangu 7th generation adopts a solid-state hybrid machine, which is to consider the problem of speed and capacity. Solid state has speed, but it doesn't have a lot of capacity. Machinery, on the other hand, has a large capacity, but no speed. ”

Lin Qi's sermon on the SSD received continuous applause from the audience.

Actually, SSDs are nothing new, and in 1970 Sun StorageTek developed the first SSD drives. In 1989, the first SSD was introduced.

But it wasn't until the 21st century that SSDs became popular. The main reason is that the capacity and cost of the SSD determine that it cannot be compared with the HDD. Many semiconductor companies feel that the production of SSDs is not as good as the production of memory chips, after all, the market for memory chips is more widely used and the profit margin is higher.

At the same time, at this stage, capacity is king, and the biggest improvement of hard disk is the increase in capacity. Therefore, most computer companies do not realize that the use of solid-state drives to improve the boot and running speed of the system, as well as the access speed of some files.

Lin Qi is from the perspective of experience, even now, with the addition of an SSD, the performance has indeed been improved. Even if this SSD is only 100MB, it needs to increase the cost by 500 yuan. But it's still worth it. After all, even if you are burning money at a loss now, as long as you build up the solid-state market, in the future, with the law of Moore's law, the production cost of solid-state drives will be lower and lower, the capacity will be larger and larger, and at the same time, the speed will be faster and faster. In terms of technology, the performance potential of SSDs has not yet been fully explored, and it is still in the stage of enhancing the experience.

After the 21st century, mechanical hard disks gradually began to have some problems. Because, compared with the solid state, the mechanical hard disk is only better in cost and capacity. All other indicators are far behind SSDs. For storage capacity, ordinary users who do not have harsh requirements, most of them choose SSDs are enough. A few, may be based on solid state, plus mechanical hard drives.

Of course, many of the patents of the current SSD are in the hands of the new venture electronics group. At the same time, new start-up semiconductor companies have product lines such as CPUs, memory chips, and flash memory chips. Expanding the production line of flash memory will allow more SSDs to be made.

The company's most advanced production line is naturally used to make CPUs. The equipment that is a little behind will continue to exert its waste heat and transform it into a production line for memory particles and flash memory particles. Therefore, basically, the cost of the SSD of the new venture semiconductor is not as expensive as imagined.

This time, the Pangu 7th generation has applied a bunch of black technologies, especially the project of solid-state silver plate, which has aroused the desire of many users to buy.

You know, this technology has not been available in previous generations, and other camps such as PCs have never heard of it. So, the users present are now only concerned about one issue - price!

That's right, if the price table is outrageous, everyone still can't afford it.

Lin Qi smiled and clicked the mouse, and the big screen showed that the reference price in Hong Kong was 5999 Hong Kong dollars!

The reference price around the world is different due to factors such as local policies and taxes. But basically, the difference won't be too big.

As soon as this price came out, it immediately attracted a plate of cheers, especially many companies are excited, desktop as an irreplaceable office equipment, faster speed can increase office efficiency, so, there have been many companies, has decided to purchase Pangu 7 generation.

……

"Today, in addition to the release of the Pangu 7th generation desktop, we also have the Pangu 4th generation laptop to introduce, dual-core CPU, the same as the Luban 1st generation architecture of the desktop, with a frequency of 66MHz, with 3MB video memory and 8MB memory, 512M solid state drive. Weighs only 1 kg and has a battery life of more than 8 hours......"

The people who were still calling for the notebook just now all stood up, eager to see what the notebook looked like.

Lin Qi asked the assistant to play the operation screen, the outside is still extremely coquettish, the performance is naturally needless to say, with the support of the 512MB solid state drive, the Pangu system is simply as smooth as flying.

This technique is very simple, but many people like it, and it is enough to look cool, after all, most people are computer novices.

It can be said that the Pangu 4th generation notebook has suddenly attracted the attention of countless audiences!

After all, there are many users who need to carry their own tools with them, and it is naturally most comfortable to use their own computers when they go out to work. Therefore, laptop processing depends on performance, and battery life is very important.

Pangu laptops have always attached great importance to battery life. The chips developed are all low-voltage and low-power versions dedicated to laptops.

Therefore, the Pangu 4th generation notebook once again triggered the second wave of climax on the scene.

"The price of Pangu 4th generation notebook is - 6999 yuan!"

The scene erupted in cheers again, and this price is definitely a conscience. Although the laptop can't compare to the desktop in terms of key performance, this is the 512MB SSD version. Both the system and the software can run on solid state, and the speed is even faster.

And the price is only 6999 yuan, from any point of view, this computer is very attractive in terms of performance and price.

"Buy, buy, buy!"

"But which one to buy, desktop or laptop?"

"I want them all, I want them all!"

"Local tyrants!"

"Desktop, Pangu 7, the solid-state capacity is not as good as the notebook, but it will definitely be able to upgrade the solid-state capacity in the future. However, the comprehensive performance of desktops, as well as the ability to upgrade, are much stronger than notebooks. I used to use Pangu 3 for 6 years of tinkering and replaced it with a 1G hard drive, and it is still beautiful. It's just that the motherboard no longer supports replacing with a better CPU and graphics card, so you can't play the latest games. ”

"You...... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?3 generations to 7 generations!"

"The performance of Pangu computers is already ahead, if you really want to compare, it is the current 3rd generation, or the 386 that is not inferior to the PC!"

This press conference was undoubtedly an unprecedented success.

Pangu 7th generation computers, within 3 days after the end of the press conference, global orders exceeded 2 million units.

The Pangu 4th generation notebook also received more than one million orders after the press conference.

Subsequently, the world's science and technology media exclaimed: "Pangu is back as the king of computers, and PCs are completely at a disadvantage!"

In this regard, Intel was silent, and AMD was in tears......

The reason for the silence is that Intel has the most advanced process, but the inefficiency of the X86 chip, even if it is continuously optimized, cannot be stronger than the new power of the Pangu computer. In the past, Intel's success was not the strong performance of the chip, but the compatibility, the X86 chip has accumulated a large number of users and applications for decades, and the compatibility has bundled most of the users, so they can only choose the X86 architecture chip to upgrade by inertia.

However, the XRM architecture is now the mainstream chip architecture second only to the X86 architecture, even if many government, military, scientific research, and financial institutions in Europe and the United States only use PCs under the pretext of so-called security!

However, for ordinary users, Pangu computers are unstoppable.

AMD regrets it, because the hybrid architecture chip can only use the previous XRM architecture, and cannot follow the updated Luban chip architecture, and although Luban's architecture is still XRM, it seems that even if the frequency is the same, Luban is more than 50% higher than the previous generation. The X86 in the hybrid architecture is even more lagging behind. Therefore, the current AMD company has been declining in revenue and profit for three consecutive quarters. Originally, there was more than $2 billion in revenue in a single quarter, but now the revenue is not increasing but will reach about $1.5 billion. If...... did not turn the other cheek with the new venture electronics group, and now AMD is still the foundry of the high-end chips of the royal Pangu computer, and the profits and revenues are more guaranteed.

However, now we can only watch Pangu counterattack all the way, and the orders and the market are given up by AMD itself.