Huang Renxun nodded: "There should be no problem, the 0.35 micron process has been explored and matured, but the heat dissipation problem needs to be further optimized." ”

Zhang Chen thought for a while: "Is it possible to think of a way to drive it?" I heard from the engineers of Matrix that your current drivers still have a lot of bugs, and the inefficiency of calling the potential of the chip is not high, so I think you should strengthen your strength in this regard." ”

Huang Renxun thought about it for a while: "I'll discuss with David after I go back and see if I can transfer some people to improve the drive." nVidia is now too short of people, hiring nearly 100 people in three months, but it is still stretched. ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "How is the development of the next generation of display chips?"

Huang Renxun laughed and said: "David has been on vacation recently, he bought a yacht in Florida, and it is estimated that it will take another month to come back." ”

Zhang Chen frowned slightly: "You haven't started to research a new generation of chips yet?"

Huang Renxun was inexplicable: "I have been busy expanding production some time ago, besides, the NV3 chip has only been on the market for a few months, and now I am doing mobile according to your requirements, so I don't need to start researching the next generation so early, right?"

Zhang Chen shook his head: "Didn't you hear that 3dfx is already developing Voodoo II?"

Huang Renxun disagreed: "Judging from the data flowing out of 3dfx, dia only needs to increase the rated frequency to get far more performance than Voodoo II. ”

Zhang Chen sneered: "It seems that the five million dollars I invested in you are going to be wasted." ”

Huang Renxun changed color suddenly: "What do you mean?"

I invested in nVidia because I believe that nVidia can become the largest supplier of display chips, and that it will have the last laugh in competition with companies such as sis, Trident, and 3dfx. But you have just gained some advantages and slackened, NV3 has been on the market for more than three months, and the next generation of chips does not even have a research and development direction, this kind of company will be killed by other companies sooner or later, what is my five million dollars?" Zhang Chen said expressionlessly.

Huang Renxun's face was flushed, redder than when he punched just now: "If you think nVidia has no investment value, you can withdraw now!NV3 potential you don't know at all, as long as we further increase the core frequency, Voodoo II can't surpass us!"

Zhang Chen sneered: "Maybe one piece of Voodoo II may indeed not surpass NV3, but what about two?"

Huang Renxun was suspicious: "What do you mean?"

Zhang Chen asked Cheryl Sandberg to take a document from his desk: "Take a look, this is the patented technology that 3dfx just applied for yesterday - SLI, which can realize the parallel connection of two graphics cards, and the rendering speed is doubled after paralleling, and the polygon computing power is also doubled, how can you compare?"

Huang Renxun's face changed drastically, he picked up the patent application for 3DFX, read it several times from beginning to end, and was silent.

Zhang Chen pointed to his watch, "It's already mid-August, and in three months at most, Voodoo II will be officially released, do you want to experience the feeling of being pressed to the ground by 3dfx and unable to turn over again?"

Huang Renxun's face was red and white for a while, he stood up and walked around the ring a few times, Zhang Chen said leisurely: "NVIDIA and 3DFX are like two fighters, the difference is that 3DFX is already a heavyweight boxing champion, while NVIDIA can only be regarded as a rising star in the flyweight division." If 3DFX gets serious, NVIDIA will definitely lose. Your only chance is to take advantage of 3DFX's speed and flexibility, continuously optimize the architecture, and make product innovations faster. ”

"But what about you now? You've just made a little bit of progress, and almost all of that success comes from the OEM market, and you're already starting to slack off. You know, now is the best chance for you to close the gap with 3dfx, and if you don't launch a stronger product than them within three months of the launch of Voodoo II, you're already going to lose this match!"

In the last sentence, Zhang Chen was already fierce.

There is no way, at least 30 percent of the reason why it can take the lead is due to NVIDIA.

From the current point of view, the two brands iCom and Alien have completely monopolized the supply of NVIDIA. Although this situation will certainly not be maintained after NVIDIA's production continues to expand next year. After all, expanding chip production is much faster than iCom's sales growth. The production capacity that the two computer companies can't eat will inevitably flow into the board accessories market. Now Huang Renxun has begun to discuss cooperation with board manufacturers such as Dimeng, Elsa, and Asus, and wants to expand the production capacity of RIVA128 to 300,000 pieces by the end of the year, and the extra 8 to 100,000 pieces of production capacity will be allocated to major board manufacturers.

Either way, iCom and nVidia have formed a win-win and win-loss relationship. Zhang Chen has also negotiated with Huang Renxun about the feasibility of nVidia producing custom chips for Matrix in the future, and if the plan goes well, Matrix will have more cooperation with nVidia in the future in terms of intellectual property rights to make targeted optimizations for Matrix's products.

If nVidia hadn't beaten 3dfx as it had done in its previous life, Matrix's future would have been much more difficult.

Huang Renxun was puzzled in his heart, and the current status of 3DFX in the field of 3D acceleration was almost supreme. Although nVidia relied on sneak attacks to steal some ground from 3dfx, he didn't think about beating 3dfx in the short term.

He didn't know that 3DFX had begun to gradually transform into a little death expert, and it wouldn't be long before he would have to kill himself.

"David, it's me. Well, don't talk about your yacht, I'll book you a ticket right now, and you'll be back on the earliest flight. What are you kidding? Park your boat in your nearest country and come back right away! Sorry, I know that's excessive。。。。。。 You'll find out when you come back. Huang Renxun hung up the phone and said to Zhang Chen, "Zack, thank you for reminding me, I'm sorry, maybe everyone was too tired before, and I've been a little relaxed recently." ”

Zhang Chen is well versed in the cheats of beating a stick to give a sweet date: "It has been nearly two years since 3dfx launched Voodoo in 95, and it has not launched any products except for the Voodoo rush that has just been released with the addition of 2d display function, which proves that their efficiency is not high, as long as you can increase their efficiency by 50%, within five years, you can completely beat 3dfx!"

Huang Renxun was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head with a firm gaze: "Six months." ”

Zhang Chen frowned slightly: "What?"

Huang Renxun took a deep breath: "I want nVidia to update the product every six months and double the computing speed!"

Zhang Chen was excited when he heard this, could Huang's law have been born in advance under his own stimulation?

Zhang Chen's eyes flashed: "Of course it's good to pursue speed, but don't have bugs, especially... Don't explode... ”

(End of chapter)