Chapter Ninety-Five: LCD Screen
If in other works, Takahashi at this time or Wanhu at this time is already the enterprise of the Great Demon King and the Great Demon King.
However, in this world, Takahashi has no problem doing so.
Even, in the United States, a large number of scientific researchers have gathered in a city and begun to study the genes of human beings.
This can be regarded as finding a breakthrough window for the computing power of 10,000 households.
You know, computers have been able to evolve until now because of the constant demand.
Although microcomputers are not the most economical way in some ways, through the strong demand for computer games, whether it is a central processing unit, a graphics processor, or a monitor, and other hardware and software standards are developing rapidly.
How fast is it developing?
A computer that costs $10,000 this year may sell for $5,000, $4,000, or $3,000 by this time next year.
Why is it so cheap?
Because this generation of hardware has begun to be phased out, stores have begun to clear inventory.
Therefore, almost all computer gamers will choose to stop watching all the offers about the computer after buying it.
Because of this new offer, it is likely that they will feel heartbroken.
However, these players will spend their money very generously when they should.
In addition, there is a set of interface standards for personal computers developed by IBM.
Therefore, the hardware that can be purchased by all the major computer manufacturers can also be purchased by ordinary individual users.
Even a brand computer costs 5,000 dollars, and you can take a look at it with a little bit of configuration.
Hehe, pit man.
He changed hands for four thousand five hundred dollars, or even four thousand dollars for a better one.
Therefore, in the age of personal computers, the profit of hardware is very transparent, and hardware gamers can find any hardware they want according to their wishes.
And from this, an interesting thing was born, that is, the people who buy branded computers are stupid X.
Gradually, the average gamer stopped buying branded computers.
The sales object of branded computers has become enterprise users.
Therefore, whichever brand gets an order from the enterprise and the government already means that he has won.
Of course, this makes an impression for those players who like to DIY. It's just that the procurement of these things is stupid for the company.
Of course, this is also in line with the consistent setting of these companies and governments.
On the one hand, brand computers can only use corporate orders to survive, and on the other hand, they begin to look for breakthroughs.
In fact, the breakthrough was not difficult to find, and they found it quickly.
IT IS A LAPTOP PIONEERED BY IBM'S THINKPAD.
Laptops are more integrated than traditional desktops, so the difficulty of DIY for individual users has risen dramatically.
Because the threshold is very high, brand manufacturers can increase profits by selling the whole machine.
So everybody started making laptops.
But when making the laptop, the problem arose, they couldn't find a good screen.
Because laptops, or laptops, always have to be thin and light and easy to carry.
Therefore, the traditional cathode ray tube screen, that is, the one with a big head, is not very suitable.
There is only one option for the right screen, and that is the LCD screen.
In this world, there are only a few manufacturers that can manufacture relatively high-quality LCD screens.
The largest of these are Sharp and Wanhu.
However, neither Sharp nor Wanhu have ever produced a screen as large as a laptop before.
Sharp is to provide screens for Nintendo's handhelds, while Wanhu is to provide screens for his own mobile phones and handhelds.
In addition, Samsung, which has just started for a long time, has also not made it.
The major computer manufacturers are looking for one or even two or three of these three companies to cooperate.
As for why they want to work with more than one, it's because they have to control the wind in the supply chain.
You know, in another world, HTC's mobile phones are in full swing, and they are the first in the Android camp, and they are second only to Apple among all smartphones.
However, because its screen supplier is only Samsung.
Therefore, when Samsung decided to change from a parts supplier to a mobile phone manufacturer, they cut off HTC, including LCD panels, as well as various components in memory chips.
As a result, although there is a great demand for HTC's mobile phones in the market.
However, HTC can't produce mobile phones at all.
At this time, Samsung's mobile phones began to be shipped in large quantities.
Because I have been in the process of cooperation with HTC before, I have learned about the difficulties of making a mobile phone.
Therefore, Samsung's mobile phone is actually quite easy to use.
As a result, a large number of users began to buy Samsung mobile phones when they couldn't buy HTC mobile phones.
In this matter, it cannot be said that HTC is stupid, nor can it be said that Samsung is cunning.
Everyone acted in accordance with the contract, and Samsung also paid liquidated damages for breach of contract, which is reasonable and legal.
However, in fact he is trading this for a chance to rise to the rise of Samsung phones.
Whether it is Wanhu or Samsung, or Sharp, they are also technology companies, and the manufacturing threshold of laptops may be a bit high for individual players, but for these three manufacturers, they can still bear it.
If my own brand notebook sells well by then, the screen supplier who exclusively cooperates with me thinks, why don't I make my own laptop and make all the profits myself.
At that time, the supply was stuck, wouldn't it be a tragedy like HTC's?
That's why they're looking for two or more suppliers.
In this way, with mutual checks and balances, there will be no such blatant behavior.
And with their financial support, whether it is Wanhu, Samsung or Sharp, they have begun to make larger LCD screens.
The biggest problem in making a larger LCD screen is not the size, how big the size can be, but to ensure that there are no dead pixels within that large size, it is a difficult problem to maintain the yield rate.
You know, if you make a small screen, a screen has dead pixels, just give up this screen.
But a large screen is equivalent to several small screens together.
If there is a problem with the small screen, throw one, and if there is a problem with the big screen, throw a large piece.
Although all three companies have carried out active research and development, in the end, they still cannot completely avoid the emergence of bad pixels.
Therefore, computer manufacturers have jointly formulated a standard, a notebook screen, there are three dead pixels, six points are light, it is not considered a quality problem, do not accept returns.
For this kind of hooliganism, users who need it can only pinch their noses and agree.