Only those who help themselves can be helped, and if they want others to help, they need to work their own.

Yokoi's laughter was hearty, although Nintendo is a traditional and closed small factory in Kyoto, they also have a bit of history in helping others.

The most famous example of this is the HAL, where Satoshi Iwata is located. But even if Nintendo had such a "criminal record", Takahashi didn't expect that when he encountered a problem, Nintendo would come to his aid.

The people they help are very good, are they good enough? Takahashi asked himself.

This thought can be put to the back, but the reply to Yokoi Junhei has to be done immediately.

"I do need help. Takahashi on the other end of the phone smiled bitterly, if all the manufacturers refused to provide him with chips with better performance, his arcade road might be aborted.

Yokoi Junhei didn't seem to notice Takahashi's wry smile, and he said in a sunny voice, "We have a batch of chips here that have been studied and not used, about a thousand yuan, do you want to use them? I can sell them to you at the market price." 8086, I think you need a chip with this kind of performance there. ”

"8086? That's great, but Mr. Yokoi, we also have a self-designed graphics processor, can you help me contact Ricoh?"

8086 is Intel's first X86 architecture processor, that is, the first generation of X86 architecture processor, it is a 16-bit processor, mainly used in IBM compatible machines. The compatible machine with this processor is called the 186, and the successor machine with this series of processors is called the 286, 386, 486.

There are many benefits to using the 8086 processor, first of all, it is cheap, and secondly, the performance is enough, but the problem is also obvious, it is easier to imitate machines with this processor.

Therefore, Takahashi wanted to use the graphics processor that the computer club was developing for the "Bubble Bobble" arcade machine. In this way, even if the 8086 can be seen everywhere, the exclusive graphics processor is not so easy to find.

"The price of tape-out is not low, depending on what process you need, the graphics processor on the red and white machine, the price of tape-out was as high as 5,000 US dollars per square millimeter. In my opinion, it is better to use generic parts, if the cost of customization is too high. Yokoi said as he continued to use his thinking of backward technology.

"Five thousand...... Takahashi muttered in his mouth, the price of five thousand one square millimeters is not very expensive. Takahashi once asked a friend who works at Huawei that the cost of tape-out made of 16 nanometers is as high as 150,000 US dollars per square millimeter. However, the difference between the $150,000 at that time and the $5,000 now is not as big as the figure seems.

Yokoi thought that Takahashi was intimidated by the price of $5,000 per square millimeter, but in fact, when he first heard the offer, he was indeed shocked. He took out a ruler and drew a square millimeter square on the table.

A tiny square on a fingernail costs $5,000. This is also true of housing prices in Tokyo...... I guess I can't afford to buy a toilet in my life......

"Why don't you try using the graphics processor that we developed by Nintendo, yes, it's the one on the red and white machine. Maybe the performance is really not very good, but one piece is not enough, just two. Yokoi said.

Takahashi thought for a moment, with his current capital, it was really unrealistic to want to develop his own home's graphics processing. Although the money for a tape-out can still be obtained, no one can guarantee that the designed circuit will be usable.

Even if it is okay in theory, in actual operation, a little discordant electromagnetic interference may be able to scrap the entire processor.

Although the design of the processor is still in the stage of manual testing, it is said that the United States has already used a supercomputer to verify the drawings.

"Well, thank you, thank you, thank you Shigeru Miyamoto, thank you President Mr. Yamauchi Pu. Takahashi said sincerely.

"Alright, it's okay, come on. "Yokoi Junhei shows a Doraemon who sends props, and disappears after sending props.

The follow-up was handed over to the people below, and Takahashi set off to the computer club to tell them about the chip.

"Whether it's 8086 or Nintendo's graphics processor PPU, the amount of PPU is too large, if you follow this plan, it is difficult to meet the requirements of anti-counterfeiting. Nakamura Nobutaka was embarrassed.

"Then separate the physical operation and design it as a dedicated circuit. The processor is responsible for the explosion operation and the sound operation after that. There is no end to theft, and we can't afford to pay too much for it. Three months, three months, it can't be copied on a large scale, and we'll be considered victorious. ”

Takahashi said calmly.

Although Nobutaka Nakamura will also consider the cost now, deep down in his heart, he is still a person who is partial to academics and wants to do everything to the extreme.

Can anti-piracy basically eliminate piracy? Is it possible from a hardware point of view. As long as all the components are designed independently and customized, outsiders can't get the key components, so they can't be imitated. Although reverse engineering can also get drawings of these parts, this kind of thing that costs much more than revenue, almost all companies will not do. Wouldn't it be nice to make more money by having that time?

Therefore, the anti-piracy standards that Takahashi wants to achieve do not need to be too high, as long as they are a little higher than the standards of his peers who also make games.

"Just design according to this plan, try to be as fast as possible, but you still have to pay attention to rest, don't get tired. Takahashi looked at Nakamura Nobutaka's dark eyes and couldn't help but be a little worried.

Although he didn't ask these people to work hard, these people in the computer club were like struggling to force them, and from work to night, Takahashi was really afraid that they would die suddenly. The news of death from overwork is endless.

"Hmm. Nobutaka Nakamura, who had a pencil in his ear, turned around and went back to work after agreeing.

Takahashi shook his head and left Tokyo Institute of Technology, he was going back to his office, there was still a lot of work to be done.

The night in Tokyo seemed unexpectedly quiet, and when he returned to his office and looked at the desk calendar on his desk, he realized that it had unconsciously reached the last day of 1985, and in a few hours it would be the new year.

Looking back on 1985, Takahashi feels that he has only done a few small things. Although he has achieved a small achievement, he still has a long, long way to achieve what he wants to achieve.

The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard.

Takahashi cheered himself up in his heart.

Looking out the window at the night, Takahashi picked up his pen and continued to fight on the battlefield paved with white paper.