Chapter 299 USB Drive Technology

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At this time, the heads of the city suddenly realized that the chairman and general manager of Haizhou Holdings were the real fat shortage. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info It's a pity that Haizhou Holdings is completely Zhang Zhixing's territory, and Haizhou Holdings is completely in the hands of Zhang Zhixing, the position of chairman of Haizhou Holdings, unless he gives it up himself, others don't think about occupying this position at all, but Li Mingxue's position as general manager is still coveted.

Li Mingxue was born as a scholar and embarked on the road of management, and he also applied what he had learned, but his identity did not have the level of a certain subject somewhere, and he was not even a party member. In the eyes of some people, it is a bit of an eyesore, so even Zhou Fuming asked about this, Zhou Fuming would not be so obvious to install a private person, he just wanted to include Li Mingxue in the cadre establishment. With Li Mingxue's academic influence and the achievements of managing Haizhou Holdings for more than a year, it will not be too controversial to give a deputy department or even a positive department, after all, a certain proportion of non-party personages are still needed in the cadre team, and it can also bring the city a sense of respect for knowledge and talent.

In Zhang Ke's mind, the reform of the state-owned enterprise system should make the government no longer play the role of direct managers, but should abide by the duty of shareholders. Giving Li Mingxue the title of deputy department or department will just make the innovation brought about by Haizhou Holdings' efforts regress, but fortunately, Li Mingxue is not addicted to being an official, which gave Tang Xueqian an excuse to reject Zhou Fuming's rare kind arrangement.

Zhang Zhixing raised his hand and looked at his watch, just after eleven o'clock, thinking that he would not be able to live in peace when he returned home at this time, he didn't care if Zhang Ke went back or not, even if it was not rare for others to give gifts, it was not right to hide and not see, he and his wife would not officially live in the new house until the 16th.

Some people have used computer hardware to distinguish the four technical levels of the electronics industry: CPU, components, components, and assembly.

From components to components is a very difficult step, don't look at many domestic electronics companies products sell well, or are working for foreign manufacturing giants, the cost of core components usually accounts for three-quarters or more of the cost of the entire product.

For example, the decoder required for a DVD player costs five dollars to produce, but both TI and Scooper sell for more than $70, and the agent has to pay an additional $20.

Zhang Ke saw the burning disc in Shi Chunfeng's hand yesterday and remembered the problem of computer mobile memory, in the nineties, everyone was still used to using a floppy disk with a capacity of 1.44m, and in another ten years, people who have just come into contact with a computer may not know what a floppy disk looks like, and they are used to using a USB disk.

More than ten years later, almost most of the digital products use the mobile storage characteristics of USB disks, if this technology is in hand, AIDA Electronics will still have some confidence to compete with those electronics industry giants in the future.

Zhang Ke didn't sleep well all night, trying to recall the characteristics of the USB disk that would only appear after 00 years, as a layman, except for knowing that the USB disk supports USB interface, and has a built-in memory chip like a flash card, I don't know anything else.

The next day, Zhang Ke got up early in the morning, went to the company to bring Ding Huai, and learned that flash memory was invented by Toshiba as early as 84 years, and due to the relationship between the "anti-monopoly" international convention, Toshiba shared this patented technology with Samsung; The USB interface only developed the 1.0 standard in 95 years, and has not yet been widely used due to the lack of software support.

About the USB interface standard, Zhang Ke remembers something, Microsoft will support the USB interface standard software directly into the win98 system, that is to say, after win98, the application of usb is widespread.

Zhang Ke asked Ding Huai: "Toshiba invented flash memory in 84, so is there a ready-made product now?" ”

"Yes, the computers in the R&D center are in use......

Zhang Ke and Ding Huai went to the laboratory of the research center, and saw that Shi Chunfeng, the second generation of the Sinicized Warcraft Battle, was also in it yesterday.

Shi Chunfeng saw Zhang Ke come in, and said with some panic: "The sinicization of the game hasn't had time to continue, it may take a week to ......"

"Do I seem to be so unprofessional?" Zhang Ke asked Ding Huai with a twist.

Ding Huai smiled, Zhang Ke cared about the sinicization of the game, and actually wanted to recommend Shi Chunfeng to Sheng Qing. Of course, this reason can't be explained, he smiled and asked Shi Chunfeng to help open the side cover of the main chassis, and let Zhang Ke see what the flash card looks like.

Several computers in the laboratory, the side cover of the main chassis is usually open, and a large amount of data needs to be transferred in the real danger room, through the local area network, it is not as convenient as directly pulling out the hard disk, but when I saw Ding Huai leading Zhang Ke in, I hurriedly closed the side cover.

Zhang Ke saw that the flash card was directly connected to the interface on the computer motherboard, and Zhang Ke asked Shi Chunfeng: "Can you dial it down?" ”

"Can ......"

Zhang Ke was stupid and really dialed, and Ding Huai hurriedly stopped him: "Beware of electric shock, you have to turn off the power first......"

"Ah......" Zhang Ke looked at Ding Huai in a daze.

Shi Chunfeng almost laughed out loud, yesterday I saw Zhang Ke playing Warcraft so smoothly, and I thought he was proficient in computers, but it turned out to be a layman, so he hurriedly turned off the phone and helped take off the flash card.

Zhang Ke took the flash card in his hand and looked at it carefully, how much bigger than the USB disk a few years later, probably because the integration has not yet developed that level of relationship.

Zhang Ke remembers using the USB disk,But plug and play,No need to turn off the power and use it again,He learned the working principle of the DVD player with Ding Huai、Su Jindong earlier,I also understood some basic things,In the blink of an eye, I understood where the difference between the USB disk and the flash card is。 "Plug and play" is the feature of the USB interface, not the characteristics of the USB disk, the USB disk only supports the USB interface, as long as the flash card is added to a control component that supports the USB interface, it is the USB disk.

Zhang Ke communicated his thoughts to Ding Huai, and Ding Huai said: "IDE to USB? This is not difficult to achieve, I will arrange a group immediately, but the USB standard is not widely used......"

Ding Huai's eyes lit up, if the computer is widely equipped with USB interfaces, flash cards and an IDE to USB controller, it is a very convenient large-capacity mobile memory. Of course, the USB standard has only been introduced for less than a year, and the application is extremely narrow. Standard access is slow and expensive, and the market outlook has been narrow in recent years.

However, among the three strategic policies of AIDA Electronics, the first is technology expansion, and AIDA Electronics must have a fairly strong technical accumulation in order to dare to compete head-on with those electronics industry giants, as a research topic, it is very suitable.

Ding Huai took out his work notebook and wrote it down, preparing to arrange for the research group to work on this project.

Zhang Ke didn't know what IDE meant, and wondered in his heart that it was probably the interface of the flash card, right? USB standard is not widely used,It doesn't mean that the application after 98 years is not extensive,Damn,The most critical flash memory technology of the USB disk has already been the big meat in other people's plates,Always cut some meat off the mosquito legs。

Shi Chunfeng said on the side: "I have a younger brother, and the research direction of his thesis is IDE to USB technology, which is almost to the extent that it can be published......

Zhang Ke patted his head and said to Ding Huai: "Find this person and buy what he studied, it would be better if people could buy it...... I've applied for a patent first, and then I'll make a game for me to use first......"

Zhang Ke remembered that in 02, a company called Langke or Langchi claimed to apply for a patent for a USB drive in 99, but other companies did not take care of them, produced USB disks by themselves, and did not give the company patent fees, and there were many lawsuits, and there was no result. Zhang Ke understood the reason at this time, the key principle was published as a paper as early as 96, and the company's delay in applying for patent protection in 99 was obviously invalid.

Shi Chunfeng quickly got in touch with his younger brother, who was still in school, and it was okay to transfer technology, but his junior had already signed an agreement with TI and was going to work in TI China after the Spring Festival.

Zhang Ke heard Shi Chunfeng's report in Ding Huai's office, and said: "Follow-up research and development, it is best for him to continue to follow up ......" and Ding Huai said, "Send a chief engineer to Shi Chunfeng to Beijing to interview him, and explain to him the company's research and development policy, if this technology has a market in the future, even if the patented technology belongs to the company, the key person who has made a breakthrough can still enjoy additional awards, he should be willing to come to AIDA, and he is still responsible for this topic...... As for his working agreement with the TI side, this is very well coordinated. "Just grab someone from Chen Xinsheng and say hello, the key is that he is willing.

is responsible for a topic, that is, the chief engineer, Shi Chunfeng is envious. You must know that the salary of Aida Electronics to ordinary R&D personnel is not lower than that of TI (China), these foreign-funded companies give domestic employees, and the treatment of chief engineers is needless to say, and it has a considerable scale of project funds.

The Spring Festival is coming up in a few days, and since the decision has been made, there is nothing to delay, and it is best to settle things before the Spring Festival. Ding Huai immediately arranged for the chief engineer of Shi Chunfeng's group and Shi Chunfeng to take a car to the provincial capital and take a plane to Beijing immediately.

At noon, Su Jindong and Zhou You rushed back to the company from outside, and Zhang Ke called them to Ding Huai's office to discuss the technical development direction of Aida Electronics.

Ti will put the disc reading technology into the joint venture, the goal is to see the new generation of DVD players, and strive to get a piece of the DVD patent technology, since the DVD player started, even if it can't get a piece of the DVD patent technology, AIDA Electronics will not give up making DVD.

Like VCD, as long as you enter early, even if you only do the whole machine assembly, you can still plunder the early profits, of course, as the first domestic company to produce DVD, there are still a lot of technical difficulties to be solved, the first is to crack the DVD anti-piracy system. Without the existence of the piracy industry, it is difficult for the domestic DVD player market to develop, and this is the case with VCDs, and the same is true for DVDs, and this time there will be no mature technology provided by other companies.

Therefore, in addition to continuing to improve VCD's audio-visual technology, the research center should also follow up the new progress of the latest foreign video technology.

Technological expansion, but also to limit the development of technology in a relatively concentrated direction, digital technology (commonly known as digital technology) is the direction chosen by AIDA Electronics, but the application of digital technology is quite extensive, and ultimately it is necessary to combine with audio-visual entertainment products in order to give full play to the brand advantages of AIDA Electronics.

The DVD player has obvious digital technology characteristics, whether it is a learning machine or an electronic dictionary, there is no big technical problem, and it is a project that can be picked up and prepared immediately. The technology of the learning machine is simpler, with the production level of Aida Electronics, it can be said that it is done on the pick-up, but with the popularization of personal computers, the real life of the learning machine is just a few years, the golden age of electronic dictionaries is slightly longer, the key electronic dictionary can be transferred to the direction of the handheld computer, and the development of products with higher integration requirements is conducive to the improvement of product technology, and then do mobile memory, mp3, mp4 and other digital products will be smooth sailing, and it is necessary to choose a market target at present, Of course, Zhang Ke chose to make an electronic dictionary.

Measured by the standards of CPU, components, components, and assembly, AIDA has only stayed at the level of component production to achieve this step, and it is a component production without core technology.

In addition to the development of rich and diverse product technology, AIDA Electronics also needs to expand its technology in depth, and it should be a good precedent to win the key technology of IDE to USB, but it is far from enough. According to the international convention of "anti-monopoly", the abuse of patent rights is prohibited in any country, and there is an agreement on compulsory licensing, which cannot be enjoyed by one company. Of course, when the market prospect of IDE to USB technology becomes clear, Zhang Ke can use this technology to trade with TI or other electronics industry giants.