Nandu Pump Factory's Changhe mini van really came to Jiancheng County Seed Farm at more than 7 o'clock in the morning, Zhou Jianhua said goodbye to his mother and went with the car, less than 9 o'clock, Zhou Jianhua got off in front of the three-storey office building near the guest house of the pump factory, a young man in his early 20s who was waiting in front of the office building warmly greeted him, and led Zhou Jianhua to the large conference room on the third floor.

In the conference room, the rectangular conference table was already full, about 20 people, twice as many as the last time in the conference room of the Planning Commission building.

As soon as he saw Zhou Jianhua come in, Li Yongping, assistant to the factory director, immediately got up and welcomed Zhou Jianhua to the seat reserved for him, and the factory director Ren Zhongfa also stood up from the seat and greeted Zhou Jianhua warmly, and then introduced Zhou Jianhua to the others present, and gave an introduction to Zhou Jianhua about the other people present.

It turned out that today's meeting was attended by not only two professors of electronics from Jiangnan University of Technology in the "Computer Introduction Project Coordination Group", the director of the pump factory, the assistant to the factory director and the three deputy chiefs of the technical department, but also the party secretary of the pump factory, the other two deputy directors and the backbone of the technical department outside the "coordination group".

Zhou Jianhua couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, there are more than a dozen technical backbones in the technical department of this factory alone, this is really a large state-owned factory with strong technical force!

In order to take care of the face of the two university professors who were invited, when Ren Zhongfa introduced Zhou Jianhua, he simply introduced that "Comrade Zhou Jianhua is one of the members of the "Computer Introduction Project Coordination Group", and he came from Jiancheng County to provide technical support for our factory together with two professors from Jiangnan University of Technology." But most of the people here, including the two university professors, knew in their hearts that this young man surnamed Zhou was the real protagonist of today's technical seminar.

The "product solution" translated by Zhou Jianhua two days ago has been mimeographed, and everyone present has a copy in front of them.

"Now that everyone is here, let's start now!" Ren Zhongfa glanced around at everyone and said:

The information in front of us is a new translation of the "product solution" provided to us by the American company Inc. Impison, which was translated by Comrade Zhou Jianhua for us, and he also annotated some relevant information that was not originally in the "plan" when he translated it. The last translation of this "plan", we have all carefully read it before, but there are still some problems that we have not been able to figure out, so. We will now refer to the old legacy in this new translation. Let's see if we can solve some of the previous problems, and after everyone has seen them, let's discuss them together. ”

Everyone opened the "product solution" in front of them and looked at it, and after a while. A deputy director raised a new question:

"We can do without five million calculations per second at the moment. Even if it's one or two million times per second. It should also be acceptable, if we choose a lower configuration, can we save a lot of money? ”

"According to the configuration options described in the scheme. If you choose a lower configuration, there should be no problem in terms of compatibility, and you can save a lot of money...... "A professor at Jiangnan University of Technology replied.

"If you choose a lower computing speed configuration, it will be enough for now." The technical section chief of the pump factory said:

"However, according to our product research plan, the design tasks will be doubled or tripled in a year's time, and the timing may be tighter at that time...... I don't know if it's appropriate to upgrade at that time......"

Everyone began to talk to each other, and many people put forward their own opinions on this issue, but whether it is a person who supports the reduction of configuration, or a person who is worried about the lack of time in the future, because they do not know much about computer products and industries, the content of the talk can only float on the surface of the problem, and the focus of the discussion is mainly whether to save this money, and whether the problem of insufficient time is serious, and they are also qualitative discussions, and there is no quantitative comparison.

Everyone discussed for a while, but they couldn't get a clear conclusion on this issue, and finally, the factory director Ren Zhongfa's eyes stayed on Zhou Jianhua:

"Comrade Zhou Jianhua, do you have any suggestions on this issue?"

Zhou Jianhua was silent when everyone was discussing, he listened to everyone's discussion, and silently looked at several sets of relevant data in the "product solution", until he heard Ren Zhongfa call his name, he raised his head and replied:

"Hmm...... My suggestion is that the configuration of our computer system should not only not be lowered, but also appropriately increased......"

"Improve?!" Ren Zhongfa asked in surprise. At this time, all the people in the conference room cast surprised eyes on Zhou Jianhua.

"Yes! It should be raised! Zhou Jianhua replied with a smile and nodded.

"Why?!" Ren Zhongfa asked again.

"The bus system used in this model of computer we are using is already the mainstream bus system of this series of computers, and it is the most cost-effective bus system at present. The highest configuration that this bus system can be compatible with has been able to make the computer system calculate 50 million times per second, and now the company is only recommending a configuration of 5 million times per second, ostensibly to save us a little money, but in fact it is not. Zhou Jianhua stated unhurriedly:

"First of all, if you want to choose a lower configuration, maybe after a year, the computer time may not be able to meet the needs, then you want to ask the company to provide system upgrade services, the labor cost will be a large head - the first time to sell a complete set of systems to you, the labor cost of technical services is in this whole computer system, no one can save this money, but when you upgrade the system in the future, this labor cost is calculated separately."

"Oh......" Ren Zhongfa nodded slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he still held back and continued to listen to Zhou Jianhua.

Zhou Jianhua looked at Ren Zhongfa and smiled, and continued:

"The labor cost of the Americans is very high, especially the labor cost of technical personnel, when the time comes, the labor cost of the technical personnel who come to provide upgrade services may greatly exceed the cost of the accessories required for system upgrades, not to mention that they will open their mouths on the price of accessories - you have bought their host system, even if the price is high, you have to accept their accessories, which is a common trick used by high-tech enterprises in western developed countries to us. If you choose a lower configuration, you're in their hands. ”

"Oh! But...... Why do you say you need to raise the configuration? Ren Zhongfa still couldn't help but ask.

"Hehe, that's my second point -- even if this computer has enough time, it's worth it from a productivity point of view." Zhou Jianhua further explained:

"When the computer does engineering calculations for a project, the calculation speed is faster, the results are faster, and the research and development progress of all the technical personnel in the project team can be improved accordingly, saving the waiting time of technical personnel, in essence, it is very worthwhile to increase the output of technical personnel in the unit - increasing the cost of one percent can increase the overall speed of the system by 3 to 5 times, and the work that originally took a year to complete is now completed by the same number of technicians in half a year, isn't it worth it?"

"Oh! In this way, it is worth it! Ren Zhongfa's eyes lit up with excitement, and then he hurriedly asked:

"But...... You mean, just add one percent to the cost ......? ”

"Yes!" Zhou Jianhua smiled slightly, looked around the left and right, and continued:

"As I have just said, the bus system used in this model of computer has been the mainstream system in this series of products, and the maximum configuration of the computing speed can reach 50 million times per second, and we now only need to increase the configuration of individual hardware such as internal memory to 8 times the original low capacity recommended by the company, and the computing speed of the entire computer system can rise from 5 million times to about 20 million times......"

"The capacity of the internal memory is increased by 8 times?! How much does this have to add?! Ren Zhongfa's eyes were about to burst out.

"Hehehe...... That's an increase of $20,000 or $30,000. Zhou Jianhua said with a smile:

"Director Ren, I said that the 8 times the capacity of the internal memory, is also the current mainstream configuration, is the best cost-effective configuration standard, than the price of the low-capacity internal memory recommended by the company is more than 20,000 US dollars, compared with the total price of this complete set of large-scale computer systems, the increase in cost is less than one percent, but it can increase the computing speed of the entire computer system by more than 4 times, so that the product development speed of your factory is increased to more than 2 times the original, don't you think this is a very cost-effective thing?"

"That's it! Why is the company ...... I understand! Ren Zhongfa patted his brain like waking up from a dream, and then confirmed to Zhou Jianhua:

"You're saying they did it on purpose? So that we can find them to upgrade in the future, and spend more money? ”

"Huh...... As the director of the factory, what he bought is always not sold fine, and when it comes to trade, the Americans are now much more refined than us! Zhou Jianhua replied with a smile:

"In fact, with your large-scale computer system put into use, your research and development progress will be greatly improved, the quality of your factory design and processing of complex curved parts will also be greatly improved, then you will soon be recognized by users and obtain a large number of new product orders, your current established product research plan will certainly not meet the needs, therefore, the computer system recommended by the company to you may not take a year, it will have to be upgraded. Now take one step to do it, save money, save trouble and improve efficiency, and kill multiple birds with one stone! (To be continued......)