Chapter 333: The Real Price of MS6502
Nanyuan Electronics Factory and Zhang Bensong did not disappoint Zheng Nan, and at the end of their first day of practice, they sent Zheng Nan 400 chips.
This is definitely an unexpected joy, because in Zheng Nan's estimate, there is only the batch of Liu Gong's demonstration at most, but I didn't expect Zhang Bensong to succeed the first time, although this also has the credit of Liu Gong's supervision, but Zhang Bensong's own understanding, as well as the luck of this practical operation, are also very important.
In addition, MS6502 is different from the previous VCD chip, the VCD chip is transformed from the LD machine chip, and it is also a coarse millimeter process, so the area occupied is also quite large, and a six-inch crystal can only carve out less than 80 chips.
This is still in the best case, because no matter how good the technology of the actual contact lithography machine is, his success rate is only 10 to 20 percentage points, even if it was the same as McRican back then, only a little more than 10 pieces at a time.
But MS6502 is completely different, as a commercial CPU that competes with Intel, MS6502 uses 8 micron process, and it is also very small and exquisite, with an area of only half of the VCD chip, and the same six-inch silicon wafer can carve out thousands of MS6502, and with the same 20% success rate, MS6502 can also produce more than 200 pieces at a time.
What is called technology generation difference crushing, you can get a glimpse from here.
After getting the chip, Zheng Nan immediately dialed the numbers of Director Chen of Yuanqi No. 1 Factory and other people, and then came to visit with a freshly baked MS6502.
"Director Chen, what I have in my hand is the core chip of the so-called home computer of the radio factory, as long as you get this chip, you can also produce home computers like the radio factory."
Zheng Nan not only brought chips, but even brought a prototype assembled by Li Xing, except for the logo on it, which is simply a copy of the red and white machine.
Then Zheng Nan turned on the power TV in the conference room of Yuanqi No. 1 Factory, and sure enough, a picture appeared on it.
Immediately someone exclaimed: "I know this game, this is Super Mario!" ”
Zheng Nan smiled: "Super Mario is just one of them, there are also many games such as Contra, Adventure Island, Saloman Snake and Street Fighter. Listening to Zheng Nan's introduction, Director Chen was amazed: "It's amazing, I didn't expect it to be just such a chip the size of a fingernail, I didn't expect you to really imitate a home computer!" ”
Zheng Nan scratched his head embarrassedly, saying that he was actually just a semi-finished product: "Actually, I really want to make a computer-like product, but it is not mature enough now, so I can only touch the products of the radio factory to cross the river, or Director Chen, you wait?" ”
Director Chen immediately said: "We think it's very good now, we want this chip and a full set of design drawings, we want them all!" ”
Later, Director Chen also asked a more critical question: "This chip ...... How much does it cost? ”
Zheng Nan stretched out a finger: "One hundred and one." ”
Hiss!
Director Chen gasped: "It's so expensive, Director Zheng, are you robbing money?" ”
Zheng Nan spread his hands: "It's a pity, this chip is this price, and this is still the price I converted, if you have the channel, you can contact the supplier of the radio factory, I bet their purchase price will definitely only be more expensive than my here!" ”
Zheng Nan said this is very confident, because the initial selling price of MS6502 in foreign countries is 25 US dollars, even after these years of improving technology and reducing costs, it is impossible to be less than 10 US dollars, plus the tariffs required for imports, as well as the conversion exchange rate, etc., the price of an MS6502 is more than 100.
When he first learned about this price, Zheng Nan was honestly taken aback, because didn't the mainstream of later generations say that the domestic chip market was the result of the dumping of foreign advanced chips? The price of this chip is one or two hundred chips, which is one cut higher than that in China, why do you dump it?
You must know that Li Xing calculated according to Liu Gong's materials that the domestic production of an MS6502 chip is only about 15 to 20 yuan.
Even if you count the wear and tear of the lithography machine, the unstable yield rate of contact lithography, and the guarantee of its own profitability, etc., the price of 40 yuan a piece is quite enough.
It seems that the semiconductor rout of the year may not be as simple as what I learned on the Internet in later generations.
Of course, although 40 chips can guarantee profits, Zheng Nan still offered a price of 100, on the one hand, it is necessary to ensure the profitability of Nanyuan Electronics Factory, he is now burdened with huge debts, Zheng Nanke also hopes to cooperate with him for a long time, and naturally needs to ensure his high profitability.
In addition, the price is also for peace of mind.
After all, if he really told Director Chen that he would only need to spend 40 more to make a home computer like the radio factory, he would definitely not believe it and think it was a scam.
As Zheng Nan expected, after bargaining to no avail, Director Chen could only accept the offer of one hundred chips: "But I only need fifty chips in the first batch, and if there is any problem in the middle, Director Zheng, you must be fully responsible!" ”
Sure enough, it is the director of Yuanqi No. 1 Factory, who is so good and courageous.
But that's okay, anyway, I have more than 400 pieces in my hands now, and I have to go to other factories next, and at the same time, my own learning machine research and development also needs to consume a large number of chips.
After sending Zheng Nan away from the factory, Director Chen immediately held a collective cadre meeting, asking everyone to understand the drawings of the home computer as soon as possible, and strive to use MS6502 to make a machine with better performance than the radio factory.
Performance is one thing, in order to open up the situation for his own products as soon as possible, Director Chen rudely proposed a price war: "Chen Zhouyi, that guy, he sold a machine of 600 yuan with more than 100 chips, and now we have cheaper chips than him, and our products will definitely sell better than him!" ”
Let's try it soon, everyone. 】
As for Zheng Nan after leaving the first factory of Yuanqi, he then visited several other electronics factories in Dongchang and Xiakou, and the attitude of the first factory of Yuanqi was almost the same, and they also showed a very strong interest in the MS6502 chip, even if Zheng Nan quoted a high price of 100, they were still interested.
In particular, the Xiakou Electronics Factory needs 100 chips at the opening, and it needs to open the market as soon as possible.
Later, Zheng Nan talked to him about it, and it was reduced to fifty, but it can be seen that the pattern of Xiakou Electronics Factory is much larger than that of Yuanqi No. 1 Factory.
And these electronics factories are almost all the same as the first factory of Yuanqi, after deciding to join the "home computer" competition, they are ready to open up the situation through "price advantage......