When Matsuka hurriedly rushed to the Fujitsu R&D building, Fujitsu's president, Hiromasa Kiyomiya, personally took Intel's people to visit the building.

"Mr. Rust, please see that this is where Fujitsu developed DRAM chips."

Qing Gongbo pointed to the building in front of him and proudly introduced.

Root. Rust looked in the direction of the six-story building and asked in surprise, "All of them?" ”

"Of course," Qing Gongbo's ostentatious look in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

"Layer 1 technicians are working on 64KB of DRAM, and layer 2 technicians are working on 256KB memory chips.

The third layer is 1M," and then Qing Gongbo didn't say.

But even so, from Intel's Ben. Rust was still frightened by the battle in front of him.

He is the head of production at Intel, and this trip to Japan was mainly to see the development of neon semiconductors.

In fact, the visit is fake, and the spying on the military is real.

Japan's concentration on the research and development of chips has naturally been heard of by its counterparts in the United States on the other side of the ocean.

And I heard that the research results are about to be published, so during this time, there have been many visits from rice companies to related companies in Japan.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, after reading it, Rust shook his head in disbelief in his heart.

Hell, these East Asian monkeys have put too many resources into R&D, and the pace of R&D is too fast.

64KB、256KB、1M

Three arrows!

Rust bets that Intel's president, Andy Grove, would have been terrified if he were here at the moment.

You must know that the mainstream memory chip memory on the market is still in the 16KB era.

Although Intel is also developing 64KB chips, there is not even a plan for these chips of 256KB and 1M!

But what did he see in front of him, he saw that the Japanese were already investing manpower and began to tackle the next two generations of chip research and development!

He sees the future of Japanese semiconductors killing all sides in the world!

He saw the semiconductor manufacturers in the United States wailing!

There is no doubt that the companies in Silicon Valley are still in a solo development model, and this will definitely not be the opponent of these Japanese people in front of them.

Rust and his colleagues glanced at each other, and they both saw the worry or fear in each other's eyes.

They had already made up their minds that they would tell Andy about this place when they went back.

If Intel doesn't change, then the future awaits it definitely not a happy ending.

In view of the current situation, there are only a few solutions.

Either immediately catch up with Japan's R&D progress, or stop investing in memory chips and move on to other businesses.

Or let Andy continue to lobby in Congress, it's time to show these Japanese monkeys who is the real master of the world.

Rust's eyes flickered, and the look in his eyes was meaningful.

Even if it doesn't work out at the moment, there's no need to worry too much.

Intel still has a processor chip business, and these Japanese seem to have completely ignored this area.

This is a blessing in disguise, Rust prayed in his heart.

Sending off Intel's people, Kiyomiya Hiroshi returned to the office with Matsuka Daoyi proudly.

The expressions of the people of the United States who were amazed just now were simply praise for the highest level of Qing Gongbo.

When will the people of the United States also marvel at the development of science and technology in Japan?

Thirty years ago, no, more than twenty years ago, Japan couldn't figure out even the most basic transistors.

had to wagging his tail behind Mi Guo's father and begging for mercy, and was finally granted transistor technology like a charity.

Now how long has passed, and Neon is already about to complete the overtake.

It can really be described as 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.

Thinking about the shocked eyes of Rust just now, Qing Gongbo was like taking a panacea, and he was very comfortable.

"Hmm~, how did the customers introduced by the first persuasion bank go today?"

Qing Gongbo, who was very reminiscent behind the desk, remembered that there were other visitors today.

Matsuka Daoyi, who was standing in front of him, immediately bowed his head and responded, "It's a design company that makes processor-level chips."

At present, the intention has been preliminarily reached, and the tape-out trial production will be carried out here in the future. ”

"Processor chips?" Qing Gongbo asked in surprise.

"Hai," Matsuka nodded in response.

"It's really strange" Qing Gongbo was a little puzzled, this is an unpopular field. "How is the chip evaluation?"

"It's unexpectedly good, at least better than Intel's 8086 three years ago."

"Yes," Kiyomiya nodded, "It's a good thing for Neon."

However, in the later stage of product verification, if the performance is acceptable, you can ask the other party whether it accepts financing.

Presumably, the cost of tape-out is not a small burden for them, and Fujitsu can provide additional help here. ”

Mazuka Daoyi wanted to say that the other party might not be short of money, but he saw that his own president was still on the rise of "raising the prestige of my country".

He wisely didn't spoil the fun, and besides, he himself thought it was a "big and exciting thing".

"By the way, 16KB of DRAM is coming to market soon.

This time we're going to go big and aim for 30% market share. ”

"Hay!"

Mazuka Daoyi was as excited as Kiyomiya Hiroshi's expression, they had waited for this day for too long.

In 1978, the global memory chip market.

Of the 4KB memory chips, the United States accounts for 87%, and Japan accounts for 13%.

The rest, such as the European Community, and other countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, have almost zero business in this area.

Since this year, the scientific research results brought by the national power have exploded.

In the 16KB memory chip business, VLSI's research institute is initially expected to swallow 30% of the global market.

For this, several companies involved in chip research and development have no doubts.

They know too well what the advantages of the chips they manufacture are, and those Mi products are simply not good enough in terms of quality.

Even Kiyomiya Hiroshi has not told Matsuka that VLSI's internal research institute has a market target of more than 50% for 64K memory chips.

That's right, Japan occupies more than 50%, and the rest goes to the United States.

As for the future, Qing Gong Bo smiled even more proudly.

Not to mention that Japanese semiconductors are running wild on the way to occupy the world, or they are frantically trying to throw themselves into the abyss.

February passed in a hurry, and March crept in.

Shirakawa Feng frowned and studied the financial report in his hand, but he didn't expect the effect of the entry of friends and businessmen to be so immediate.

In February, the profit of Shirakawa Electric's walkman business was compared with the monthly average in the second half of last year.

Not only did it not grow, but it lost its share by 8%.

This is just a Panasonic, and in March, his brother also launched Aihua's low-end model.

Later, in April and May, or even earlier, there were Hitachi, NEC, and so on

When everyone is ready, Shirakawa Electric's share will be even less optimistic.

No matter how good Shirakawa Electric's Walkman is, it is impossible to keep the previous market untouched.

This is the law of the market, and he cannot change it.

And as far as he knows, Sony's market share there is also declining.

Alas, it's not fun when there are too many people.

In January, because it was the New Year, the profit was about 2.5 billion yen. By February, there were just over 1.6 billion left.

Compared with the monthly average of 1.8 billion in the second half of last year, the decline is obvious.

Most of the profits in the key two months have to be kept to fill the hole in the previous acquisition of Beidu Bank.

It will take at least half a year to smooth out the deficiencies on the books.

And the handheld machine also made a profit of about 2 billion in two months because of the New Year's bonus.

Most of this should be reserved for the trial production of chips in the SI.

The tape-out after the chip design is completed is really a money-burning job.

The failure of tape-out and the bankruptcy of a small club are not a joke.

Lack of money, Shirakawa Kaede sighed.

In addition, the total investment in my hometown will be about 1.5 billion yen, although it will be completed in several years.

However, the initial start-up capital also needs to be at least about 30%, which is another burden.

Looking at it, Shirakawa Kaede suddenly felt that money was needed everywhere.

The speed of making money is not slow, but the speed of spending money is also extremely fast.

Fortunately, the North American market is more competitive, and the revenue is directly more than three times that of the local market.

However, because of the cross-border finance, the collection is relatively slow.

Moreover, the plan to build an overseas factory also needs to be put on the agenda, which costs money.

Oh yes, maybe it's time to think about the development of the European market.

All in all, the North American market may also spend more than half of its revenue.

Sure enough, this year is also a year to spend a lot of money.

Shirakawa Kaede put down the financial statements in his hand and began to think about where he could make some more money.

But after thinking about it for a while, he gave up, since he chose to do business, then don't think about those crooked ways.

If you want to make money, let's start from industry, thinking of this, Shirakawa Kaede decided to go to HAL to have a look.

The handheld business has been carried out for more than half a year, except for the early stage of my own attention, the back is basically a stocking state.

I don't know if Iwata Satoshi and them have tossed any interesting games.

As soon as he said go, soon Shirakawa Kaede took a car from Ota Ward to Akihabara.

Accompanying him is Akagi, who is responsible for the research and development of handheld hardware.

After almost two years of training, Akagi has faded from the youth he had when he first joined Shirakawa.

Along the way, he reported to Shirakawa Kaede very clearly, all kinds of information about the handheld business.

Because there is no breakthrough development of technology, the sales of each handheld are now very metaphysical.

Anyway, the sales of each handheld are completely following the game.

If the game is popular, then this handheld will be a big seller.

If the game isn't attractive, even if it's a new product that has just been released, it's going to be a waterloo.

This is true of Shirakawa Electric, and so is Nintendo.

The fundamental reason is that the current handheld is a "hard and soft" configuration.

The so-called one hard and one soft is a handheld and a game.

A proper disposable console, to be honest, such a design is somewhat redundant.

As for whether there is any intention to change this design method, it depends on the market and the cost.

At the moment, handheld computers are still new, and they should be able to sell for a few more years if they maintain their current design.

Wait for the day when the sales of handheld machines will be significantly reduced, or the cost of improving the design will be reduced.

Only then will Shirakawa Kaede consider the design of the all-new model.

As a capitalist, he has become more and more qualified.

With the end of Akagi's report, the office building where HAL is located in front of him is also in sight.

(End of chapter)