The tape-out thing is not completed in a day or two, and it takes several days from the import of drawings to the production of masks and then to the final film.

Fujitsu has Masashi Shima and Hui Yamazaki to follow up comprehensively, and Shirakawa Kaede has also temporarily returned to Shirakawa Electric to deal with affairs.

Just this month, the Walkman market once again welcomed two new players, Aihua and NEC.

Although the financial statements for March have not yet come out, Shirakawa Kaede is already predictable.

Compared to last month, the share of Walkman should continue to decrease.

It's going to be a slow process until all the new entrants are in place, and until the market becomes saturated.

At that point it will be another chaotic war, and then the cards will be reshuffled and the market will be balanced.

Business battles don't happen overnight, and it will take months or even years before we see who will win.

Just when Shirakawa Kaede was thinking about the future business of Shirakawa Electric, suddenly Assistant Komatsu knocked on the door and came in.

"President, Watanabe-san of Daiichi Koyo Bank is here, and he is now in the conference reception room."

Well? Bai Chuanfeng was stunned for a moment, what did he do in the first place?

"Got it, I'll be over later." Although he was surprised in his heart, Shirakawa Kaede remained silent on his face.

He asked Assistant Komatsu to entertain the guests first, but he picked up the phone and dialed a number.

"Moxi Moxi, Arai-san?.I know, I need to work hard for you for a while"

Hanging up the phone, Shirakawa Kaede had a rough idea in his heart.

The first persuasion of silver to come over is nothing more than those few things.

Shirakawa Electric's headquarters, loans, a partnership with Fujitsu, or a series of actions in Akita.

After going through them one by one in his heart, there was probably nothing missing, and then Shirakawa Kaede got up and walked to the conference reception room.

"Watanabe-san, why are you here?" Without waiting for the other party to get up, Shirakawa Kaede greeted him with a smile first.

When Ichiro Watanabe saw Shirakawa Kaede coming in, he also smiled and got up and shook his hand.

"Shirakawa-san is really powerful, he did such a big thing quietly."

"Huh?" Shirakawa Kaede pretended to be surprised and said, "What did Watanabe-san say?" ”

Ichiro Watanabe leaned closer to his body with a smile, "SIC is a company under the Shirakawa Group, right?" ”

"Watanabe-san should know about this." Shirakawa Kaede looked at him strangely, he was able to connect with Fujitsu, didn't you introduce him.

"Shirakawa-san said yes," Ichiro Watanabe nodded, "but I didn't expect SIC to be so powerful." ”

Shirakawa Kaede's expression moved, "Watanabe-san means"

"If the contemptible news is correct, it is likely that the results will come out in the near future." Watanabe Ichiro glanced at Shirakawa Kaede meaningfully.

It turned out that it was for this matter, and Shirakawa Kaede subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

In the past two days, he has also talked to Masatoshi on the phone, and most of the tape-out work has been completed, and the wafer will be in earnest soon.

However, the performance of the real finished product needs to be verified by going back to SIC.

However, as Fujitsu, who is experienced in production, must have been able to roughly estimate the success rate of chips based on the drawings and the current progress.

And the reason why Ichiro Watanabe said this should have been through Fujitsu to learn about the relevant news.

"Thanks to you and Fujitsu, SIC was able to realize the ideas in my heart."

Shirakawa Feng couldn't tell the other party's specific intentions, so no matter what it was, he would first offer a kind word.

"That's a chip," Ichiro Watanabe sighed with emotion.

To be honest, when Shirakawa Kaede found him, he didn't take it to heart.

He didn't even know what kind of chip SIC was making, and he thought it was a young man's impulse, or a great achievement.

Based on the previous good foundation of cooperation, Ichiro Watanabe took the lead in this matter. Without even showing up specifically, I no longer pay attention to the follow-up.

In his opinion, if he fails once or twice, Shirakawa Kaede will honestly return to the electronics manufacturing industry.

After all, it is understandable that young people are tossing, and he has been ashamed to want to go into politics before, and in the end he has not honestly returned to the banking industry.

But he didn't expect that Bai Chuanfeng was not tossing around, but spent a lot of real money to invest.

And judging from the feedback from Fujitsu, it is likely that the prospects are very good.

"Shirakawa-san, although he doesn't understand technology, he also knows that the chip industry needs long-term huge investment.

Both Fujitsu and Dai-ichi Bank can provide technical and financial support for SIC. ”

Hearing Ichiro Watanabe's words, Shirakawa Kaede finally knew the other party's intention today.

Is this seeing that SIC has potential and ready to bet first?

Sure enough, these giant consortia, all of them have a keen sense of smell, and they are almost like a dog's nose.

Alas, it's really hard to do something alone in Neon.

It is no wonder that it is able to control more than 60% of Japan's total output, and it is not only growing stronger by virtue of this sense of smell.

Even Shirakawa Kaede was thinking that the first persuasion silver was polite to himself.

After all, Shirakawa Kaede now has some of his own strength, and if it were other small clubs, it was estimated that he would only have the life of lying flat.

"Watanabe-san, SIC has no funding needs for the time being. However, there are some areas where we can collaborate with Fujitsu. ”

Faced with the temptation of the first persuasion silver, Shirakawa Kaede gave his own answer.

"Oh~" Watanabe Ichiro nodded quietly, "Shirakawa-san might as well elaborate." ”

Shirakawa Kaede didn't care about what Ichiro was thinking at this time, and said to himself.

"Presumably, Watanabe-san also knows that SIC is a chip design company, and there will not be much investment in design costs, so there will be no large capital needs."

In fact, here Shirakawa Kaede has stolen a different concept.,Design really doesn't need a big cost.,But it's necessary to realize the design.。

However, the design company only talks about the design cost, which is fine.

"As for the cooperation with Fujitsu, we can customize chips for each other, and even joint research and development.

Watanabe-san should be familiar with Fujitsu's business. A large number of consumer electronics products need chips.

Giving up the direct purchase of foreign chips and switching to the chips jointly developed with SIC must save a lot of money in terms of cost. ”

That makes sense, Ichiro Watanabe nodded.

Fujitsu is a very important company in the Daiichi Bank Foundation, and he has a thorough understanding of Ichiro Watanabe.

In addition to semiconductor manufacturing, Fujitsu also has a consumer electronics business.

Such as personal computers, printers, scanners, air conditioners, corded phones, monitors, and so on.

And most of these electronic products are inseparable from microprocessor chips.

In the past, Fujitsu chips were basically directly purchased from rice products.

For example, the latest personal computer FM-8 that it is preparing to release in May this year is equipped with an 8-bit chip MC6809 from Motorola in the United States.

The other auxiliary chip is the Z80 from Zilog, which is also an 8-bit chip.

None of the processor chips on the entire computer came from Neon native.

Now, Kaede Shirakawa has proposed that SIC and Fujitsu jointly develop processor chips, and once successful, it will be beneficial and harmless for Fujitsu.

If nothing else, the cost of use alone will be greatly reduced.

To know the price of chips in the early days and the cost of production, it is a multiple.

Otherwise, Intel will not sell for $360 for a piece of 8086.

Own participation in design, own manufacturing. There is no doubt that the cost will plummet.

If that's the case, Fujitsu can explain the past.

That's right, Ichiro Watanabe came to visit Shirakawa Electric today, in part because of Fujitsu's commission.

Also working in the semiconductor industry, it certainly knows the potential of SIC in the future if tape-out is successful.

SIC was introduced by First Persuasion Bank, so Fujitsu hopes to complete its investment in SIC through First Persuasion Bank.

Seeing that Fujitsu was so optimistic about SIC, Ichiro Watanabe simply expressed the idea that the first bank could provide financing.

This is a completely temporary decision, it belongs to beating rabbits in the grass, and by the way.

Unsurprisingly, Shirakawa Kaede rejected Daiichi Bank's offer to raise money, but he relented in technical cooperation.

This is also Fujitsu's minimum expectation for SIC, and if the investment is not successful, at least the technical cooperation can be maintained.

Just like what Shirakawa Kaede said just now, chips with self-property rights are also a great thing for Fujitsu.

Whether it's the cost, or getting rid of dependence on outsiders.

For Fujitsu, it's all about competitiveness.

And this is the biggest concession that Shirakawa Kaede can make, and there is no doubt that SIC must maintain its financial independence.

Because this is the wall moat that Shirakawa Kaede created for himself, how can he fake the hands of others.

You can't leave control to anyone else, at least for now.

However, it is still possible to cooperate with Fujitsu in technical cooperation, although it will make less money than designing it independently.

However, he also understands that there are some things that cannot be eaten alone, especially in industries with monopoly connotations.

And with Foxconn's backing, it is not a good thing for SIC in the initial stage.

The jointly developed chip must be improved on the basis of SIC8081, and it is likely to be some kind of simplified version of it.

Once this chip is finalized, it means that Fujitsu has received an order at the same time.

You see, with orders and mass production, won't the cost of chip production come down?

And the improved chip, its mask cost, you Fujitsu have to bear half of it, right?

The main frame of the simplified chip will be roughly the same in the future, and most of the dozens of masks, can I reuse other family chips?

Look, I have also saved most of the mask costs for my other chips.

So in general, Shirakawa Kaede does not exclude cooperation with Fujitsu.

After considering it all in this way, for Ichiro Watanabe's proposal just now.

Shirakawa Kaede is half of the promise here, and they have an explanation for each other.

But just when Shirakawa Kaede thought things were about the same.

Watanabe Ichiro turned his head and looked around, "By the way, Shirakawa-san, why didn't you see Arai-san?"

Since the New Year, this guy has been saying that he is busy, and he doesn't know what he is busy with.

It is said that Ichiro Watanabe looked at Shirakawa Kaede with a smile, "It is said that Arai-san, went to Shirakawa-san's hometown of Akita?" ”

Bai Chuanfeng's heart froze, and sure enough, I said it.

It turns out that the other party has never forgotten it, and it seems that the first persuasion silver is also very attentive to Shirakawa Electric.

(End of chapter)