Shirakawa Kaede came to Fujitsu to see how its own chips performed on the computer.

However, after learning about the relevant configuration of computers in the current era, he had some new ideas.

Whether it is a Chinese ROM card, or a floppy disk and other configurations, all of them belong to external devices, which are often referred to as peripherals in later generations.

Why is it that in the future, all of these peripherals will be integrated into the computer host, but now they are sold separately as accessories?

The reason for this is because they are sold at too high a price.

Chinese character ROM card can be done with an input method in the future, but now it can only be done by making it a hardware device, to achieve this function.

The price of a kanji ROM card is as high as 30,000 yen, which is more expensive than the core component chip of the computer, accounting for about a quarter of the total price of the computer.

The price of the HAL research institute is quite cheap, and as far as Shirakawa Kaede knows, NEC is going to develop similar hardware, and the price is likely to exceed 40,000 yen.

If the Chinese ROM card is integrated into the computer host, its price will increase by 20%~30% out of thin air.

It is conceivable that the already high price of computers is even worse for ordinary users.

And the floppy disk is even more amazing, a floppy drive plus a floppy disk, the price is about 180,000 yen, which is more expensive than a computer!

If it is supplied as a standard accessory for the main unit, this means that the price of the entire set will soar to more than 300,000 yen.

Not to mention ordinary users at this price, even Shirakawa Kaede finds it incredible.

Therefore, whether it is a Chinese ROM card or a floppy drive, these can only exist as peripheral options.

But it can also be found that today's computer hardware is seriously slowing down the speed of computer development.

The price of a floppy disk of several hundred kilobytes is almost catching up with that of a computer, which is unimaginable.

As the core driving force for the development of information technology, the computer is the basic component of the birth of the Internet.

The exchange, transmission and sharing of data and information is its responsibility.

Only in this way will computer technology continue to progress and make people's lives more convenient.

Among them, data storage devices such as floppy disks share part of the responsibility for information exchange.

However, its high price obviously discourages most people.

Not to mention that information transmission promotes technological progress, and now floppy disks are luxury jewelry, and there are a few people who ordinary people will buy.

Well, for the sake of the advancement of computer technology, Shirakawa Kaede felt that it was necessary to engage in the development of portable storage devices.

Alas, in the final analysis, the price and the market are too fragrant.

A floppy drive costs a few hundred dollars, which is a clear robbery of money!

Shirakawa Kaede said that this kind of shameless business, he must personally go down and criticize it.

Capitalism, as expected, is so bad that blood is bleeding from every pore.

cough~ But this blood also smells of money.

So what technology and storage does Shirakawa Kaede have here?

The answer is CDs, or to put it another way, CDs!

In the world's mind, CDs have always been synonymous with music.

The first thing that comes to mind when you hear it is either a CD disc that stores music or a CD player that plays music.

But CD is actually a storage format, and music is just one of the contents it stores.

In addition to the music format CD-DA, there are also a series of extended formats such as CD-R, CD-I, CD-ROM, etc.

Of course, these extensions are not available yet, as Sony has focused on the music CD format.

After all, this was one of the original purposes of Norio Ohga's development of CD technology, and as a result, thanks to Sony's unsparing promotion, CDs and music were almost tied together.

The main reason why the world has such a labeled impression of CDs is that Sony's promotion is the main reason.

But Shirakawa Kaede did not ignore the use of CDs in other fields, such as CDs, which still existed after the turn of the millennium.

This is also another medium related to storage that he thought of after seeing the floppy drive, CD-ROM.

This format SIC has been studied for nearly two years, and now it is nearing the end of the day, and the dawn is in sight.

Shirakawa Kaede decided to develop this CD format because he saw its potential as another storage format.

So Sony continued to work music CDs, but in addition to music, Shirakawa Electric has not stopped exploring the extension of CDs in other fields.

Now after comparing floppy disks, Shirakawa Kaede suddenly found that CD-ROMs may also have a lot to offer.

Why? According to today's specifications, the size of a disc is about 700MB.

It's 700MB, not 700KB, which is definitely a dimensionality reduction blow relative to the capacity of a floppy disk.

What's more, the manufacturing cost of optical discs is definitely cheaper than that of floppy disks, because its main substrate is plastic, and only some rare materials will be used for surface plating.

However, the material used for thin plating is limited, so the cost is naturally much lower than that of floppy disks.

However, CD-ROM discs also have a drawback, that is, they can only read information, and cannot erase or modify information.

Whereas, a floppy disk can both read and write information, which is one of its advantages.

Despite this, Shirakawa Kaede still feels that CD-ROM has a lot to offer.

As a storage medium, CD-ROM is still very promising.

Databases, text and graphics, software, etc., can be stuffed into ROM discs for long-term storage.

Especially for content distributors, CD-ROMs are an absolute boon.

Since the prospect is wide and the cost is low, Shirakawa Kaede certainly wants to try.

Floppy disks have floppy drives, and my CDs have optical drives, which makes sense.

The floppy drive can be sold for 400 dollars, and my optical drive can be several times cheaper than yours, how about conscience?

The capacity is larger than that of a floppy disk, and the price is lower than that of a floppy disk, and Shirakawa Kaede does not believe that there will be no market for optical disks.

Moreover, the principle of the optical drive is actually very similar to that of the CD player, which is that the laser head reads the information on the disk and then parses it.

Even the optical drive is much simpler than a CD player, it doesn't need to output music, it only needs to restore data.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this matter was feasible, and even took Shirakawa Kaede to watch the computer display on the scene, and I was a little absent-minded.

However, after all, it was the first time that the SIC chip faced mass consumers, and Shirakawa Kaede quickly packed up his mood and put his energy on this.

I watched the performance of the FM-7 with Fujitsu people, and everyone was quite satisfied.

As a cheap machine, it performs well in all aspects, and there are even some small bright spots, presumably the performance in the market will not be too bad in the future.

And when he was leaving, Shirakawa Kaede had already received a hint of Mazuka's morality.

As long as the FM-7 meets market expectations, then the 16-bit chip of SIC cannot be considered for high-end computers in the future.

With this sentence, Bai Chuanfeng already has a bottom in his heart, and he is very confident in his own chips.

After dealing with Fujitsu's affairs, Shirakawa Kaede went to SIC again.

The first thing to do is to pay attention to the progress of CD-ROM development, and Heitaro Nakajima, who is now taking over the project, said that when the CD player is launched, it may be possible to see results.

After thinking about it, Heitaro Nakajima and Hiroshi Ogawa were fully supporting the development of the CD player at this time.

The CD format can only be improved after the release of the CD player.

Anyway, the research and development has come to an end, and Shirakawa Kaede is still waiting for this time.

Time is like the wind, and it has passed by you in a light way.

By the time Shirakawa Kaede was busy with the affairs of the club, the time had already entered the end of May.

And on a sunny afternoon, Daiichi Tsuyoku, Nomura Securities, and Hiroshi Arai, who is in charge of Hokuto Bank, all gathered together at Shirakawa Electric in Ota Ward.

Shirakawa Kaede, who was sitting at the top of the conference room, looked at the people from all walks below, and secretly sighed that it had finally come to this day.

Yes, today is the day when Shirakawa Electric launched its first financing and its last financing before going public.

There is still a month to go until the end of June, which will also be the third anniversary of Shirakawa Electric's founding.

According to the regulations of the Financial Services Agency, as long as the third anniversary is completed, Shirakawa Electric can apply for listing.

As for the question of whether to go public, in fact, the matter has long been decided.

When the first persuasion silver first contacted Baichuan Electric and gave some help, this was already destined for the listing of Baichuan Electric.

To a certain extent, the Neon Club will inevitably come into contact with the traditional chaebols, passive or active, which cannot be avoided.

After all, it is the existence that controls more than 60% of Neon's total output value, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are present in all aspects of the economy.

Shirakawa Electric is not insulated from society and independent of neon, so it will inevitably intersect with the chaebol.

But to be honest, he does not exclude the listing of Shirakawa Electric, nor does he exclude contact with chaebols like the First Quanyin.

Although the listing means that the company's financial reports will be made public, it will no longer be the sole shareholder of the company.

However, if we want to further expand the influence of Shirakawa Electric, listing is one of the necessary ways.

Moreover, eating alone will never become a transcendent existence, and the distribution of benefits is the main theme of economic activities.

Whether it's the outside world, or the old employees who have been following him to fight the country, they really don't want to get more?

Hasegawa, Yasuda, Yamaguchi, the first few seniors of Meiji, as well as Masaaki Matsumura and Hui Yamazaki at NIC.

They are all living people with their own emotions and desires, not tool people who will only bury their heads in their work.

Not to mention the hundreds of workers in the workshop, Shirakawa Kaede believes that they are extremely eager for this day.

Since all kinds of factors indicate that going public is more conducive to the company's operation, why should Shirakawa Kaede hesitate.

Besides, it is precisely because of Shirakawa Feng's original promise that he reached a preliminary cooperation intention with the first persuasion bank.

During this period of time, Shirakawa Electric has been able to go so smoothly to today.

With one of the six major chaebols in the way, the first persuasion silver is in the way, and he can avoid many covets and temptations in the open and in the dark.

Now that the time has come, let's simply take this step and complete a more gorgeous transformation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about Shirakawa's valuation and financing."

Under the expectant and eager eyes of everyone on both sides, Shirakawa Kaede finally announced the official start of this meeting.

They have been waiting for a long time today, and the operation of Baichuan Electric is in their eyes and greedy in their hearts.

Now that the day of financing and listing has finally arrived, a carnival of harvesting the stock market is about to begin.

From financing to listing, and stock issuance, there are so many benefits in this.

In particular, the first persuasion bank and Nomura Securities, operating a club to go public, can obtain benefits equivalent to the income of many enterprises in a year.

At this time, Shirakawa Kaede announced the start of the meeting, and both sides were excited.

However, the first person to stand up and speak was Hiroshi Arai, who was sitting next to Shirakawa Kaede.

(End of chapter)