Chapter 46 Developing the PC

In the following days, the U.S. Wujiang Company launched a lawsuit, expressing dissatisfaction with the trial, the cost of the Imagine typewriter is less than 3,000 yuan, and the price in the United States is 2,000 US dollars, and the Wujiang company can make a profit of 1,500 yuan, nearly 50%, that is, it has earned a low-price dumping. In fact, with the national export subsidy for foreign exchange, the profit was 1,900 yuan.

If this is also dumping at a low price, then those products with a profit of less than 50% are dumping, right?

At present, Wujiang has also set up its own team of lawyers, isn't it a lawsuit, a few years later, the typewriter market is sluggish, even if you lose the lawsuit in the end, it doesn't matter.

In the early 90s, typewriters in the Chinese market also declined.

Therefore, Zhao Ye had already decided to take precautions at this time.

Today, he brings together all the engineers in the company.

Before developing his own brand computer, Zhao Ye decided to start with the development of the motherboard, which is a little less difficult than the chip and operating system.

This can refer to ASUS.

ASUS was founded to develop computer motherboards, and then ASUS computers.

Step by step, it is a matter of course.

In addition, the first development of the motherboard, for the current Wujiang company, is more advantageous, because the Wujiang company is the agent of IBM-PC and HP computer, as long as the motherboard products developed by the Wujiang company are of high quality and low price, then the possibility of IBM and HP procurement is very great.

IBM-PC has always been the industry standard in the computer field.

As long as IBM-PC purchases Borderless motherboards, there is no doubt that other computer brands will inevitably choose Borderless motherboards.

In addition, low-tech products such as mice, keyboards, and power supplies can be designed, developed and produced independently.

Displays, chips, and operating systems are difficult for Wujiang to overcome.

Fortunately, it is now 1984, and although China is lagging behind in all aspects, the gap is not large.

For example, the equipment for the production of chips, lithography machines, in the sixties, China began to lay out the research and development of lithography machines, at that time the Dutch lithography machine production giant ASML had not yet been established. In 1965, the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed the Type 65 contact lithography machine. In the 1970s, the Chinese Academy of Sciences began to develop a computer-aided lithography mask process. In 1972, Wuhan No. 3 Radio Component Factory compiled the industry production guide "Manufacturing of Lithography Masks". In 1980, Tsinghua University successfully developed the fourth generation of fractions, with a lithography accuracy of 3 microns, close to the international mainstream level. In 1981, the JKG-3 lithography machine developed by Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory passed the appraisal and design finalization. In 1985, the 45th Institute successfully developed the BG-101 step-by-step lithography machine, and passed the technical appraisal, and the performance index is close to the level of the 4800DSW system of GCA company in the United States.

This is the best era for China's semiconductor field to catch up with the United States, but unfortunately, in the mid-to-late 80s, the major scientific research institutions are underfunded, and enterprises are in a hurry, "it is better to buy than to buy, and it is better to rent than to buy", and they are unwilling to spend effort to do development, so that China's semiconductor technology is far behind Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, and is often threatened by people.

The development of China's semiconductors is not a matter of one person, even Zhao Ye, who was reborn, felt very tricky.

The rise of the entire semiconductor industry chain requires strong support from the state and close cooperation of various industries.

Zhao Ye drew a simple tree structure diagram on the blackboard in the conference room at this moment.

The top is the computer, and the bottom from left to right are the computer system, CPU, motherboard, memory module, hard disk, monitor, keyboard, mouse, power supply and other major computer components.

"We want to develop our own computer brand, and the following row are the difficulties we need to overcome. In order to get the maximum benefit, it is best to be able to design and produce the complete set of software and hardware of the computer ourselves! Of course, everything has to be done gradually, and I'm not asking all the major computer components to be developed all at once, which is unrealistic. ”

"At present, due to the limited capital and technical talents, we should have a focus when developing products."

"The operating system and CPU of the computer are the two most difficult and important parts of the computer, and they are also the core competitiveness of the computer brand.

"The motherboard is the carrier of the main accessories such as CPU, memory, and hardware, and the advantages and disadvantages of the motherboard directly affect whether the platform can run efficiently and work stably, so the motherboard is quite important.

Moreover, the technical requirements of the motherboard are relatively high, and a good motherboard can enhance the performance of the computer, so as to have a strong competitiveness.

The key is that our Wujiang company has the ability to develop motherboards, and has accumulated a lot of technology in the development of Hanka, typewriter, and BB machine.

Therefore, we also have to invest heavily in research and development of computer motherboards! ”

"As for memory modules, hard disks, and monitors, we currently do not have the corresponding talents and technologies, and we will not develop them for the time being, and we will consider them when the scale of the company becomes larger."

"The technology of keyboards, mice, and power supplies is relatively low, but some manpower and material resources can be invested in development."

"Now, I'll assign a task."

Zhao Ye's tone paused, his eyes swept over the crowd, and he spoke: "Wang Jizhi is the person in charge of the computer motherboard, and I ask Bojun to be the person in charge of the operating system, and as for the CPU, I am personally responsible for the development." At the same time, I am also the chief engineer of the computer motherboard, operating system and CPU, responsible for the overall guidance and development of the technology! ”

"As for keyboard, mouse, power ......"

Zhao Ye thought for a while and said, "The company needs to expand next, and it urgently needs more talents to join, so it must carry out a large-scale recruitment activity, and most of the new employees will join the three projects of motherboard, operating system, and CPU, and the rest will join the keyboard, mouse, and power supply projects......"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

There were only more than 150 technicians present, but Zhao Ye asked them to develop so many projects, and everyone felt a huge pressure.

Zhao Ye turned his head to look at Lu Jia, the person in charge of the digital BB machine, and said, "I saw the report, the digital BB machine has been successfully developed?" ”

"Yes, the sample has undergone various tests, and there is no problem, and it is ready for mass production." Lu Jia nodded in response.

"That's good, our PC project has a large R&D investment, and we can just earn back a R&D fee through the digital BB machine!" Zhao Ye smiled, paused for a moment, and then explained to Lu Jia, "Some of the technical personnel of the BB machine have joined other development projects, and Mr. Lu, you will continue to lead the remaining technical personnel to optimize the digital BB machine, and at the same time, you must also consider the development of the Hanxian BB machine." ”

The market for BB machines is huge, not only in China, but also in overseas markets.

It can be said that the BB machine is expected to become one of the fist products of Wujiang Company. In the eighties and nineties, BB machines swept the world and were one of the most popular electronic products at that time.

Although Zhao Ye values the PC, he will not give up the BB machine. Before the BB machine fails, Wujiang can transform in advance to develop mobile phones.

The mobile phone market will be bigger than the PC market in the future.

Ten minutes later, the meeting ended.

Excited, everyone exited the conference room one after another, discussing which development project to join as they went.

Zhao Ye was not as easy as them.

Technicians only have to concentrate on research and development, and Zhao Ye, as the boss, has to think about how to make money, otherwise how can there be money to do projects.

If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you don't know how expensive they are

Zhao Ye shook his head with a wry smile, and was the last to leave the conference room.

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