"Change a chicken feather, is your mold important or my function important?"

"No, according to your layout, isn't it a big brother? Is it difficult to change the line? Now your PCB is still an engineering board, the size of a palm. Is it hard to make it smaller?"

"Isn't it difficult, come, you can do it, you can go!"

"I still need you to get on the line?"

......

From the time Su Yuanshan and Wang Rui pushed the door to the two who were arguing and found out that they were only a few tens of seconds, the two of them jumped out hundreds of words like cockfights.

Seeing Su Yuanshan and Wang Rui, the two of them closed their mouths at the same time.

Wang Rui glanced at Su Yuanshan and said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, continue." ”

Saying that, Wang Rui introduced Su Yuanshan and said: "These two are the director of a design center, Zhu Yuanxin. The other one is ......"

"Wu Siguo. Su Yuanshan said his name without waiting for Wang Rui's introduction.

Wu Siguo is the designer who led the team under Tian Yaoming, that is to say, the one who "changed his chicken feathers".

The two quickly greeted Su Yuanshan.

At the same time, the designers in the back also bowed their heads and began to pretend to be busy with their work.

Su Yuanshan said with a smile: "Let's go, go to the conference room and continue." ”

Zhu Yuanxin: "......"

Wu Siguo: "......"

Entering the conference room, Su Yuanshan smiled at the two of them: "Senior Brother Zhu, can you see your current mold?

"Yes. ”

Zhu Yuanxin jumped from the design institute to Yuanxin Design Center last year and graduated from CAFA Design Institute with a master's degree in industrial design. Less than half a year after joining Yuanxin, a VCD mold was redesigned, although it is still square, but the edges and corners are canceled, and the whole fuselage is oval - although it is still not as good as Sony's sci-fi design, but it is much better than the original.

Zhu Yuanxin said and took out a roll of design drafts from the filing cabinet next to him and unfolded: "In order to take care of the PCB board, we have modified a lot of details, it was originally a beautiful mobile communication device, but they will say that it doesn't work here, and it doesn't work there......"

Wu Siguo glanced at him, and didn't want to refute it, but seeing Su Yuanshan nodding his head when he heard it, he immediately said: "No, if you do exterior design, if you don't take into account the layout of parts and components, just look good, then wouldn't you be able to become a designer by finding someone who can draw?"

"Stop!" Wang Rui immediately raised his hand: "The two of you give some face." ”

Su Yuanshan shook his head with a smile.

Although he only designs chips in Haixin, he has not heard much about appearance and technology - the design of mobile phones was led by engineers at the beginning, that is, the internal structure layout was given priority, and the appearance mold cooperated. But with the increasing aesthetic needs of users, engineer-led design has gradually become obsolete, and it has become a priority for appearance. Or rather, the engineer cooperates with the appearance.

This is a bit like the requirements and front-end in program development.

One for the sake of good looks, the other for the sake of saving trouble - this contradiction is basically a class antagonism and cannot be reconciled.

However, the birth of any excellent product is a mutual understanding and compromise of appearance and structure.

It's really not okay to go-for-tat like this......

The two stopped arguing, and then looked at Su Yuanshan at the same time, waiting for his decision.

After pondering for a few seconds, Su Yuanshan smiled and said slowly: "Any excellent product is inseparable from the stability of structure and function. But it is also inseparable from the good-looking appearance, and Sony's VCD at the beginning is a very simple example of killing our VCD into slag. ”

"So I tend to think that when a designer designs a product in mind, engineers need to work with them as much as possible – and when they can't do what they want, or when it's too difficult to do and the benefits outweigh the losses, the designers make adjustments and compromises. ”

"Senior Brother Wu, whether the structural layout is reasonable and whether every inch of available space is used is the biggest test of an engineer's ability. ”

Wu Siguo opened his mouth and looked at Su Yuanshan with some surprise. But when he saw Su Yuanshan's determined expression, he quickly realized that Su Yuanshan really thought so.

As a veteran employee of Yuanxin, Wu Siguo knows that everything that Su Yuanshan is sure of...... It's hard to have a time when something goes wrong.

So he was silent for a few seconds and nodded: "Then let's see if we can modify it - the main thing is that the baseband chip has been successfully taped out, if you make a big change to the PCB, it may take a long time, and second, whether it will be stable after the change, we don't know." In addition, if the difficulty of the project is increased after modification, the yield will not go up, and the output will not go up...... The gains outweigh the losses. ”

"Yes, you have a point. Su Yuanshan nodded: "But I took a look, and now the shape of the PCB is still a standard rectangle - in fact, you can consider making a special-shaped PCB." In some places, there is a lack of openings or something, such as the top, you can reserve the earpiece and position, and the lower side can leave a motor notch, etc. ”

Su Yuanshan pointed to the PCB pattern on the drawing and said with a smile: "If these parts are arranged separately, it means that a lot of space will be wasted...... The mold is also enlarged. In my opinion, the space of the mobile phone should be at a premium. ”

"That's so right!" Zhu Yuanxin's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise: "This kind of handheld device will definitely get smaller and smaller, and space will become more and more precious." ”

Wu Siguo sighed softly, this guy is really good at climbing the pole.

"Hehe, Senior Brother Wu, don't sigh, it's true - because the appearance represents the user-oriented, and mobile phones are typical mass consumer goods. It's not like an experimental instrument, as long as it can be used, it doesn't matter if it's stupid or stupid. ”

Wu Siguo nodded: "Well, I understand." ”

"Okay, let's go, let's go and have a look. ”

Su Yuanshan said, seeing that Wu Siguo put away the drawings and was about to put them back in the filing cabinet, he immediately said: "By the way, a strict confidentiality system will be established in the future." The product in the design, whether it is paper drawings or software documents, is never allowed to be revealed. ”

"Once the illegal leakage is revealed, Yuanxin will be held accountable in accordance with relevant regulations. ”

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Although Wu Siguo was still a little depressed about Su Yuanshan's "helping the designer", when Su Yuanshan agreed to stay and revise the design with him, his depression was swept away.

Everyone knows that Su Yuanshan's design level is magical.

Merely...... For as long as two years, Su Yuanshan didn't touch the circuit of the mobile communication department, no matter how magical he was.

He had never studied the wiring of mobile phones in their infancy.

But he knows that at present, the internal space of the mobile phone is more watery than a sponge, and you can squeeze out some space by squeezing it casually.

And Zhu Yuanxin also reflected on himself, and took the initiative to come over to find Wu Siguo, to see if he could try to get a few large households such as microphones, earpieces, and motors that occupied space without changing the current appearance, and then see how to adjust the position of various interfaces.

Three days later, Chen Jing and Tian Yaoming returned with a licensing contract from both parties.