I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island - Chapter 684

Chapter 684 [Counter-cycle of Memory Chips]

May, Ginza, Tokyo, Sony Building.

On the conference table is the world’s first laptop in the true sense, which is the Sony T1100 developed by Sony;

Sony laptop T1100 is equipped with a 1MHz Intel8086 processor, equipped with a 10-inch monochrome display, equipped with MS-DOS operating system; the size of T1100 is 13×2×11 inches, the weight of the whole machine is 2.5KG, and it uses a clamshell. The design provides a full-size 82-key keyboard, a 3.5-inch 720KB hard drive, 512KB RAM and a built-in modem.

The functions of the Sony T1100 are the same as those of the current computer, such as word processing, spreadsheet processing, database, and simple games.

Wu Guangyao closed the Sony T1100 with a satisfied smile on his face;

After these years of experience, Wu Guangyao discovered the fact that Japanese technology plus his own theory can completely follow the pace of the United States in many fields of science and technology, and even lead in many fields.

At present, Sony has entered the field of personal computers, plus the world’s first notebook computer to be released this time, it can be said that it has entered the first camp in the field of computers;

At the same time, in the field of mobile phones, Sony is currently entering the final experimental stage. It is expected that Sony brand mobile phones will enter the market at the end of the year or early next year; you must know that Motorola will only enter the market with commercial mobile phones this year.

encouraged everyone, Wu Guangyao expressed his satisfaction with everyone’s efforts;

“Very good! But everyone should also remember the’Moore’s Law’, and the current products such as computers and mobile phones are just prototypes. We still need to maintain an enterprising attitude and not be slack.”

“Hi!” “Hi!”

Don’t look at Wu Guangyao now that he has handed over the management power to the top Japanese executives, but Wu Guangyao can still easily take charge of the Lenovo Group;

Because Wu Guangyao is not only the founder of Lenovo Group, but also holds 51% of the voting rights;

The most important thing is that the middle and high-level managers admire Wu Guangyao from their hearts;

Because Wu Guangyao is also a technician, many of the company’s products are proposed by Wu Guangyao. In the end, these products are Lenovo Group’s leading products.

As the meeting continued, Ueno Akihira, who is in charge of the video game industry, said: “Chairman, since last year, the sales of some inferior TV game consoles on the market have dropped sharply, and this year the TV game console market has tended to collapse; of course, our FC With the excellent hardware quality and high-quality software games, the game console has not been greatly affected. However, in the arcade field, we have also been greatly affected, and sales have dropped sharply by 50% during the same period.”

Wu Guangyao was not surprised when he heard this. There was an Atari crash in history. Although there is no Atari in this life, there are too many manufacturers of TV game consoles and arcade games. There are more than 20 in Japan alone. Family;

The quality of these manufacturers is uneven, and sooner or later they will be abandoned by the players.

Wu Guangyao said: “Although we are in a much better position than other manufacturers, there are also shortcomings, that is, the product is too single. Therefore, we urgently need to develop the economic pillar of the second game product.”

Currently, the products of Sony’s electronic game department include: TV game consoles, arcades, handheld game consoles, and game watches;

But only TV game consoles can be regarded as the economic backbone of game products.

Ueno Qiuping will not naturally have no good opinions for a while, and can only hope that Wu Guangyao will finish speaking, or give everyone some time to think.

Wu Guangyao didn’t sell anything, and said directly: “We need to develop a portable console (handheld game console) that can change the game cassette at will. It must meet the following four points: first, the image quality must be clear and colorful; second, join Communication battle function; third, long battery life; fourth, portability and diversification of games.”

said four things in one breath, which excited all the executives in the conference room. Since the president dares to say this, there must be a deeper level of technical guidance.

Ueno Akihira said impatiently: “The picture quality is colorful and clear, which seems to be difficult to achieve with the current LCD technology, so if you develop this handheld game console, you must first develop LCD screen technology.”

Wu Guangyao said with a smile: “Currently, TN liquid crystals are used. If liquid crystals are matrixed to display complex graphics, this effect can be achieved; TN liquid crystals can be twisted by 90 degrees, and matrixed TN liquid crystals can be twisted by 180 degrees to 270 degrees. , I call it STN liquid crystal. One pixel of this kind of liquid crystal is composed of three liquid crystal cells, covered with a layer of color filter, and the brightness of the liquid crystal cells can be controlled by voltage to produce colors. So, you really need to set up one STN LCD project team.”

Akio Morita happily said: “The chairman is really versatile, and he knows this kind of technology!”

Wu Guangyao said with a smile: “It was not developed by me, it was proposed by a technician from Xiaomi Electronics; I was thinking that this kind of technology is more urgently needed here, so I leaked it to you!”

The complexion of everyone suddenly became complicated. The former disciple was actually ahead of the master, which makes people unhappy;

Although the two companies are both the same boss, they are still different in essence. Lenovo Group is a listed company and also a Japanese listed company;

A group of high-level Japanese people immediately made up their minds that after the meeting, they must pay close attention to technology, and they cannot be surpassed by the disciples in Hong Kong.

Ueno Akihira continued to ask: “Chairman, is this communication battle function-two machines are connected through a ‘communication cable’ to achieve a battle effect?”

Wu Guangyao explained: “There is also a match connector that can provide up to four players to compete at the same time!”

The so-called battle is naturally connected through cables. There was no wireless technology in the 1980s;

In the past, Bluetooth technology was not launched by five companies until 1998. Naturally, Wu Guangyao would not let Lenovo Group develop it now.

You can achieve the effect of battle regardless of connecting a cable, but in fact, the threshold of this technology is still very high;

Therefore, it was not until 1989 that Nintendo revolutionized the communication battle function.

Ueno Akihira continued: “The battery life issue of the third item may need to be improved at the same time as the battery and the LCD. After all, the LCD screen itself consumes a lot of power.”

Wu Guangyao said: “So, engineers need to work hard!”

Akio Morita nodded and said, “You must work hard! A boss has lighted a beacon for everyone. If we are not the first in the world to develop it, it would be really bad!”

Everyone offered flattery, of course, this may be everyone’s sincere intention!

Fourth article, Ueno Akihira did not ask, this is not a big problem;

The reason why Sony’s electronic games dominate the world is that in addition to good hardware quality, the biggest advantage is the quality of the game;

With the game outline given by Wu Guangyao, it can be said that the basic network is the most classic game of the past life.

Even the copyright of “Pokémon” has been registered under Sony, which is the most valuable work of animation IP, none of them;

The reason is that this IP can be matched with any industry—anime, comics, video games, and online games.

is completely a versatile animation IP.

The meeting continued, Wu Guangyao said: “What is the current price of a 64K DRAM?”

Akio Morita replied: “The current price of 64K DRAM has dropped to US$2 per piece, which is half the price of US$4 per piece at the beginning of the year. From the current situation, the price will continue to fall, and it may even fall to us. The cost price is US$1.5 per piece.”

It seems that the cold winter for memory chips is coming, and there are two reasons for it:

First, the production of memory chips in Japan is too strong, which leads to an imbalance between supply and demand in the market;

Second, the sales volume of the game console market has decreased, and the market demand has weakened.

However, Wu Guangyao immediately thought of the word ‘counter-cyclical’. It was precisely this opportunity that South Korean semiconductors used to enter the DRAM market;

You should know that in 1983, Korea could not produce 64K DRAM.

In 1983, the great success of Japanese DRAM memory in the U.S. market prompted Samsung and other Korean companies to invest heavily in the DRAM industry; Samsung tried to import technology from abroad, and successively encountered companies such as Texas Instruments, Motorola, NEC, Toshiba, Hitachi, etc. Rejection; In the end, Micron licensed the 64KDRAM technology to South Korea’s Samsung.

Only six months later, Samsung can set up a production line and begin mass production of 64K DRAM.

Wu Guangyao said: “The price of 64K DRAM will definitely fall, and may even fall to 50 cents per piece! So I decided that Lenovo’s 64K DRAM production line needs to be gradually reduced and part of it will be sold to Xiaomi Electronics. At the same time, Lenovo Electronics and Xiaomi Electronics cooperate to establish a 1M DRAM production line in Hong Kong to reduce costs.”

Wu Guangyao finished speaking and looked at everyone to see what their expressions were;

64K DRAM production line sold to Xiaomi Electronics is no problem. To put it bluntly, Xiaomi Electronics is already in mass production, and it has a great advantage in cost;

But 1M DRAM technology, which was successfully developed by Lenovo Electronics last year, has not yet entered mass production yet!

Akio Morita quickly said: “The chairman’s method is very good, which can reduce production costs. After all, Lenovo Group is a big demander.”

Everyone responded, without any comments!

Compared with the contribution of the boss, the cooperation between Lenovo Group and Xiaomi Electronics is also a matter of course. Besides, the DRAM industry is not the core industry of Lenovo Group.

In fact, Hong Kong’s Xiaomi Electronics is not weak at all, and has mastered the key technology of 1M DRAM, but many devices require the Lenovo Group’s channel, which can save a lot of trouble.

With the passage of time, Hong Kong’s electronics industry chain will become more and more perfect;

Under the influence of Wu Guangyao, Hong Kong already has a large number of electronics companies, and they all have strong R&D capabilities.

The most intuitive thing Wu Guangyao has brought to Hong Kong Electronics is talents. Since 1975, thousands of professional graduates have entered the Hong Kong electronics industry every year;

Secondly, it also brought an overall supporting environment to Hong Kong’s electronics industry. The successive establishment of Hung Hom Industrial Park and Tin Shui Wai Industrial Park brought the entire Hong Kong electronics industry into a channel of rapid development;

Finally, it should have brought capital to Hong Kong. The banks under Wu Guangyao have been supporting this industry.

So, Hong Kong’s electronics industry has now entered a fast lane;

Electronic products in this era do not have high technical requirements. Therefore, the United States cannot be like it did in the 21st century in the previous life. It can bully and impose sanctions on other countries.

Moreover, in the electronics field at this time, many technologies in Japan have surpassed the United States, such as the DRAM field;

Lenovo Electronics has even mastered the key technology of 4M DRAM, but the semiconductor manufacturers represented by Intel in the United States have not reached this level.

It can be seen that compared with electronic products in the United States, Japan has not only the cost advantage of ownership, but also the technological advantage.

(End of this chapter)