1991 Starting from the core

"But there is still a problem with current flash memory particles."

Li Mingliu chewed gum, frowned several times, and finally reached for the cigarette box on the coffee table.

Su Yuanshan smiled helplessly: "Well, I'm not your girlfriend, I don't have so many rules..."

"Haha, my girlfriend is still in kindergarten." Li Mingliu popped out a cigarette without spitting out the gum. He lit it and took a puff, but deliberately sprayed the smoke to the side when he blew out the smoke.

"According to our predictions during this period, the size of the flash memory market this year is about one billion US dollars - this is indeed a bit beyond my expectations." Li Mingliu leaned on the back of the sofa with his hands, relaxed and looked at Su Yuanshan and said : “But this market is basically supported by NOR flash memory.”

"You must know the difference between NOR and the NAND chips we are currently using better than I do. Frankly speaking, apart from being cheaper, NAND has no advantages in terms of performance or market acceptance."

Hearing Li Mingliu talk about the current flash memory market, Su Yuanshan understood that this guy was really serious about engaging in this industry.

Indeed, as Li Mingliu said, the current flash memory market is almost entirely driven by big players such as Intel and SanDisk, and they are all NOR particles.

——With the current NAND particles, I am afraid that even its inventor Toshiba is not confident that this thing will permanently change the pattern of the storage market in the future, and may even "logically" revolutionize the life of consumer-grade mechanical hard drives.

"Senior brother is right." Su Yuanshan acknowledged Li Mingliu's look at first, but then smiled: "But you forgot one thing."

"Say." Li Mingliu also fell into Su Yuanshan's habit of concise and concise conversations.

"Hmm..." Su Yuanshan thought for a while and decided to teach Li Mingliu some market rules. After all, this guy is so smart and he will be in charge in the future.

"That's right, flash memory - whether it's our secret weapon USB flash drive, or the SSD currently being developed by Intel, or the SD card developed by SanDisk... these flash memory particles using different architectures, they There’s a common name – consumer electronics.”

"Or we need to add a front-end, mass consumer electronics product. Since these products cannot exist alone and can only be attached to other systems, they do not have brand premiums like mobile phones, cameras, laptops, etc.—— In other words, design premium. They will follow one principle to a great extent, that is, cost-effectiveness is king.”

"Brother, after so many years of reform and opening up, you should have seen the impact of prices on the market - not to mention the vast number of electronics factories in Guangzhou Special Zone that can survive and survive well is an example."

Li Mingliu had been listening carefully, and now he said thoughtfully: "You mean, as long as there is a price advantage, that is the biggest advantage. Right?"

"Yes! Didn't Toshiba make a calculation at the beginning? For every MB of data, the price of NAND is twice as cheap as that of NOR. But now the storage capacity is small, and Intel and SanDisk rely on channel brands and technology The advantages are shamelessly pushed, and Toshiba’s application-grade products cannot keep up, so NAND particles have been overshadowed.”

"Once we figure out the new architecture, which can form an advantage over NOR flash memory in terms of capacity, and coupled with revolutionary application products, it will be sooner or later that we overpower NOR - oh no, it is a sure thing!"

Li Mingliu pursed his lips: "Does this mean that the future direction is the USB product line?"

"Yes - at least for a long time. And with the advancement of technology, SSD must also be the direction. In short, as long as we can produce cheap, large-capacity NAND particles, there will naturally be supporting applications. Products can keep up - who can say for sure? There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain!"

"Okay, anyway, every time I hear you blow it, I feel confident." Li Mingliu chuckled, making no secret of his "superstition" about Su Yuanshan.

"If everything goes well, we will be able to design NAND particles based on a multi-layer architecture in the 0.5 micron process next year - then..." Li Mingliu said and looked at Su Yuanshan cautiously: "I will Although I go there a lot, you also know that we are in two systems, and I can’t push them there.”

Su Yuanshan nodded heavily: "That's why I came here."

As the wafer fab approaches production, it is time to get involved in 0.5 micron.

However, Zhang Rujin was not in Shanghai at this time, but returned to the Lighthouse Country. According to his schedule, he will not return until the day after tomorrow.

Su Yuanshan rushed over in advance, so he naturally wanted to finish all the things he needed to do in Shanghai before meeting Zhang Rujin, and finally put all his energy into the fab.

Moreover, he had to wait in Shanghai for Yang Yiwen, who returned from Silicon Valley. The matter was so important that he had to be cautious.

…

After staying in Li Mingliu's office until after get off work time, Su Yuanshan met Zhou Xiaohui, Gao Xiaodi, Jiang Tao and others to have dinner together in the city. Because his senior brother Chen Jianguo was on a business trip, everyone did not go to the Blues Cafe, but casually chatted in the hotel.

The next day, Su Yuanshan got up early.

When he finished washing, Zhou Xiaohui also knocked on the door.

"Sister Xiaohui, aren't you dressing a little too mature?"

Zhou Xiaohui stood at the door, wearing a gray women's suit and a solid gold brooch. She always wore her hair in a ponytail, but today she wore her hair in a bun, which made her look at least three years older.

"It's better to be more formal." Zhou Xiaohui walked in, looked around, then grabbed the tie from the sofa in the living room and put it on Su Yuanshan's neck: "Do I want to give you some powder later?"

"It's...an old acquaintance, there's no need."

Zhou Xiaohui tilted her head and thought for a moment, then pursed her lips and smiled.

Indeed, she accompanied Su Yuanshan to meet countless bosses, and no matter how big or small, Su Yuanshan's attitude was the same and he treated them all equally.

If the only time he "used his power to bully others" was probably the incident with Huayuan Group - but Zhou Xiaohui could completely understand Su Yuanshan's style.

This guy, to his senior brothers, had nothing to say. When an ordinary person like a gangster who was not even a second-generation ancestor wanted to take advantage of his "sister-in-law", he would be a fool if he didn't get angry.