1991 Starting from the core

Chen Daohua's opinions can be said to represent the needs of most productivity users. Of course, there is no such thing as "productivity" at this time, it is just a general office user.

Stability, smoothness, and a complete ecosystem of productivity tools are the core demands of this group of users.

"Well, in fact, it's not just Yuanxin. There are also teams that are optimizing the graphical operating interface of Linux. But because they are not regular troops, the interface style is very inconsistent." Su Yuanshan thought of going to Silicon Valley this time, over there in the sea of ​​​​stars I’ve seen several distributions and it gives me a headache just thinking about them.

The enthusiastic people in the United States are really good. In addition, Linux itself is free and highly malleable, so it has done a good job in the software ecosystem of productivity tools. Basically, relevant industry software has versions adapted to Linux. And the most "bad" thing is because of this, there is no unified standard, so there are various styles.

The reason why "bad" here is in quotation marks is because it is not a common understanding of ordinary people. After all, there are a large number of users who like Linux precisely because it can achieve different styles. But from a business perspective, this kind of system without a unified style is really difficult to promote.

Yuanxin is slowly promoting and implementing its own style, but it cannot do it too hard to avoid prematurely attracting the attention of Microsoft and Apple.

"Then take your time." Chen Daohua is not in a hurry. The reason why he finally made up his mind to lead the promotion of this notebook is because if it cannot be promoted in the market, it can be solved through internal digestion - far away There are so many people engaged in computer design. According to the laws of enterprise development, it is time to focus on purchasing notebooks to improve productivity.

And for security reasons, the computers used by Yuanxin have begun to transform to Linux systems.

So he comforted Su Yuanshan cheerfully and said: "I have seen the graphical interface of the Yuanxin design team. Although it is a bit worse than Windows, it is still acceptable. The main thing is to be stable, especially when we are engaged in chip development. Designed."

"That's all I can think about now. And our main selling point is not the system, but the design." Su Yuanshan stared at the design drawings and said with some confidence: "You know my aesthetics, I always like to take the light, thin and compact route . As long as we can make achievements in this area, then everything will be easy to say - let's take a look here, can the mold here be modified?"

Su Yuanshan picked up the drawing and started discussing it with Chen Daohua like Party A.

Thanks to the power consumption control of the YX02 architecture and the latest lithium battery design, it can be made lighter and thinner than current notebooks led by IBM, and has a longer battery life.

Su Yuanshan's idea is very simple. Since his colleagues are currently exploring the direction, and Yuanxin is a student with a blank slate, he will be shameless and force the design concept of future MacBook directly onto the team.

In this way, although the design requirements for motherboard integration are much higher, it can at least ensure that Yuanxin is on a path that has been proven to be successful.

What’s more, Yuanxin started out as an EDA company and has integrated circuit design genes in its bones. In addition, Meijie’s motherboard design is also done by an experienced team. Therefore, after a year of hard work, Finally, Su Yuanshan's concept has been initially realized.

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After coming out of Chen Daohua, Su Yuanshan went to the industrial zone.

After nearly a year of hard work, the industrial zone has basically completed its integration. Thanks to the optimization of materials and processes, the efficiency of today's foundries is much higher than when several companies worked independently.

And with the integration of the foundry completed, Duan Yongping gradually shifted the focus of his work to the mobile phone business and the entire Yuanxin Group, and the specific work at the factory was directly handed over to Jiang Qingchuan.

In addition to handing over all power to Jiang Qingchuan, Duan Yongping also left Jiang Qingchuan with a very capable business team. The main task of this team is to promote the professional foundry model to the world.

Today, in addition to Yuanxin's own business, foundries have also received orders from many other companies, including many overseas orders.

"Senior brother." Su Yuanshan's car drove directly to the office building. After entering, Jiang Qingchuan was having a work meeting, so he waited in his office for a while. It wasn't until the end of the meeting that Jiang Qingchuan rushed over in a hurry.

Jiang Qingchuan patted Su Yuanshan on the shoulder, and walked to his desk before he could say anything. He picked up the tea cup and found that there was no water. So he looked at Su Yuanshan's tea cup, picked it up and took a sip, making Su Yuanshan shake his head and laugh.

"Just in time."

Jiang Qingchuan put down the glass and said with a smile: "We have just contacted Dell. They are more interested in our OEM model and intend to come and inspect it."

"Oh? Congratulations then - why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, I would have gone to Dell's place for a walk and helped you get some business."

"Haha, it was only confirmed in the past two days, and I don't know if it can be done." After Jiang Qingchuan sat down next to Su Yuanshan, he took a long breath and said: "To be honest, there was an old man who was doing business in the past. I only care about technology and don't think anything of it. Now that Lao Duan has left, I realize that it is really difficult to be the director of this big factory."

"No one is born to be a big factory director." Su Yuanshan joked with a smile: "Besides, senior brother... you can be a big factory director for a lifetime, but can you be a technical person for a lifetime?"

"Uh... why can't you do it for a lifetime? Aren't those old masters becoming more and more popular?"

"The old master relies on craftsmanship and experience. You rely on technological innovation and solution technology - the two are different, right? How will you introduce fully automated production lines in the future? You won't wait until you are forty, fifty, five or six You should go study mechanical automation when you are ten years old. But if you become the chairman in your forties or fifties, that is the right time for you to be a young entrepreneur."

Jiang Qingchuan was startled for a moment, then laughed and scolded: "You guy, are there any entrepreneurs younger than you?"

"Ahem... don't talk about this." Su Yuanshan coughed immediately: "Brother, seriously, you have to manage the business of the factory. This requires that your vision should not be limited to providing processing services for Yuanxin, but We need to provide OEM manufacturing services to the world, such as IBM."

"Yeah, I know that." Jiang Qingchuan nodded.

Even if he is not good at business, he still knows Su Yuanshan's final thoughts and purposes.

Su Yuanshan hopes to establish a large, all-encompassing production base capable of producing and realizing all designed products.

To realize this ideal, foundries can only go abroad.