1991 Starting from the core

Kutaragi Ken, who had walked with Su Yuanshan many times by the artificial lake in the science and technology park, knew that Su Yuanshan liked to chat while walking, so he was not in a hurry, but took Su Yuanshan through the shade of the trees at the headquarters, chatting all the way.

"As Susan said, we also believe that the digital age is coming. By coincidence, I have been responsible for products and directions in this area in the past few years. So, I was asked to take over the position of general manager." Kutaragi Ken seemed In order to explain Su Yuanshan's doubts, he softly explained the reasons why he took the position of president.

"I am very happy, because this means that FarCore and Sony will be able to strengthen cooperation in the future and jointly face the opportunities and challenges in the semiconductor market and digital product market."

"The same goes for us." Ken Kutaragi nodded with a smile and looked at Su Yuanshan with some emotion - if Yuanxin is not an ally, then according to Sony's previous plans and behavior, it will have to wait at least two years to grasp the direction of the future.

And by then... Of course, it can't be said that the day lily is gone, but it has also lost its first-mover advantage. It can only rely on Sony's strong design capabilities and deep foundation to compete with various opponents to seize the market.

Today, in its cooperation with Yuanxin, Sony is the first company in the country to realize that the digital age will come early. Coupled with the cooperation with Yuanxin, Sony is not afraid of Yuanxin as a competitor in new fields.

When both are on the same starting line, who has Sony ever been afraid of?

Yuexin has the advantages of Yuexin, and Sony has the advantages of Sony. Yuanxin's advantages are its strong technological foresight, R\u0026D capabilities and... luck, but Sony can borrow these advantages!

However, Sony's advantages, such as industrial design, covered fields, brand effect, market influence, etc... Yuanxin can only be obtained through learning and precipitation.

It was precisely because of this that Kutaragi Kencai had complicated feelings for Su Yuanshan - he didn't believe that Su Yuanshan couldn't see this, but Su Yuanshan did it anyway, as if he was not afraid of Sony at all.

The two of them walked to Kutaragi Ken's office with their entourage. After the secretary made tea, he handed over the space to the two of them.

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"I remember I once told you that CMOS photosensitive devices are the future, Kutaragi-kun, do you remember?" Su Yuanshan took a sip of tea, looked at Kutaragi Ken and asked softly: "Besides, I also said that at the end of the century, at the end of the century, A single-chip flash memory chip will reach 64MB..."

"Yes, I told you."

"Now it seems that this time period will be pushed forward. Because our multi-layer MLC architecture has found an idea, and we are also publicizing the flash memory particles of the next generation architecture. Of course, the time is not certain, I can only say... By then, its capacity will be logically larger than that of MLC. Coupled with the advancement of wafer factory processes and the development of 3D architecture, it will not be surprising that a flash memory particle can reach a capacity of GB or more. .”

Kutaragi Ken was moved when he heard Su Yuanshan's words. You know, the current hard drive has just entered the GB era... But he fully believed in the future described by Su Yuanshan - because it was based on speculation based on technological development.

However, how long it will take for the technology to be implemented is unknown.

Just like human beings will be able to fly to Mars and break out of the solar system sooner or later, but the specific day...who knows.

But in his long-term relationship with Su Yuanshan, Kutaragi Ken knew that when it comes to the trend of technological development... it is best to listen to Su Yuanshan.

"So, that is to say, before the arrival of the new century, digital cameras and other products will replace the current traditional cameras?"

Su Yuanshan nodded with a smile: "Yes. In addition, we have designed a concept mobile phone, and hope to add a SMOS photosensitive device group to it - in short, to give the mobile phone the function of taking pictures."

"Nani?" Kutaragi Ken was surprised, but he immediately realized that this was feasible!

A mobile phone has a screen, an operating system, a storage device, and a power supply device - all it needs is a lens. Isn't it just a digital camera?

Thinking of the LCD panel field that Su Yuanshan must get involved in last year, thinking of the lithium battery company established with Sony... coupled with Yuanxin's own existing departments...

Kutaragi Ken took out his mobile phone and put it on the table.

His mobile phone is the product of Sony directly licensing a full set of technologies and even chip products from Yuanxin. Sony only adopts its own appearance and functional design.

"A very good mobile phone." Su Yuanshan took a look and said with a smile.

"Susan, tell me... is the mobile phone the most important digital product of Yuanxin?"

Su Yuanshan nodded with a smile: "No one."

Kutaragi Ken took a breath. He also knew that mobile phones would definitely be a popular trend in the future. And because of Yuanxin, Sony has almost no rivals in the country's mobile phone market. In the past two years, the proportion of mobile phone sales revenue has skyrocketed, surpassing the game and entertainment department he is responsible for.

——The mobile phone business was also negotiated by Ken Kutaragi.

However, at this time, mobile phones seem to be unable to carry the "most important" task of Yuanxin, both in terms of cost and consumer spending power.

After all, the cost of using a public phone + pager is much lower, and there is no inconvenience in use.

"Based on our poor imagination, we cannot imagine things that humans have not seen before. In science fiction movies, the magical devices used by future protagonists-these devices without exception all have one thing in common, they are portable and have many functions. , and can also connect to the Internet.”

"We have reason to believe that the most suitable for these future devices is mobile phones." Su Yuanshan also took out his mobile phone and put it on the table: "Look, it can be used as a camera with a camera, and then there is the possibility of video calls. ——As long as its screen is bigger, you can watch movies, TV series, and even play games.”

"These functions may seem like science fiction, but if we put them on the development path of technology... we can see that they are just the inevitable product of several fields developing to a certain extent."

"Today, our two companies have been involved in most fields, and the only thing left is a cheaper CMOS lens... haha."

Kutaragi Ken's cheeks trembled, thinking that what Yuan Xin was involved in was the big profit maker! He endured it, and finally said with a wry smile: "Susan, if you go by what you said... it seems that you have made all the money out of a mobile phone."

"You can't make enough money." Su Yuanshan shook his head with a smile and took another sip of tea.

"For example, with flash memory, we very much hope that your country, a major semiconductor country, can achieve another take-off." Su Yuanshan looked at Kutaragi Ken and said sincerely.

Kutaragi Kenichi was startled: "Susan?"

"We can form a flash memory-based network with you and other Chinese companies."

"Alliance Front..."

Su Yuanshan stared at Kutaragi Ken and said every word.