1991 Starting from the core

Su Yuanshan's purpose is very simple. He hopes to promote relevant patents on optical paths and developing structures to Nikon, as well as promote flash memory particles.

Sun Xiao is right, Nikon is indeed a very typical Chinese company - focusing on and deeply rooted in a certain field, and amplifying the advantages in that field to the extreme. Therefore, they have such an absolute influence on cameras that ordinary people have no idea that Nikon’s real dominance is actually photolithography machines.

After all, there is another Zeiss in the field of lenses - and they are more professional.

After Su Yuanshan took out several latest patent documents, Yoshida Shoichiro just took a few glances and immediately agreed - after all, this is not the first cooperation between Yuanxin and Nikon. As early as a year ago, Lin Benjian's team We have completed cooperation with several companies with photolithography machine production capabilities.

Immediately afterwards, when Su Yuanshan expressed the hope that Nikon could join the Flash Memory Alliance and participate in customizing the specifications of MLC flash memory particles, Shoichiro Yoshida seemed a little hesitant.

"Mr. Su, the new specifications? Does it mean that Yuanxin's products are not compatible with the current flash memory specifications?"

"Well, in a sense, it is like this, Mr. Yoshida." Su Yuanshan explained patiently: "The final implementation method of all digital products will definitely enter the computer - of course, in the future, when systems and chips develop to When powerful enough, the content in cameras and cameras can also be directly reflected on video playback devices and printers."

Shoichiro Yoshida nodded. Although he is engaged in photolithography machine design, because Nikon is very professional and deeply involved in the field, he is also clear about the future direction of current digital cameras and digital video cameras.

Similarly, Nikon is also one of the major camera companies in the country to reach cooperation with flash memory chip providers relatively early - for example, they have already reached a partnership with SanDisk.

"But whether it is connected to a PC, or directly connected to a TV, or a printer, these all require data transmission. And we happen to have some negligible advantages in data transmission protocols."

Seeing that Shoichiro Yoshida was a little confused, Su Yuanshan knew that this involved the other party's blind spot, so he smiled and said: "The USB protocol was initiated and advocated by Yuanxin. It is an excellent standard protocol, and it is also licensed for free. It has also obtained Default support for operating systems including Windows and Linux."

“According to our estimation, the USB protocol is fully capable of data transmission and exchange based on flash memory particles. And because we have protocol advantages, we need to develop a new, standard flash memory particle set. Usage plan.”

Yoshida Shoichiro finally understood. After pondering for a few seconds, he tentatively asked: "What about the data reading and operation rate inside the device? What about the physical size? And what about data security?"

When Su Yuanshan saw Shoichiro Yoshida asking a key question right away, he was a little impressed by this old man - even if Nikon focuses on optics, Shoichiro Yoshida can be so familiar with fields other than lithography machines, which shows the energy and energy of the old man. Learning ability...well, not bad.

In the 1990s, a total of three memory cards based on flash memory particles appeared on the market.

They are the CF card that SanDisk hurriedly proposed in 1994 - Compact Flash. And not long ago, the SM card-SmartMedia proposed by Toshiba. Of course there is the SD card which has not yet been released.

As a CF card that competes with the PCMCIA card slot, it has fulfilled its mission well, but its shortcomings are also obvious. It is large, thick, and takes up a lot of space. So much so that in 1997, Siemens and SanDisk continued their efforts and launched better SD cards as upgrades and replacements for CF cards.

For Su Yuanshan, who has experienced these flash memory card slot specifications, his biggest feeling during this period is that the cards are getting smaller and smaller, taking up less space, and at the same time, the controllers are getting better and better, and the data rates are getting higher and higher. Coming faster and faster.

Now that Yuanxin is at the forefront of the 0.5 micron process and has mastered the MLC particle process in advance, of course, the CF card must end its historical mission in advance.

As for the SM card... let it be stillborn!

Anyway, it didn't make any waves - except for its position on later generations of N-in-one card readers, there are almost no real objects on the market.

After calming down, Su Yuanshan smiled and said: "I can say with certainty that it will be better than the current CF card in terms of physical size, transmission rate, and security."

"Are there any technical specifications?" Shoichiro Yoshida asked immediately.

"Um...no." Su Yuanshan said frankly.

Shoichiro Yoshida was startled for a moment and looked at Su Yuanshan, with a hint of "Are you kidding me?" in his eyes.

He naturally knew about Su Yuanshan - and he also struggled for a long time about whether to take Su Yuanshan over.

After all, Su Yuanshan has been in Niguo for a week, during which he has been visiting major semiconductor and even electronics companies.

Even Niguo TV Station began to report on Su Yuanshan, and the program host spoke highly of Su Yuanshan. Without exception, they all used the terms "genius", "young wise man", "ruler of a huge empire" and so on. The prefix is ​​reporting.

Shoichiro Yoshida certainly knew Su Yuanshan's position in Yuanxin.

However, as luck would have it, the prince of Samsung came.

What's more, at this moment, the prince was still drinking tea in the headquarters building - according to the procedure, Li Zairong should have left today. Who knows if he wanted to wait for Su Yuanshan here.

Of course, from a business perspective, let alone Lee Jae-yong, even if the head of Samsung comes to visit, it should not hinder the contact between Nikon and Yuanxin. But that prince... seemed to have clearly revealed some unspeakable meaning towards Yuan Xin.

Therefore, Shoichiro Yoshida had no choice but to "snub" Su Yuanshan first, and then the prince.

But now, Su Yuanshan comes out of his mouth?

what is this? Are you talking about cooperation without any preparation?

"That's it, Mr. Yoshida." Perhaps sensing Yoshida Shoichiro's displeasure, Su Yuanshan explained with a smile: "Yuanxin is a company that respects its partners."

Shoichiro Yoshida exhaled without leaving any trace, and nodded with a smile.

"So, our main task this time is to establish a flash memory alliance, and then discuss the specifications of the next generation of flash memory cards." Su Yuanshan paused as he said: "We don't want to use an arbitrary way to communicate with future partners. cooperating."

"Because that seems disrespectful, and respect is the prerequisite for cooperation."