1991 Starting from the core

After leaving the leader's office, Su Yuanshan made another trip to the wafer factory. He discussed the progress of the experiment with several graduate students in the laboratory who were doing experiments before heading to Li Mingliu's office.

Since the launch of MLC particles and MP3 control chips, Li Mingliu’s flash memory department seems to have been connected to Ren and Du. In addition to the architecture department making significant progress in 3D circuit solutions, Luo Ming’s team has also been There are two, one responsible for the continued optimization of the MP3 chip, and the other, Luo Ming, personally started to attack large-capacity flash memory devices based on the IDE bus.

In human terms, he wants to develop solid-state drives.

"Isn't Lao Luo awesome?" Li Mingliu smiled and refilled Su Yuanshan's coffee, not hiding his joy and pride in "knowing people with his keen eye".

"Awesome, awesome."

Nowadays, almost all solid-state drive technologies are in the hands of Intel and SanDisk, and they have created a sizable market. If Yuan Xin can enter, it will undoubtedly enjoy the benefits.

"It's just that SSD is no better than USB flash drives and MP3s... The reliability of data is particularly important. Moreover, today's MLC flash memory particles have just come out, and a lot of technology is needed to optimize..." Su Yuanshan looked at Li Mingliu and said seriously: "Senior brother, we really can't take this lightly."

"Yes, I know. Jiang Tao is doing the optimization of the USB flash drive. They have ordered a large number of granules and it is estimated that they will be available in a few months."

"As for the solid-state drive... I plan to lead a team to study it. After all, theoretically, there is still a big gap between the theoretical lifespan of MLC particles and the actual lifespan we measured. There are still many areas that can be improved."

Su Yuanshan felt relieved when he heard that Li Mingliu said he would do it himself.

After all, MLC can be used on a large scale in businesses and enterprises, which means that the reliability must be improved.

"By the way, I have an immature idea." At this time, Li Mingliu said again.

"Huh? You say."

"Remember when I came here, right? I came here to do cache..." Li Mingliu said, grabbing a piece of paper and drawing a structural diagram of a chip in a few strokes: "I have been thinking about it these past few days. Compared with SLC particles, the biggest disadvantages of our MLC particles are lifespan and read and write speed. So...can we introduce a cache mechanism?"

"If there is a high-speed buffer, then the read and write queuing can have a very intuitive improvement."

"Besides... I'm also considering whether I can use the main control chip to implement regional division and use part of the MLC space as SLC..."

Su Yuanshan's eyes lit up when he heard this!

Lao Li can do it! I can actually think of two "magic weapons" for solid-state drives in later generations!

"Okay, okay, this is a good idea, I support it!" Su Yuanshan immediately expressed his position: "But have you considered the technical difficulty? Now you are an expert in this area, I can't help you."

"Haha, a few of us made a little evaluation and thought it should be a direction... Besides, our competitors are SanDisk and Intel... If you don't have some unique skills, if you want to seize the enterprise market, I'm afraid that you can't just rely on The price/performance ratio is not good.”

"As for the technical difficulty..." Li Mingliu said with a faint smile: "So far, which technical direction of Yuanxin is easier? Besides, I am not even thirty this year, what should I be afraid of?"

"...You're not young anymore, senior brother, you have to think about personal matters."

"How about you come?"

"..."

Li Mingliu chuckled: "When this is done, it's almost time to get married - will you be the best man then?"

"Definitely no!"

"Why?" Li Mingliu became curious.

"This hole cannot be opened. After it is opened, I will probably not be able to do anything throughout the year. I will only be the best man."

"..."

At this time, a cheerful voice came from the door: "Who wants to help the best man?"

The two of them looked at the door at the same time, and saw that the ajar door was pushed open, and a messy-haired Luo Ming was standing at the door holding a roll of documents.