1991 Starting from the core

"Not everyone has dreams about the future... Well, to be precise, not everyone has imagined the future." Su Yuanshan sighed while waiting for Kutaragi Ken to look at the technical documents.

"Although the digital age has arrived in my opinion. However, due to the limitations of each person, he can only see the future of the industries he is familiar with and exposed to. Many people even do not consider what the digital age means at all. …”

After hearing Su Yuanshan's emotion, Kutaragi Ken raised his head and glanced at Su Yuanshan strangely: "Su-san, what industry are you familiar with?"

"Uh..." Su Yuanshan said to himself that there are many industries that I am familiar with - of course, this is only the familiarity of "understanding", not the familiarity of "being good at".

"Maybe it's the chip design." Su Yuanshan gave an uncertain answer.

"So, how did you come up with the idea of ​​combining so many functions into a small mobile phone?"

Su Yuanshan blinked: "Maybe it's because of greed?"

This was an obviously uncertain and even perfunctory answer, but it made Kutaragi Ken become serious. He looked at Su Yuanshan steadily, and sighed after a long time: "Yes, human desires are always endless - put it in words The beautiful thing is that human pursuits are endless.”

After a pause, Kutaragi Ken continued: "There are currently two voices in the chip industry. One is that since it is a processor, it must be professional. For example, the graphics processor and the central processing unit must develop independently, so that they can be nurtured. One way to produce the best products is to think that they can be integrated together. Susan, what do you think?"

Su Yuanshan pursed his lips. He could guess with his toes that Kutaragi Ken's question was not just about integration level...

So he smiled and said: "Although this is the voice of the chip industry, it should also be the voice of the PS project team, right?"

Kutaragi laughed and said: "Yes. The success of PS has forced us to be more cautious about the hardware configuration of the next generation console."

"Kyuta-kun, you are an expert in making game consoles...I am a pure layman."

Kutaragi Ken quickly expressed his modesty.

Su Yuanshan chuckled: "It's true, I am too busy to play games. I have only turned on the PS console you gave me twice..."

Su Yuanshan's words are true. Although he was a science and engineering man in his previous life and pursued technology all his life, how can he live as hard as he does in this life? Working on technology at work, spending time with his wife and children after get off work, and playing games. This is his real life status.

"But I only start from the perspective of technological development..." Su Yuanshan pondered for a few seconds and then said seriously: "Jiu Duojun, I suggest that the next generation PS console should take a better performance route."

Kutaragi Ken was slightly startled: "You mean, we still use independent processors and display cores?"

"That's right!" Su Yuanshan nodded: "Maybe you already know that not only us, Yuanxin, but almost all CPU companies have now begun to try to integrate graphics processing units into CPUs, right?"

Kutaragi Ken nodded.

It is precisely because CPU technology is developing so fast that Sony's game department has considered cooperating with Yuanxin or Xinghai to design a CPU with an integrated graphics processing unit for use in the next generation PS console.

But Kutaragi Ken vaguely felt that this was a bit inappropriate.

"But I can tell you clearly now, Kudo-kun. CPUs with integrated graphics units are far from meeting the needs of gamers - at least at this stage. Even if you have excellent engines and APIs to provide to game developers, Its performance still cannot meet the needs of players in a short period of time."

"PS has been successful, and what its second-generation products need is not a cost advantage, but to maintain a performance advantage."

After hearing this, Kutaragi Ken breathed out softly: "Thank you, Su-san."

"You're welcome, actually... this is because your people are too lazy. As long as you do a little research, you will know whether the current integrated graphics core can meet your needs."

Kutaragi Ken blinked: "That's why I came to inquire."

Su Yuanshan was startled for a moment, and then laughed.

——Indeed, there is no survey more convenient and accurate than asking yourself.

However, the two of them did not continue chatting about the architecture of the PS2. After all, they were no longer the ones responsible for the specific affairs of the processor and game console, not to mention that they had more important topics to talk about.

After reading all the technical documents, Kutaragi closed his eyes and thought silently for a few seconds.

"Su Sang, if we want to promote MP3 players and this mobile phone...according to the current network download speed and the penetration rate of Internet users, it seems that relying on online channels is not possible." He opened his eyes and looked at Su Yuanshan: "MP3 must be released A CD will do.”

"That's right." Su Yuanshan nodded: "Don't forget, we have a cooperation agreement and can issue offline optical discs in MP3 format. Moreover, with the release of optical discs, you can also have a longer buffer period for your MD products. "

Kutaragi Ken nodded slightly.

MD, as Sony's product that has deeply "dominated" the ears of users after the great success of Walkman, has high hopes. In Sony's plan, as the successor of Walkman, MD can still be popular for at least ten years...

But I never thought that not long after it was launched, it was hit on the head by Yuanxin's MP3.

No matter what, Kutaragi Ken is unwilling to give in.

But it's okay now. After all, MP3 is restricted by the network speed of the Internet... This means that there is relatively enough time for Sony to adjust its strategy, instead of just walking all the way to MD like a blindfolded fool. black.

"In addition, our DVD and the latest batch of SVCD decoding chips will also add decoding support for the MP3 format. This means that we can gain a lot of copyright just by selling MP3 format discs. "

Here, Su Yuanshan completely ignored the possibility of... well, piracy that would definitely occur.

After all, with the popularity of the Internet, music copyright is bound to go through a period of uncontrollable copyright shrinkage. Not to mention that in Su Yuanshan's eyes, this thing is nothing compared to a chip, not even drizzle. (Fuck... I want a genuine subscription! Subscription is all my income...)

"Then, Su Sang. When can you give this to us?"

Kutaragi Ken's eyes fell on the phone again.

He hid his emotions well from the beginning and made himself less eager.

But now, this phone was in front of him. Even though he knew that Su Yuanshan might not agree... he still couldn't help but ask.

What if?