1991 Starting from the core

"This is a prototype, I can't give it to you." Su Yuanshan laughed and ruthlessly rejected Kutaragi Ken.

Kutaragi Ken was speechless for a while: "...Susan, you know what I mean."

"Yes." Su Yuanshan nodded, his expression calmed down after two seconds of silence, and he turned to look at Kutaragi Ken seriously: "Kutaragi-kun, you have read the technical documentation just now, and you can probably understand that if it is your Sony If the mobile phone division starts research and development from scratch, it will take no more than a year to complete the current mobile phone. And I believe that according to Sony's design capabilities, you will even design an even better one - I almost want to go to your design center. Digging people."

Facing the top hat handed over by Su Yuanshan, Kutaragi Ken quickly said that he would not accept it.

He had indeed read the technical document given by Su Yuanshan - to be precise, it was an indicator document. He roughly estimated that it would really take at least a year to start from the decoding chip and then to the motherboard design.

But Sony can't wait a year.

In the past few years, Sony's mobile communication equipment department has been inconspicuous and quietly relied on the credibility accumulated over the past few decades. Not only has it directly occupied more than half of the domestic market share, but it has also The Western world has also successfully opened up a market.

As a result, with the increasing popularity of mobile phones, the revenue of the mobile communication equipment department has soared, becoming the third largest revenue department of the entire Sony Group after electrical appliances and games and entertainment. Even in terms of pure profit, it exceeds the gaming and entertainment sector.

——It was the great success of these two projects that Kutaragi Ken was personally responsible for that finally pushed him to the position of general manager and became the new helmsman of Sony.

And these are all inseparable from Yuanxin.

"Susan. You know, our mobile phone solutions have always used your chips." Kutaragi looked at Su Yuanshan and said seriously: "And the cost of a mobile phone is nearly half of the cost of various chips alone."

"I know, Mr. Jiuduo." Su Yuanshan also said seriously: "So I express my gratitude."

Yuanxin has just held its annual meeting, and Su Yuanshan naturally knows the direction of last year's profits - as the mobile phone market gradually heats up, the YX architecture series processors that can currently provide one of the best mobile chip solutions have gradually revealed their potential. Potential and nugget ability.

Last year alone, 6 million YX architecture processors were sold, bringing more than 3 billion in revenue to Yuanxin, of which 4 million were used in mobile phones.

According to this year's forecast, this number will increase by at least 50%.

Besides Xinghai, the majority of overseas customers for these processors are Sony.

"But for this current mobile phone, Yuanxin does not want to license it to any company - especially Sony."

After Su Yuanshan finished speaking, he stared at Kutaragi Ken and watched the other party's reaction.

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't respond at all.

"Kyuta-kun, why don't you ask?"

Kutaragi Ken chuckled: "Susan, we have been friends for several years. I naturally believe that you have your own reasons, and you will tell me your reasons."

"..." Su Yuanshan coughed.

"Well, it's actually like this. This mobile phone is just used by us to establish the image of high-end products and usher in the era of digital mobile phones. Its cost will be uncontrollably high. Moreover, its technology is not perfect yet."

Su Yuanshan pursed his lips and chuckled: "Just don't say it, I'm still waiting for your cmos sensor."

"The CMOS sensor still needs time." Kutaragi looked at Su Yuanshan: "And...if it is adapted to a mobile phone, its effect is really very small and cannot be compared with a digital camera. At the same time...in order to adapt to the CMOS sensor , even the screen needs an upgrade.”

"Susan, in that case, the cost will be higher!"

At present, in order to save costs, the display panels of mobile phones mainly use black and white panels - just for making calls and sending text messages, and at most for playing Snake and Tetris, what kind of high-end panel is needed?

But if a CMOS sensor is added and has a "camera" function, then the display panel must keep up with the rising tide. At the very least, it must have a color screen.

"Yes. So last time I went to Niguo and visited Fujitsu, I focused on color panel technology and driver solutions. In the next few years, JD.com will continue to invest in this field."

"But that's not important, Kudo-kun. What's important is that we believe it is the way forward."

"You're not waiting for us to provide the CMOS sensor before you choose to authorize it, are you?" Kutaragi Ken said, dumbfounded when he saw Su Yuanshan clinging to the CMOS sensor.

"Haha, of course not." Su Yuanshan smiled and shook his head: "The main reason is that its core part has not been perfected yet."

"Huh? The core part?"

"Yes, the system part."

Su Yuanshan sighed lightly.

In this life, Sony's mobile phones are obviously no longer as obscure as they were in the past. And after following Yuanxin's footsteps, it is foreseeable that even in the future era of smartphones, Sony will definitely not fall behind - well, at least not from the beginning.

Then, Yuanxin needs to consider in advance to tie Sony firmly to Yuanxin's future mobile operating system tank.

The reason why Yuanxin's system has been delayed is mainly because after hearing about the flash memory particles, the operating system team made a bold move.

The system they built has considerable growth potential.

In other words, the current system of Yuanxin can be regarded as the prototype of "Android" in the past.

But now, this prototype is still a bit too bloated for current mobile phones.

And precisely because it is a prototype, it has the core to determine the future direction.

Therefore, Su Yuanshan wants to pull Sony and sign the future system together.

As allies, don't we just face the market together?

"When our operating system adapted to mobile phones is officially perfected, it will also be when we officially launch mobile phones. Likewise, I also assure you that Yuanxin will continue to provide and share technology with you without reservation."

Su Yuanshan's words are undoubtedly a promise to Kutaragi Ken.

After hearing this, Kutaragi breathed a sigh of relief without leaving any trace.

"Let's go, Susan. Let's eat!"

"Well, let's eat!"

…

The next day, as the heads of relevant departments of various participating companies arrived in Shanghai one after another, it also meant that the first Flash Memory Alliance meeting slowly kicked off.

What surprised Su Yuanshan was that unlike Ni Guo, who came mostly from the head of the technical department, IBM was invited to come by their big BOOS.

Mr. Gerstner.