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Chapter 136 Seeing the Future
"Come on, Sudar, explain what you do."

Hans spoke to the Indian who stood up and was about to greet the guests.

"The project I'm in charge of is to assist the communications department in developing the world's first-generation GSM mobile phone." Sudar's words were not ordinary.

"GSM, also known as the pan-European digital mobile phone system, its main purpose is to solve the problem of wireless communication, protocol, and network incompatibility in European countries. Because only in Europe, there are Nordic NMT, British TACS, C-450 used in West Germany and other countries, Radiocom 2000 in France and RTMI in Italy.

In May 1987, major European member states reached an agreement, and in 5, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute took over the formulation of the standard.So far, the first version of the GSM standard is almost complete. "

Seeing that Chen Quan became interested, other people gathered around and listened to the half-dark Indians talking in accented English.

According to Sudar, the GSM project has changed from his participation to his responsibility, so that a group of people who don't know the inside story don't know it.

Chen Quan was not interested in Ah San's introduction, he was interested in some instruments and equipment on the table.He even picked up a beige rectangular object casually.

"This is the LauterBach Debugger."

Hans saw it and offered to introduce it.

"Yes, I know." Chen Quan nodded. "I used it."

"Have you used it?"

Hans was slightly taken aback, because LauterBach was the most expensive of all debuggers.In Chen Quan's hand, it was a light yellow rectangle that was not much longer than the palm of his hand, and was worth thousands of dollars.

"Yes!"

Chen Quan did not explain too much, but studied another big toy on the table, the CMU radio frequency signal generation simulator.Such RF generators, in this day and age, can cost millions of dollars.

The combination of these things is indeed a must for mobile phone development.In the early 90s, the development cost of mobile phones was really expensive.

"The .GSM mobile phone project is the crystallization of the cooperation between the semiconductor department, the communication department and the consumer electronics department. This time, the GSM mobile phone project has employed more than 2000 scientific researchers. For this reason, we have also established an independent protocol stack development, etc. Multiple teams. The C166 chip has rich external interfaces, which is very suitable for this highly integrated."

Maybe it is because few people are willing to listen to his long-winded speeches, but the Indian Sanyue talked more vigorously and eloquently.

"Let's stop here today."

Hans interrupted. "If you continue to introduce it, it will involve project secrets!"

Chen Quan had no reason to stay, so he could only be reluctant to part with him, turning back every step, and drifting away with the large army.
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After a day's visit and dinner, everyone got on the subway back to the hotel.

In the carriage, Chen Quan took out his notebook, trying to sum up the newly acquired memories in time.

The opportunity to go to Siemens Semiconductors will no longer exist in the short term.

Regardless of whether he can understand it or not, Chen Quan has to record the relevant information first, and then discuss it with Qu Yanqiu later.

Although there is not enough time to explore repeatedly, Chen Quan already has a general understanding of "his" work.

In the years when "he" joined the Siemens semiconductor chip team, the relevant chips had already been provided to third-party customers.

Third-party companies use chipsets provided by Siemens Semiconductors to develop their own mobile phones.The core of this chipset is the C166 core that Hans is proud of.

"He" should be in that position, working back and forth for a long time, because Chen Quan can see the evolution process of the mobile phones and models involved in his desktop.

From early black and white screens, to false color screens (CSTN) to true color screens, until the emergence of touch screens.

In addition to the color of the screen, there is also the shape of the phone.From candy bars, to folding machines, to all kinds of special-shaped machines, everything is available.Some mobile phones are actually inlaid with colorful gemstones and even diamonds.

While the shape is evolving, the size of the mobile phone is also getting smaller and smaller.Some mobile phones are not even half the size of Chen Quan's palm.

Beyond the hundreds of cell phones, there's the history of the evolution of communications.From early GSM, to GPRS, to a standard called Edge.

As for the content of "his" work, there are not many valuable parts.

Because the amount of software included in a mobile phone is almost [-] person-years, "he" is just a small screw on this huge industrial machine.

Of course, it cannot be said that "his" work is not important.

Generally speaking, if there is a problem with the overall solution of this kind of chip, the customer's own engineers will seek solutions from the marketing department technicians of the semiconductor company, and the technical support department will be submitted to "he" Department to solve.

When the problem is in "his" hands, it is often quite serious, because simple problems have long been solved.

In addition to the difficulty of the problem, there is also time.

Generally, when "he" receives a question, it is often the life and death moment of the project.For example, a large number of mobile phones have already been produced and are on the market at any time, and have even been on the market and are ready to be recalled.

If "he" cannot find a solution in a short period of time, waiting for the company is a huge claim and a huge loss of market share.

If the problem is so serious that "he" can't solve it, it often means the failure of the entire chip solution.
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"What did you draw? Is it a powder box?"

Qu Feng noticed Chen Quan's notes.

This time on a business trip to Western Europe, apart from small electrical appliances, everyone's second purchase target is some mid-to-low priced cosmetics.Perhaps because of the luxury tax, the price difference between the same cosmetics and perfumes at home and abroad can be as much as 20 times.

"No, it's a mobile phone."

Chen Quan was thinking all the time in his head, so he unconsciously drew what he saw in his memory.

"The mobile phone is designed like this? Foldable? If the phone is really designed like this, how big is this powder box? Who can hold it!"

Comparing with Siemens' "mobile phone", if the thing similar to a car battery is turned into a large powder box in front of you, the diameter of the powder box will be close to 20 centimeters.

"Not necessarily. Just like chips, everything tends to become smaller and smaller."

Chen Quan explained casually, then put away the notebook.

"Which laboratory did you see that powder box from? Did you find any new clues?"

Huang Chuxiong and others became interested.

"I'm still remembering." Chen Quan simply closed his eyes.

"Oh, then I won't bother you, you can think about it."

Chen Quan was indeed reminiscing, and he was trying to dig out more valuable information from today's itinerary.

Although the effective time of the visit was short and Chen Quan's attention was attracted by the mobile phone, he still saw something extra.

Chen Quan vaguely saw some office software that "he" had used at work.

In addition to text editors, there are also browsers that can browse websites, Messager software that can be used for instant messaging, and a website dedicated to searching, with only a simple input box on it.
In a large area of ​​memory, either clear or chaotic, a term called "cottage machine" aroused Chen Quan's interest.

In "his" memory, specific names are rarely involved.

Is this "cottage" a brand, or a general term for some kind of technology?Just like GPRS and Edge?
If it is a brand, will this brand called "shanzhai" become a big global brand in the future?

Chen Quan opened his eyes, opened his notebook, and solemnly wrote down the word "cottage".

(End of this chapter)