Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 159 Godson EDA-1.0, shocking the country

At this time, Wujiang Group has already completed the development of many products, but they are in the mass production reserve, such as Hanxian BB machine, after further improvement, its stability, body size, screen display, power consumption, etc. has been greatly improved and is now supported in most languages ​​around the world.

Also added the ability to set the time and alarm.

This is only a one-way Chinese display BB machine, in fact, a two-way Chinese display BB machine has also been developed, that is, the Chinese display BB machine can directly send text messages between the Chinese display BB machine.

But obviously, there is no need to release the two-way Chinese display BB machine now. Sell the one-way Chinese display BB machine first and earn a lot of money. When other companies also develop similar Chinese display BB machines, Wujiang Group will come out with two-way Chinese display BB machines , isn't it fragrant?

At this time, Zhao Ye took a closer look at the progress of the major research projects of the group company.

A program-controlled switch has also been developed, but its performance is a little worse than that of foreign ones, and it can be sold if it can be sold, but it will damage the reputation of Wujiang Group.

Produced by Wujiang, it must be a high-quality product.

No matter what, the technology of program-controlled switches should be raised to the world-class level.

Furthermore, the release of program-controlled switches bundled with two-way Chinese display BB machines is conducive to the promotion of program-controlled switches.

Therefore, there is no rush to launch program-controlled switches at present.

PHS technology, mobile phone technology, and cdma communication technology are still under development.Among them, PHS technology is the least difficult, so the progress is the fastest at present, and it is expected to succeed this year.

However, there is a lot of competition between PHS and BB machines.

Zhao Ye thought for a while, the promotion of PHS will be postponed, but related patents have already been applied for.

……

Godson Design Company.

The EDA software that has been developed for many years has been successfully developed at this time. This chip design software was first developed by Zhao Ye himself, and was further improved by the employees of Godson Design Company.

As of today, it's finally done.

Three years of sharpening a sword, one day to test the edge! ! !

This chip design software named "Godson EDA-1.0" can be called the strongest EDA software on the market.

Zhao Ye was fed up with other EDA software. The design of this "Godson EDA-1.0" adopted a lot of advanced design concepts, algorithms and mathematical models from the previous life, and its functions were extremely powerful and ready.

As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools!

Using "Godson EDA-1.0", the work efficiency has been increased by three or four times!
All members of Loongson Design Company were ecstatic at the moment when "Godson EDA-1.0" was successfully developed, and many of them even cried with excitement!

EDA software is the "mother of chips" and the most important weapon of the country!

When the news spread to the leader, it naturally caused a great commotion.

"Boss, the Secretary of Shanghai said that he would come to visit Loongson Design Company, and he specifically mentioned that he would meet 'Loongson EDA-1.0' in person!" Fu Feipeng, president of Loongson Design Company, said excitedly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yinyin, Zhao Ye's secretary, ran over and said excitedly, "Boss, the leaders of Peking have sent a congratulatory message to congratulate Loongson Design Company on the development of 'Loongson EDA-1.0' and express their cordial greetings!"

When Zhao Ye heard this, he couldn't help being a little excited.

"Well, yes, I see!"

Then, he looked at Fu Feipeng and said, "The leader is coming, you have to do a good job of receiving it."

"Yes, boss."

"Okay, now let's talk about promoting the 'Godson EDA-1.0' software to the outside world." Zhao Ye said, "With the powerful functions of the 'Godson EDA-1.0', I believe that other EDA software can be quickly wiped out, and then Monopolize most of the market share!"

Zhao Ye still has more advanced EDA software design content, so he is not afraid to catch up.

However, Zhao Ye is actually a bit unwilling to sell such an advanced "Godson EDA1.0".

Sell ​​castrated version?

Foreign companies do this a lot!
The corners of Zhao Ye's mouth raised, and he said to Fu Feipeng: "There is no need for such an advanced EDA in the market. I think it is enough to use a castrated version that is 30% to 50% better than other brands of EDA software. 'Godson EDA-1.0' we The company can use it itself.”

Hearing this, Fu Feipeng instantly understood Zhao Ye's meaning, and he couldn't help but sincerely praised: "Boss, you are so considerate! In this way, not only the EDA software developed by our company will be a big seller, but also will be in the leading position in the field of chip design." leading position!"

Zhao Ye smiled when he heard the words, the advantage of cheating is absolutely unimaginable for others...

If it wasn't for the first time I started my own business in my previous life, I was developing EDA software, and I wouldn't be so familiar with EDA software.

It can be said unceremoniously that in the field of chip design, he is almost the strongest.

……

Around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Shanghai leaders gathered in Godson Design Company.

"Congratulations, Boss Zhao, you have even developed EDA, which is said to be more advanced than foreign ones, really amazing!"

"Haha, thank you for the leaders. If it weren't for the strong support of the leaders, our companies would not have developed so smoothly. By the way, let me introduce to you, the person next to me is the president and chief technology officer of Godson Design Company Fu Feipeng. EDA can be successfully developed, and he is also indispensable." Zhao Ye pointed to Fu Feipeng standing beside him.

"Hello leaders, I am Fu Feipeng!" Fu Feipeng hurriedly bowed to the leaders and introduced himself.

"Hello, Mr. Fu!!" All the officials stepped forward one after another and shook hands with Fu Feipeng cordially.

"Leaders, let's go into the company and let Mr. Fu introduce the situation of Godson Design Company while visiting the company!" Zhao Ye said.

"Okay!" The leaders nodded in agreement.

Loongson Design has 1108 employees, most of whom are chip design engineers.

Main development projects:
Processor: Kirin 1, Kirin 2, Kirin 3 (under development)

Storage: EPROM memory chip, NAND flash memory (under development), DRAM memory (under development).

Special function chips: game screen enhancement chip MMC, digital video processing chip (under development), CCD photosensitive chip (under development), CMOS photosensitive chip (under development)...

Chip design software: Loongson EDA-1.0.

Following Fu Feipeng's introduction, everyone couldn't help but feel that Godson Design Company is more powerful than foreign chip design companies.

"China's TV output is huge, but it needs to import digital video processing chips from abroad every year. If your company can develop this digital video processing chip, it can save a lot of foreign exchange." An official related to the electronics industry heard Godson The design company was developing a digital video processing chip, so he couldn't help but say.

Fu Feipeng replied: "Leader, don't worry, this chip is actually not difficult. Now that we have Godson EDA-1.0 software, we will definitely be able to speed up the development progress, and strive to develop it this year!"

"Really, this is really great!" The leader said happily.

After a while, Fu Feipeng showed the "Godson EDA-1.0" software to everyone, but the leaders couldn't understand it, but seeing countless huge and complicated circuit diagrams shrunk down on a drawing interface, they only thought it was very powerful.

At around 4:[-] in the afternoon, the leaders left.

Zhao Ye looked at his watch and asked Fu Feipeng to call everyone for a meeting before he got off work.

After a while, the meeting room was full of people.

"The successful development of Loongson EDA-1.0 is certainly good, but we must realize that it still has many shortcomings. Next, we will further improve Loongson EDA-1.0 and develop version 2.0. At the same time, we will also sell Castrated version of Godson EDA-1.0..."

Immediately, Zhao Ye introduced to everyone why the castrated version of Godson EDA-1 ​​was developed. The main purpose is to maintain the leading edge of Godson Design Company in the field of chip design.

Making money is important, but Godson is not only an EDA design company, but also a chip design company.

Zhao Ye had just finished speaking what he wanted, when one person raised his hand and said, "Boss, since it's a castrated version, why don't you change your name?"

"Well, what you said makes sense!" Zhao Ye thought for a while and nodded in response.

Then he asked, "Then what do you think the castrated version of EDA should be named?"

"How about Jiaolong EDA? Jiaolong is a mythical beast in ancient mythology, a water beast with the blood of the dragon family. According to legend, after crossing the catastrophe, it will become a real dragon." The man said excitedly, obviously he had read ancient Chinese myths and stories.

Hearing this, Zhao Ye nodded with a smile: "Jiaolong is good, okay, let's call it Jiaolong EDA, about the price of this software..."

Zhao Ye thought about it for a moment, referred to the price of foreign EDA, and decided: "A set of 500 million US dollars! The world's most advanced EDA, it is worth this price!"

A set of advanced EDA software can save a lot of cost and time for chip design and development, and it is definitely worth the money.

Of course, there are also cheap EDAs that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a set.Or choose to buy by module according to the needs of the company, and the price will be much cheaper, tens of thousands of dollars or 10,000+ dollars.

EDA software is very expensive anyway.

If you are making low-end products, it doesn't matter if you don't buy such advanced EDA software.

If you are making high-end chip products, you must buy the best EDA. Companies such as Intel, AMD chips, and ARM will definitely bite their teeth and buy Jiaolong EDA.

If you don't buy it, it means that you will be surpassed by your competitors.

Of course, Zhao Ye was ruthless in cutting the leeks of these enterprises.

It will take a little time to develop the castrated version of EDA, so it will take some time before the launch of Jiaolong EDA.

……

Loongson Design Company is already using Loongson EDA-1.0 internally, and the efficiency of chip design has been greatly improved.

The research teams of various projects are now full of self-confidence. With good chip development tools, they can get twice the result with half the effort.

Fujio Masuoka was very excited. He did not expect that Godson Design Company would be so powerful and develop such a powerful Godson EDA-1.0 software.

Right now, the development of NAND flash memory has reached a critical moment, and the first commercial NAND chip will soon be launched.

In the following period of time, the development team led by Fujio Masuoka worked overtime, and finally achieved significant results on the afternoon of January 1.

Zhao Ye was still reviewing documents in the company. At this time, he received a call from Fujio Masuoka, who said excitedly on the phone: "Boss, we have succeeded! Our team has developed the first product that can be commercialized. NAND flash memory, its storage capacity can reach 20MB!!!”

When Zhao Ye heard this, a look of joy appeared on his face.

What Fujio Masuoka didn't know was that this data was more powerful than Toshiba's NAND flash memory released in 1991, which was only 4MB at that time.

There is a huge gap between not paying attention and paying attention.

However, according to Zhao Ye, the storage capacity of NAND is still too low, and the cost is also very high.

In 1991, SanDisk developed the world's first 2.5-inch flash solid-state drive for IBM, with a 20MB capacity for only $1000.

It can be estimated that the capacity of NAND at that time was only 4MB, and 20MB required 5 NAND chips.

In other words, a 4MB NAND flash memory cost almost $200 at the time.

The flash memory developed by Fujio Masuoka is 20MB, but the price is not cheap.

If NAND is used on game cartridges, it is absolutely too expensive for players to afford.

If the hard disk is developed, the capacity is too small to compare with the current mechanical hard disk.

However, NAND can be used to store computer software.

At present, the storage device used to store computer software on the market is a floppy disk, but a 3.5-inch floppy disk is only 1.4MB.

NAND flash memory can also be used as a storage device for cameras.

The application is fairly extensive, but the price is too expensive.

Toshiba did not pay much attention to NAND flash memory in the 90s, and there is some reason for that.

Zhao Ye felt that he had to work on NAND, otherwise NAND would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey if it wanted to be applied on a large scale.

"Congratulations, Fujio Masuoka, I'm going to Godson Design Company right now!" Zhao Ye was ready to leave after finishing speaking.

(End of this chapter)