Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 57 Wujiang Microelectronics Corporation

Zhao Ye knows very well that only good games can drive the sales of game consoles.

But right now, Wujiang has not even designed and produced a chip, nor has it developed a game console, so even if it develops a game, it is mostly a wedding dress for Nintendo.That is, in this year, Nintendo made an unprecedented move in the third-party franchise agreement-if the game company releases the game on the Nintendo game console, Nintendo will automatically obtain half of the intellectual property rights as a co-publisher!

This is no longer a wild goose plucking, but a wild goose braised in soy sauce!

Zhao Ye decided to design and produce the chip first.

The development of game consoles and games is not difficult. Zhao Ye dismantled Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft game consoles in his previous life for in-depth research. In university classes, he also explained to his students the application of such products. technology.

Wujiang Company has accumulated more and more technologies and talents. Zhao Ye believes that under the design and development of his team, a game console with powerful performance can be developed in a few months.Of course, the premise is that the chip must be strong enough.

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The BG-101 stepper lithography machine developed by the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has performance indicators close to the level of the 4800DSW system developed by the US GCA company seven years ago.

Today is 1985, and seven years ago, it was 1978.

The Z80 chip was invented in 1976.

In this way, the BG-101 stepper lithography machine is already quite advanced, and it is more than enough to produce chips such as the Z80.

However, the BG-101 stepper lithography machine still has some problems that need to be improved, so as to improve the product yield rate in the actual production process.

Although the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed the BG-101 stepper lithography machine, it was moldy in the laboratory, which was a waste of money.Of course, this may also be due to the lack of research and development funds, the inability to continue to improve, and it is difficult to commercialize.

Ni Annan has been lobbying the Chinese Academy of Sciences to merge the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences into the Wujiang Microelectronics Company to be established by Wujiang Company.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is also holding a meeting to study and discuss whether this matter is feasible.If the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is merged into "Wujiang Microelectronics Company", how many shares can the Chinese Academy of Sciences take?
For Wujiang Company, a company named "Wujiang Microelectronics Company" was soon established with a registered capital of 4 million yuan.

Zhao Ye directly put all the company's profits last year into it. On the one hand, it showed his decision to enter the semiconductor field;

Of course, Wujiang Group still has a lot of funds in its account.

In January 1985, Wujiang’s Chinese cards, typewriters, BB machines, and agency PC brands were all sold well, and the WPS-office software was also sold worldwide, bringing huge revenue to the group, with a total sales of 1 million yuan. After deducting taxes and other expenses, the profit is as high as about 2.5 million.

According to this trend, Wujiang Company will achieve a rapid leap in 1985, and its annual revenue is expected to exceed 30 billion yuan!

But this is normal. Basically, Stone Company has created an annual income of 10 billion yuan with the typewriter alone.

Borderless is much better than Stone!

Moreover, according to market forecasts, in 1985, the demand for Chinese cards, typewriters, BB machines, PCs, and WPSs was increasing.

Domestically, Wujiang Company is basically in a monopoly position in the sales of Chinese cards, typewriters, BB machines and WPS software, with huge advantages.

The Lenovo Hanka of the Computing Institute is still being improved, and the sales volume is not high.

Only the competition in the PC market is more intense.

Just at the beginning of this year, many PC assembler brands appeared in China.

Hong Kong Kingsoft's super-PC is very popular in China, and other people will follow suit when they see it. It is really because there is no technical difficulty in building PC assembly machines, as long as they can purchase electronic components.

With so many people in China, some people can still get electronic components.

In mid-January 1985, major PC assembly machines started a price war, with prices as low as 1 yuan.

Hong Kong Jinshan SUPER-PC does not have any technical advantages, so it has to adjust the price according to the market.

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The establishment of Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. caused a huge sensation in the domestic semiconductor circle.

4 million yuan is undoubtedly an astronomical figure in this era.

"Wujiang company is really big. It seems that they really decided to make a big splash in the semiconductor field!" Lu Feiwen, director of the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was shocked when he saw the news report about Wujiang company.

Everyone else in the research institute was also shocked.

The research and development funds in their institute are only a few million a year, but relying on these pitiful funds, they developed the BG-101 stepper lithography machine, although the BG-101 stepper lithography machine has fallen behind , although it still has many flaws.But it is undeniable that the advent of the BG-101 stepper lithography machine can be called the pinnacle of domestic lithography machines.

If you continue to invest a lot of money in the development of lithography machines, perhaps the glorious journey of China's lithography machines will start from this moment...

The talents and technology of the Microelectronics Research Office of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as their assiduous research spirit, are commendable.

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Liu Anming, director of the Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory, held the newspaper and didn't come to his senses for a long time.

"4 million, Wujiang Group really has a lot of money. In the field of semiconductors, the R&D investment is huge, and the risks are huge. It is very likely that the products developed in the end will be outdated. Zhao Ye is really courageous and admirable. If there is With so much money spent on the development of lithography machines, I think my country's lithography machine industry can quickly shorten the gap with the United States!"

Speaking of this, Liu Anming paused, walked to the window, and looked into the distance.

Not long ago, Ni Annan came to Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory and said a lot of reasons, saying that China's lithography machine industry needs to unite and concentrate on major tasks, and Wujiang is willing to be the leader and provide funds , to jointly develop lithography machines.

At that time, Liu Anming just laughed it off.

Now, this matter has to be seriously considered.

The JKG-3 lithography machine developed by Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory is not bad, and the technicians have accumulated a lot of experience in lithography machine development.

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With the establishment of Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Ni Annan was now looking to recruit people, and immediately got twice the result with half the effort.

The Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory, Wuhan No. [-] Radio Component Factory, etc. have also begun to change their attitudes. They are seriously considering whether to merge into Wujiang Microelectronics Company. Is it feasible in terms of policy?
Ni Annan strikes while the iron is hot, intending to use the reputation of Wujiang Microelectronics to invite domestic research institutes in the semiconductor field to come to Wujiang to attend the party.

Just after going to work at 9:[-] in the morning, Ni Annan came to Zhao Ye's office and told him this idea.

"China lithography machine industry summit?"

Hearing this, Zhao Ye thought the idea was very good, smiled slightly, and said: "No problem, this idea is good, you are responsible for the invitation, and the company will bear the round-trip fares, board and lodging expenses of these guests!"

(End of this chapter)