Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 62 The Mother of Chips
Soon, Wujiang Company spread the news that the company has developed a new product and will hold a press conference soon.

Every press conference of Wujiang Company will cause a sensation.

Therefore, this time Wujiang Company is equally eye-catching.

However, for this press conference, Wujiang Company invited many foreign and domestic PC manufacturers.

Domestic PC manufacturers are of course those companies that assemble machines. They have channels to obtain electronic components such as CPUs, memory, and hard drives, and then assemble them into computers to make a lot of money.

Of course, Wujiang Company can also get these electronic components, but it will cost precious foreign exchange. Zhao Ye thinks it is not worthwhile. He has planned to use this foreign exchange to speculate foreign exchange. After the "Plaza Agreement" is signed, it will make a lot of money. a sum.

In the foreign exchange market, leverage can be used. In a game like the "Plaza Accord", Zhao Ye can directly stud it.

Going to RB this time, maybe you can find RB Bank to loan US dollars, and then exchange US dollars for Japanese yen. After the US dollar plummets, you can exchange Japanese yen for US dollars and return it to the bank.

The conference will be held on May 5th.

520 is not acceptable in this era, this day is just a normal day.

At this time, the computer motherboard production line is still being debugged, so there is no need to think about the output, it must be pitifully small.Fortunately, it is relatively easy to expand production capacity, and it is not difficult to produce motherboards.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Imagine computer motherboard launch event has not yet been held, Zhao Ye devoted himself to the research and development of the game console, and prepared to lead the team to work overtime to develop the Imagine game console.

First of all, he asked people to buy multiple FC game consoles and game cartridges, and let the development team members play for a few days, so that they had a detailed concept of the game console.

Then start the development work.

Although there are differences between computer motherboards and game console motherboards, they all lead to the same goal, and many technologies and principles are interlinked.

To put it simply, the FC red and white game console is actually a single-chip microcomputer system in terms of technical essence, which has a core CPU and small memory.

Therefore, when developing a game console, it is very easy for the development team to get started.

Zhao Ye was in charge of the overall situation. He was very clear about what kind of functions the game console should achieve. After finalizing the overall design idea, he was directly responsible for the design of the hardware circuit schematic diagram.

At present, the drawing design tool used by Zhao Ye is AutoCAD released in November 1982 by Autodesk, a foreign company.

But this AutoCAD is very inconvenient to use because the version is too low.

Zhao Ye had used more advanced CAD and EDA in his previous life. If given the opportunity, he would like to develop CAD and EDA, not only for the convenience of himself and the company's developers, but also to create huge profits.At the same time, it can also enhance its voice in the semiconductor field.

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"The boss's speed is really incredible, but in just over a week, he has completed a large number of circuit diagram designs, which is really amazing. If I were to do it, it might not be as fast as him for a month, and the circuit diagrams he designed, It looks exquisite and complex, with a high-end and beautiful feeling!"

"Our boss is really good, he is simply a super genius!"

"I heard that he also understands chip design. He led the design of Kirin 1. This chip is so powerful that it is already invincible in an 8-bit processor!"

"Yeah, the boss is awesome, working on R&D work under his hands is truly convincing!"

"It's unlucky for Nintendo. Our boss has his eyes on the game machine, and he will definitely try to kick Nintendo out of the market! Our boss is a super genius who doesn't come out in a century. Maybe he also has a super genius in game design." Extraordinary talent!"

"Yeah, I think there is such a possibility! I always feel that our boss is omnipotent!"

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During lunch, the game console development members gathered together in twos and threes, eating and chatting, and most of the chatting topics revolved around Zhao Ye.

Zhao Ye, a master of technology from his previous life, shocked them into heaven!
In the blink of an eye, three weeks later, the schematic diagram of the Imagine game console was finally designed by Zhao Ye.He could have been faster if the first version of AutoCAD hadn't been difficult to use.

The next step is to design the hardware circuit PCB. The PCB is imported from the schematic diagram. After the components are imported into the PCB, first design the size of the target circuit board and the size of the screw hole according to the structural requirements. There are special components that need to cut part of the circuit board, etc. .

Then make a reasonable layout of the components, then wire, choose whether to add teardrops, copper, etc. according to the situation, and move the silk screen to make it clearly visible, and finally check the DRC rules, etc...

Then make a prototype, purchase materials, solder the circuit board, check and test, and hand it over to the software engineer after passing the test, and cooperate with the software engineer to test the function of the circuit board and record the problem, so that the next batch of samples can be corrected.

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After Zhao Ye completed the hardware circuit schematic diagram, he handed over the rest of the work to the team members.

The launch event of the Imagine computer motherboard is approaching, and there are still many things to do.

Borderless factory.

Zhao Ye visited the newly built Imagine computer motherboard production workshop.

"How many employees does the Imagine computer motherboard production workshop have?" Zhao Ye asked the person in charge of the production workshop nearby. The production workshop seems to cover an area of ​​more than 800 square meters.

"There are a hundred workers."

"Well, what is the daily output of computer motherboards?"

"The daily output is about 3000 motherboards. However, after the workers are skilled, they should be able to increase the output to more than 4000."

"Not bad." Zhao Ye smiled and nodded.

Even with a daily output of 3000 motherboards, it can produce 109.5 million motherboards a year.

In 1985, the global sales of personal computers must have been far greater than 109.5 million. Imagine motherboards have just entered the motherboard market, and it is good to be able to eat meat.

For now, this output should be sufficient.

If the Imagine motherboard sells well, production equipment and labor can be increased at any time.

March 5 at 20 o'clock in the evening.

The Borderless press conference begins.

Sixteen foreign PC manufacturers attended the press conference, including famous computer companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Compaq.

As for domestic PC manufacturers, one counts as one, and almost all of them are here.

Before the press conference even started, they began to discuss what kind of products Wujiang Company plans to release this time.

"It may be a chip. A few months ago, Wujiang Group invested in Wujiang Microelectronics Company, which specializes in developing chips! I guess that Wujiang Company must have developed a chip!"

"I don't think it's a chip. It's impossible for Wujiang Microelectronics to develop a chip that can be applied to a computer so quickly! Even if they develop an 8-bit chip, I think they are better!!"

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The Americans on the side couldn't help but smile contemptuously when they heard everyone's discussion.

The difficulty of CPU development is well known. What is the situation in China that can develop a CPU?Even if a CPU is barely developed, it is probably an extremely backward CPU.

If Wujiang hadn't developed the Chinese card and has strong PC sales capabilities, we wouldn't have come to this press conference. It was a waste of time.

(End of this chapter)