The black technology empire started with a debt of one billion

Chapter 398 413: Reserved as a secret weapon

December 2015, 9.

Cao Mang left the apartment in Sijihui, Lujiazui, at 08:30 in the morning.

At eleven o'clock, a man knocked on the door of the apartment.

"pat~"

Huang Xiaoming did not expect that the person who opened the door was not his wife.

"Tang Tang, why are you here?" Huang Xiaoming asked curiously.

"Yang Ying was scared to live alone, so she asked me to come over and accompany her." Tang Tang said calmly.

Fortunately, she had packed up all the evidence of last night's crime in the morning. It was not that Xiao Ming was filming Master Xuanzang at Asan's place, but why did he suddenly appear in the magic city.

In fact, Tang Tang's heart was beating very hard. This was the first time in her life that she did something bad.

But what happened last night was deeply imprinted in her heart.

"Honey, why are you here?" Yang Ying said after seeing Huang Xiaoming standing at the door.

"I finished filming the scene yesterday. You know what's going on in Ah San, so I flew back directly in the morning." Huang Xiaoming said with a smile after seeing his little wife.

"Husband is amazing, I'm a little hungry, let's go out to eat." Yang Ying said nonchalantly, holding Huang Xiaoming's arm.

"Okay." Huang Xiaoming nodded.

The three of them then left the apartment and went to a nearby restaurant to eat.

at the same time.

Anmou Technology Co., Ltd., 19th Floor, Tower D, China Resources Land Building, No. 24 Kefa Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen.

Cao Mang ran here as soon as he landed.

Many people may not have heard of the Chinese name of Arm Technology, but I believe anyone who has used a mobile phone knows its English name. The English name of Arm Technology is ARM.

The purpose of Cao Mang coming to ARM this time is to purchase ARM licenses.

"Mr. Cao, welcome to Anmou." Wu Xiong shook hands with Cao Mang and said with a smile.

Wu Xiong joined Arm in 2004; he served as Vice President of Sales in China in 2007; in 2009, he served as General Manager and Vice President of Sales in China.

2011年出任华夏区总裁；2013年1月升任为大中华区总裁；2014年1月加入Arm公司全球执行委员会，任全球执行副总裁。

Since returning to China to join Arm China in 2007, Wu Xiongang has been vigorously promoting the development and establishment of a local industrial ecosystem.Arm Technology Co., Ltd. has developed more than 170 local partners, and the shipment of Arm-based domestic chips has exceeded 100 billion pieces, and the shipment has increased by more than 180 times in the past eight years.

I have to say that Wu Xiongang can be said to be a super capable person, and his achievements are no less than that of AMD China President Guo Kezun.

"Mr. Wu, thank you very much." Cao Mang said with a smile.

Then the two came to the tea table and sat down. Although Wu Xiong is from Yingtianfu, since he moved his headquarters to Shenzhen City, he has gradually gotten used to drinking tea and discussing business since he has dealt with the bosses in Shenzhen City a lot. this way.

"Mr. Cao must have come here this time to obtain authorization from ARM. I wonder if Mr. Cao knows about ARM's authorization method?" Wu Xiong asked after pouring Cao Mang a cup of tea.

Cao Mang had already made an appointment with him before he came, so Wu Xiong made tea in advance and waited for Cao Mang.

"I haven't heard about it before, so please introduce me to Mr. Wu." Cao Mang said.

"ARM authorization methods are divided into architecture authorization, core authorization, and application authorization. I don't know which authorization method Mr. Cao wants." Wu Xiong asked.

Many people don't know what the relationship is, especially when they hear that it is an architecture authorization, they think it is a public version.

In fact, the architecture authorization is what everyone usually calls the instruction set, and the core is the public version, such as A76. The ARM architecture and the X86 architecture have similar meanings. A76 is the core or IP core designed based on the ARM architecture.

Huawei purchased the architecture license and core license from ARM. The Kirin 920 is a core designed by Huawei based on the ARM architecture. Except for the instruction set, which is from ARM, everything else is made by Huawei itself.

As for application authorization, ARM is ARM application authorization. Merchants who choose this authorization method need to develop their own architecture and core.

This authorization method is the cheapest of all authorization methods.

"I plan to buy out ARM's application authorization, how much will it cost?" Cao Mang asked.

"Most of ARM's patents have been registered by ARM. It is very difficult to develop the architecture and core by yourself. I suggest that Mr. Cao purchase the architecture license and core license.

Both Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Warwick use these two authorization methods. "Wu Xiong said.

"I wonder if the application authorization includes the existing ARM instruction set?" Cao Mang finished speaking and picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Cao Mang is most concerned about the issue of the instruction set. If the instruction set is not included, the instruction set needs to be redesigned. Without the instruction set, it is much troublesome to design.

The reason why Cao Mang wants to obtain ARM authorization is that he does not want the Pegasus CPU to be exposed prematurely. When there is a complete break, Cao Mang will release the Pegasus CPU.

The Pegasus CPU is used only as a secret weapon.

"The application authorization includes the authorization of ARM's existing instructions. If ARM subsequently adds new instructions, it needs to be purchased separately. The purchase price of subsequent new instructions is not very expensive.

The specific price depends on the function of the new order. " Wu Xiong said after pouring tea for Cao Mang.

"If Mr. Cao just bought out the app authorization, it would only cost $200 million." Wu Xiong replied.

The reason why ARM sets the application licensing price so low is to let customers know how difficult ARM's development is. Most of the patents are basically monopolized by ARM.

After the user finds that there is no way to develop a high-performance ARM CPU.

In the end, you can only choose to go back to the starting point to purchase architecture licenses and core licenses.

Cao Mang was very surprised when he heard the price of US$200 million, because this price was too cheap for him, and most importantly, this price also included the existing instruction set.

After Cao Mang develops a brand new ARM CPU, it is estimated that ARM will regret it until the time comes.

"Mr. Wu, please prepare the contract here. I will send someone over to sign the contract in the afternoon. I still have things to do in my company, so I won't stay for long." Cao Mang picked up the tea cup and drank it down in one gulp.

"I originally wanted to have lunch with Mr. Cao. Since Mr. Cao has something to do, let's make an appointment next time." Wu Xiong smiled.

He really wanted to get acquainted with Cao Mang, but he didn't expect Cao Mang to be so busy. As for whether Cao Mang was really busy, he didn't know very well.

"Mr. Wu, we can make an appointment next time. I have a question for you." Cao Mang said after putting down his tea cup.

"Mr. Cao, as long as it does not violate commercial confidentiality, I will answer truthfully." Wu Xiong replied very seriously.

"I wonder if Mr. Wu is interested in working at Deep Blue Technology?" Cao Mang wanted to ask.

Cao Mang's question confused Wu Xiong, who never thought that Cao Mang wanted to dig him into Deep Blue.

But three years and three years later, I have become the global vice-president. You really came at the wrong time to dig me.

"I have no intention of leaving yet. If I want to leave one day, I will be the first to contact you." Wu Xiong smiled.

"Since that's the case, I won't bother you any more." Cao Mang got up and left after speaking.

"Then let me see you off." Wu Xiong smiled.

Wu Xiong watched Cao Mang leave at the door of the company. He felt as if he had missed something, but he couldn't express this feeling. In the end, he shook his head and walked back to his office.

The first thing Cao Mang did after returning to Deep Blue Technology Park was to find Qin Fengming.

Probably because of too much work, Qin Fengming looked haggard, and there were dark circles around his eyes.

"Aunt Qin, do you want to rest for two or three days, I think you look very haggard." Cao Mang said.

Because Qin Fengming was too focused on work, she didn't even notice Cao Mang walked in, and she was startled when she heard Cao Mang's voice.

"Can't you make some noise when you walk?" Qin Fengming patted his chest and said.

"Aunt Qin, you are too focused on your work. Has your workload been particularly heavy recently? Why don't you recruit more people to help you? Leave those trivial matters to the people below." Cao Mang pulled out a chair and sat down. asked after getting off.

"Sometimes the people below don't do a good job, and if I don't fix the leaks, problems will easily occur." Qin Fengming put down his work and said.

"Then use the last elimination system to fill the manpower. You can pay a little more in terms of salary, so that you have a lot less work, otherwise you will be exhausted if you continue like this." Cao Mang said.

Qin Fengming has done a good job in managing the company, but she is too kind. She will not punish her subordinates for trivial matters, but this method is not suitable for managing the company.

Although Cao Mang hates having the company's employees get involved, involution can make the company run better. As long as you master the appropriate methods, the company can still benefit greatly from having employees get involved.

"I'll do what you said later. What do you want to do when you come here today?" Qin Fengming asked.

"Now the company's business is increasing, and some companies have to rent offices outside, so I thought about building it myself. I wanted to build a building on the land behind the laboratory.

Aunt Qin, please go and communicate with the city again and get the land behind it. "Cao Mang said.

"How many acres of land do you want to apply for?" Qin Fengming asked.

"It's enough to apply for another hundred acres of land. We can also move there when the time comes, so that we don't have to occupy the test building. I didn't make a good plan when planning it." Cao Mang said helplessly.

"I'll communicate with the city tomorrow." Qin Fengming nodded.

"Then I won't disturb your work." Cao Mang said.

"Okay, you go to work first." Qin Fengming replied.

After Cao Mang put the table away, he left Qin Fengming's office. After he left, he went straight back to the office on the roof.

After Cao Mang returned to the roof, he took a sip of Coke from the refrigerator, and then he turned on the computer and sent a message to Lu Xiaolei, asking the other party to come to his office when he was free.

After sending the message, Cao Mang opened the system mall.

[Host: Cao Mang]

[Reputation Point: 6 million]

Originally, Cao Mang's reputation was only over 2 million. The opening of specialty stores around the world, and the purchase of kiwi fruits, made his reputation rise again.

Cao Mang found the chip area and found the ARM chip section.

Products below ARMv8 have turned gray, indicating that these technologies and patents have been developed, and some patents for ARMv9 have also been developed.

However, the improvement brought by ARMV9 is not much. Like the previous generations, v9 only improves by 14%. The performance of v9 is not very ideal for Cao Mang.

So Cao Mang looked to ARMv10.

ARMv10是arm2027年推出的产品，v10和v9之间可以说是质的飞越，v10采用3纳米的工艺来生产的。

The main reason is because v10 has too many transistors. The v10 architecture has a total of 16 CPU cores, including four large cores, 9 small cores, and 3 brand new ML cores.

V10 adopts a brand-new architecture and core, and there is no overlap with v8 and v9. Some instructions overlap, but many new instructions have been added.

This ML is not the ML that everyone thinks. This ML can be understood as the AI ​​in the CPU. AI is integrated into the CPU. The three MLs are responsible for different tasks.

One is specifically responsible for image functions, one is specifically responsible for sound processing, and the other is specifically responsible for AI operations.

The image processing core in ML is still a little bit worse than the image chip that Cao Mang bought before.

Of course, it is not impossible to produce v14 with a 10nm process.

However, doing this requires sacrificing the number of cores to accomplish this, and sacrificing some cores can result in a larger crystal area, so that the v14 can be produced with a 10nm process.

If it is used on the server, it will have no impact.

按照原来的设计ARMv10功耗是30W，如果用14纳米来生产v10芯片的话，v10芯片体积就会增加到原有一倍，功耗也会随之提升到65瓦。

"Dog system, after I buy v10, can I generate blueprints according to my needs?" Cao Mang asked in his heart.

[Dog hosts need to pay 100 million prestige points for each generation. 】

In fact, there is no cost to generate it. It's just that the dog system wants to collect wool. Of course, it won't tell Cao Mang about it.

Besides, the 100 million prestige value is not too expensive for Cao Mang.

The dog system believes that Cao Mang will not worry about such a small amount of reputation.

"Help me integrate the graphics chip I purchased before, and then separate the v10 graphics chip. Maintaining the power consumption of 14 watts, [-] nanometers can accommodate up to several cores." Cao Mang asked.

I don't know how many cores can be accommodated, and it is not easy for him to match the chips.

[In the case of 14nm, it can only accommodate up to one large core, three small cores and 3 ML cores. 】

The three ML cores must be kept, and the functions of the image core are needless to say. In addition to improving audio quality, the audio core can also provide voiceprint recognition and speech recognition.

As for the AI ​​core, in addition to improving AI calculations, it can also simulate and learn user habits, reduce unnecessary CPU actions, and greatly reduce equipment consumption.

"Then follow what I said just now, buy the image chip and integrate it, separate the v10 image chip, and keep one big core and three small cores.

In addition, according to generate a CPU with a large core plus 3 ML. " Cao Mang thought for a while and said.

This single-core CPU, Cao Mang, has other uses. He intends to use this CPU on smart watches. Apart from smart watches, smart TVs, smart audio and other devices can also be used.

(End of this chapter)