The black technology empire started with a debt of one billion

Although he definitely has a say in which platform of CPUs to develop, the current situation is not as simple as before. He has to send a text message to ask Son to see. , after all, it costs hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a 7-nanometer CPU.

In addition, it takes seven or eight months to develop a chip using old-fashioned EDA.

It took seven or eight months to come up with a CPU that can be put on the market. It is estimated that other manufacturers have already launched their own CPUs. You must know that after simulation, tape-out is required, and tape-out is determined by the number of masks.

Normally, if the speed is fast, it only takes three months to complete the tape-out. However, if you are unlucky and the manufacturer needs to queue up for tape-out, it may take five or six months to complete the tape-out.

By that time, the market has been wiped out by other competitors, and it will be their turn to grab this market.

American Fruit Headquarters.

Bernie Albers called Jonathan Ivey to the office as soon as he learned that Deep Blue Technology had disclosed the Pegasus chip technology.

In Bernie Albers' opinion, Deep Blue Technology's Pegasus chip is more advanced.

Moreover, the Pegasus chip also contains several smart ML cores, so Bernie Albers was thinking about whether to switch to the Pegasus chip, but he had to ask Jonathan Ive for his opinion before changing.

After all, professional matters still have to be left to professionals.

"Jonathan, do you think we need to replace ARM chips with Pegasus chips?" Bernie Albers asked.

"Boss, I haven't seen the code of the Pegasus chip instruction set, so I can't give you an accurate answer for the time being, but if we change the chip to Pegasus, we need to solve the problems of system and core research and development.

According to the information I have received, Pegasus will only license the Pegasus instruction set and the first-generation core architecture.

The core performance of the first generation is similar to that of Xingtian 2. The performance of the A12 we are developing is better than that of Xingtian 2. If we use Pegasus technology, we will have to redesign the core of Pegasus, and we will also have to change the underlying code of the system.

This is an extremely time-consuming and complex task, and we would not be able to fully understand it within a year.

Therefore, I do not recommend that we use Pegasus technology in the next generation of products. It is best for us to continue to use our existing technology and wait until we have a thorough understanding of the Pegasus chip before considering whether to use Pegasus technology. ” said Jonathan Ivey.

"Well, let's do as you say first." Bernie Albers nodded.

at the same time.

Nvidia announced the parameters of the new generation ARM chip tiger5 on its official website.

tiger5 adopts the unified memory architecture of Deep Blue Technology. The new generation tiger5 chip contains 10 logical cores, and the ten cores adopt a ratio of six large and four small.

大核心频率3.4G、1级缓存128K、2级缓存256K，小核心2.4G、1级缓存56K、2级缓存128K，十颗核心共享16MB的3级缓存。

The GPU is a GPU independently developed by Nvidia, and its GPU performance is similar to that of the 1040GT.

The GPU and CPU imitate the design of Xingtian 2 and share a 128BM level 4 cache.

In addition, NVIDIA has also added three ML cores to the CPU. The design of these three ML cores is similar to that of Deep Blue. One is for image processing and the other for audio processing. The last ML core is mainly responsible for system and chip collaboration. .

The function is somewhat similar to the first-generation Xingtian's ML core, which can significantly reduce chip power consumption.

The Orion ladder score has reached 74 points.

I don’t know if Nvidia deliberately released the news, but the news soon appeared on major technology websites.

Netizens were also talking about it after seeing the news.

"Holy shit, Nvidia has been working on ARM for so many years, but it has never been able to compete with Qualcomm, Fruit and MediaTek. The performance of the tiger 5 released this time is too powerful. Is Nvidia going to take off?"

"This performance is only 2 points lower than Deep Blue's Xingtian 15. It seems that Huang really studied the chip carefully this time."

“虽然tiger5的性能只比深蓝的刑天2低15万分，但是深蓝的刑天2可是用28纳米制造的，要是深蓝用14纳米来研发CPU的话，深蓝必定能够研发出一款性能十分变态的CPU。”

"Deep Blue will launch 7nm products directly at its next press conference. It is estimated that Deep Blue Technology no longer looks down on 14nm."

"Deep Blue's press conference hasn't started yet, how do you know about this?"

"You can tell with your toes that Deep Blue Technology will definitely use 7-nanometer chips for its next press conference."

"The performance of Deep Blue Technology's next generation product should be very abnormal."

"No matter how abnormal the performance is, it has nothing to do with me. The speed of making money cannot keep up with the speed of dark blue hair's new products."

In the blink of an eye, time came to July 2017, 7.

AMD released their Seattle chip two days after Nvidia released tiger5.

The chip architecture of Seattle is similar to that of tiger5. There are many places where it is copied from Xingtian2. To be precise, it should be imitated. The performance of the two can be said to be very close. Seattle's CPU performance is weaker than tiger5, but Seattle's GPU performance is better than tiger5. Much stronger.

Seattle's GPU performance is infinitely close to Nvidia's GTX1040 graphics card.

Not long after the launch of these two CPUs, ASUS, Dell, HP and other manufacturers launched tablet computers using these two CPUs.

Asus even launched the zenfone5 ​​mobile phone using tiger4.

zenfone4手机在配置上与大米MIX2差不多，都是双摄像头、裸眼3D、12G+128G的配置。

ASUS's zenfone4 ​​mobile phone only sells for 4999, which is 2 yuan cheaper than the rice MIX2000. When Rebus saw the price, he was so angry that he vomited blood. ASUS's pricing directly beat the rice MIX2 to death.

You must know that Rice MIX2 has been on the market for less than a month, so he can't adjust the price of Rice MIX2 immediately.

Asus' zenfone4 ​​has taken away a large number of users who originally wanted to buy rice MIX2 due to its price advantage.

Deep Blue Technology Entrepreneurship Park.

Office of the General Manager of Deep Blue Electronics.

At this time, Lu Bingwei and Li Yujing were sitting in the office drinking tea and discussing Deep Blue 3.

"Lao Lu, after ASUS's zenfone4 ​​was launched, the sales of Deep Blue 3 mobile phones dropped a lot. Should we adjust the retail price of Deep Blue 3?" Li Yujing asked after picking up the tea cup and taking a sip.

"Is this your first day working in the company? It's not like you don't understand the boss's strategy. The boss would rather stop production than lower prices. It would be strange if the boss doesn't scold us to death for lowering prices." Lu Bingwei rolled his eyes and said.

"The problem is that the sales volume has dropped too much this time. Domestic sales have dropped by 38% in the past few days. If this continues, the inventory will exceed the production capacity." Li Yujing said helplessly.

华硕的zenfone4之所以比深蓝3卖得好，那是因为他们的屏幕给力，可以播放1080P的裸眼3D视频，深蓝3最高只支持540P的裸眼3D视频而已。

If Deep Blue Pocket hadn’t used a folding screen, maybe Deep Blue Pocket’s customers would have been snatched away. This is also the reason why Lu Bingwei wants to adjust the price of the Deep Blue 3 mobile phone. The lowest configuration of the Deep Blue 3 costs 2102 yuan, and the profit of a Deep Blue 3 is 2800 yuan. He thinks it is okay to lower it appropriately.

"Let's ask the boss later." Lu Bingwei said.

at the same time.

In front of a mobile business hall in the Magic City District.

Long Yunzhong was standing at the door of the mobile business hall holding two mobile phones to broadcast live.

"Brothers, we have installed the 5G phone card, and the system has also shown that it is connected to the 5G network. The program with the largest capacity on the mobile phone is Genshin Impact. We first uninstall Genshin Impact from the mobile phone, and then install it using the 5G network. Genshin Impact, let’s see how the internet speed is.” Long Yunzhong said and immediately uninstalled Genshin Impact.

Then he went to the Pegasus App Store to download the latest version of Genshin Impact.

The download speed is displayed on the download manager of the application market.

When I just clicked to download, the Internet speed was only 5M, and suddenly it jumped to 100M in the next second.

"Holy shit, shit, brothers, the download speed is 100M per second. Even the broadband at home can't reach this speed. The 5G network is really awesome. To be honest, even with my current income, when I see this I was also a little nervous about the speed.

What if you accidentally wake up and lose a house? The 80G traffic really cannot withstand the 5G network. "Long Yunzhong complained crazily.

他办理的198块的5G网络套餐，198块有480分钟还有80G流量，这已经是移动目前最顶配套餐。

Netizens were also surprised when they saw this speed.

"Tell 4G I can't go back."

"At a speed of 100M per second, 10GB is equivalent to 1 seconds, 1GB is equivalent to 6 minute, and 360GB is equivalent to one hour. This speed is really terrifying."

“I can’t describe the 5G network in words other than awesome.”

"It would be great if the cost of 5G networks could be reduced further."

"Ahem, the brother upstairs has already reduced the price. The 198G network of 4 yuan only has 40GB of traffic."

"What the heck, the price hasn't changed just because of the increase in traffic. Although the 5G network is very fast, I don't use that much at all. The 20G traffic is enough for me. The problem is that the 20G package still costs 98 yuan a piece. moon.

Can you introduce a package with 38G traffic for 20 yuan? It’s a bit distressing to pay so much phone bills every month. "

"It's impossible to make 5G cheap when it comes out. It's estimated that the price will drop after it becomes popular across the country. This was the case when 4G network first came out."

"Not to mention the price, the Internet speed is really cool. The download speed of 100M per second, even G broadband may not be able to achieve it."

"It's just fast at the beginning. Not many people are using it now. When more people use it, it will become slower. By then, 30M per second will be pretty good."

"Big brother has 30M per second, which is already invincible. The 4G network is only a few Mbps."

Office of the President of Deep Blue Group.

Lu Bingwei and Li Yujing came to Cao Mang's office because of the plummeting sales of Deep Blue 3.

After seeing the two people arriving, Cao Mang also invited them to sit down at the tea table.

"How come you two have time to come to my place?" Cao Mang asked while making tea.

"Mr. Cao, there are more and more high-performance CPUs on the market. Do you know Asus' Zenfone 4? The configuration is the same as Rice's MIX2, but Asus only sells it for 4999. After this phone was launched, the sales of Deep Blue 3 plummeted by 38%. .

It is expected that other brands will launch their flagship mobile phones in the future, and the configuration is expected to be similar to this configuration. When these brands of mobile phones are launched, the sales volume of Deep Blue 3 is expected to fall to the bottom.

What we mean is to lower the price of Deep Blue 3, otherwise Deep Blue 3 will really not be sold, but we still want to hear your opinion. "Li Yujing said.

"Deep Blue 3 has only been on the market for three months. Do you think it is appropriate to reduce the price after three months? If the price is reduced after three months, how can Deep Blue's brand value be guaranteed?" Cao Mang asked.

In fact, they all understood what Cao Mang said, but the situation was so pressing that they had no choice.

"Since sales have dropped, then reduce production. Deep Blue products will never be reduced in price. You can adjust the product line, launch PULs or Pro versions, and appropriately increase the existing configuration. If Deep Blue 3 really cannot be sold, , then just stop producing the Deep Blue 3 mobile phone." Cao Mang added.

"Mr. Cao, how are the PULs and Pro versions priced?" Lu Bingwei asked.

"The screen of the PULS version is adjusted to 3K, the CPU is replaced by Xingtian 2S, and the price is set at 5999. The Pro version has the screen adjusted to 4K, the CPU is directly replaced with Xingtian 2, and the retail price is set at 6999. There is nothing wrong with these two phones. The press conference has been held, just launch it into the market quietly." Cao Mang said after pouring tea for the two of them.

"Mr. Cao, what I mean is to reduce the production of Deep Blue 3. Deep Blue 3 is selling well abroad. After all, satellite communications are unique. There is not much domestic demand for satellite communications. For many people, it is just a gimmick. This is also The reason for the plummeting sales of Deep Blue 3.

Then there are the puls and Pro version of the candy bar phone according to your wishes. " Lu Bingwei said.

Although ASUS's zenfone4 ​​is much higher than Deep Blue 3 in terms of configuration and performance.

But Deep Blue 3 supports the satellite communication function, which is why Deep Blue 3 has not been killed. However, this thing is useless in China, and 99% of users cannot use the satellite communication function.

However, the function of satellite communication is quite popular abroad.

After all, there are many places abroad that often cannot receive signals, and sometimes satellite communications become their life-saving straw. This is why foreigners are willing to buy Deep Blue 3.

Most of the people in China who need to use satellite communications are wealthy people, and most of these people will choose Deep Blue Pocket and Deep Blue MAX.

Why do we say that most people who use satellite communications are rich people?

Have you ever seen any poor person travel to no man's land? Only rich people will go to no man's land to find excitement.

"Then let's settle it. I saw that you two didn't apply for a villa in Shenlan Community. Why don't you want to live in Shenlan Community?" Cao Mang asked with a smile.

"Mr. Cao, how can we have the nerve to compete with other company executives for villas when we receive so much dividends every year?" Li Yujing said with a smile.

"There are still many people down there who can't find a place to live. Besides, we can also afford villas ourselves." Lu Bingwei said.

"The house matter is the welfare of the company. You can handle this kind of thing yourself." Cao Mang said.

Then the two chatted with Cao Mang for almost half an hour before leaving. After the two left, Cao Mang also left the company by car to go outside.

Yang Xuejian, Liu Sisi and Tang Tang made an appointment with Cao Mang to play poker. They all missed Cao Mang after not seeing each other for a long time. How could Cao Mang refuse an appointment with a beauty. (End of chapter)