Rebirth: My 80s

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First floor of Huadian Research Institute, east side.

In the largest conference room in the building.

All the senior executives of SEZ Huadian Company currently in the industrial park were present.

The conference hall is similar to a small auditorium that was very common in this era, with a stage about one meter high and rows of seats below. It adopts a modern design style and the chairs are all "flip-up chairs"; the theme colors are black, white and gray.

Simple and elegant.

At this moment, the first few rows of seats in the audience are full.

Li Jiankun sat in the center of the first row, with Ran Zi on his right.

On his left is Vice President Lin Lanying.

On the stage, there was a small square table in the center, with a square object covered with red silk cloth on it.

A middle-aged man holding a plug-in microphone paced nearby and narrated:

“…In the field of DRAM chips, Japan is currently the strongest in terms of strength. Around 1984, Japan’s DRAM industry entered a period of technological explosion.

"The Electronics Institute of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry successfully developed 1MDRAM, while the mainstream technology at the time was still 64KDRAM. Mitsubishi Corporation even publicly demonstrated the key technology of 4MDRAM.

"By 1, Toshiba alone sold more than one million MDRAMs per month. Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Toshiba, and NEC became the pioneers of Japan's chip industry.

"In the same year, Japan's global market share of DRAM chips rose to 65 percent, while the United States' fell to 30 percent.

"It can be seen that the global DRAM industry is mainly controlled by these two countries. The remaining 10% of the global market share is mainly divided between South Korea and Taiwan."

"However, in 1986, the United States and Japan reached a chip export agreement, which hindered the sales of Japan's DRAM chips in the United States, which dealt a heavy blow to Japan's chip industry.

"Therefore, the company's choice of DRAM chips as its first product is a wise move in line with the market situation..."

Li Jiankun smiled bitterly and shook his head. There were some things that he was too embarrassed to say in front of him.

There is another reason:

Another more critical chip in computers - CPU - is a market that Huadian finds difficult to penetrate with its current capabilities.

It’s not that it can’t be made.

In fact, not to mention Huadian, when my country manufactured the first microcomputer DJS-050 in , it also made a microprocessor.

However, this CPU is assembled from thirty-one integrated circuits.

In 1979, my country also copied the two most famous and best-selling CPUs in the world today:

Intel's 8080 microprocessor, and Motorola's 6800 microprocessor.

But the same thing is that the former is divided into four pieces for synthesis, while the latter is synthesized using multiple pieces.

Huadian is now manufacturing CPUs and is facing similar obstacles.

There is a lack of technology and craftsmanship.

It does not need to be divided into several pieces for synthesis, but the finished product is much larger than the products of Intel and Motorola.

How can we compete with others once we put it on the market?

In the area of ​​logic chips, Huadian still needs to continue exploring and polishing.

However, the field of storage chips is moving faster.

DRAM chip, whose full name is dynamic random access memory, is used to exchange data directly with the CPU. It can be read and written at any time at a fast speed.

This is commonly known as "memory".

To put it bluntly, Huadian will manufacture memory sticks next.

“The product we are building now is the most in-demand 1MDRAM chip on the market.

“After continuous improvement, we have reached the industry standard in terms of yield rate. At the same time, we have also tested the failure rate from the customer’s perspective.

“Here I will share a set of data:

"For chips with the same performance, the failure rate of Japanese chips in the first thousand hours is about 0.02%, while that of American chips is 0.09%.

“We are 0.05%.

"In between, compared with American chips, we have an advantage; compared with Japanese chips... we also have an advantage! If we are currently focusing on the domestic market.

“Because of the cost advantage.

“Even though Nippon’s chips are better than ours, they have no advantage over us in terms of price.

"My personal suggestion is that as the company's first product, we should not take too big a step. The overall idea of ​​our sales department is to use this product first to lay a foundation and take over our base - the mainland market..."

The idea is conservative, but also quite pertinent.

Li Jiankun nodded subconsciously. No matter what, the base must be taken down first.

He produces memory sticks in the Special Administrative Region, but domestic companies in need still import them. What's going on?

That's a shame!

After He Yuanwei, the sales manager on the stage, finished his speech, Li Jiankun said:

“Your plan is feasible.

"The Special Zone Huadian Company is now a well-known enterprise in the country, but most people only know that we make pagers. People who are more informed also know that we have built a Huadian Industrial Park, but for several years, there seems to be no movement. It is time to let everyone know what our main business is.

"While I am in the Special Zone, your sales department should organize a 'product launch and ordering meeting' as soon as possible."

He Yuanwei's eyes lit up and he grinned, "Okay, let's do it right away!"

The big boss is obviously ready to give them a push.

Even if all the people in their entire sales department worked together for several months, it might not be as effective as if the big boss just showed up.

Yes, big boss.

Although they still call him "Mr. Li" on the surface.

The big boss probably had no idea what kind of commotion would occur in the industrial park after the news that he was the world's richest man appeared in the newspapers.

At first it was like a magnitude twelve earthquake.

Later, public opinion in the newspapers began to favor him.

Every night after work, the park could be described as filled with the sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers. In the end, it was only after Dean Lin spoke up and asked everyone to stop making so much noise that everyone calmed down.

The meeting continued, and the heads of several major departments came to the stage and spoke a few words.

Finally, Lin Lanying stood up and walked onto the stage. She came to the square table, looked down at the audience and said, "Please invite Mr. Li to come on stage and unveil the company's first product."

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap...

There was thunderous applause.

Li Jiankun had no choice but to stand up and go on stage. He didn't expect that the old lady also liked the sense of ceremony.

In fact, who here hasn’t seen this chip?

When he came to the Special Administrative Region years ago, he had taken a close look at it, but was told at that time that the yield rate did not meet industry standards.

Even if improvements were made later, what difference would be visible to the naked eye?

Isn't it still the memory stick?

Swish!

The red veil was lifted by Li Jiankun.

Inside a cubic transparent plastic box, lies a palm-sized memory stick.

Lin Lanying raised her hand to stop the applause, then smiled and said to Li Jiankun, "How about giving it a name?"

"what?"

Is it necessary to give a memory stick a name?

Just get a character number.

Lin Lanying seemed to see what Li Jiankun was thinking, and said, "I was thinking, why should I learn from others?"

She looked down at the memory card, and her slightly cloudy eyes revealed kindness:

“It’s the brainchild of everyone in the company.

“Some people may spend more time on their own children than this.

“Why not give it a warm name?”

How could Li Jiankun refuse this?

"Then pick one?"

He smiled and said, "You should come when you are old. Ran Zi knows that I am bad at naming."

Below the stage, Ran Zi smiled and nodded.

Seeing this, Lin Lanying did not refuse. After thinking for a moment, she said, "How about calling it Longteng? Longteng 1, and the upgraded version of this series in the future, Longteng 2, Longteng 3... and so on?"

"Good name!"

Li Jiankun gave a thumbs up and said, "That's a good idea too!"

The whole house laughed.

I didn't expect this person would also flatter.

However, this name does sound good and seems to contain some deep meaning, or it may be Dean Lin’s good wishes.

The Longteng No. 1 DRAM chip was born.

After the meeting, Ran Zi sent Li Jiankun to Huadian Hotel to rest.

In the car, Li Jiankun saw that she seemed to be thinking, and asked:

"What are you thinking about?"

"I'm wondering, is this thing going to sell well? Computers are not widely used in the mainland, let alone in households. Look at all the companies, big and small, in the SAR. How many of them have computers?"

Li Jiankun patted her little head and said:

"You, you are worrying about things that shouldn't be your concern."

Ran Zi seemed to be dissatisfied as she stroked her hair, but how could there be any dissatisfaction on her little face?

The driver was replaced. Xiao Zhang should be busy with the tasks assigned by Li Jiankun. He quickly moved his eyes away from the rearview mirror and focused on driving, pretending he didn't see it.

"You don't understand anything."

Li Jiankun laughed and said, "Do you think this 'memory stick' is only used on personal computers?"

Ran Zi asked doubtfully, “Isn’t it?”

“It’s a fart.

"As long as it is a computer, or something that is essentially a computer, it cannot do without a memory stick. The structure of the computer determines this."

Li Jiankun explained: "Personal computers are indeed far from popular in the mainland, but the mainland developed the Fudan 601 electronic integrator in , which is a large electronic analog computer.

"We continued to develop it. In 1, we developed the Galaxy-, a supercomputer with exascale speeds of million times, making us the third country after the United States and Japan to develop a supercomputer.

"The computer foundation in the mainland is actually not weak. It is just that due to various reasons, it is still difficult to popularize it in civilian use. However, in the public sector, scientific research and development, factory production and many other aspects, computers have already begun to be widely used."

Li Jiankun said this, pointed to a cement electric pole outside the car window, and asked:

“See that thin line up there?”

Ran Zi asked: "Telephone line?"

Li Jiankun nodded and said, "The end of the telephone line connected to the post office has a program-controlled switch, which is essentially a computer. It can perform the two main functions of control and connection. Otherwise, it all depends on manual labor. Nowadays, even a thousand operators are not enough for a city-level post office."

Ran Zi suddenly realized.

Arrived at the door of Huadian Hotel.

There was a man standing next to the revolving glass door. After the car stopped, he quickly went forward and opened the rear door.

As Li Jiankun got out of the car, he looked at the white envelope in his hand and asked in surprise, "So fast?"

The driver, Xiao Zhang, smiled and said, "It's not a secret."

He went to the Special Zone Investment Promotion Office, found a buddy with whom he had had a few drinks, and got the list in minutes.

I dare not be unhappy about what the boss tells me to do.

When Li Jiankun took the envelope, the smile on his face had disappeared and a chill was revealed.