Rebirth 1984: Starting with the development of Hanka

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

But right now, Wujiang Group has not even designed and produced chips, nor has it developed a game console, so even if it develops a game, it will probably be a wedding dress for Nintendo. It was also this year that Nintendo made an unprecedented move in the third-party franchise agreement-if a game company publishes a game on a Nintendo console, Nintendo will automatically obtain half of the intellectual property rights as a joint publisher!

This is no longer plucked, but braised!

Zhao Ye decided to design and produce the chip first.

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

Wujiang Group has accumulated more and more technology and talents. Zhao Ye believes that under his leadership in design and development, a powerful game console can be developed in a few months. Of course, the premise is that the chip must be strong enough.

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

Today is 1985, seven years ago it was 1978.

The Z80 chip was invented in 1976.

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

However, the BG-101 stepper lithography machine still has some problems that need to be improved 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 left to mold in the laboratory, which was a waste of resources. Of course, this may also be due to the shortage of R&D funds and the inability to continue to improve, making it difficult to commercialize.

Ni Guangnan has been lobbying at 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 Group.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is also holding a meeting to 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 hold?

On the Wujiang Group's side, a company called "Wujiang Microelectronics Company" was soon established with a registered capital of 4 million yuan.

Zhao Ye directly invested all the company's profits from last year. On the one hand, this reflects his decision to enter the semiconductor field; on the other hand, it is also to attract more talents to join or research institutions to directly merge into "Wujiang Microelectronics Company".

Of course, Wujiang Group still has a lot of funds on its books.

In January 1985, Wujiang's Hanka, typewriters, BB machines, and agent PC brands were all selling well, and WPS-office software was also selling well around the world, bringing huge revenue to the group, with sales totaling 1 million yuan. After deducting taxes and other expenses, the profit is as high as about 2.5 million.

Following this trend, Wujiang Group will achieve a rapid leap in 1985, with annual revenue expected to exceed 30 billion yuan!

But this is normal. Sitong basically generates annual revenue of 10 billion yuan from typewriters alone.

Wujiang is much better than Sitong!

Moreover, according to market forecasts, in 1985, the demand for Hanka, typewriters, BB machines, PCs, and WPS was all increasing.

Domestically, Wujiang Group currently has a monopoly on the sales of Hanka, typewriters, BB machines and WPS software, with huge advantages.

The Lenovo Hanka of the Institute of Computing Technology is still in the process of improvement and its sales volume is not high.

Only the competition in the PC market is relatively fierce.

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

Hong Kong Kingsoft's super-PC is selling well in China. When others see this, they will naturally follow suit. This is because there is no technical difficulty in building a PC assembly machine, as long as the electronic components can be purchased.

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

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

Hong Kong Kingsoft SUPER-PC has no technical advantages, so it has to follow the market and adjust its prices.

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The establishment of Wujiang Microelectronics Company caused a huge sensation in the domestic semiconductor circle.

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

"Wujiang Group is really a big deal. It seems that they have really decided to go big in the semiconductor field!" Lu Feiwen, director of the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was shocked when he saw news reports about Wujiang Microelectronics.

Everyone else in the 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 lagged 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 we continue to invest a lot of money in the development of lithography machines, perhaps the glorious journey of China's lithography machines will begin from now on...

The talents and technologies of the Microelectronics Research Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their diligent research spirit are worthy of praise.

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Liu Anming, director of Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory, held the newspaper and did not recover for a long time.

"4 million, Wujiang Group is really rich. In the field of semiconductors, R&D investment is huge, and the risks are huge. It is very likely that the products developed will be outdated. Zhao Ye is really courageous and admirable. If there is With so much money spent on developing lithography machines, I think our 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 Guangnan came to Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory and said a lot of truths, saying that China's lithography machine industry needs to unite and concentrate on doing big things, and Wujiang Group is willing to be the leader, provide funds, and jointly Develop photolithography machines.

At that time, Yanagian Ming 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 either, and the technicians have accumulated a lot of experience in lithography machine development.

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With the establishment of Wujiang Microelectronics Company, Ni Guangnan was poaching people and immediately achieved twice the result with half the effort.

The Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory, Wuhan Radio Component Factory No. 3, etc. have also begun to change their attitudes and seriously consider whether to merge into Wujiang Microelectronics Company. Is it feasible in terms of policy?

Ni Guangnan struck while the iron was hot and planned to use the reputation of Wujiang Microelectronics Company to invite domestic research institutions in the semiconductor field to come to Wujiang Group for a party.

Just after going to work at 9 o'clock in the morning, Ni Guangnan came to Zhao Ye's office and told him this idea.

"China Lithography Machine Industry Summit?"

Hearing this, Zhao Ye thought this was a good idea. He smiled slightly and said, "No problem, this is a good idea. You are responsible for the invitations, and the company will bear the round-trip transportation, food and accommodation expenses for these guests!"