Chapter 536 Polishing
On the experimental table, a chip lay quietly. Everyone who entered the laboratory wearing dustproof clothing focused their eyes on the chip.
When Wu Xinyi saw the Tianji chip, he was even more emotional. Only those who have joined the Tianji chip project will know how much Dongxin Semiconductor paid for this chip!
Last year, Dongxin Semiconductor’s revenue was close to more than 300 million US dollars, which sounds like a lot, but in the end it turned out to be a loss, and it had to be subsidized by Donglin Hi-Tech headquarters!
If it had not developed computer chips, lithography machines and other projects, Dongxin would probably have been profitable from the first year of its establishment.
By supplying cow excrement chips to electronic pet machines, and supplying chips, motherboards and other components to Shenzhou digital cordless phones, Feiyan mini radios, PHS and other products, Dongxin has been living a very prosperous life, with staggering profits. 40%, in the chip industry, second only to several chip companies such as Intel and Toshiba.
But raising a computer chip R&D team is not as simple as just raising a few engineers. The combined R&D teams of Ni Guangnan and Huang Lingyi now have close to four to five hundred R&D personnel. Each of these R&D personnel The minimum monthly salary is more than 2,000 yuan, and the basic salary of senior engineers is tens of thousands.
Just the salary paid to the research and development staff of Tianji Chip within Dongxin Semiconductor is more than millions every month. Dongxin Semiconductor has supported this team for more than two years, almost three years.
Of course, low-paid chip engineers can also be recruited, but when junior engineers who have just graduated are recruited, all they can do are chores. They cannot be trained in just a few years, and they cannot be expected to be used in the short term.
In addition, including Hanxi Joint Laboratory, Hanxi Jiaotong University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Yanjing University, and more than 20 electronic research institutes, semiconductor research institutes, etc., there are also R&D teams that cooperate with Dongxin. To provide technical support for the Tianji chip project, these partners have to spend money to support them.
This is only the salary investment. In fact, it is not even the bulk of the chip investment. The rest includes experimental equipment and materials from scratch. It is impossible to create them out of thin air. It requires domestic and foreign procurement and self-made R&D equipment.
There are also technical materials purchased from abroad, etc., which all cost money. In name, Dongxin Semiconductor’s research and development expenses invested in Tianji chips are only 300 million yuan, but this is only research and development expenses. If Taking into account all the expenses, the cost of this Tianji chip has more than doubled four to five times.
"Tianji chip is a 120MHz processor, using MIPS architecture, using 600 nanometer chip technology. The core is composed of 3.2 million transistors, has floating point computing function, operating voltage is 3.3V, and supports computer voice , sound, images, pictures, handwriting and other functions!”
As the chief engineer of Tianji Chip, Ni Guangnan introduced the technology and performance of Tianji Chip. He has long been familiar with these data.
“How does it compare with Intel’s chips?”
Wu Yaoguo, Li Weimin, Zhou Shuyang and others who are laymen have no specific idea about the Tianji chip data mentioned by Ni Guangnan, but what they care about most is how the performance compares with Tel's chips.
After all, domestic computers now use almost all Intel chips, especially high-end computer models, which use chips from AMD, Toshiba, Hitachi, NEC and other brands, which can only be regarded as "no-name" processors.
Of course, even if it is a no-name processor, there is no one that can be developed in China. Although it is better to buy it than to make it. Just like Dongxin, it costs so much to develop it. It is already much more expensive than buying the chip. There are too many, but there are no domestic computer chips, there are none!
"This..."
Ni Guangnan looked a little embarrassed. Although he didn't want to admit it, based on the paper data of the current Tianji chip, compared with Intel's latest chip, he knew the gap. How big it is is almost a generational difference.
"If the performance of the Tianji chip can meet the standard, the performance should be similar to or even surpass the first-generation Pentium chip released by Intel three years ago!"
At this time, a voice came from the crowd and said, Lin Sijian looked carefully at the Tianji chip in front of him. As a veteran in the industry, he knew the performance of this chip when he heard the paper data of Tianji.
Of course, paper data is paper data. It is estimated that when running on a computer, the performance will shrink a bit, otherwise the classic saying will not appear, one core is in trouble, eight cores will watch. , it is estimated that non-professional users will not be able to push the extreme chip performance of the chip, and will not be able to experience the difference.
When Intel released the first-generation Pentium 586 chip, there were frequent failures and problems, and a batch of processors were recycled.
As a latecomer, the processor is three years behind the first-generation Pentium. No matter what the secret is, the performance is theoretically better than that of the first-generation Pentium. “Only equivalent to Intel chip performance from three years ago?”
When they heard about the performance of the Tianji chip, Zhou Shuyang and other provincial office staff were obviously a little disappointed.
Li Weimin was not disappointed. He knew some of the ways of the chip industry, "But Intel chip manufacturers will never supply the latest models of chips to the country!
Now most of the domestic Computers are still equipped with 386 chips. The 486 chips have only entered the country since last year. The first-generation Pentium 586 processor is now exclusively supplied to domestic Lianxiang high-end computer models.
As for Intel's latest Pentium 586 processor. The second-generation processor will not be supplied to the country at all. If Tianji can be released, it will become the most advanced computer chip in the country! ”
Hearing Li Weimin's words, Zhou Shuyang, Wu Yaoguo and others couldn't help but show joy on their faces. The Tianji chip is considered an advanced processor in China today.
But then, a few people couldn’t help but cursed at Intel, which was really nothing. It used things from three years ago to deceive domestic computer users, and used expired junk goods to cut off domestic leeks.
But this is the current situation of the technology industry. Foreign technology companies use China as a dumping ground and sell low-quality products at high prices. Just like the previous mobile phones and mobile phones, foreign technology companies will only release products in two or three years. The inventory is shipped to China and sold at a high price. Not to mention cleaning up the inventory, the selling price is more expensive than abroad.
The domestic mobile phone industry only changed after Tanglin Hi-Tech launched PHS. Before, mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia and Motorola were unwilling to even develop Chinese operating interfaces, allowing Chinese people to use English interfaces. , you will know what attitude foreign technology companies have towards domestic users.
After the emergence of PHS, the price of the domestic mobile phone industry was driven down, and it was also the first to launch a Chinese operating interface. Now, mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia, Motorola, and Ericsson no longer dare to clear their inventory at high prices in China. If they play, their domestic mobile phone sales will collapse.
In the computer industry, the same pattern applies. Regardless of the major computer brands or component suppliers such as Intel, they do not take domestic users too seriously. They basically sell products in China one or two years ago. It is equivalent to clearing inventory. The latest models of products are not sold in the country at all.
However, if Tianji really goes on sale, chip manufacturers such as Intel, AMD, and Toshiba will probably change their attitude immediately. The latest models of chips will be sold domestically overnight and will not be given to Toxin. Opportunity to grow!
Li Dongling glanced at Lin Sijian, who stepped forward, picked up the Tianji chip with gloves, and observed it carefully for a long time. Based on his experience, he determined that this chip was not purchased from Intel. A chip like this was created by altering the model number to fool someone, then installed it into the motherboard and put it into the chassis.
As a veteran in the industry, if the chip overturned and someone used fake chips to deceive him, then Lin Sijian would really have no place to show off his old face.
Seeing this, Li Dongling's last worry dissipated. He was not doubting the Tianji R&D team, but he had to confirm it. In the past life, there were few examples of ships capsizing in the gutter in China in terms of chips. Li Dongling didn't I hope that Dongxin will also become the ship that was capsized. The loss of funds is one aspect, but the key is Dongxin’s head, which will never be lifted up in this life!
These days, there is no chip benchmarking software, so you can only rely on your own experience, which mainly depends on experience and usage time. Only after long-term testing can you know where the problems are, and then carry out maintenance and upgrades.
“The chip is quite complete, and its performance should be better than the first-generation Pentium processor, but it still needs polishing!”
After using it for a while, Lin Sijian gave his own The answer, coming from the mouth of a veteran in this industry, can basically tell the quality of Tianji.
(End of this chapter)