Reborn in another world as a game

Chapter 357 The first mobile chip is born; Tian Moyun wants to make a small toy

"In terms of mobile phones, there are too many places that need to be completely self-developed and avoid patents. It will definitely not be done in a while."

Tian Moyun said casually: "As for the handheld game console... the 16-bit first version can be taken out now, but I am not very satisfied with the chip manufacturing process and power consumption, and I need to adjust it. Now I am preparing a gadget. I got the inspiration from "My Homeland"."

litter thing?

Su Qiong didn't want to understand, what kind of inspiration can games like "My Homeland" bring to him?

Could it be another electronic toy?

Change the skin and make an electric plush toy?
Thinking about it, it shouldn’t be so. After all, this technology has been changed for several generations, and the electric toys of [Cool Toys] are becoming more and more advanced, leading all toy brands in the world. There is no need for Tian Moyun to participate in the research and development process again.

"You will know when the time comes, it will be online around July."

Tian Moyun smiled and said.

……

In June, there were 6 days of calm and 30 days of flying chickens.

Tian Moyun has been busy with the [Thunder R&D Center]. As a hacker, he has countless advanced and mature design solutions in his mind.

Unlike those scientific research practitioners who started from scratch and groped slowly like a blind man touching an elephant, Tian Moyun now has funds, technology, high-end talents, and complete scientific research equipment and production equipment.

therefore--

Under his leadership, [Thunder Scientific Research Center] has made rapid progress, avoided all misunderstandings and thousands of attempts, and saved a lot of money and time.

"The first mobile microprocessor chip is named [Thunder-A001]."

Tian Moyun said: "Everyone has worked hard. After this time is over, we will have a half-month holiday and go home to rest."

Everyone quickly said that it was not hard work.

This is not a polite word, they really don't find it hard.

What they are most afraid of in scientific research is the wrong direction. When they are trying a new direction, the pressure is like a mountain. Only when they see the results can they breathe a sigh of relief, feeling like "surviving death".

Every attempt on the road of scientific research consumes not only time, but also appalling funds.

Especially when the direction of R&D is wrong, it is normal to lose billions in one attempt. If you are unlucky and fail a few times, an international second-rate scientific research enterprise can go bankrupt directly...

Remember the previous life on Earth——

At the beginning, there were many large companies in the scientific research field, but with the technological changes from generation to generation, many companies have disappeared.

Countless people feel sorry, and feel that if there are them in this world, maybe there will be a different color.

But the problem is...

Is it because these companies themselves don't know that they can make a lot of money?They can't do it!
Profits in the scientific research industry!

This matter is almost well known, but the cost of failure in this industry is not something everyone can afford.

One or two failures may be enough for the giants, but if they fail ten times and eight times in a row... Facing the shortage of funds and the sharp drop in stock prices, how many companies can grit their teeth and continue?
The water in this industry is bottomless.

……

【Thunder Group】The reason why it can develop rapidly is because Tian Moyun has a clear research and development route in his mind.

He knows what is right and what is wrong.

Not only the general direction, but also detailed into every subtle choice.

This is like a normal person running a race against a group of blind people. He has an absolute advantage innately. He not only knows the route, but also knows where the breakthrough point is, and these... are unknown to traditional scientific research companies.

It is precisely because of this——

Under the leadership of Tian Moyun, these researchers really don't feel that their work is hard.

……

After the meeting.

After Tian Moyun rested for two days, he called Su Qiong and began to discuss the specific development and design of new products.

"You want to make a miniature handheld?"

Su Qiong looked at the hardware information he gave and asked casually.

Although the little girl is not a professional in hardware development, she can still understand the basic parameters and framework information.

This is not too professional knowledge.

For example, in the previous life on the earth, those senior enthusiasts who like digital products can clearly tell the main frequency, core, graphics processing technology, communication technology, design framework, manufacturing process of a processor...even more detailed s things.

This thing, as long as you are a little interested, and if you have time and conditions, you can easily find it.

From getting started to "mastering", it only takes a few days.

Although Su Qiong is not very interested in hardware, as a game designer, the first thing she needs to do is to understand the game development environment (hardware configuration, virtual operating system).

Therefore, she can understand these parameters.

With a little imagination in your mind, you can roughly know the "carrying capacity" of this thing.

then……

Su Qiong thought about it, this thing...how should I put it, it turned out to be an 8-bit processor, and its performance is not as good as [Thunder]

"This is the first mobile microprocessor just made by the R&D center."

Tian Moyun emphasized: "Although it is only 8-bit, it is very rare to be able to reduce the size and power consumption to this point, and it can also be equipped with a strong graphics processing capability. This is a big step for success. The resulting strategic plan has great practical significance."

The center of gravity of [Thunder Scientific Research Center] has shifted sideways to the mobile terminal.

Mobile phones, handhelds, and even all other portable electronic products are within the scope of research and development.

Although the performance of this [Thunder-A001] is a bit bad, it is far inferior to the [Thunder LT-8M] they provided to [Dragon Scale Game], but you must know that this is a mobile microprocessor, not a host core processor.

This is similar to the difference between mobile phone processors and computer host processors, with different emphasis.

The former needs to sacrifice performance for heat dissipation and power consumption, while the latter does not, so it can be piled up crazily.

Although the same processor, but the difference between the two is too great.

……

"This [Thunder-A001] has about 8% of the performance of [Thunder LT-35M], but the power consumption is extremely low, far inferior to a 1W energy-saving wick."

Tian Moyun said lightly: "Its biggest highlight is the addition of independent graphics processing technology, with up to 128 colors of simultaneous display. If it is used to run the game, it may not even be able to play the low-end version of "Tank War", but , we can also use it to make some relatively simple games.”

"what?"

Su Qiong frowned and thought, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: "You mean... the color screen version of the Happy Cube? This is fine."

"Happy Cube" doesn't eat and run very much, and it is far inferior to "Super Mario" and "Contra", which squeeze 8-bit machines to the extreme.

When there were no chips, it could be done with just a circuit board, which shows how low the configuration requirements are.

certainly--

Now the sales volume of [Happy Cube Machine] is no longer good.

Because the national economy and consumption capacity are slowly improving, and technology is also advancing, that kind of backward technology will inevitably gradually leave the center stage.

When it was released last year, because of the concept of "cheap game console", a large number of consumers became interested in this product.

Because back then, "game consoles" had always been very expensive things.

But now it's different—

The emergence of [Thunder Game Hall] makes it possible to play games for only one dollar.

Although it is quite pitiful for experienced/heavy gamers, ordinary consumers can try it out, occasionally for entertainment, and improve their aesthetic ability. It is difficult to look down on the previous [Happy Cube Machine].

Su Qiong wondered, did Tian Moyun want to make a color screen version of [Happy Cube Machine]?

It seems quite interesting.

(End of this chapter)