Rebirth 1984: Starting with the development of Hanka

"Hello, Fujio Sugaoka, congratulations to your team for developing multi-layer storage MLC structure flash memory. However, single-layer storage SLC structure flash memory must also be paid attention to. MLC flash memory and SLC flash memory have their own merits, and each has a wide range of applications. !”

Zhao Ye shook hands with Fujio Shioka and said with a smile.

The strength of the multi-layer storage MLC structure is its large storage capacity, but it also has many shortcomings.

The first thing to bear the brunt is that the service life of MLC is shorter than that of SLC. The MLC architecture can only withstand 1 erases and writes, while the SLC architecture can withstand 10 erases and writes.

The second is the slow access speed. Under the current technical conditions, the theoretical access speed of the MLC chip can only reach about 6MB, while the access speed of the SLC architecture is more than three times faster than the access speed of the MLC architecture!

Also, the current consumption of MLC is higher than that of SLC. If MLC is compared with SLC under the same conditions of use, the current consumption of MLC is about 15% more than that of SLC.

However, ordinary consumers currently pay more attention to the size of storage capacity.

Therefore, the multi-layer storage MLC architecture is the focus of research by Fujio Fujio's team.

Fujio Shioka also understood what Zhao Ye meant and couldn't help but nodded to express his understanding.

"Some people in our team have been studying the single-layer storage SLC architecture to maintain a leading position in this direction. At present, the flash memory of the single-layer storage SLC architecture is too expensive and difficult to commercialize. It still needs Keep improving.”

"Well, this is the best arrangement." Zhao Ye nodded with a smile, paused, and then warned, "Oh, by the way, U disk, CF card and SSD solid state drive must also be produced quickly.

U盘分为三种规格：100MB、250MB、500MB，其零售价分别为100美元、250美元、500美元。

1MB is worth one dollar!

Children and old men are not deceived!

The CF card is mainly composed of a control chip and a flash memory chip. One flash memory chip has 50MB. In other words, the current storage capacity of the CF card is only 50MB. If we sell it for $50, we will of course make a loss. Therefore, the price of CF card is at least 200 US dollars.

As for SSD solid state drives, this is calculated based on one dollar per MB. As for the SSD solid state drive with the capacity we want to launch..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ye became slightly thoughtful.

When Fujio Shigaoka heard this, he couldn't help but clicked his tongue and thought to himself, it must be the boss who sets the price. I don't dare to think so, I'm afraid I'm going to make crazy money~

Zhao Ye didn't notice the expression on Fujio Shigaoka's face at this time. He was recalling the development of hard drives of his main competitors.

At the beginning of this year, IBM invented MR (Magneto Resistive) technology. This new type of magnetic head uses magnetic induction writing and magnetoresistive reading, which greatly improves the sensitivity of the magnetic head and greatly improves the working efficiency of the hard disk. At the same time, the storage density of the disk has increased dozens of times compared with the previous 20Mbpsi (bit/square inch), laying the foundation for a huge increase in hard disk capacity.

IBM will soon pioneer consumer-grade GB hard drives.

If Wujiang Group had not developed flash memory with a multi-layer storage MLC architecture, it might not even be qualified to compete with IBM.

IBM consumer-grade GB hard drives are of the 3.5-inch standard and are larger in size.

If used on a laptop, it will look a bit bloated.

For the same 1GB hard drive, the size of the SSD will be several times smaller than the IBM mechanical hard drive, so the SSD solid state drive is very suitable for use in laptops.

Wujiang can develop 1GB and 2GB SSD solid state drives, but it only sells 1GB SSD externally, while 2GB SSD is mainly used in its own desktops and laptops to enhance its competitiveness.

After Zhao Ye clarified his ideas, he asked Fujio Sugaoka to develop 1GB and 2GB SSD solid state drives.

Fujio Sugaoka quickly said that there was no problem, but more people needed to be recruited, and they were a bit busy with just these people.

"You can just recruit people. Just hire whatever talents you need. The development potential of flash memory is beyond your imagination. In the future, the market of flash memory will be very huge, with many product lines and extremely wide applications."

"Okay, boss!" Fujio Shigaoka responded. He was very excited and couldn't wait to recruit a large number of talents to join the flash memory department, and then work hard to prove the value of flash memory to the world! Of course, the most exciting thing for Fujio Fujioka is to see the regretful face of his old employer Toshiba...

"Work hard, Fujio Shioka, success is just around the corner! As the 'Father of Flash Memory', you will definitely become famous all over the world!" Zhao Ye encouraged Fujio Shioka by patting him on the shoulder, and then said goodbye to him.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Ye went to the MPEG-1 decoding chip department and also encouraged the development team to continue their efforts and design better decoding chips.

Zhao Ye talked with the developers for a long time, talking about the MPEG-2 video format and compression algorithm in detail, and pointed out the ideas for developing MPEG-2 decoding chips for the technicians.

Currently, the encoding used by VCD is MPEG-I technology, the image resolution can only reach about 240 lines, and the sound is only a simple two-channel, so it is not very good in terms of image and sound quality, function, performance, etc. .

Super VCD uses MPEG-II encoding technology, with sound up to 4-channel stereo and image resolution up to 350 lines, which can basically reach the highest resolution of domestic TV sets in the 90s.

Zhao Ye always likes to launch the first generation of products and then immediately research the next generation of products to always maintain the technological lead.

Although DVD is stronger than Super VCD, it is more difficult to develop. Wujiang Group can practice with Super VCD first. Super VCD uses the same MPEG-II encoding technology as DVD, which will be of great help to the future development of DVD.

Unknowingly, it was past five o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, Zhao Ye left Loongson Company.

On the way back, Zhao Ye became more and more interested in super VCD.

If the current video recorders can compete with VCD in terms of picture quality, then when it comes to super VCD, the video recorder will be completely destroyed.

Families in Western countries all use video recorders. It is not impossible for Wujiang Group to use VCD to pry open the door, but it is just a little more difficult. If you replace the VCD with a super VCD, let alone breaking into the door, you can break into the house and rob it directly. The other person who keeps it will be willing to take out the money...

"VCD was first launched in developing countries. Firstly, these countries have not yet had time to be occupied by video recorders. Secondly, VCDs are cheaper than video recorders. Thirdly, pirated optical discs are low-cost and can be easily popularized."

"When super VCD is developed, we must enter the Western market as soon as possible! While DVD has not yet been developed, we can make a lot of money from it!"

Zhao Ye smiled, cheating is so cool!

How to develop and how to win, you all know it clearly!

……

It was around 10 o'clock in the morning the next day.

"Boss, Wang Fulin, the director of "A Dream of Red Mansions" just called. He said that the production of "A Dream of Red Mansions" has been completed and has been submitted for review. It is planned to be broadcast on CCTV 7 at 1 o'clock in the evening on July st!"

Liu Yinyin walked up to Zhao Ye and said with a smile, "Previously, Wujiang and "Journey to the West" jointly operated publicity operations, and the effect was remarkable, thus greatly increasing the influence of "Journey to the West". I guess Director Wang probably also meant this! "