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The so-called special-purpose chip is a chip specially developed for a certain type of machine. The development difficulty is much less than that of general-purpose chips.

Just like Apple's A-series chips.

The performance is super good, and there is even a generational advantage compared to competitor Qualcomm's chips.

So the question is, is Apple’s technical level in the chip field better than Qualcomm? Are the M series computer chips developed by Apple better than Intel?

This is obviously impossible.

Apple has only been making chips for a few years, and there is not that much accumulation at all. There is no overtaking in the technical field. And Apple itself is not a technology company, but a product company.

The reason why Apple's chips have better performance than Qualcomm and Intel is because Apple develops specialized chips and only provides them to its own Apple products.

If you try Apple's chips on Samsung, Huawei, and Xiaomi mobile phones, the effect will be vastly inferior to Qualcomm's chips, and you won't be able to pass the test of stability and adaptability alone.

Because Qualcomm's chips are universal chips and can be used for all brands of mobile phones, there is no problem using Qualcomm chips on the iPhone.

The test scores of Ziweiyun's self-developed server are much better than ZTE's servers, because Ziweiyun's product is "dedicated", which eliminates 99% of the adaptation problems and does not require I don't care what others think. Anyway, it is for my own home and it is enough to comply with Ziweiyun's system.

This development difficulty is greatly reduced.

This is why Mr. Shi is very unconvinced. He sincerely does not think that ZTE's servers are worse than Ziweiyun's.

Another example is Academician Ni. After being defeated in Lenovo's internal power struggle, he was unwilling to pursue a career in technology, so he took state money to participate in an Ark chip project.

It was once highly praised in the country and was rarely seen in the world.

But it doesn't work at all.

A suitable computer must be specially developed for this chip.

It is not enough to have a computer with a dedicated adapter chip, but it also needs a dedicated operating system to adapt to the chip; it is not enough to have a dedicated operating system, but it must have dedicated software to adapt to the chip; it is best to have a set of software that adapts to the chip. Chip compatible programming language.

After messing around with it, I finally found that a computer equipped with this chip couldn't even use Word and had no versatility at all.

Thousands of computers purchased with financial support were completely unusable and were thrown into the warehouse.

The entire project failed.

"Universality" is the biggest problem in the field of science and technology in the world today.

In the past few decades, colleagues in the scientific and technological field around the world have worked together to create a mature and complete technological world. The development of any product must be integrated into this technological world, which is "universality."

It is impossible to develop a product and then re-create a technological world for this product.

This is almost impossible.

Unless it's a legend like Steve Jobs who stands at the top of mankind.

He redefined the mobile phone.

Because in the past technology world, the concept of "smartphone" was missing, suddenly an independent kingdom called "iPhone" appeared somewhere, and this independent kingdom was very dreamy.

In this way, technology colleagues all over the world are willing to enter that independent kingdom and help Jobs build this independent kingdom, build bridges, pave roads, build houses, and plant flowers and plants.

If there are already several very excellent and mature smartphone kingdoms in the technology world, and all kinds of infrastructure are very complete, who would be willing to build it from scratch in the "iPhone" kingdom?

This is the creative meaning of going from 0 to 1, which can lead the times and call on scientific and technological colleagues around the world to use it for me.

But even so, the independent kingdom of iPhone must open several windows to the outside world of technology, so that the independent kingdom can interface with the outside world and achieve partial compatibility.

And this is why Zhou Buqi pays special attention to the cloud computing industry.

Today’s “cloud computing” is almost the same as the “iPhone” back then.

They are all new products and new industries.

In the technology world, there is still no complete and mature cloud computing territory. In this way, Ziweixing has a certain significance of leading the times, and it can call on scientific and technological colleagues around the world to use it.

The most typical one is Ziweiyun operating system.

If they want to use the Ziweiyun platform, merchants must specially develop the Ziweiyun operating system version of the software and hang it on the platform for users to use.

Over time, cloud products will develop a version of the Ziwei Cloud system, which will form a habit, and a technological world rule surrounding "cloud computing" will be established.

If there is already a very mature cloud computing industry in the technology world, the territory will be divided equally among the three giants A, B, and C. So if Zi Weiyun appears at this time, it will be difficult to find a chance of success.

Software manufacturers have already worked hard to develop three versions of cloud products: A, B, and C. Why should they develop a Ziwei Cloud version?

Even if it is developed, the cloud computing market has been divided up by three companies A, B, and C. Ziweiyun managed to break out with difficulty. At most, it will just eat some leftovers under the squeeze of the giants. It is impossible to have what it is today. This kind of 0 to 1 world position leading the industry.

Zhou Buqi determined the development ideas of the cloud computing industry as early as five or six years ago.

And it generously allowed scientists to publish many articles about Ziweiyun's technical logic, product concepts and route directions in many journals and magazines.

It has also open sourced all the codes of more than 20 projects.

At first glance, Ziweixing is at a disadvantage.

It’s such a waste to spend billions to share the correct conclusions obtained through constant trial and error, correction, and testing with the world for free.

In fact, there is a deeper truth behind this.

When cloud computing products around the world are developed around Ziweiyun's technical direction and concepts, Ziweiyun's rules in this industry have also been determined. The cloud computing industry must follow Ziweiyun's rules. to develop.

Only after Zi Weiyun gained this part of the say was he able to call on more colleagues in the technology industry to join Zi Weiyun's camp and let them do things according to Zi Weiyun's rules.

For example, Zhou Buqi proposed the strategy of self-developed chips this time.

In today's technologically advanced world, small companies are simply not qualified to develop chips, and even if they do, it will be difficult for them to pass the test of versatility.

Who do you think you are if you want all the products in the world to adapt to you?

If you want to adapt to the world, do you have the technical strength?

Only giants who have mastered the rules of science and technology have such a say.

For example, when Apple launches a new chip, technology companies around the world must seize the time to develop new versions of apps to adapt to Apple's new chip.

Not even Qualcomm.

Qualcomm also has to adapt to the world.

Now Zi Weiyun is facing such a difficult challenge!

How to choose the chip research and development route?

Is it suitable for the whole world?

Or will the whole world adapt to you?

After seeing Mr. Shi off, Zhou Buqi entered the conference room with a group of Ziweiyun executives and was about to discuss this topic.

Dr. Wang Jian said: "It is not too difficult to develop some low-end and mid-range server processors. The difficulty of chips mainly lies in precision. We cannot make 1 micron chips, but we can always make 1 mm chips. Mobile phones and computers Due to the limitation of product size, the smaller the chip, the better. Our own servers do not seek to be beautiful, and there are no size restrictions. What Intel can solve with 1 micron, we can solve with 10 millimeters."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "I think I heard someone say... It seems to be Mr. Yang of Lenovo. The domestic leader in the field of supercomputing processors actually adopts this strategy."

Wang Jiandao: "Yes, that's what it means. A supercomputer is bigger than this conference room. There is no limit on the size of the chip. If we don't pursue high-standard precision and application versatility, there will be no difficulty in development." . This is also the key point for us to develop our own chips."

Zhou Feng added to this sentence, "Should we develop general-purpose chips or chips specifically for internal use?"

Zhou Buqi asked: "What are the advantages and disadvantages? Tell me, Dr. Wang Jian?"

Wang Jian is the chief technology officer. He also led the team to develop Ziweiyun. He has a strong voice in the technical field. He said: "Let's talk about general-purpose chips first. The advantage is that they are highly adaptable and can even be commercialized. Those made in China Servers, mainly mid- to low-end ones, all purchase foreign chips. If we can successfully develop general-purpose chips and sell them externally, it means that they do not need to spend foreign exchange to import from overseas, and our products can be priced at It’s lower, and there’s no bottleneck premium.”

Zhou Buqi deeply agreed with this, nodded and said: "Yes, He Yang always said that when he was working at Lenovo, the most painful thing was that American chip suppliers would always increase prices temporarily or supply goods. Not enough. Because it is a necessity and there is no substitute, it will always be blackmailed by them."

Wang Jiandao: "The server field is relatively better. After all, servers are B-side products. Lenovo computers are more for the C-side and for individuals."

This is the biggest difference between side B and side C.

The purchasing party on the B-side is the company, which is made by a large number of elites who know the industry well. They will always make the best choice and choose the most cost-effective products.

Whether this product is produced by a technology giant with a strong brand or by an unknown small workshop has nothing to do with the quality of the product.

As long as the product quality is good enough and the price is cheap enough, that's fine.

The C-side is for individuals. Many people do not understand the market and are easily "cheated" by marketing, and will focus on buying products with stronger brands. Even if another product has better quality and lower price, sales will be mediocre because the brand is too low.

The servers are all for companies, and they are all B-side purchasers.

Those vain things are meaningless. The quality and price of the product have a decisive role in product sales, just like the rise of domestically produced mid-to-low-end servers in the industry.