Williams is responsible for the research and development of two mobile phone chips at the same time. He has been under a lot of pressure recently:
"Chairman, the 40-nanometer Kunpeng 500 is a system-level chip. Because it integrates the Pterosaur 2800 baseband, it is more difficult to develop. It is better to leave the 28-nanometer Kunpeng 700 project and team without integrated baseband to George, and I will assist him.
"
"In this way, I can also concentrate on breaking through the baseband integration problem of Kunpeng 500. In this way, Kunpeng 500 is expected to be taped out ahead of schedule, almost in October."
"George's team took over the Kunpeng 700 chip without a baseband. With the technology and experience of our Kunpeng 500, the 700 can go more smoothly. In addition, without a baseband, even if it is 28 nanometers, there is hope for early tape-out, which is estimated to be around March next year."
Theoretically, 28nm 700 is more difficult to develop than 40nm 500.
But the most difficult thing to develop for mobile phone chips is not the manufacturing process, but the integrated baseband!
The Kunpeng 700 is a plug-in baseband and does not have an integrated baseband at all. You only need to upgrade the CPU and GPU based on the Kunpeng 500.
There is no need to even develop a baseband, just take out the baseband of Kunpeng 500 and plug it into 700, which directly saves a big problem.
As for Kunpeng 500, not only does it have to develop the CPU and GPU, but it also has to get the baseband and successfully integrate it! This greatly increases the difficulty, and is actually more difficult than the 28nm 700.
In addition, the research and development time of Kunpeng 500 SOC is tighter, so Williams will bear the most difficult task. Wang Yi has no objection:
"Okay, the Kunpeng 700 chip without integrated baseband will be handed over to George's team. William, you focus on getting the 500 SOC! Get it done as soon as possible!"
As a result, Williams is responsible for the 40-nanometer Kunpeng 500 SOC with integrated baseband.
The 28nm Kunpeng 700 chip project with external baseband was handed over to George.
Two teams, two projects, advance simultaneously, support each other, and assist each other.
After all, Kunpeng 500 and 700 are both built on the same architecture, but the 700 has a higher main frequency and a more advanced manufacturing process. It can be regarded as a semi-upgraded version of the 500 without the baseband.
Once Williams has finished the Kunpeng 500 SOC, they will go directly to develop the next-generation integrated baseband 28nm Kunpeng 900 SOC!
The two teams help each other and compete internally, which greatly improves efficiency and makes them more reliable.
What's more, when Xingyi Technology further develops and enters the PC industry in the future, it may not develop its own PC chips!
In the chip R&D department, it is naturally better to have two more teams!
Williams and George are both teachers and friends. This relationship is very similar to Mr. Hu and Mr. Liang. They are also teachers and friends.
Rather than being wary of each other and trying to hurt each other, Wang Yi appreciates this kind of demeanor of being both a teacher and a friend, helping each other.
"No problem!" Williams responded readily.
"That's okay with me." George was even more motivated.
Wang Yi was in a good mood: "Then I'll wait for your good news. Now that the R&D plant of Xingyi Wafer Factory has been delivered, it is expected to be able to trial-produce the 40-nanometer process in August. If everything goes well, it will be able to produce 40-nanometer technology around October. Kunpeng
If 500 SOC can be successfully developed in advance, it will be tape-out by then!"
"Okay, Chairman, we'll do our best!" Williams promised.
Wang Yi nodded and left the chip department.
Kunpeng 500 integrates the 40nm Wing Loong 2800 baseband, which has slightly better performance than the 45nm Tegra 3.
But it is not as good as Qualcomm’s 28nm APQ 8064, which is the Snapdragon 600. This year’s absolute flagship chip will be next year’s sub-flagship chip.
Nvidia’s flagship Tegra 3 this year is only equivalent to next year’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 400!
After all, Tegra 3 is 45nm, and Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 is 28nm.
The CPU of Snapdragon 400 is not as good as Tegra 3, but the GPU, power consumption control, and baseband all beat Tegra 3.
In this way, the overall performance of Kunpeng 500 is slightly better than next year's Snapdragon 400, but not as good as the Snapdragon 600.
This year, Kunpeng 500 can be positioned as a sub-flagship chip to replace the NVIDIA quad-core tegra 3 of Xphone 1pro, Xingyi Tablet X1pro, and Xingyi TV.
Next year, we can only position mid-range chips, suppress the Snapdragon 400, and use them in Unbounded thousand-yuan phones.
Chip replacement is so fast, one level is lost every year.
As for the Snapdragon 600, it is suppressed by the 28nm Kunpeng 700!
Kunpeng 700 does not have an integrated baseband, so it cannot compete with Snapdragon 800, but it can crush Snapdragon 600 without any pressure.
In addition, Kunpeng 700 does not integrate a baseband, has powerful performance, and supports 4K decoding. It can be used in the 4K version of next year’s high-end Xingyi TV!
There is also next year's Xingyi Tablet X2pro, which can also be upgraded to Kunpeng 700.
As for next year’s Qualcomm flagship SOC Snapdragon 800, we can only look at the progress of Kunpeng 900.
Although it is a step slower than Qualcomm, there is no way. Xingyi Semiconductor is a rising star after all, and it is already very good to be able to achieve this step.
Fortunately, Texas Instruments gave up its mobile chip business, and Wang Yi directly took over a large number of Texas Instruments' R&D engineers, semiconductor tycoons, and experts. It was equivalent to standing on the shoulders of Texas Instruments, and development was naturally much faster.
If there was no advance layout and no team of experts and R&D engineers from Texas Instruments were recruited, Xingyi Semiconductor would develop slowly, and we don’t know how long it would take.
If you develop it yourself, at least the first-generation chip will most likely be the same as Huawei's K3v2, and it will be difficult to become a big success.
Wang Yi took a shortcut and not only took over Texas Instruments' CPU and GPU R&D experts and team, but also incorporated VIA's baseband R&D team and 55Nm baseband technology.
The reason why the 40-nanometer Wing Loong 2800 baseband is developing rapidly is that it is developed based on VIA's 55-nanometer baseband technology.
With two major teams of technical and R&D experts, coupled with Wang Yi's strong financial support and vigorous recruitment of people, progress has been rapid!
It can only be said that Wang Yi took advantage of the right time, place and people.
It happened that Texas Instruments gave up mobile chip research and development, and VIA also gave up baseband research and development. In the end, Wang Yi was given the advantage!
This is the biggest advantage of the reborn, information control and continuous leakage!
The next day, Baidu headquarters.
Li Yan looked at the sales of Xiaoai Audio and was very envious:
"Wang Yi, this guy, is really amazing. He made a small speaker go to great lengths, and even installed AI and smart home! It's actually sold so well, it's really amazing."
The vice president also had a complicated look on his face: "Especially with the infrared function added to the Xiaoai audio system, it is invincible. Traditional air conditioners, TVs, and Xiaoai audio systems cannot be controlled originally, but with the infrared function, they can also be controlled directly."
Another executive said: "The most powerful thing is to deploy smart homes! I feel this is a new track and very promising."
Li Yan agreed very much: "Well said, in the social field, Baidu cannot compete with QQ of Goose Factory, nor can it compete with Changchao of Xingyi Technology. In the video field, iQiyi is not a rival of Xingyi Video. But in the field of smart home,
We have a lot to do!”
The vice president nodded: "Yes, Xingyi Technology has advantages in making AI speakers, and so does our Baidu. Xingyi Technology has Xingyi Music to provide copyrighted content, and our Baidu has Qianqianjingting, which also has genuine content. Although our music
The library only has one million, which is not as good as Xingyi Music’s library of tens of millions, but it is enough.”
"And we at Baidu already have advantages in the search field. Once Baidu AI Speaker is launched, our human-computer interaction and question and answer will be more powerful than Xiaoai Speaker. Similarly, we have also accumulated some technologies in AI. As long as we invest money
, strengthen research and development, and we can make Baidu AI speakers in up to one year!”
"Yes, we have thousands of listeners for music, Baidu search engine for Q&A, and we have accumulated experience in AI. Coupled with Baidu's brand appeal, it can be said that we have all the conditions to make Baidu speakers! If we don't make AI speakers, we will
It’s a waste of resources.”
Seeing that everyone in the room completely agreed and not a single person objected, Li Yan nodded with satisfaction:
"Okay, then immediately set up Baidu AI Audio Division and focus on developing AI audio."
"Yes!" Everyone responded one after another.
But some people couldn't help but said: "Chairman, both Xingyi Music and QQ Music have been aggressively acquiring copyrights, and their music library has reached tens of millions of lossless sound quality. Our Qianqianjingting has owned millions of copyrights since the acquisition in 2006. In the past six years,
In the past, there was not much increase. Now we have to compete with Xiaoai Audio. Qianqianjingting serves as content support. There is a big gap in copyright, only one-tenth of the other party. It will also affect the sales of Baidu AI Audio."
"Yes, your concern is correct." Li Yan took a deep breath: "When consumers look at Baidu AI speakers, they see that they are all old songs and new songs have no copyright. They are afraid that they will immediately return the product within seven days without any reason! They may even give up buying Baidu AI speakers!
"
"Yes, that's what I'm worried about. I suggest Qianqianjingting increase its investment and purchase music copyrights in large quantities."
Li Yan nodded: "Okay, then Qianqianjingting will upgrade to Baidu Music, upgrade the strategic level, increase investment in copyright funds, and provide content support for Baidu AI Speaker."
“The chairman is wise!”
"By the way, Chairman, Xingyi Technology's AI speaker is called Xiaoai Speaker. What is the name of our Baidu AI speaker? Xiaodu Speaker?"
"Baidu? Xiaodu Audio?" Li Yan nodded: "Okay, that's a good name. Baidu is the best sign, so it's called Xiaodu."
"The Xiaodu Audio Division was established today. We immediately transferred key personnel from other divisions to start Xiaodu! At the same time, we established the Baidu Smart Home Department to develop the Baidu Smart Home system."
"Wang Yi can't let Wang Yi swallow up a market as big as smart home! We also have to recover the losses in the map, film and television fields!"
"yes!"
Everyone was very motivated and eager to fight.
There is no way, Baidu and Xingyi Technology have been fighting against each other recently, and they have been defeated repeatedly. Everyone is very convinced.
Now that I have finally found a way out, of course I am holding back my energy and waiting for Xiaodu Audio to be mass-produced in a year to counterattack strongly.
But what they don't know is that a lot of things can happen in a year.
At JD.com headquarters, Da Qiangzi is also eyeing Xiaoai Audio:
"The sales volume of Xiaoai Audio is so high? More than two million units sold in three days?"
The subordinate shook his head: "There are more. According to reliable information, Xiaoai Audio is selling well all over the world, with global sales exceeding three million in three days. It is estimated that tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest, it will be out of stock."
"Made, the 1399 speakers are selling so crazy. Are they more expensive overseas?" Da Qiangzi was very convinced. It would be a lie to say he was not envious.
"Yes, one unit costs US$299 overseas, which is equivalent to RMB 1,900! But even so, demand still exceeds supply, and many cities are out of stock. The second-hand market has sold it for US$399!"
"Crazy, really crazy!" Da Qiangzi sighed with emotion.
"No way, a few years ago, Bill Gates showed off his new home, a complete set of smart homes. Since then, foreigners have become crazy obsessed with smart homes. And the slogan of Xiaoai Audio is to make the richest man's smart home
Enter the homes of ordinary people!"
"..." The corner of Da Qiangzi's mouth twitched: "This porcelain touch is too outrageous, isn't it? Is it too exaggerated?"
"The problem is that foreigners believe it, and Xiaoai Audio has really done it. Since it supports infrared, any device with a remote control can be coded to Xiaoai Audio, controlled by Xiaoai voice, and remotely controlled by the Zhijia APP
.”
"In a certain sense, it has indeed brought the smart home of Bill Gates, the richest man, to the homes of ordinary people. It is not an exaggeration!"
"Coupled with the price of 299 US dollars, it is equivalent to 299 yuan in developed countries in Europe and the United States. It is very cheap, so naturally it is crazy to buy."
"Alas!" Da Qiangzi sighed, but could not refute:
"Wang Yi is such a marketing genius that he actually thought of using Bill Gates' smart home to promote Xiaoai Audio and the Xingyi smart home ecology!"
"It's so shameless!"
"But it's so easy to use!"
"What a day!"
The subordinates were collectively silent: "..."
There is no doubt that this wave of publicity has been very successful.
What's more, it's not false propaganda, it is indeed a replacement for Rich Smart Home.
Only Bill Gates felt uncomfortable. His smart home was the earliest to start, starting in 1997. It took him a full 7 years to complete it in 2004.
At that time, there were no companies specializing in smart home products. He customized them all privately and spent countless amounts of money, a total of 60 million U.S. dollars!
As a result, Bill Gates spent 60 million US dollars and spent 7 years to build a smart home, Wang Yi 299's Xiaoai audio, which was immediately completed, directly turning traditional home appliances into smart homes!
Where to reason?
Bill Gates breaks through all defenses!
Western consumers are completely crazy.
Some media even called Wang Yi "the man who defeated the richest man with three hundred dollars!"
Taking advantage of this turmoil, Xiaoai Audio became more popular abroad than at home, with higher sales!
This shocked even the great Qiangzi: "It seems that the smart home market is huge, and we need to get involved!"
"That's right, Chairman. We can't handle high-tech things like mobile phones. But smart homes are simple."
The subordinate said: "More importantly, as the largest e-commerce platform, JD.com has close cooperation with major electrical appliance brands. As long as we launch JD Smart Home and let major electrical appliance brands join in, then our smart home system will
It has been completely established! Maybe we can overtake in a corner and develop better than Xingyi Smart Home!"
"What a great idea!" Da Qiangzi's eyes lit up: "That's great. The advantage of JD.com is our platform, the number one e-commerce platform in the country! There is no shortage of electrical appliances."
At present, JD.com’s revenue cannot compare with Taobao, but in terms of home appliance sales, Taobao is not as good as JD.com.
Especially for large electrical appliances or digital products, consumers’ first online shopping choice is JD.com’s self-operated products!
"Whether it's Greeme or Haier and Hisense, they are all our customers! As long as these big customers all join the JD smart home ecosystem, Xingyi Smart Home will have no development and is not worth mentioning!"
"That's right, Chairman, this track is totally possible. I suggest that we immediately set up the JD Smart Home Division to develop JD AI speakers!"
"Okay!" Da Qiangzi made the decision on the spot: "Jingdong Smart Home Division will be established today."
"Chairman, I have a suggestion about the name of our AI speaker. What do you think of Ding Dong Ding Dong?"
"Ding dong ding dong?"
"Kyoto Toto?"
Da Qiangzi's eyes lit up: "It's so careful, it's called Ding Dong Ding Dong."
"But there is another problem. The smart home ecosystem and Dingdong speakers both require AI algorithms."
The subordinate said half of what he said, but the meaning was clear.
Da Qiangzi frowned: "This is a big problem. Our JD.com has limited investment in the field of AI. JD.com's AI customer service system is also outsourced to Xiaoai Robot. If we set up an AI algorithm department, recruit talents, and develop it from scratch, it will be too slow.
I guess it won’t be possible in three to five years.”
"Yes, Chairman, I suggest that we directly find third-party companies that are good at AI algorithms to cooperate. We can set up a joint venture to jointly develop smart homes."
"Learning from each other's strengths is a good idea." Da Qiangzi agreed: "Do you have a goal?"
"Currently there are three targets. The one that is doing the best right now is our old customer Xiaoi Robot, but it was acquired by Xingyi Technology and is a competitor."
"Well, I won't consider the Little i robot. It's not suitable." Big Hadron directly denied it.
"The second one is Baidu. Baidu is invincible in the field of Chinese search and has also made achievements in the field of AI. If we cooperate with Baidu, it will not be a problem to make a Ding Dong speaker within a year."
But Da Qiangzi waved his hand: "Baidu can't do it. Li Yan's ambitions are too big. They will most likely develop Baidu smart home and also do e-commerce. They are also our competitors."
"Then we can only consider the third company, iFlytek!"
"iFlytek input method?" Daqiangzi became interested.
The subordinate nodded: "iFlytek has been developing accurate speech-to-text technology and has deep knowledge in the field of AI. If we cooperate with iFlytek, we can also solve the AI ​​algorithm within one year and launch JD Audio and JD Smart Home!"
"Okay, very good." Da Qiangzi was very satisfied:
"iFlytek is a perfect fit. Firstly, their technology can meet our needs. Secondly, iFlytek's market value is only over 7 billion, which is much worse than ours at JD.com and is easy to control. If we cooperate with Baidu, JD.com will only
We can serve as a foil to Baidu. But by cooperating with iFlytek, we at JD.com can take the lead!”
"Yes, I also agree with cooperating with iFlytek." Several other vice presidents expressed their opinions one after another.
"Okay, let's go to iFlytek to negotiate tomorrow." Da Qiangzi said.
The subordinate waved his hand: "Chairman, we are eyeing iFlytek, and other companies may also be eyeing it. In case of long nights and dreams, why don't we fly over today, arrive in the afternoon, and talk about the first round in the evening.
"
"What you said makes sense. Soldiers are valuable and quick. The vice president will lead the team and set off immediately. We must win cooperation."
"good!"
At noon, Song Sining called Wang Yi:
"Chairman, we have been in discussions with iFlytek's board of directors about buying a stake in iFlytek. The biggest problem is that the price has not been reached yet. We want 2 billion and get 30% of the shares. News from iFlytek
Fei wants 2.2 billion. I'll grind it out this afternoon and I think I can sign the contract tomorrow."
"2.2 billion? It's only 200 million. Don't worry, we can sign the contract directly this afternoon. If it works, we can sign it for 2.1 billion. If it doesn't, we have to sign it even for 2.2 billion!"
Wang Yi said decisively: "The sales of Xiaoai Audio are so popular, I'm afraid someone will contact iFlytek soon. Don't come up with Cheng Yaojin halfway and let iFlytek ask for the price!"
"I'm worried about this problem too!" Song Sining nodded: "Don't worry about it this afternoon, I'll go find iFlytek and sign it as soon as possible!"
"Okay." Wang Yi responded: "It doesn't matter if you spend an extra one or two hundred million, you will make it back. The strategic significance of iFlytek is the most important, and it is a protective investment."
At present, the concept of AI has just emerged, and the market value of iFlytek is only 7 billion.
But Wang Yi knows that the market value of iFlytek will rise to 17 billion next year, more than 20 billion the year after that, and the peak in 2015 will exceed 60 billion!
In the following years, it will reach 100 billion or 150 billion!
Even if technology stocks collectively lose half of their value ten years later, iFlytek still has a market value of around 100 billion!
Now spending an extra 200 million is not a problem at all.
It will make huge profits more than ten times in the future, not to mention the strategic significance?
With Wang Yi's reminder, Song Sining did not dare to be careless and immediately went straight to the headquarters of iFlytek and approached Chairman Liu Yifeng again:
"Director Liu, our Xingyi Technology, with full sincerity, wants to invest in iFlytek and form a strategic alliance for common development. A strategic ally like Goertek and BYD."
"You can take a look at the stock prices and market values ​​of BYD and Goertek. Before we bought shares, their market values ​​were not high. After we bought shares, they have increased several times!"
"Similarly, with Xingyi Technology's investment, iFlytek's stock price and market value will skyrocket. It is now 7 billion, and will soon reach 15 billion, or even 20 billion!"
"This..." Liu Yifeng was moved, very moved.
Xingyi Technology is a stock price appreciation device!
Before Wang Yi became a shareholder, BYD's stock price was at its lowest, only HK$10.
After Wang Yi became a shareholder, the price rose directly to HK$15.
Later, the contract for OEM Xingyi mobile phones and antifreeze batteries reached tens of millions, and BYD's stock price rose to HK$25.
Xphone 1 is selling like hot cakes, anti-freeze batteries are selling like hot cakes, orders are being added like crazy, and BYD’s stock has risen to HK$40.
Later, antifreeze batteries became a global hit, and major manufacturers rushed to buy them, causing BYD to rise to more than 50 Hong Kong dollars.
Finally entered Apple's supply chain, OEM Xingyi tablet, Xphone 1pro, once rose to 70 Hong Kong dollars!
From 10 Hong Kong dollars to 70 Hong Kong dollars, it has increased seven times!
As for Goertek, the original share price was only 6 yuan.
After Wang Yi invested, Goertek's share price rose to 10 yuan. Later, when it manufactured xbuds, the share price rose to 15 yuan.
With the global sales of xbuds, Goertek’s stock price has even reached 20 yuan!
Now that Xiaoai Audio is booming all over the world, Goertek’s OEM orders are weak, and the stock price has shot up to 30 yuan!
From 6 yuan to 30 yuan, it also increased five times!
And it’s still growing!
One is seven times, the other is five times!
iFlytek is envious, the board of directors is envious, and Liu Yifeng is even more envious!
The envious back molars are almost broken!
This is the strength and energy of Xingyi Technology!
There is even a legend in the stock market that if you follow Director Wang to buy stocks, you will definitely not run away.
Whichever company Director Wang invests in, the stock price of that company will rocket to the sky, rising five or six times!
He Liu Yifeng also wants to go to heaven!
Chapter completed!