NFBE Chapter 359 Blue Bird VCD
Chapter 359 Blue Bird VCD
"Mayor, the 1-micron lithography machine is already capable of stable mass production!"
"Great! This timing is very timely! By the way, our patent application for the video decoding chip has been approved, right?" Jiang Weimin was very excited to hear the news.
"The mayor has applied for it, and some patents that cannot be circumvented have been authorized!"
Jiang Weimin pondered for a moment and said, "Then we should build the production line and factory for key spare parts according to the plan. We will strive to put them into production quickly and on a large scale."
In fact, China's photolithography technology had reached a 80-micron production level in the 1s, but the photolithography machines developed at that time were unstable and could not be mass-produced.
The chips used in the Pokémon game console are produced using a relatively stable 2-micron process lithography machine.
The decoding chip had actually been developed a long time ago, but it had been stuck at the key link of the 1-micron lithography machine.
After the Qingdao Publishing House's laboratory was established, researchers worked day and night to finally develop a 1-micron lithography machine that was stable and capable of mass production.
Jiang Weimin's heart finally settled down at this moment. Qingdao's VCD factory was one step closer to success, and it was very likely that it would get the biggest piece of the pie in the industry's development.
This is also the first report that Jiang Weimin has to hand in as mayor of Qingdao.
After leaving the office, Jiang Weimin first went to the lithography machine research center.
Found the person in charge of the lithography machine.
"Professor, you have made a great contribution to the 1-micron lithography machine being able to ensure stability and mass production! Now our products are waiting for it!"
In the 90s, advanced foreign photolithography machines could produce hundreds of chips on a wafer in a single exposure. If hundreds of exposures could be performed a day, theoretically tens to hundreds of thousands of chips could be produced a day.
The lithography machine developed by Qingdao Lithography can produce tens of thousands of chips a day. As the subsequent yield rate and equipment are gradually improved, the production capacity will increase.
Due to the influence of Qingdao City's packaging equipment, a maximum of 30 to 50 chips can be produced per month.
However, the current production is sufficient. The most important thing now is to improve packaging efficiency, continue to purchase packaging equipment, and build production lines.
"We were able to complete the research and development so quickly thanks to Mayor Jiang's strong support! Otherwise, we don't know how many years behind our lithography manufacturing technology would be!"
"Professor, don't be too anxious. Our country doesn't need very sophisticated chips yet.
Now 1 micron lithography machines are enough! Don't worry now, take your time. One day we will catch up with them. "
“How can we not be anxious? Foreign lithography machines have already developed a 0.35-micron process.
The 0.5-micron lithography machine is already capable of stably and massively producing chips, but the gap between us and foreign countries is still too large.
The higher the end of the weapons and equipment, the more sophisticated the chips used. This is a technology that cannot be ignored if a country is to become stronger.”
"Professor, I understand. Just focus on your research. If you need anything, just tell me. I will do everything I can to help you."
The Qingdao lithography machine team began to challenge the 0.5-micron lithography machine.
Jiang Weimin left the lithography machine research center and then went to the chip design research unit.
At this time, the chip research unit had been divided into three departments by Jiang Weimin.
The game design department continues to develop the design of the second generation of Pokémon.
Video Decoding Department, researching video decoding chips and continuing to develop second-generation technology
There is also a department that has begun researching pager chips in preparation for subsequent research on mobile phone chips.
Although pagers are now selling well in the country, the subsequent market potential is still huge.
As long as he can develop a chip that can bypass foreign patents, Jiang Weimin is confident that he can capture 50% of the domestic market share.
Even if we cannot bypass foreign patents, as long as we can thoroughly study the technology and successfully obtain foreign authorization,
Not only can we make a lot of money, but we can also drive the vigorous development of Qingdao’s spare parts system.”
The biggest problem at present is the lack of manpower. Jiang Weimin has many good ideas, but they cannot be put into practice due to the lack of professional talents.
Jiang Weimin's idea is to organize people to conduct research on chips with high sales in the market.
If you can circumvent patent barriers, do so. If you really can't, purchase a license. After organizing a team to conduct in-depth research, launch the product to the market at a reasonably low price to quickly earn foreign exchange.
Thinking of this, Jiang Weimin's first thought was to poach people. There were many excellent talents in the Sino-foreign joint ventures.
However, poaching such talents might be misunderstood as undermining the country's economic development and international friendship. After careful consideration, he gave up the idea.
Jiang Weimin decided to step up his recruitment efforts, whether it was graduates from top domestic universities or professionals who had studied abroad.
As long as they are talented, we will spare no effort to recruit them.
In the next few months, the Blue Bird VCD factory began its preparation work in an orderly manner.
From the planning and design of the production line, to the installation and commissioning of equipment, to the training arrangements for personnel.
Finally, after more than half a year of hard work, a VCD production line with an annual output of 1 million units was successfully established.
When the first VCD prototype slowly rolled out from the production line, there was warm applause at the scene.
Jiang Weimin named this VCD "Blue Bird".
This is mainly due to the fact that the chips and various control components are independently produced in Qingdao. Excluding some patent licensing fees, material costs, labor costs and equipment depreciation costs,
After calculation, the cost of a Bluebird VCD is less than RMB 500.
Moreover, as the production scale expands and technology improves, there is still a lot of room for cost reduction.
In the previous life, the Wan Yan VCD had to purchase all the accessories, so the initial cost had reached 2000 RMB.
A foreign DVD player or VCR costs tens of thousands of dollars.
This is definitely a great opportunity for Qingdao.
Jiang Weimin purchased a batch of domestic and foreign film and television music copyrights and made them into CDs.
At the same time, the animation produced by Qingdao Publishing House was made into a CD.
Jiang Weimin also established a CD equipment manufacturing plant, which mainly produces equipment for making CDs.
It is also to earn foreign exchange while meeting the market demand of the state energy.
As more and more Blue Bird VCDs were produced, soon 20 units were piled up in the warehouse.
"Mayor, Anhui seems to have a VCD product coming to market. Should we start selling it in advance?"
"No, continue to increase inventory. Communicate with them whether to launch them at the same time."
In the previous life, Wan Yan created a market, established a unique brand, and formed a set of molding technology.
However, as it is a private enterprise, it has no financial support and cannot rapidly expand its production scale. In addition, Anhui currently does not have the supporting industrial foundation for large-scale manufacturing.
In addition, Wanyan does not have its own core patents. The key parts of the chip are all purchased. Foreign manufacturers can mass-produce them once they are disassembled.
In the end, the Pearl River Delta was the place where industrial clusters developed. Of course, a lot of money was still earned by foreign countries.
When Wanyan's factory manager Jiang Wanmeng learned that Qingdao also produced a VCD product, especially that the video decoding chip inside was made by themselves, he was shocked!
After learning about the chip prices in Qingdao, Jiang Wanmeng also wanted to purchase chips from Qingdao, but his partner was the manufacturer of the decoding chip and there was no way to change it.
Jiang Wanmeng was shocked and worried, but fortunately Qingdao agreed to release the products together, which would create an advertising effect.
At the same time, both parties unified the pricing, with the overseas price being US$800 and the domestic price being RMB 4000.
Since Qingdao has well-established overseas channels, Jiang Weimin’s strategy is to prioritize earning foreign exchange and leave the domestic market to Wanyan.
In fact, even if Wanyan's output was given to him, Wanyan would not be able to succeed in the country.
Jiang Weimin applied for all kinds of patents related to VCD, but none of them had much technical content. It was estimated that it would only take half a year for foreign manufacturers to complete the application.
However, within half a year, once the VCD industry is fully developed, Qingdao VCD's production capacity will reach 200 million.
Moreover, Qingdao's VCD costs are low, so as long as foreign manufacturers enter the market, they can start a price war to continue to maintain Qingdao's overseas market.