Chapter 577: Even Intel's Processors Move

"Netbook?"

Wu Haijun blinked. It was the first time he had heard of a netbook.

"What is a netbook for?"

"It's very simple, it's a laptop for surfing the Internet."

"What's the difference between that and a notebook?"

"Well... the difference is not very big, but the main purpose of the netbook is to surf the Internet."

Speaking of netbooks is also a notebook.

However, netbooks are not as powerful as notebooks.

"I understand a little bit."

In the end is a computer. Although it was the first time I saw this netbook, Wu Haijun understood after just thinking about it: "This netbook of yours can only be used to play games on the Internet, and there may be problems with other operations."

"right."

Chen Yu nodded, and then added: "It's not a problem, it's mainly browsing the web and playing small games, but some large games can't be played because the performance can't keep up, but it's okay to use some office software."

"But why don't I buy a notebook?"

Wu Haijun asked again.

"Because we are cheap."

Chen Yu said: "The price of our netbooks can be half or even a third of that of ordinary laptops."

"You make me think about it."

Wu Haijun feels that the concept of netbooks is relatively new.

However, he still has some doubts about whether this thing is popular in the market or not.

In theory, the performance of netbooks is naturally inferior to that of ordinary notebooks.

In the same way, if the performance is not comparable, the cost will certainly not be higher than that of a notebook.

The cost is not high, and the final terminal price will be cheaper.

But being cheap is one thing, and being able to sell it is another.

Just like their Shenzhou computer.

Although their Shenzhou computers are cheap, their performance is no worse than others.

Not only are they not worse than others, but their performance is better than others.

This is the advantage of Shenzhou.

But now the main focus is low-cost, low-performance netbooks, which seems to be the opposite of Shenzhou's strategy.

Most importantly, he was afraid that no one would buy such a notebook.

"Chen Yu, do you think anyone would buy such a notebook?"

"Of course, if it were me, I would definitely buy it."

"why?"

"One is because it's cheap. Anyway, I just use the computer to play Lianliankan on the Internet, nothing else. Although such a netbook can't satisfy all users, it can satisfy some users."

"That's true."

"There is another one. Our netbooks can be made smaller and lighter. Ordinary notebooks are generally around 2.5KG, and our netbooks can be less than 1.5KG, or even 1KG."

"1 kilogram?"

Wu Haijun touched his chin.

He took a book and weighed it in his hand.

This book is about two pounds.

If a netbook weighs about the same as a book, or slightly heavier, that's absolutely fine.

"There is one more, we can not use the Windows operating system."

"If you don't use the windows operating system, what system do you use, linux?"

"Yes, it's linux. If you just go online and play small games, there are a lot of linux systems now."

"The main reason is that users are not used to the operation."

"Then find a linux system that imitates windows."

In fact, many linux systems are now imitating windows.

It's just that they are not completely imitated, only partially imitated.

But even if it is a partial imitation, in fact, for many users, they are not used to too many operations.

Friends who have used the Linux system may know that at a glance, it is difficult for you to find the difference between this and windows.

Besides, if it is only used by ordinary users, just surfing the Internet, chatting and playing YY games, it will not have much impact.

Of course, this is why Chen Yu cooperated with Shenzhou.

His purpose is to launch his own linux operating system.

A netbook is the best platform for installing the linux operating system.

In fact, in the past life, many netbooks have already installed the linux operating system, and there is no problem in using them.

"Chen Yu, wait, let me think again."

If it was just cheap and light, Wu Haijun was only interested.

But now suddenly when it comes to not using windows, Wu Haijun feels that this is a big business.

Of course, this does not mean that Wu Haijun wants to be an operating system.

For the time being he has no such idea.

But he, who has been working on computers all the time, knows that the windows operating system is actually very expensive, usually several hundred.

Although many users now install pirated copies privately and do not need money.

But Shenzhou has many computers that must be pre-installed with the Windows operating system. Such pre-installation is naturally impossible for them to install pirated copies. If this is done, Microsoft will find trouble with Shenzhou in minutes.

The more genuine copies can be installed, the more they cost.

But at this time, if you don't use the windows operating system and change to linux, the cost will definitely be greatly reduced.

Even if there are some commercial linux, the price is far less than one-tenth of windows.

In terms of cost, it will save a lot of money.

"Mr. Wu, how are you?"

Seeing that Wu Haijun was moved, Chen Yu asked with a smile.

"What do you say?"

"Don't hide it, in a word, do you do it?"

"Dry."

In a word, Huanyu Technology has reached a cooperation with Shenzhou Computer.

However, after Chen Yu and Wu Haijun reached a cooperation, Chen Yu did not stop.

Chen Yu doesn't just want to abandon the Windows operating system, he also wants to abandon the Intel CPU.

In the field of PC computers, the strategic cooperation between Microsoft and Intel not only allows Microsoft's windows to dominate the world, but also allows Intel's cpu to dominate the world. The two clearly know that as long as the two sides are bound, they can get a steady stream of profits.

At first, Chen Yu's idea was to launch his own operating system.

But after thinking about the netbook, suddenly, Chen Yu found that the opponent's CPU Chen Yu could also break through the siege.

What Intel, what amd, Chen Yu had no way to use their CPU before.

But now, Chen Yu found an opportunity.

For example, there is a company called "VIA Electronics", which also produces its own pc chips.

To talk about VIA Electronics, we have to talk about the history of VIA Electronics.

In 1987, Chen Wenqi founded VIA Electronics.

At that time, Chen Wenqi, a former Intel employee, only made chipsets, that is, South Bridge North Bridge chips, when he founded VIA Electronics. Later, by chance, in 1998, companies such as Cyrix, IDT, etc. were acquired, which made VIA Electronics become a supplier of all-round Internet system integration components. To put it simply, it means that VIA Electronics has more business than Intel and AMD at this time.

Not only did they make their own chipsets, they also entered the CPU field, and they even made their own GPUs.

At its peak, VIA Electronics held more than 50% of the global chip market.

However, in the face of the rise of VIA Electronics, Intel began to fight back.

They first sued VIA Electronics for infringing their patents. This lawsuit hurt VIA's vitality. The lawsuit has not ended yet, and it is still fighting. It was not until 2013 in the previous life that the two parties reached a settlement.

Then Intel made another move to block it, announcing that as long as motherboard manufacturers using Intel processors could not use VIA's chipsets, VIA had to make their own motherboards.

But this is more than that. What's more, in order to completely destroy VIA, Intel directly built the Northbridge chipset into the CPU, and no longer authorized it to a third party. So far, the VIA chipset business has completely collapsed.

However, this is also an opportunity for Chen Yu.