Chapter 148 News From LeTV

In 2017, the storage products of major global mainstream manufacturers, such as TF memory cards, USB flash drives, and solid-state drives, all used flash memory particles produced by traditional "2D-NAND" technology.

Only Samsung and Micron, which are truly top-tier, have mastered the "3D-NAND" technology and used 32-layer "3D-NAND" flash memory particles in their top flagship solid-state drives.

Therefore, Mo Ran knew it very well.

Once "Yellow River Storage" launches a "3D-nand" flash memory particle product that reaches the world's top level, what kind of huge shock will it bring.

But thinking about it carefully, Mo Ran hesitated again.

First, the yield rate of the current 32-layer "3D-NAND" of "Yellow River Memory" is too low to be mass-produced at all;

To put it simply, a low yield rate leads to high production costs, and each product produced loses money. What’s the point of such a high-end product?

Secondly, this is what Mo Ran is most worried about.

After all, he had just negotiated a deal for a 22nm lithography machine with "Blackstone Investments". If "Yellow River Memory" suddenly announced that it has mastered the world's top 32-layer "3D-NAND" technology, it would be difficult to say that it would not stimulate some people. Human nerves grow out of joints.

So after careful consideration, Mo Ran gave up his plan to launch a high-end "3D-NAND" high-end series under the name of "Yellow River Storage".

but.

The 32-layer "3D-NAND" flash memory particles produced must be used.

He thought about using it in the TF memory card of the "Jinghong series", but gave up the idea after learning about it.

Now Nietzsche's "Jinghong Series" U3 high-speed memory card purchases Hynix's flash memory particles. Overall, the quality control is stable, the price is reasonable, and the market reputation is also good.

Although the quality of the 32-layer "3D-NAND" flash memory particles produced by "Yellow River Memory" is good, the quantity is not large, and it also needs to be re-debugged with the "U3 main control chip", which is really troublesome.

Finally, after thinking for a long time, Mo Ran decided to simply use these "3D-NAND" flash memory particles to produce a Nietzsche brand "solid state drive" in the name of the Nietzsche brand.

There is no need to advertise the use of "3D-NAND" flash memory particles, just sell them as ordinary "2D-NAND" particle solid state drives.

Anyway, there are not many 32-layer "3D-nand" particles at this stage, so we can sell them as much as we can and make the best use of them.

After thinking about this matter clearly, Mo Ran immediately set his sights on another business of "Yellow River Storage" - the main control chip.

Thanks to the U1 high-speed main control chip design drawings provided by the system and the uncomplicated production process, the yield rate of the main control chip has increased to 80%.

Nietzsche's own brand "Jinghong Series" TF memory cards have completed the complete replacement of "main control chips". Currently, Mo Ran is preparing to replace all TF memory cards produced by "NetEase Select" with main control chips produced by "Yellow River Storage" chip.

But before that, Mo Ran decided to talk to "NetEase Strict Selection" in advance.

In the office of "Yellow River Storage", Li Zhi nodded and said after hearing Mo Ran's plan:

"Mr. Mo, NetEase should have no problem with replacing the main control chip."

"We have always cooperated well, and I have a good personal relationship with their purchasing manager."

Mo Ran nodded.

The newly established Internet e-commerce company "NetEase Yanxuan" is simply the lucky star of "Yellow River Storage".

Compared with traditional manufacturing companies that pickyly choose spare parts from various brands, these Internet companies are easier to talk to and more dependent on OEMs. As long as product quality is not affected, changing hardware manufacturers is a matter of words.

"Having said that, they are our customers after all, so they still need to explain it carefully."

"Moreover, we must maintain high-quality Internet customers like NetEase Select and try our best to meet their requirements."

Li Zhi hurriedly said seriously:

"Okay, Mr. Mo."

After briefly talking about the cooperation with NetEase Yanxuan, Mo Ran also talked about preparing to produce a "solid state drive" under the name of the Nietzsche brand.

Li Zhi agreed after hearing this.

In fact, whether it is producing TF memory cards, U disks or even solid state drives, the principles are the same.

Its internal core is a "main control chip" + "flash particle" model.

The main control chips of "solid-state drives" can also be purchased, and the most important flash memory particles, "Yellow River Storage", can already be produced independently.

so.

From a production technology point of view, the production of "solid-state drives" is not very complicated. You only need to purchase a batch of production equipment.

After taking care of these two things, Mo Ran then turned his attention to the production status of the "Pony Crossing the River" chip, which is the 48nm NPU chip installed on the "Nietzsche X2".

The good news is that the yield rate of "Little Horse Crossing the River" chips has increased from 36% to 39%.

The bad news is that with the current demand for "Nietzsche X2", the NPU chips produced are far from profitable.

Half an hour later, Mo Ran left "Yellow River Storage" with a heavy heart. At present, there is almost no possibility that "Yellow River Storage" has a profitable chip business.

Just after Mo Ran left, Li Zhi called Feng Xue, the person in charge of "NetEase Strict Selection".

"Mr. Feng, we are currently planning to replace the original 'main control chip' with..."

It was almost as predicted by Li Zhi. After a few words, Feng Xue, the person in charge of "NetEase Selection" directly agreed to the matter.

"Mr. Li, as long as you can ensure the same product quality as before, we have no problem here."

"We don't mind if you use any company's main control chip."

"Then thank you very much for your support."

After the polite words, just as Li Zhi was about to hang up the phone, he didn't expect that "NetEase Selection" on the other end of the phone once again mentioned that he hoped "Yellow River Storage" could OEM U disks and SD cards.

Li Zhi remembered that the last time we talked about TF memory cards, NetEase Yanxuan made a similar request.

The last time he considered the need to purchase new equipment for U disk and SD card production, Li Zhi finally refused.

but……

After thinking for a few seconds this time, Li Zhi did not refuse.

Now "Yellow River Memory" has the ability to independently produce "main control chips" and flash memory particles, and has been able to complete a complete closed loop of the "storage chip" industry.

And as Mo Ran said, high-quality customers such as "NetEase Carefully Selected" can definitely become the first batch of external customers for Huanghe Storage's "main control chips" and "flash particles".

"Mr. Feng, we have indeed considered OEM USB flash drives and SD cards recently. If you have specific requirements, please send us a copy of the information..."

Naturally, Mo Ran didn't personally care about these details.

After understanding the basic situation of "Yellow River Storage", Mo Ran was ready to focus on Nietzsche's mobile phone business.

"Nietzsche X2" is not considered a success. The next step is to launch a new flagship phone that can support the price of 3,000 yuan.

but.

Early the next morning, just as Mo Ran was about to enter the "Super Store System" to try his luck in the lottery, a familiar yet unfamiliar news suddenly came, shocking the entire Internet.

The headlines in countless financial media, news media, and portal websites are:

"Accountant Jia goes abroad, LeTV's capital chain breaks and thunder breaks out!" 》

Compared to the shock of the entire network, Mo Ran was not surprised and even felt a sense of accomplishment.

Only a few people know that before LeTV collapsed, he obtained LeTV's most precious "film and television rights" with only 600 million in cash.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he suddenly thought of Sun Hongbing, Sunac Real Estate who took over "LeTV" for 15 billion.

As well as the big names in the entertainment industry who have invested tens of millions and hundreds of millions in "LeTV Films", they don't know what they feel at this time.

Perhaps he was thinking about this, but at this moment, a new message suddenly sounded on his WeChat mobile phone, which was an unfamiliar avatar.

Mo Ran was stunned for a moment, and after taking a closer look, he remembered who it was.

Zhang Yimou.

The content of WeChat is very simple.

"Mr. Mo, thank you very much for your reminder half a year ago."

"Only when I saw the news about LeTV's thunderstorm did I realize how valuable your reminder was and how prescient your vision was."

"Yimou is deeply grateful. If you need anything in the future, just ask and we will do our best to help!"

"excuse me."

Mo Ran completely remembered that he had indeed reminded Zhang Yimou to sell the equity of "LeTV Films" in a timely manner.

After reading the meaning of the message, Director Zhang Yimou and Zhang Da listened to his own advice.

After a while, Mo Ran typed a few words in the chat box, but after thinking about it, he finally deleted it and didn't even bother to reply to the message.

Although Zhang Yimou is a well-known director, neither Nietzsche nor Yellow River Storage has anything to do with film and television.

I can't ask Director Zhang to help shoot a commercial for Nietzsche, right?