Chapter 150: Starting a Prairie Fire Solid State Drive
Samsung Galaxy S10 was released in July 2019. It is Samsung’s first full-view curved screen top flagship phone with true full screen + curved screen.
After its launch, with its top-notch "super-sensory full-view screen" and "in-screen hole technology", it quickly stood out among the mainstream "bangs" and "water drop screen" mobile phones in the market, becoming the most beautiful among high-end flagship mobile phones.
In just three months, global sales of Galaxy S10 exceeded 16 million units, creating a sales miracle!
You know, this is a high-end flagship phone, not an ordinary mid-range impulse phone, and it was created without the Yanguo market!
Such data cannot be achieved even if it is as powerful as an iPhone.
Three months after its release, the Galaxy S10 was crowned the “King of Android Phones” in 2019. Even in the face of Huawei’s pinnacle products of the same period, the meta 30 and Apple’s Iphone 11, it truly achieved a lead in word-of-mouth and sales. !
Seeing this, Mo Ran breathed out softly, with a glint in his eyes.
He doesn’t want to own the Huawei Meta 20, but he uses Samsung products without mercy.
It just so happens that Samsung is no longer selling it in China, so this can be regarded as a "resurrection".
And once the Galaxy S10 is produced by Nietzsche, Mo Ran believes that with Samsung’s technical background, the Galaxy S10 will be able to kill all over the world, and it should be easy to establish a foothold in the high-end flagship market in China!
Galaxy S10 is undoubtedly the best choice for Nietzsche’s high-end flagship!
"It's just you, Samsung Galaxy S10!"
Mo Ran stopped talking nonsense and immediately downloaded the full set of design drawings. About half an hour later, he called Hao Technology, who was in charge of the "mobile phone business department."
At this time, Hao Technology was still under great pressure because the sales of "Nietzsche
"Mr. Mo, is this our next brand-new high-end flagship phone?"
"That's right!"
"hiss……!"
Hao Tech took a breath. Of course he could see how stunning the "Galaxy S10" in front of him was!
The overall texture, screen chamfering, hidden punch hole for the camera and even the structure of the internal hardware are all perfect!
In particular, the polishing of the details is impeccable. Such a mobile phone is definitely at the top level even if you look at the world. It is a height that the current "Nietzsche Mobile Phone Business" department cannot match!
but……
Just when Mo Ran thought that Hao Jiji would ask a few more questions about the Galaxy S10, the shocked Hao Jiji suddenly took a few deep breaths and his face gradually calmed down.
Finally, he nodded heavily:
"Mr. Mo, I understand. I will organize a technical team to conduct research soon and strive to build the engineering machine as soon as possible!"
Hao Keke's sudden calmness made Mo Ran a little surprised.
But he soon realized that Old Hao was becoming more and more knowledgeable. He asked less questions when he knew he shouldn't and was becoming more and more pragmatic.
After looking at Hao Keji with satisfaction, Mo Ran smiled and said:
"Master Hao, I'll wait for your good news!"
Hao Keji's knowledge saved Mo Ran a lot of talk and trouble. In the next few days, Mo Ran began to focus on "Yellow River Storage" and "New Flagship Research and Development".
but.
With the advent of November, Apple's new iPhone 8 and Huawei's flagship meta 10, which have been promoted for a long time, have finally been officially released.
Under the overwhelming publicity, Mo Ran also took the time to pay attention to the reviews of the two mobile phones on the Internet.
In any case, Mo Ran still resents these two mobile phones.
The big reason for the tepid sales of "Nietzsche X2" is that these two mobile phones suddenly announced the development of the world's first NPU chip, which abruptly disrupted the publicity plan and selling point of "Nietzsche X2".
In addition, the Iphone What new changes will there be in the launched Iphone X?
Soon, Mo Ran saw photos of the actual Iphone X of this generation.
The appearance design of this generation of Iphone X is very different from the original "Nietzsche Right angle metal frame.
This makes the entire Iphone X look more like the Iphone 12.
“Apple’s background is still awesome!”
Mo Ran couldn't help but lamented that although he had taken over the original design of the Iphone X, Apple didn't seem to be affected much. The new Iphone
Even Mo Ran is not sure whether the right-angled frame design of Iphone X will really cause domestic mobile phones to imitate it one after another.
but.
Until Mo Ran read several reviews about the Iphone X on the Internet, he found that netizens did not seem to focus on the appearance of the new Iphone X, and their evaluation of the Iphone
how to say?
After all, "Nietzsche X1" brought the full-screen mobile phone originally belonging to Iphone X to the market several months in advance. In addition, during this period, brands such as Viov and Opop have successively launched their own full-screen mobile phones.
Therefore, although Iphone X is Apple's first full-screen mobile phone this time, the shock it brings to the market is far less than that of its previous generation.
Mo Ran even discovered that because it had no advantage in appearance design, not only netizens, but even Apple officials seemed to intentionally focus their publicity on the Iphone's more advantageous processor and system optimization.
This is understandable.
The two mobile phones released by Apple this time, Iphone 8 and Iphone Becoming the most powerful AI chip on earth.
This alone is enough for Iphone to have an absolute upper hand in comparison with Huawei Kirin 970 and Android Snapdragon 845!
And the trend of discussion among netizens on the Internet is indeed the same.
Huawei: "I am the first SOC processor to integrate an NPU chip, and my computing power can reach 1.65TOPS."
Apple: "I can achieve 2TOPS."
Huawei: “My benchmark score exceeds that of the Snapdragon flagship 845, which can run 400,000 points.”
Apple: "I can run 510,000."
Huawei: "I have an 8-megapixel front camera + a 20-megapixel rear camera. I also cooperate with Leica Camera, and the photo quality is at its peak."
Apple: "My camera skills have always been at their peak. Now that I have added an NPU chip specifically for camera optimization, I can easily eliminate the hardware gap..."
Huawei: "My battery is 4000mAh..."
Apple: "My chip consumes less power..."
Looking at the fierce debate on the Internet about meta 10 and Iphone X, Mo Ran couldn't help but think of "Nietzsche X2".
If we really want to compare the performance of mobile phones individually, the "Nietzsche X2" uses the configuration of Snapdragon 845 processor + "Little Horse Crossing the River" NPU chip.
Honestly speaking, it is indeed not as good as the Apple A11, or even the Huawei Kirin 970.
But looking at it,
Mo Ran was surprised to find that among the many comments and posts about the comparison between Meat 10 and iPhone X, there was actually a post about "Nietzsche X2".
When I clicked on it, I saw that it was about the "Pony Crossing the River" chip.
"The Neglected Chip - Nietzsche's self-designed 'Pony Crossing the River' NPU! 》
"As an NPU chip independently developed by Nietzsche manufacturer, 'Pony Crossing the River' was officially installed on 'Nietzsche X2' as early as October.
“Compared to Meat 10 and Iphone X, which were only officially released in November,
Strictly speaking, "Little Pony Crossing the River" is the world's first NPU chip that is actually mass-produced and used on mobile phones, and "Nietzsche X2" is also the world's first mobile phone to use NPU chips. "
"In terms of performance, we tested it with professional tools. Although the computing power of 'Little Horse Crossing the River' is only 1TOPS, which is lower than the NPU chips of Kirin 970 and A11, we checked Nietzsche's official data and found that 'Little Horse Crossing the River' uses It’s just a 48nm process,
In other words, with the improvement of technology, Nietzsche’s ‘Pony Crossing the River’ chip still has a lot of room for improvement! "
"And the most important thing is also something that most people ignore!"
"Nietzsche is now the only mobile phone manufacturer in China and among the top three in the world that can actually mass-produce and independently design NPU chips!"
“Isn’t this awesome?”
Mo Ran also didn’t expect that there were netizens on the Internet who analyzed the “Little Horse Crossing the River” NPU chip in such detail.
You must know that it is still 2017, and the public opinion environment on the Internet is far less sensitive to domestic chips than the public opinion environment after receiving sanctions.
He took a look at the source of the post. It was written by the owner of Baidu Tieba "Mobile Bar".
"No wonder, these people are considered true mobile phone enthusiasts."
Mo Ran nodded slightly in his mind, but when he continued to read the comments, he couldn't help but frown.
The comments below the post were almost entirely ridiculing.
"Haha, we were quarreling with an Iphone, why are you joining in the fun with a Nietzsche phone? Do you have the right to talk to us?"
"Yes! Can the 48nm NPU chip be blown? Isn't it something that even a dog can make?"
"The original poster sent you a private message. I also want to make this money. Please help me."
"What do you want me to say, the 48nm NPU chip is just a gimmick? Do not many domestic mobile phone manufacturers do this? Making a chip makes you look high-end, just cutting leeks!"
"That's right, it's really cool to make a SOC chip like Huawei! Don't make camera chips or AI chips. All the bells and whistles are just for bragging and are of no use!"
Mo Ran didn't expect the comments on the post about the "Pony Crossing the River" chip to be so outrageous.
Voices of disparagement, ridicule, and disdain almost filled the entire comment area, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he closed the APP comment area with a calm expression.
He didn't need to explain.
With this episode, Mo Ran was too lazy to pay attention to online public opinion, and immediately focused his energy on the research and development of the new Galaxy S10 mobile phone again.
In the next few days, the sales war between Huawei and Apple officially started. The two top global mobile phone brands truly demonstrated their terrifying appeal in the field of high-end mobile phones.
In just a few days, the entire Meta 10 series has received inventory alerts, and multiple platforms are out of stock. The high-end Meta 10 Pro and Porsche versions require a price increase to purchase.
Iphone is no less generous.
Iphone 8, as the last model of the Iphone series that retains physical buttons, has been favored by many Apple fans.
The sales of Iphone X are also reporting good news.
Although it is a little late compared to other brands of full-screen mobile phones, as Apple's first full-screen phone, there are still countless Apple fans paying for it. A few days later, the media successively broke the news of insufficient production capacity and additional orders for Foxconn.
And just when Meta 10 and Iphone were both selling well, unexpectedly, good news came from "Yellow River Storage".
The 48-nanometer "Pony Crossing the River" NPU chip has been improved, and a 42-nanometer improved "Pony Crossing the River" NPU chip has been successfully designed.
The computing power has also increased from the previous 1TOPS to 1.25TOPS.
Although it is still not as good as Kirin 970 and A11 chips, Mo Ran finally sees hope.
In the days that followed, Mo Ran no longer paid attention to the sales of Meta 10 and Iphone, and devoted himself entirely to the research and development of the "Galaxy S10" flagship mobile phone and other Nietzsche affairs.
At the end of November 2017, Mo Ran received the first good news.
The yield rate of Huanghe Storage's 32-layer "3D-NAND" flash memory particles has finally made a huge breakthrough, increasing from 19% to 28%!
This made Mo Ran suddenly see the possibility of large-scale mass production of "3D-NAND" flash memory particles.
You know, what is currently preventing the large-scale mass production of Huanghe Storage's "3D-NAND" flash memory particles is that the yield rate is too low!
At almost the same time, Huanghe Storage's "Solid State Drive" production line based on 32-layer "3D-NAND" flash memory particles was also officially put into production.
The first orders placed by Nietzsche were for 500 120GB and 300 256GB SSDs.
Mo Ran doesn't really care about this business. After all, how much money can he make from 800 solid-state drives?
Therefore, Mo Ran decided on the price more casually after listening to Li Zhi’s suggestion. It is slightly more expensive than the traditional “2D-NAND” particle hard drive, but cheaper than the “3D-NAND” particles of Samsung and Micron. Not buying.
So the final price is: 120GB solid state drive 350 yuan, equivalent to 2.9 yuan/G.
256GB: 699 yuan, equivalent to 2.7 yuan/G.
Don't look at the price as expensive, in fact, the price of solid state drives in 2017 is really that expensive.
At the same time, Mo Ran also gave Nietzsche’s first solid-state drive a more casual name——
"Liaoyuan Series".
Naturally, Mo Ran would not put too much energy into the "Liaoyuan Series". After notifying Fang Lin, the store operations manager, that he was going to put the "Liaoyuan SSD" on the shelves, he immediately focused on the next thing.
At the end of November, the "Nietzsche TV Business Department", which has been preparing for a long time, is preparing to officially launch a 65-inch LCD smart TV in December.
Jiang Lan still made Mo Ran feel more at ease.
In 2016, 55-inch LCD TVs were still the mainstream in the market and were still considered high-end TVs.
But by the end of 2017, 65-inch has gradually become the main size that various brands compete for.
Jiang Lan complied with the market and prepared to launch Nietzsche's 65-inch E65 LCD smart TV three months later.
and,
After learning that the "AI Voice Assistant" was developed on the "Nietzsche X2", Jiang Lan immediately summoned technicians to successfully transplant the "AI Voice Assistant" to the TV, which became a major selling point of the E65 TV.
Mo Ran was very satisfied with Jiang Lan's initiative, and in December, the sales of the "Nietzsche E65 LCD TV" one week after its launch really reflected Jiang Lan's value.
"Nietzsche E65 LCD TV" has been selling like hot cakes, successfully filling the gap in Nietzsche's 65-inch LCD TV market!
But before Mo Ran could be happy for a long time, a more exciting news came!
After nearly two months of transportation, the "22nm lithography machine group" purchased from "Blackstone Capital" for 1.65 billion successfully passed customs and arrived in Chengdu!
Upon hearing the news, Mo Ran clenched his fists involuntarily.