Chapter 377 New Products and Newcomers

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Wang Chao Bar. Today is a special day, because today is the engagement ceremony of the bar's owners, Mr. Wang Xu and Ms. Wang Fei. I hope the guests can spend a wonderful night here.

Now let's hand over the time to today's host, Zhou Tao, the host of Didu TV." The bustling crowd has basically arrived. Several elderly people who don't like this kind of place have sent their blessings and left. The bar manager walked onto the stage and spoke the opening words.

Zhou Tao walked onto the stage in a beautiful sequined dress. The stage of the bar is generally not too high, at most 50 centimeters high, so that people can see it. This is not a professional stage, and it is more necessary to interact with the guests, rather than simply watching the performance.

Zhou Tao held a wireless microphone in her hand. This thing is also a new product. Wireless microphones are rarely seen on professional stages at this time. On the one hand, the battery life has always been a problem, and on the other hand, the interference problem of wireless communication has always been unacceptable.

These are all technologies after full digitalization. At present, when analog communication is dominant, wireless microphones require multiple analog channels, and they are prone to mutual interference and sometimes cross-channel.

Therefore, even the stage of the Ugly Country is still mainly wired. Michael Jackson's singing and dancing were finally realized by using wireless microphones and ear monitors. This is the application of new technology, which has not been popularized everywhere.

So, although the microphone in Zhou Tao's hand is inconspicuous, it is indeed a world-leading product, a fully digital high-sensitivity microphone.

The ear monitor is also wireless, an in-ear headset, connected to a small box with a wire, and the small box is the new receiver.

These two sets of things are actually subsidiary products of the drone project. They were originally intended to solve the return capability of digital images, but they were restricted by various aspects and could only guarantee a stable connection effect of several hundred meters, and the maximum speed could only reach about one megabit, which could not achieve stable return of images at all.

Finally, the drone had to use the old analog circuit again, but this technology is not without prospects. This short-distance digital wireless transmission still has great application prospects. Apart from anything else, wireless microphones and ear monitors are a very good application.

You know, even under the first generation of digital mobile communication GSM standard a few years later, the bandwidth that can be carried is only a few hundred K, less than one megabyte, and CDMA can reach one megabyte.

Of course, that is a cellular system that uses time division multiplexing technology. One frequency band has to connect many mobile phones, so it is impossible to allocate a high bandwidth to each one, but the basic principle is the same.

But the real miniaturization and popularization of these things requires the field of chips. Only by integrating the circuits can you ensure stable quality and miniaturization.

And these require the slow growth of basic industries and the torture of Moore's Law. Wang Xu can only wait.

Shuimu has already opened countless stalls and explored the manufacturing technology of cheap small batches and low-cost chips on different roads.

Among them, the more promising one is the screen chip growth technology derived from the growth method. Although it has not been completed yet, the theoretical design has been basically completed, and the research and development of laboratory equipment is underway.

This is a research topic jointly established and undertaken by more than ten units including Huake Academy, Digital Research Institute and Shuimu. Director Jiang directly approved the funds from Wang Xu's laboratory. What started out was just a one-page project with Wang Xu's wild idea, and there was not even a specific implementation plan.

A one-page project is a purely creative project that Wang Xu is responsible for thinking about, and he doesn't care whether it can be successful.

Existing large-scale semiconductor integration projects require a whole set of processes including design, tape-out, modification, re-tape-out, trial production, and large-scale production, which are very expensive and cumbersome.

And generally, this is only possible if there is certainty that a certain batch of products can be sold, otherwise, the cost will be limitless.

This is also the reason why many things in the military industry are not highly integrated. It is not entirely because of the instability of advanced processes and easy interference. It is more because of cost, because many research things in the military industry, and even production products, are not much.

For example, if you design a fire control system for a tank, it is amazing to have at most ten prototypes in the R&D stage.

Just to produce a few or dozens of them, go through that process? Then, the millions of dollars spent on design and tape-out before are spread out, and each one costs hundreds of thousands.

If it is just one chip, it is fine. If it is several, the cost is simply limitless. No matter how rich you are, you can't afford it. Therefore, many military products are not highly integrated.

Why is EDA software so important? In addition to various simplified auxiliary capabilities. It can greatly reduce the errors in the design, and conduct various simulation tests before tape-out, which greatly reduces the waste caused by errors in R&D.

And Wang Xu provides a not so expensive solution here, that is, it is possible to grow a chip directly, and then directly package and test it.

This may greatly reduce the cost of early R&D investment. If it can be successfully developed, it will be a cornerstone technology for the country based on the characteristics of this product specifically for small batches.

Even for some products with small batches, it may be cheaper to directly use this method for production than to go through such a set of processes.

For example, a certain fighter jet may only need a few hundred chips in total, or a few dozen chips per year. If you follow the traditional method, you can't do integrated design at all, let alone design dedicated chips. You can only use circuits with general chips to solve the problem.

But with this kind of equipment, you can quickly produce some in small batches. Of course, it is definitely not as cheap as mass production. At this specific scale, it can achieve the highest cost-effectiveness.

However, these are still just fantasies. Isn't it still in the laboratory stage? It is estimated that it will take several years for the official product to come out.

The current path is still the old one, but the current lithography machine is not as abnormal as the later generations, so the price is acceptable. In particular, there are many small-scale chip companies in China, and even private enterprises are willing to take on such small jobs and live a good life.

Several departments of Shuimu and Huake Institute, together with several giant Chinese companies and several electrical appliance companies, jointly formulated a series of short-distance wireless digital communication protocols and specifications, and named it "Short-distance Digital Communication One", which is the abbreviation of "Short-distance Digital Communication Standard".

This is the first industry standard in the field of digital communication formulated by Huaxia. It was done in a hurry. It was completed in just a few months from the establishment of the team to the launch. You know, those communication companies have not even fully understood the switch, how could they possibly involve the field of wireless communication.

Anyway, it was a makeshift team. The content of the standard was basically changed according to the plan provided by Wang Xu, and it was promulgated as a standard. It was sloppy and messy.

But this is the characteristic of the 1990s. Whether it is cadres or enterprises, there are really people who dare to do it. Let alone there are standards, they will do it anyway without standards.

Of course, Wang Xu almost never failed to write something so detailed, so the person who took over dared to experiment while generally starting to organize industry standards.

The promulgation of this standard is not for simple profit, but to create conditions for mass production of chips. Otherwise, if no one uses chips in the future, it will be a castle in the air and will never come to fruition.

But with the standard, if there are a few more companies that dare to do it, they will definitely be able to form a sales scale, and then the dilution of chip costs will not be a problem.

In addition to the wireless microphone and ear return here by Wang Xu, in fact, the majority of this kind of things are cordless phones. In the past, many well-known electronic companies in the future started with cordless phones, such as TCL and BBK.

That's right, it's the kind promoted by the "Xiao Li" advertisement in the past, but they still use analog technology, and neither the call quality nor the stability can be compared with this new standard.

Of course, these things are not available this year, and these manufacturers are the technology of Xiao Rizi introduced later. Now, Xiao Rizi's cordless phones are still analog technology, and the sound will be unclear if there is a slight obstruction. Even so, they can still sell for thousands.

After this set of digital technology is integrated, it is estimated that it will be a product that can be sold all over the world. Although the communication distance is limited to within 30 meters in this standard, it is generally enough for a family.

This limitation is mainly to consider the possible interference between multiple devices, not the limit of this communication technology.

However, Wang Xu's system did not fully consider the interference between multiple transmitting hosts, so it was really sloppy. But even so, in this era, the quality of digital calls still has incomparable advantages.

On the stage, Zhou Tao held a slightly heavy microphone and talked freely. She had obviously adapted to the work of the host. Now she seemed to be familiar with it and had a strong aura. She officially announced the opening of the engagement ceremony.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests.

Today is a significant day, it is the engagement ceremony of Mr. Wang Xu and Ms. Wang Fei.

I am honored to be the MC of this important ceremony. They and I are old friends, even before I joined the Capital TV Station.

First of all, I would like to introduce our hero and heroine, Wang Xu and Wang Fei.

Wang Fei, a well-known name, is also our heroine today. I believe that no matter what industry you are in, you have heard of her name. Even if you haven't heard of her name, you must have heard her songs on the streets.

She is the well-deserved queen of the Chinese music scene. She was born in the capital and rose in Hong Kong. She once set a 10-platinum record sales record in Hong Kong. She is a star in Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Taiwan, Lijiapo, etc. The best-selling record holder in many regions.

She successfully landed in Korea and Little Days, becoming a household name there. Later, she entered the English music scene and won the sales chart and song request chart in more than ten countries and regions in Europe and the United States.

She has also won music awards from Little Days, Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States, and European countries. It took her only more than four years from her debut to her current brilliance, and most of her achievements came from the last two years.

In the honor room on the first floor of the building where we are, you can see some of Wang Fei's trophies. Some of them even have no place to be placed, so they have to be placed in the warehouse.

To be honest, when I went to see it in the afternoon, I couldn't believe that this was an honor that a Chinese singer could achieve. I was so surprised that I was almost speechless. "

Zhou Tao graduated from the Broadcasting Academy and studied broadcasting. Her explanations are so moving. Of course, Wang Fei's resume is indeed worthy of her praise.

In fact, because of her deliberate low profile, most of Wang Fei's honors have not been widely reported in China, and Hong Kong will only report some of the bigger ones.

Wang Fei even often has no time to accept some awards from relatively small countries, so she has to entrust her agent to send someone to accept them, and some are even sent directly to her.

Therefore, even though most of the people present are insiders, few of them really know how exaggerated Wang Fei's achievements are. At most, they just know that she sings very well and often appears in important evening parties.

Apart from anything else, just the fact that she topped the Billboard in the UK is enough for ordinary stars to brag about for a lifetime, not to mention that she also won the Billboard Newcomer of the Year Award in the UK and the UK last year.

Although some Grammy judges did not recognize her as a newcomer, causing Wang Fei to miss the Newcomer Award, the nomination for Best Female Singer is still a very important honor.

Zhou Tao slowed down a bit, letting the people who just got to know Wang Fei relax a bit. When the audience calmed down a bit, she continued to introduce:

"Wang Fei's achievements have never been achieved by any Chinese singer so far, and it can even be said that no Asian singer has ever achieved them.

She has won honor for our China. I even heard that many friends would talk about Wang Fei when they visited abroad to get closer to each other. She has become a folk ambassador for communication between China and the West.

This is not something I said casually, but the evaluation used in the program that Xia TV introduced Wang Fei's music some time ago. This is the honor she won."

This is really not something I said casually. This is a title given by the higher-ups. There may be some formal titles in the future. Recently, the world situation has also changed a lot. In order to break the existing dilemma, using such a folk singer is a very flexible and gentle temptation.

It is said that China will set up an art representative delegation to visit the ugly country next year. It may not be so fast, but these are all planned things.

Therefore, the relationship between Wang Fei and Wang Xu was inevitably investigated by the superiors. After considering many aspects, they felt that there was no problem, so there was suddenly a special program introducing Wang Fei.

The program was broadcast, but it was not promoted. Even many of Wang Fei’s achievements were not publicized. Only some introductions were made to Wang Fei from the perspective of music.

This was actually just a preparatory station to prepare for a series of subsequent activities. Wang Xu and Wang Fei had been notified long ago. Anyway, they were not in a hurry. Everything had to follow the actions of the superiors.

"Wang Fei's ability to achieve such a dazzling achievement is inseparable from today's other protagonist, our male protagonist, Wang Xu.

Two years ago, Wang Fei was still a singer who was about to be hidden by the company. She met Wang Xu by chance when she returned to the capital to visit her relatives.

They were alumni, both graduated from Dongzhimen Middle School, and even spent a few years in school together, but they did not know each other at the time.

The fate that had not yet arrived made them pass by each other, leaving only a quick glance, and three years passed in a blink of an eye.

At that time, Wang Xu was still a college student who studied at school during the day and worked part-time in a bar at night.

At that time, Wang Fei was fascinated by Wang Xu's singing, and then followed Wang Xu's performances for several days. Finally, Wang Xu recognized that The beautiful back, the beautiful first love.

When the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless things in the world.

From then on, Wang Fei's moving voice had room to play, and Wang Xu's talent finally had paper to splash ink.

It was like Boya meeting Ziqi, and they had a soulmate from then on.

Wang Xu created most of Wang Fei's famous songs, and helped Wang Fei make records, becoming the man behind her brilliant achievements.

Most of the people present are comrades engaged in literary and artistic work, and they may know something about this.

Yes, our hero today is an excellent music producer, and most of the songs of today's heroine, Ms. Wang Fei, were produced by Wang Xu.

But you may not know It is known that Wang Xu is also an excellent painter, who won the National Young Painter Gold Award last year.

He is also an excellent fashion designer. Most of the works in the famous Wang Chao clothing in the imperial capital are from his hands.

He is also an excellent program producer. Wang Fei and Dr. X's Science Talk every evening are planned and produced by him.

He is also an excellent writer. His novel "The Legend of Wukong" was published in "Contemporary" magazine, which aroused widespread heated discussion in the society. Do you still remember the big discussion last year about whether classical culture can be reinterpreted?

It was this novel that triggered it. The author never came forward to explain. It is said that he forgot about it after he finished writing it.

But These achievements are just Wang Xu's hobbies. His main job is actually a professor of the Automation Engineering Department of Shuimu University and the founder of an independent laboratory.

Are you surprised?

He is knowledgeable and talented, and he is young and romantic.

Today I really understand what it means that a capable person can do everything.

These two people, no matter which one, stand out from the crowd, and are rare.

But they happened to meet, know each other, and fall in love. If there are ten points of fate in the world, they should account for seven points, and the rest of the world will grab the remaining thirty percent.

Wang Xu and Wang Fei, he and she, one is knowledgeable and talented, with a brilliant mind, and the other is beautiful and has a graceful voice.

They are truly in love, talented and pretty, a match that is unparalleled in the world.

Well, I won’t say more. The more I talk, the more jealous I get. If I continue, I might really die of jealousy.

Please welcome two newcomers to the stage, Wang Fei and Wang Xu. ”

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(See you tomorrow. From today on, I will try to write a little more every day. I need to get back to the rhythm of full-time book writing)