Chapter 1067 MP Sanhe Storage Technology

Steve Qiaobusi looked at this gadget in front of him. Such a little guy could play wonderful music. He had to admit that AIWA's technical R&D personnel were really geniuses. "Le" Wen "Xiao" Said|

But he also found some shortcomings of this MP3, such as the screen is too small, only two lines of lyrics can be displayed, there is no built-in battery, the battery consumption is relatively large, there are many function keys on the outside, and the appearance is messy, etc.

If it is he who does it, then the MP3 player will be designed in a flat shape half the size of a palm, the screen must be large, and the function keys can be designed in a ring shape to simplify as much as possible, increase the storage capacity, and make the body lighter etc.

He called his subordinates over and told them what he thought.

Fruit Company, also want to make this MP3, but we don’t call it this name, there is a suspicion of following the trend, all our products must be known as our Fruit Company, um, it can be called IPOD, follow the name of our IMAC Way.

If the storage capacity is large, it is not cost-effective to use flash memory technology. The cost is too high, and hard disks can be used as storage, so that the storage capacity can be several times larger, and the selling price and profit can be increased.

And IPOD can also be used as a portable mobile storage device, with a larger capacity, it is definitely more popular.

At present, there is a great demand for portable mobile storage devices in the market, and traditional floppy disks have been gradually eliminated. Now mainstream computers no longer produce hosts with floppy drives, but instead use optical drives, and all of them are DVD drives.

This DVD drive mainly adopts the Fengyu-Philips standard, and everyone generally obtains patent authorization from these two companies, among which Fengyu Electronics has more patents.

As a result, optical discs have become the mainstream mobile storage tool, and floppy disks have basically disappeared. But the disc has a big disadvantage, that is, it is easy to scratch.

Even more fragile than a floppy disk. Some are rarely scratched, and the data cannot be read. Although technology continues to advance and error correction capabilities continue to increase, data will still be lost where it is actually scratched.

As a result, everyone's demand for mobile storage tools has become greater, and mobile hard drives have also emerged as the times require. Connect the mobile hard disk to the computer through a USB data cable, and it can be used after being driven.

However, this product also has a big disadvantage, that is, once the power is cut off, the data will be lost or damaged. Moreover, the mobile hard disk is also fragile. Sometimes it is dropped with a little force, and it seems that there is nothing wrong outside, but it is already unusable.

At this time, flash memory technology also came into being,

It is not afraid of power failure, is not easy to be damaged, and the cost will be much cheaper than that of a mobile hard disk. Of course, the storage capacity will be much smaller.

At this time, a storage tool called a USB flash drive appeared on the market. It is small and only slightly larger than a thumb, and it is extremely convenient to carry.

However, the previous capacity was not large, only 128M and 256M, because they were too small, so not many people bought them. But seeing that AIWA's MP3 also uses flash memory as storage, and has grown to 512M, many people have also noticed this product.

Many companies in the island country, South Korea, Nanyang, and the United States have begun to study this product and strive to make it the largest, intending to use it to replace other mobile storage devices.

With the popularization of computers, inter-company offices tend to be more and more computerized, and it is obviously more convenient to use this kind of mobile storage device for various file transfers.

Of course, CDs are also available, but CDs can only be written once, and the price of mobile hard disks is too high. This kind of USB disk is the most suitable and very convenient.

The fruit company also wanted to research this technology, but found that this technology was registered as a patent, a company called ** Hua Electronics.

And if they want to study U disks, they can't get around Aihua Electronics' patent barriers for the time being, and they have to pay the other party patent royalties. They originally sent someone to contact them, but the result made them very dissatisfied.

Twenty million dollars, permanent authorization, why don't they grab it? The research and development expenses of this patent, the two million dollars may not even be used.

There are also many companies that have successfully researched this technology, but found that it has been registered as a patent. They also couldn't afford a patent license, so they gave up.

However, there are also some companies that insist that their own technology is different from Aihua Electronics’ patents, such as Dongzhi Company, which invented the credit card technology, and Shandi Company, which invented the CF card, and Soni Company, which invented the memory stick. Wait, they also launched a USB flash drive, or a product similar to a USB flash drive. After all, the name of the USB flash drive has been registered as a patent.

At the beginning, some people thought that flash memory technology was useless, expensive, and complicated. Even after the U disk came out, many people thought it was a short-lived technology with not so wide application prospects.

But when MP3 became popular among consumers, those companies finally discovered that this flash memory technology is so easy to use.

It is a pity that some small companies cannot bypass patent barriers technically, so they have the same idea as the fruit company, that is, to study MP3 with built-in hard disk, and specialize in the selling point of large-capacity storage.

But at this time, Feng Yu insisted that AIWA should not study hard disk MP3, but flash memory MP3. At this time, Aihua Electronics has successfully researched the 1GB USB flash drive, then find a way to apply this to the MP3, and at the same time expand the LCD screen of the MP3, and Feng Yu also made the appearance design of the previous IPOD, let the wind and rain design come out , to Liu Shenghao.

The idea of ​​one-handed operation really gave IPOD a lot of points. Even at that time, IPOD had many shortcomings such as high price, poor sound quality, and long-term use, but it still became a favorite electronic product for many young people, and it will continue to grow in the future. , Bringing extremely lucrative profits to the fruit company.

At the same time, Feng Yu also asked AIWA to study the direct recording function, which is to directly record CD songs into MP3 format through a cable. Convert CD songs into MP3 format.

However, this function made Yagyu Hajime a little frown. After this function is launched, it will definitely be sued by the Recording Industry Association of America. They will definitely think that this violates intellectual property rights.

But who cares, this is just a functional application, as for how the other party uses it, they don't need to worry about it. Why can't someone else buy a genuine CD and convert it to MP3 format? As long as it is not disseminated, it is not an infringement, right?

At the end of the development of MP3, there must be a transition to MP4, and the color screen technology should have matured by then, and at that time, AIWA will definitely continue to lead the development direction of the industry.

Really do: has been imitated, never surpassed! (To be continued.)