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Chapter 2187 General Problems

The so-called special-purpose chip is a chip specially developed for a certain type of machine, and the development difficulty is much smaller than that of a general-purpose chip.

Just like Apple's A-series chips.

The performance is super good. Compared with the chip of competitor Qualcomm, there is even a generation gap advantage.

So the question is, is Apple's technical level in the chip field better than Qualcomm?Is the computer chip level of the M series developed by Apple better than that of Intel?

This is obviously impossible.

Apple has only made chips for a few years, and there is not so much accumulation at all. There is no corner overtaking in the technical field.And Apple itself is not a technology company, but a product company.

The reason why Apple's chips have better performance than Qualcomm and Intel is because Apple develops dedicated chips that are only provided to its own Apple products.

If you try to put Apple's chips on Samsung, Huawei, and Xiaomi mobile phones, the effect will be far worse than Qualcomm's chips, and the stability and adaptability alone will not pass.

Because Qualcomm's chip is a general-purpose chip, it can be used for all brand mobile phones, and there is no problem in using Qualcomm chips on the iPhone.

Ziweiyun's self-developed server has a much better test score than ZTE's server, because Ziweiyun's product is "special-purpose", which eliminates 99% of the problems in the adaptation level. I don't care what other people think, anyway, it's for my own home, and Ziweiyun's system is enough.

This development difficulty is greatly reduced.

This is also the reason why Mr. Shi is very unconvinced. He really doesn't think ZTE's server is worse than Ziweiyun's.

Another example is Academician Ni back then. After being defeated in Lenovo’s internal power struggle, he was unwilling to resolutely make a breakthrough on the technological road, so he participated in an Ark chip project with the money of the country.

It was once praised in the country as rare in heaven and earth.

But it doesn't work at all.

It is necessary to develop a suitable computer for this chip.

A computer with a dedicated adapter chip is not enough, and an operating system with a dedicated adapter chip is not enough; it is not enough to have a dedicated operating system, but a dedicated software for the adapter chip is required; it is best to have a set of Chip-compatible programming language.

After playing around, I finally found that the computer equipped with this chip can't even use word, and there is no versatility at all.

Thousands of computers purchased with financial funds were completely unusable and were thrown into warehouses.

The whole project just fails.

"Usability" is the biggest problem in the field of science and technology in the world today.

In the past few decades, colleagues in the scientific and technological circles all over the world have worked together to create a mature and complete technological world. The development of any product must be integrated into this technological world, which is "universal".

It is impossible to develop a product and then recreate a technological world for this product.

It is almost impossible.

Unless it is a legend like Jobs who stands at the pinnacle of mankind.

He redefined the mobile phone.

Because the concept of "smartphone" was missing in the past technological world, suddenly an independent kingdom called "iPhone" appeared in one place, and this independent kingdom was very dreamy.

In this way, technology colleagues all over the world are willing to enter that independent kingdom to help Jobs build this independent kingdom, build bridges, pave roads, build houses, and plant flowers and plants.

If there are already several very good and mature smartphone kingdoms in the technology world, with various infrastructures well established, who would want to build from scratch in the "iPhone" kingdom?
This is the creative meaning of going from 0 to 1, which can lead the times and call on the scientific and technological colleagues all over the world to use it for me.

But even so, the independent kingdom of the iPhone has to open several windows to the outside world of technology, so that the independent kingdom and the outside world can border each other and achieve partial compatibility.

And this is why Zhou Buqi attaches great importance to the cloud computing industry.

The current "cloud computing" is similar to the "iPhone" back then.

They are all new products and new industries.

In the world of science and technology, there is no complete and mature cloud computing site.In this way, Ziwei Star has a certain significance of leading the times, and can call on colleagues in science and technology all over the world to use it for me.

The most typical one is Ziwei Cloud operating system.

To use the Ziwei Cloud platform, merchants have to specially develop software for the Ziwei Cloud operating system version, and hang it on the platform for users to use.

After a long time, it will become a habit for cloud products to develop a version of the Ziwei Cloud system, and a technological world rule around "cloud computing" will be established.

If there is already a very mature cloud computing industry in the technology world, the three giants A, B, and C will divide the territory equally.Then when Ziweiyun appeared at this time, it would be difficult to find a chance of success.

Software vendors have already worked hard to develop three versions of cloud products A, B, and C, so why should they develop a version of Ziwei Cloud?
Even if it is developed, the territory of the cloud computing market has already been divided among A, B, and C. Ziweiyun barely managed to break out. At most, it would just eat some leftovers under the pressure of the giants. It is impossible to have what it is today. This kind of 0 to 1 leads the world status of the industry.

Zhou Buqi determined the development idea of ​​cloud computing industry as early as five or six years ago.

And it has generously allowed scientists to publish many articles on Ziweiyun's technical logic, product concepts and route directions in many journals.

Also open source all the codes of more than 20 projects.

At first glance, Ziweixing is at a disadvantage.

It is too wasteful to share billions of dollars of correct conclusions obtained after constant trial and error, correction, and testing with the world for free.

In fact, there is a deeper truth behind this.

When cloud computing products all over the world are developing around Ziweiyun’s technical direction and concept, Ziweiyun’s rules in this industry will be determined, and the cloud computing industry must follow Ziweiyun’s rules to develop.

Only when Ziweiyun has the right to speak in this part can he call on more colleagues in the scientific and technological circles to join Ziweiyun's camp and let them do things according to Ziweiyun's rules.

For example, Zhou Buqi proposed the strategy of self-developed chips this time.

In today's technologically perfect world, small companies are not qualified to make chips at all, and it is very difficult for them to pass the level of versatility.

If you want all the products in the world to adapt to you, how old are you?

You go to adapt to the world, do you have the technical strength?

Only giants who have mastered the rules of technology have such a right to speak.

For example, when Apple launched a new chip, technology companies all over the world must seize the time to develop new versions of apps to adapt to Apple's new chip.

Not even Qualcomm.

Qualcomm also has to adapt to the world.

Now Ziweiyun is facing such a daunting challenge!

How to choose the chip research and development route?
Is it suitable for the whole world?
Or will the whole world adapt to you?
After seeing off President Shi, Zhou Buqi entered the conference room with a group of Ziweiyun executives, and was about to discuss this topic.

Dr. Wang Jian said: "Developing some low-end server processors is actually not too difficult. The difficulty of chips mainly lies in the precision. We can't make 1-micron chips, but we can always make 1-mm chips. Mobile phones and computers Due to the limitation of product volume, the smaller the chip, the better. Our own home servers do not seek aesthetics, and there is no size limit. What Intel can solve with 1 micron, we can use 10 mm to solve.”

Zhou Buqi nodded, "I seem to have heard from someone... It seems that Mr. Yang of Lenovo, the leader in the field of supercomputing processors in China, actually adopted this strategy."

Wang Jiandao: "Yes, that's what it means. A supercomputer is bigger than this conference room. There is no size limit for the chip, no pursuit of high-precision precision, and no application versatility. There is no difficulty in development. .This is also the key point for us to develop our own chips.”

Zhou Feng added to this sentence, "Are we going to develop a general-purpose chip, or a chip for internal use?"

Zhou Buqi asked: "What are the advantages and disadvantages? Tell me, Dr. Wang Jian?"

Wang Jian is the chief technology officer, and Ziweiyun was also developed by him. He has a great say in the technical field, saying: "Let's talk about general-purpose chips first. The advantage is that they are highly adaptable and can even be commercialized. Those made in China Servers, mainly low-end and mid-range, are purchased from foreign chips. If we can successfully develop general-purpose chips and sell them externally, it means that they do not need to spend foreign exchange to import from overseas, and our products can be sold at a lower price. It is lower, and there is no premium price that gets stuck."

Zhou Buqi took this very seriously, nodded and said: "Yes, He Yang always said that when he was working in Lenovo, one of the most painful things was that American chip suppliers would always raise prices temporarily, or supply Insufficient. Because it is a necessity and there is no substitute, it will always be blackmailed by them.”

Wang Jiandao: "The server field is relatively better. After all, the server is a B-end product, and Lenovo computers are more for the C-end, and for individuals."

This is the biggest difference between the B-side and the C-side.

The purchaser at the B-end is the company, and a large number of elites who know the industry well make decisions. They will always make the best choice and choose the most high-quality and cheap products.

As for whether this product is produced by a highly branded technology giant or an unknown small workshop, these have nothing to do with the quality of the product.

As long as the product quality is good enough and the price is cheap enough, that's fine.

The C-end is aimed at individuals. Many people do not understand the market, so they are easily "deceived" by marketing and will focus on buying products with stronger brands.Even if another product has better quality and lower price, because the brand is too low, the sales will be mediocre.

The servers are all for companies, and they are all B-side purchasers.

Those empty-headed things are meaningless. The quality and price of the product play a decisive role in the sales of the product, just like the domestic low-end server will rise in the industry.

(End of this chapter)