Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 146 Battle of Chips 4
Tang Liwei came to Wang Yuexin's office with four boards in hand, and shook his head at Zhang Yong, "There are still problems, which need to be improved."

Wang Yuexin took the board, "Leave it to me."

After a while, there were four discarded circuit boards in the trash can, and Tang Liwei got back four chips.

Da Sewa didn't know that he underestimated Zhang Yong's ability and underestimated the development progress of Chinese OEM boards.

Of the ten chips that Zhang Yong got from Holden, Liu Xin burned five of them during the experiment, with a damage rate of 50.00%.But the remaining five boards have been copied successfully, and have been turned into five brand new GNSS OEM boards in the factory made by Yuexin.

Of course, things did not go as smoothly as Zhang Yong and others expected. Whether it was Jiechuang's drawings, Tang Liwei's transformation, or Yuexin's board making and pasting, there were more or less problems.

But with Mu Yuntian's help, Wang Yuexin quickly prepared all the materials.And because of Yuexin's excellent dismantling technology, several Aimel chips can be used repeatedly. The actual value and utilization rate of these chips have almost exceeded the one hundred chips that Zhang Yong requested from Da Sewa.Now Tang Liwei and his staff are working in Yuexin Manufacturing, and Jiechuang has also sent a test engineer to Kunshan.When encountering a problem, several parties immediately communicated, modified, solved, re-made the board, and tested it in one go.

Many people sleep less than five hours a day, and Zhang Yong can vaguely see the shadow of Liu Xin in everyone.

If you give their efficiency a quantified number, it will take the French about 30 to [-] days to complete what they complete in a day.

Zhang Yong received a reply from Xiao Sewa that day, telling him that Da Sewa disagreed with his request and asked him to prepare [-] semi-finished boards and send them back to France for testing.

Zhang Yong didn't reply to the email, and when he read it, he smiled contemptuously.Send a hundred boards back to France?Don’t talk about the logistics that went back and forth for several weeks, that is, every time a version of this board is revised, the French’s feedback may take more than a week, and the subsequent revisions will be perfected, plus a round-trip of communication and logistics. I’m afraid that a version can be completed in a month. It is already a fairy speed, and it is likely to be close to two months.

Now Tang Liwei and the others have modified nearly ten versions. This progress, according to Da Se Wa's process, may take a year to complete.

Wang Yuexin gave Tang Liwei a few chips again, and then said to Zhang Yong: "We do have this technology, and we can use chips repeatedly. But it can't be infinite. These chips are already close to the limit. I'm afraid the next time we will use them." It will be invalid. Since you can get these ten pieces, let’s get some more.”

Zhang Yong nodded, "I'll let Tang Liwei and the others save as much as possible, and hope to complete the production of this board before they scrap it." He played Horton once, and he didn't quite believe that Horton would help.Moreover, Holden himself also asked for samples from Daniels, so it might not be easy to get another product.

"Do you still have a chip in your hand?"

"I can't give you this piece. This is a gift I want to give to the French."

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A new long day, these days in Kunshan, Zhang Yong felt that every day was a long one.

He walked into the temporary studio of Tang Liwei and several people, and found that Li Bin, the test engineer of Jiechuang, was alone.

"What about the rest?"

"They have all gone to bed, and they may not get up until the afternoon today. I am testing this board, and Tonley Wei asked me to notify you after the board has been running continuously for 24 hours. You are early, and there are still two hours left. "

Zhang Yong was short of breath and his tongue was dry, "Did you do the dynamic test?"

"Tested hundreds of times last night, I feel that the performance should be better than Jieke."

Everything came so suddenly, without any foreshadowing, and without any special cheers or celebrations, Zhang Yong tried to calm down, and asked in a slightly trembling voice: "You mean, we're done?"

"It can be said that even without any upgrades and optimizations, the current board can already be used as a finished board."

"Why didn't anyone tell me the good news?" Zhang Yong couldn't help himself for a while.

Li Bin smiled and said: "I just said that Tang Liwei asked me to run it continuously for 24 hours without any failures and then notify you, but you came early. Congratulations, Zhang Yong, we did it."

Wang Yuexin, who had just arrived at the factory, had just gotten out of the car when he suddenly heard Zhang Yong's hoarse shouts coming from Tang Liwei's studio. He thought something serious had happened and ran over in a hurry.

But he saw Zhang Yong, who looked excited, squatting at the door of the studio, wiping the tears on his face.He smiled, there should be good news today.

"Zhang Yong, Mr. Shao asked me to give you another quotation, which is not high, one hundred thousand. He said that if you succeed, he will give you the bill. If you fail, there is no need to mention this matter to you."

After the test was successful, the first thing Li Bin handed to Zhang Yong was a bill.

"Oh, the final payment? I'll pay right away. One hundred thousand doesn't seem like much. Shouldn't it be 20?"

"No, Mr. Shao said, you have already paid the fee for the drawings in one lump sum. You will not be charged any more. This is an additional development, and you don't have to accept it, because this development was not commissioned by you."

"What is it?"

"When we stripped the function of your motherboard, part of it restored and supplemented the GNSS board, and the other part, we made an independent development board, which is the one used for testing now."

"Thank you for your carefulness. I am willing to pay for the circuit diagram, and I think it should be more than [-]. But a development board is not worth [-], right? What kind of fantasy is you Mr. Shao doing?"

Li Bin laughed, "Of course it's not as simple as a development board. There is an encoder on the main board, we transplanted it to the GNSS board and replaced it with our own. Didn't you get the interface of Mag from a foreign website last time? Based on this new encoder and your interface, we have made a set of control programs for the Mag board, which can not only debug the board on the computer, but also set the upgrade of this board and calculate the option upgrade code of this board. Now you know this What is the meaning of the board? Are you willing to pay for it?"

Zhang Yong was overjoyed, "It means that the control software of this board is ours. Even if Mag copies this board, it can only be upgraded through our program."

"Yeah. Of course, it's not that hard for Mag to figure it out. They could replace the encoder and redesign the circuit. But I guess they're not going to do that, are they?"

Zhang Yong laughed, indeed, if the French were willing to do this, they would not leave the matter of modifying boards to the Chinese region.

"Thank you so much. Tell Mr. Shao that he has a chance to increase the price now."

"No, Mr. Shao told me that if you want to buy it, you can buy it for [-] yuan. If you don't buy it, he will completely smash the program."

"Buy, I'll pay right away."

Shao Wenjie's ingenuity helped Zhang Yong a lot. This was originally in his plan, but he wanted to do it in the next step.Unexpectedly, Jie Chuang gave him this gift in advance.With this set of tools, plus the chip in his hand, he will have another bargaining chip in the duel of wits and courage between him and Da Sewa.

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The honeymoon period between President Peng, Master Zhao and Huatai Beidou seems to be over.

Mr. Peng's data collector based on the DM-100 board became an instant hit in the market.Shengsheng snatched half of the Chinese market from Skydon.

Huatai's new generation of receivers also performed well. Although the price is still unsatisfactory, the quality has been more and more recognized by users.

This made everyone in Huatai, including Mr. Zhao, respect Mr. Peng to the peak.At this time, Mr. Zhao almost obeyed Mr. Peng.

Because of Zhang Yong's work on the board, the two had a quarrel for a while, but soon reached an agreement.

But now, the quarrels between the two have become frequent, and they are no longer deceptive. "The honeymoon period is over" is actually an evaluation given by colleagues in the company.

Mr. Peng came to Mr. Zhao's office again.

"Wait a while? Mr. Zhao, can you tell me clearly, when will we wait? Now our products are stable, and the company's profitability is slowly improving. At this time, we shouldn't spend some energy to study Do you want to use GNSS OEM boards? Do you really want to use Jieke for a lifetime, and the cost will always be higher than others? With all due respect, you are said to be a boss who dares to work hard, but I think you are quite conservative and lack enterprising spirit."

When Master Zhao smiled, he looked extraordinarily simple and honest.

"Of course I dare to risk my life, but I won't take the brothers of the whole company to risk their lives. Mr. Peng, don't worry, I said wait, it's not that there is no reply, there is a specific reason for the delay, but we have priorities. Good things need to be dealt with."

"What's the matter?" Mr. Peng's tone was quite unfriendly.

Mr. Zhao made a gesture of a magic show with an exaggerated expression. Obviously, he was not good at it, so the effect of the performance was not good, but Mr. Peng was still deeply attracted by what Mr. Zhao showed.

It was a shiny new OEM board, the same size, but clearly not a Jetco product.

"Mr. Peng, Zhang Yong's plan has been completed. I really didn't expect him to do it so quickly. This time I was wrong. If I listened to you, it would have been a better idea to support him. But Now that his board is out, let’s finish testing this board first. We’ll talk about making our own board later.”

Mr. Peng saw the board in Mr. Zhao's hand, and looked at it carefully, with a special brilliance in his eyes.

"It actually came out, so fast."

He looked up at Master Zhao, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Master Zhao's tone suddenly became serious, "If you pass the test, please complete the integration of this board in Huatai's equipment immediately. Now I have been forced to breathe by the price of Dongfang Company. This board, Zhang Yong The price given to us, if calculated on a batch of 500 pieces, the price per piece should be 500 dollars lower than Jieke, which is enough to change our fate. I will use all new boards in the next generation of receivers.”

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Peng had already walked to the door, and his voice came from a distance, "We will work overtime overnight and give you a conclusion as soon as possible. Don't worry."

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Da Sewa called Xiao Sewa to his office again.

"Brother Yong hasn't replied yet? What's his attitude? Regardless of the OEM matter, he is Mag's China director, and you are his boss. If he doesn't reply to your email, it's not our business." like."

"No, he's back."

"How to say?"

"He said that he found something in the Chinese market, and felt that it was not good for Mag, and the situation was serious, so he sent it right away, let us take a look. Send it along with this thing, and there is another piece he made Good board. He said that the production capacity is limited, and it is not a finished product, so it cannot be mass-produced, so we can only send one for us to see."

Da Sewa frowned, "He didn't say what? It's so dangerous."

"No, he can't describe it well, but we can understand it at a glance."

"Let's not talk about this, but, François, how can you agree that he only sent one board. This is a semi-finished product, which cannot even be tested, and it is the first version of the board. I suspect that the good product rate does not exceed 30.00%. This The odds that a board won't work are much higher than the chances it will work. He's wasting our time."

"I expressed our concern, but Brother Yong said he would not let us down."

"Do Chinese people like to maintain a sense of mystery so much? Or is it just Brother Yong's personal habit."

"I don't know. We'll know when things arrive."

"When can I get to Nantes?"

"I guess this Friday, next Monday at the latest."

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When the French talk about a time period, the best result is to be able to catch up with the end of the time period.

Xiao Sewa said Friday or next Monday, and the result was good. On next Tuesday, they received the package from Zhang Yong.

Xiao Sewa opened it and froze immediately.

Inside there is a board, a chip, and a USB flash drive marked with a test program.

The chip is Emmel's chip, but the board is not the semi-finished product in Zhang Yong's report and photos.This is a complete GNSS OEM board including the Emmel chip.

How is this going?Little Sewa felt his scalp go numb, and he remembered what Big Sewa said to Zhang Yong, "Shouldn't we be careful with such people?"

Instead of running to Da Sewa's office, he went to Oliver immediately.

Oliver was also stunned, "How did he do it? Is it the chip found there again?"

"I can't answer you. But please tell me if this board and this chip will work."

"I'll arrange the test right away. But I also have a question for you, François."

"You speak."

"What do you want to see? A board chip that pretends not to work, or a set of GNSS OEM boards and chips that work and perform well?"

Xiao Sewa sighed unabashedly, "I don't know. Of course I don't like to see a system that doesn't work, but if it's a good system, Brother Yong is terrible. I can't even Guess Francois's reaction to this matter, everything was arranged by him, but he didn't expect that this matter might go off track and jump out of his arrangement. When will you come to a conclusion?"

"Within this week, I will give you the results before Friday. My suggestion, you should think about how to report to Francois first. I have a hunch that this board is a finished product."

"How is it possible? Unless he can really handle Emmel's chip."

"Okay, friend. If you really don't believe it, why are you so nervous?"

(End of this chapter)