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Chapter 193 Entering the PC side?
Chen Zifan nodded. Before the Stardust press conference, he also expected this development strategy that was more conservative and more in line with the current situation of Stardust Technology, but he was really a little unwilling.

"Okay, what questions do you have?"

Don’t worry about the stacking problem of Stardust 4 and Stardust 4+. Stardust Technology has been famous for its ruthless stacking since its debut. Many Chinese consumers are not afraid of spending money on things, but they are afraid that the things they spend money on are not good.

As some executives said, without air charging, there are a series of new technologies such as high refresh screen, ultrasonic fingerprint, 50W single-core full blood fast charging, 50W full blood wireless charging, and battery temperature control management.

As for the problem of high brush + high resolution power consumption, there is no need to worry about it. Now Stardust New Energy is already working in the direction of "thin and light battery". It is completely possible to use a larger battery for Stardust 4 and Stardust 4+.

At the same time, Star Vision has also set up a team dedicated to CMOS, with technology provided by Stardust Technology, and their development in imaging is also very fast.

The domestic manufacturers in Chen Zifan's memory can compete for video as the main track and become the main direction of "flagship phones". It is not all hype and false demand. It is indeed more convenient to take pictures with mobile phones.

Moreover, the imaging technology of mobile phones has been improved very fast, and the optical theory technology will soon be able to dry the camera, but the photos taken cannot be compared with some top traditional cameras, but Chen Zifan thinks it will not take long. Circumstances change.

He also puts a lot of material on imaging hardware and algorithms, although he doesn't take pictures much himself...

When the group of high-level officials heard Chen Zifan's question, they were unambiguous and brought up some of their own ideas. They would usually mention them, but they were all scattered, and some high-level officials even took out their own documents:
"We have a five-year development period for electronic paper books. During the five-year period, the products do not need to be updated. This is good and bad for us. The advantage is that we can have a longer time to develop new electronic paper books.

According to Mr. Chen, the next step of Star Vision will be to further improve the quality of the ink screen, and even reach a level of 60hz that breaks through material limitations, completely comparable to conventional electronic screens.

And it can also keep its cost very low. You only need 1699 to buy super-high-quality, super-long battery life, and electronic paper books with ink screens with a complete e-book library.

At the price of 2699, we will replace it with a brand-new 'Color Ink Screen'. Everyone knows the difference between it and the ink screen by listening to the name. We also know that the purpose of producing electronic paper books is not just to make profits...

This requires us to open up a new situation as much as possible while developing the next generation of electronic paper books. "

To sum up, the next generation of electronic paper books will be very powerful, and will be divided into two versions: Stardust-Ink, Stardust-Color Ink, with the blessing of air charging in battery life, and it is likely to achieve "unlimited use" .

But everyone knows that Stardust-Ink was born to eliminate most of the physical books. This part of the workload is very huge and requires the intervention of multiple forces. It is also one of the next key projects.

"I will arrange for someone to do it as soon as possible..."

In the past, it was enough for Wang Jinli to do similar work. Now that Wang Jinli is not in China, Chen Zifan has to re-select some suitable candidates from high-level and middle-level cadres to form a team to facilitate subsequent work.

"As for drones, the current sales volume of 'fun' drones aimed at mass consumers is mediocre and has not reached the expected level. We can observe for another month. If the follow-up sales are still not good...

Should we adjust our product strategy and focus the next generation of drone products on professional 'commercial drones'?Let some of their professional abilities be stronger, and their role can be brought into play.

Civilian UAVs only need to be updated normally. The product strength of Stardust-Margin is high enough, and there is no need to update in a short time for the time being. "

Chen Zifan nodded. This is indeed the case. It's not that the sales of Stardust-Margin are really bad, but compared with other popular products of Stardust Technology, its sales are indeed a bit mediocre.

This is still under the circumstances of Stardust Technology brand and word-of-mouth blessing, the initial sales are very mediocre, if it is another brand... I am afraid it will be a problem to pay back.

There is also a new way out for more professional commercial drones. After all, it is impossible for Chen Zifan to give up the drone product, and there will be a very important follow-up.

"Tablets, smart watches, and Bluetooth headsets will also enter a bottleneck period for the time being. Many Stardust users have reported that the update speed of Stardust Technology's tablet computers is too fast, and product homogeneity is serious.

The improvement of each generation is not big, so the high-refresh screen on Stardust 4 and Stardust 4+ can not be applied to tablet computers for the time being. The same is true for the other two products, which can be put on hold for a year before updating. "

High-intensity product iterations have made some consumers feel fatigued. For tablet computers, the best-selling one is the old model released with Stardust 2, because the price of that model is low enough...

The main consumers of tablet PCs are still students, and their budgets are generally relatively low. Compared with the new tablet PCs that have not been upgraded so much, they are only used as video playback tools, and the old models are also sufficient.

Chen Zifan also understood the meaning of the high-level executives, and first used the high refresh screen on the mobile phone to satisfy them, and then brought a wave of "big improvements" in the Stardust 5 series.

just so...

The only products that can be confirmed next year are: Stardust 4, Stardust 4+, and Stardust-Yao Soul.

The high-level executives also took this into consideration, and a certain high-level executive with a radical style also proposed a new strategy:

"After our market research, there is a huge vacancy for high-end monitors at present. Some brands use the screens of Star Vision and put their own logos on them, calling them the best monitors in China. Are we?"

"It's not necessary yet."

This was Chen Zifan's acquiescing behavior. It was a revenue project of Star Vision. Everyone was in a win-win situation. It's not that Chen Zifan didn't want to do it, he wanted to put the monitor at the back.

Another executive voiced his thoughts:

"We can make high-end monitors at any time, but we have to consider the issue of channels and supporting products. There is no need to worry about channel issues, but supporting products... You also know that the current mainstream PC manufacturers refuse to cooperate with Stardust Technology unless we do it ourselves!

At present, Changhe’s chip engineering has reached the level of 28nm process. To lead the mainstream international manufacturers by 1 to 2 years, we can use our existing advantages to enter the field of computer CPU and GPU... and then further expand the Stardust OS to create a new PC. end system! "

It’s a bit similar to Apple, Apple is from computer to mobile phone, and Stardust Technology is from mobile phone to computer, but the PC side is not so easy to do... Now the easiest thing to do has become the CPU and graphics card.

"This is also a new direction!"

"Chen Dong, don't you have a plan specifically for graphics card manufacturers in your plan? This year AMD released a graphics card called HD5870, which is known as the strongest single-core graphics card, and its measured performance is significantly ahead of Nvidia's single-core graphics card. GTX285!

It can even compete with Nvidia's GTX295, which is known as a dual-core small nuclear bomb!Huang Renxun is still in a state of desperation!As the so-called snipe and clam fight for the fisherman's benefit, we can also enter, make the market a little more chaotic, and create opportunities for entering the PC side! "

Chen Zifan was a little speechless. It would be great if it was so easy. Manufacturing graphics cards is easy. Apart from AMD and Nvidia, there are still many graphics card manufacturers in the world, and A and N are not the world now.

But they also said that the mainstream PC manufacturers do not cooperate with Stardust Technology, Stardust Technology finally produced a batch of new graphics cards, players happily bought them back and put them in computer cases...Hey!It doesn't work!

What is this called?

He can only say:
"I will start several key projects on the PC side in the future, but if I want to build a full set of products within a year, the time is a little too late. I will not release a single product until the full set of products is built."

"understand!"

"Chen Dong will open the project first..."

"The PC project can be handed over to me!"

"I also…"

Each of these high-level executives is also a militant. Last time, a high-level executive participated in a talk show. When mentioning Stardust Technology's fast USB, an unknown host asked a question on the spot:
"Stardust Technology always mentions how advanced the Super USB is in its publicity, but its design is unreasonable, and it needs a special adapter when connecting to the host, so can we understand the Super USB as: it is A relatively backward technology?"

At that time, the high-level executive was very angry, but he also knew that there has always been controversy about the Super USB. The reason is that it is very difficult to use the Super USB to USB-A, and it is better to transfer it online with the next software.

Thanks to Stardust Network's software, Stardust Technology's Bluetooth technology is also very high, and some of the shortcomings of wired transmission have been made up for.

This pot really shouldn't be backed by USB at such a fast speed. There are too many factors affecting the data transmission speed, and Stardust Technology can be blamed?The slow wired transmission is partly related to the USB technology of the host.

Where is the current USB-A?
There are too many messy things, since they want to do it, Chen Zifan just happened to find something for them: "Okay, I will arrange it tomorrow, the PC side can't be rushed, who has a plan for next year's new product?"

Just relying on three new phones + air charging technology is actually enough, but it always feels almost meaningless. Some icing on the cake products are missing, and Stardust Technology is rich enough in technology, and high-level executives soon proposed new products.

"I think we can also start from three aspects: projectors, AR glasses, and voice assistants. Projection technology is what we have been doing. We have sodium-lithium batteries for AR glasses, and the battery life is no problem!
The voice assistant is even simpler. It may not be needed on mobile phones, but our car-machine system really needs it. Driving on some roads is not convenient for parking, and it is not convenient for one-handed operation... I thought at the time that if I could use talking The way to control the machine is fine. "

Chen Zifan: ...

The voice assistant is not difficult, and it is very easy to get it out, but the problem is... China is too big, and there are different winds and customs in a thousand miles. Some fourth-tier cities have seven or eight dialects. Many people can understand Mandarin, Let him say for himself that he can't tell at all.

How about a voice assistant?
It is likely to be a failed product like Tmall Genie and Xiaodu, so Chen Zifan gets a headache when he mentions this. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder and can't bear to launch a function that is not easy to use.

He also had to say:

"I'll arrange the voice assistant. You don't have to worry about it. I already have several plans for AR glasses. I'll get this one too. The projector..."

To be honest, Chen Zifan really doesn't know the progress of Stardust Technology's projector research and development, and the conditions for releasing the projector are not mature enough, and the TV market is still in a booming stage.

There are not many online broadcasting platforms that are doing well. Some platforms don't even bother to do development, and directly sign a sharing agreement with Stardust Network, giving up a large amount of profits and letting Stardust Network do technical things.

They are responsible for resource and copyright disputes, and they also do the publicity, which can be regarded as mutual benefit.

This is not the point. The point is that Chen Zifan can't get the resources of many TV stations. After the projector is built, it may only have one function, and it will be fresh after using it once or twice. After a long time, it is better to use a mobile phone.

Tablets are also better than projectors.

The best time to enter the market has to wait for the promotion of mobile payment, the era of smart phones for all people, and the introduction of projectors after traditional TVs are cooled.

AR glasses is a new direction, how to do it specifically...Chen Zifan has not yet decided. The several solutions in his hand are all used by "friends" in his memory, such as oppo, Huawei, Apple, and Xiaomi.

Among them, the shape of oppo is the most special. It is very similar to the combat power detector in the "Dragon Ball" comics. The price of 4999 is much more expensive than other domestic brands. It has fewer functions and is relatively large...

After all, it is a single-sided smart glasses, and the weight of the battery is placed there, the general glasses frame is really a little hard to support, and the left and right imbalance is also very uncomfortable.

Of course, smart glasses and AR glasses are a bit different, but many functions overlap, and there is no need to subdivide the two so clearly.

"Okay, if you have questions about the product, go here first, and if you have any questions about management, just ask Mr. Zhao."

With Zhao Wushang around, Chen Zifan doesn't have to be responsible for the company's affairs. He can work on products with peace of mind. At most, he can consider holding a few meetings from time to time to give employees some blood.

These high-level executives still have a lot of product plans in their pockets, such as electric unicycles, fully automatic cooking robots... It's a pity that they didn't take them out, otherwise Chen Zifan would have to complain.

As soon as the three new models of Stardust 4, Stardust 4+, and Stardust-Yaopo were confirmed, the Stardust factory immediately entered a state of full operation, and Chen Zifan also came to the Changhe chip production line in the core area again.

(End of this chapter)