Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 182 The Joys of Life
In recent years, the hardware of smart terminals represented by smartphones has developed very rapidly. On the one hand, Moore's Law is still in effect, and on the other hand, the huge market for smart devices is driving it.

Various types of smart terminal devices are a huge market. Even though the smartphone market is still in its early stages of development, it is still worth more than 100 billion US dollars each year. In addition, there are tablets and some mobile smart terminal products that have a highly overlapping supply chain with smartphones. Finally, various newly emerging smart home markets are also developing rapidly.

All of these have brought about enormous supply chain demands!
It has driven the rapid development of various types of hardware. For example, the screen size was only 480 inches with a resolution of 320*09 even two or three years ago. Even in , a -inch screen was still considered a large screen.

At that time, a lot of mobile phones were still using 3.2-inch screens.

Zhiyun's C1 series of mobile phones laid the foundation with a high-resolution 09-inch screen. In the summer of 9, it boldly launched the S mobile phone equipped with a -inch high-resolution screen. At the time, this screen was superior and surpassed all competing products.

And last year, in 10, Zhiyun Mobile pushed the screen size towards 10 inches. The S10 Pro at that time could be said to have amazed everyone... Even the most picky people have to admit: S Pro has no disadvantages except being expensive.

And expensive is not its shortcoming, but your shortcoming...

As time goes by, even now, only half a year later, Zhiyun Mobile has already decided when designing the next generation S11 mobile phone that the standard version of the next generation S11 mobile phone will adopt a -inch reticulated screen.

The S11 Pro will be an epoch-making -inch reticulated screen.

These two screens will be a killer now, even when they are released in the summer!

Because at present, only Zhiyun mobile phone is confirmed to use a reticulated screen larger than four inches, while Apple’s mobile phone is likely to use a three-and-a-half-inch reticulated screen.

The same is true for the screen and the running memory.

In the early days, mobile phones only had 128MB of RAM. Later, when C1 was released, it was increased to 256MB. When S9 was released, it was increased to 512MB.

When the S10 Pro was released in June last summer, the running memory was increased to an astonishing 1GB.

The S11 released this summer will have 1GB of RAM for the standard version, and an unprecedented 2GB of RAM for the Pro version, and all series are equipped with top-level high-frequency DD3 memory.

Speaking of hardware changes, the biggest one is the SOC that integrates the CPU and GPU.

Taking the CPU as an example, when Apple 3G was launched, the main frequency was only over 1 MHZ, while C7200 uses the A chip with a main frequency of over MHZ.

Then came S9, whose main frequency directly became 1GHZ.

Next is last year's S10, which directly reached 1.5GHZ.

However, today, 11 years later, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments have successively released dual-core chips and have made adaptation adjustments specifically for Zhiyun Technology.

智云S11就预计采用高通以及德州仪器的专供版芯片，双核主频1.6GHZ，就连C4手机也预计采用双核主频1GHZ的中端双核芯片，C4 Pro则是采用双核1.2GHZ的芯片。

The single-core chip with a main frequency of 1.5GHZ, which was still a high-end machine configuration last year, will probably only be used as a mid-range machine chip after this summer.

As for the single-core chip with a main frequency of 1GHZ, it is estimated that by June or July, it will be directly reduced to a low-end mid-range chip configuration.

The rapid development of chips has also put tremendous pressure on Zhiyun Semiconductor's chip research and development, and it has finally developed a single-core S100 chip.

As a result, they don’t even dare to use their own Zhiyun mobile phone, and can only use Weiku Electronics, which focuses on the mid-to-low-end market!

The same is true for the S1.5 with a main frequency of 103GHZ.

From the huge changes in these chips, memory and screens, we can see how crazy the development of the smart device field has been in recent years.

It is also understandable why Xu Shenxue wants to invest so heavily in the semiconductor field.

Because the competition among smart terminals is ultimately a competition in the semiconductor field. Things like CPU, GPU, memory, and flash memory are all serious integrated circuits... They just have different designs and uses, but they are essentially the same.

The design fields of these four can be summarized as the chip design field, and the manufacturing fields of these four can also be summarized as the chip manufacturing field.

Therefore, advanced memory often requires top-level process technology for processing. For example, the advanced DDR3 memory in Zhiyun Semiconductor today requires a DUV immersion lithography machine and is processed using a -nanometer process.

Therefore, when smart devices compete in computing power and storage, it becomes the design and manufacturing of semiconductors!
Even things like batteries and screens cannot be separated from chips... The screen in a smartphone needs touch IC to provide support, and the battery needs battery management chip to provide support... Of course, the circuits of these chips are not too complicated, so the requirements for the manufacturing process are not that high.

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As time passed, February arrived. At this time, except for some staff on duty, all others at Zhiyun Technology had gone on vacation.

Because the Spring Festival is here!
I don’t know if it’s to show off or if he really misses his hometown.

Xu's mother wants to go back to her hometown to celebrate the Spring Festival...

Returning to your hometown for the New Year?

After Xu Shenxue carefully searched the original body's memory, he didn't find too many memories!

The Xu family doesn't have many relatives in their hometown. Xu's father is an only child, and he has no brothers or sisters, and even few cousins.

Xu's father left home a long time ago to work hard in Shenzhen. Later, when he was working in Shenzhen, he met Xu's mother and eventually got married.

Afterwards, the couple worked hard together, and after they achieved success in their careers, they bought a house and settled down in Shenzhen. After Xu Shenxue's grandparents passed away one after another in the early years, their family rarely returned to their hometown, but only maintained the most basic interpersonal relationships, such as asking people to bring some things back to relatives during the holidays.

But they rarely interact with each other in daily life... How to put it, although they live under the same blue sky, they live in different worlds.

Even before Xu Shenxue took over this body and eventually became the richest man in the world, the Xu family already had a fortune of hundreds of millions...true billionaires.

And Mr. Xu is not a good guy... He is not the kind of guy who would be so stupid as to bring his money home to show off and then talk to his fellow villagers about it.

Father Xu, who was able to come here alone and finally build such a large family business from scratch... If you say he is a good person, Father Xu's ashes will move without wind... He laughed at himself. Father Xu is not a good person, and he doesn't pursue face. People who pursue face can't make a fortune worth hundreds of millions!
People are very realistic.

Therefore, the Xu family actually has no connection with the people in their hometown... Xu's father ignores those people in his hometown, and those people in his hometown also ignore him: You are a billionaire, but you don't help me, and you are even less likely to give me money... So it's none of my business whether you have money or not.

Well, the main thing is that even when I tried to get closer to him, Mr. Xu ignored me!
It's not just the Xu family, but Xu's mother's family is not that good either.

Xu's mother is an only child. Her parents died earlier. Having lost her parents before she reached adulthood, Xu's mother was often bullied by her uncles and aunts. When she was seventeen or eighteen years old, she ran to Shenzhen alone to work. Then she met Xu's father, who was also a poor boy but had a lot of bad intentions.

When Xu's father became rich, Xu's mother asked him to drive a luxury car and travel hundreds of kilometers despite the hardship... just to show off when she returned to her mother's house. Then, in front of a group of relatives from her mother's side, she showed off the luxury car, the big gold chain, and the savings.

Then, facing a group of poor relatives who were still digging for food in the soil, she threw a bunch of hundred-dollar bills into the river and said: "I would rather throw the money into the water than give you a penny!"
As soon as the money was thrown out, many people rushed into the river to grab the money during the cold weather of the Spring Festival...

But when they finally got a few and took a look, they were shocked to find that they were ghost money issued by Tiandi Bank!

When he wanted to vent his anger and take revenge, Xu's mother had already asked Xu's father to drive away.

Xu's mother once said, "Do you think I'm stupid? I threw a bag of 100-yuan bills for them to pick up... It's a good idea. It would be better to give them a bag of ghost money!"

Mother Xu regarded this as a happy event in her life. She told it to her two children countless times. Every time she talked about it, she was beaming with joy...she was so proud!
Xu's father is not very kind. He is too lazy to help even his cousins, and he doesn't care about the ancestral graves or being gossiped about. Therefore, he doesn't have any close contacts with ordinary relatives in his hometown. The most he does do is ask people to bring some small gifts to him during the Chinese New Year.

When Xu's mother was young, she was badly bullied by her relatives. Later, they not only played tricks on her, but also spent money to retaliate... In small places, it is actually easier to retaliate by spending money.

The relatives on both sides of Xu's mother's side did not have much contact, so even though Xu Shenxue became the richest man in the world, not a single relative came to congratulate him or ask for benefits.

Because those so-called relatives couldn't even find the door of the Xu family.

After searching through his memories, Xu Shenxue had some doubts about his mother's request to return to her hometown: "Why would you go back to your hometown for no reason?"

Mother Xu said, "Your father is a money-obsessed person and doesn't care much about gossip, so he doesn't care that our family has a bad reputation in our hometown over the years."

"He is just a nouveau riche. Apart from some people around him, few people know him, and he doesn't need to do many things!"

"But you are different, son. You are the richest man in the world, and your reputation has spread abroad. Although some gossip will not affect you, and you don't have to care about relatives, you still have to take care of the ancestral affairs!"

"We can't let those people outside think that you have forgotten your ancestors just because you have become rich!"

"Some time ago, I asked someone to go back to my hometown and have them repair my ancestral tomb and the old house. I also donated some money to the school in my village and the town. When the town said they were going to build a road, I also donated some money."

"Otherwise, those omnipresent reporters would have already made up a lot of stories about me back home!"

"Before your company went public, I had already taken care of everything back home and dealt with those reporters who were taking advantage of the situation!"

"This time, go back and pay respect to your ancestors, and then hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the road, so that the matter is completely established, so that no outsiders will bring up the past and accuse you of forgetting your ancestors, which will affect your career!"

After listening to this, Xu Shenxue thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll go back this Spring Festival!"

"Since you've already donated, don't be stingy. Donate to the county and city schools and give them a scholarship!"

"I'll have someone look at what industries are suitable for my hometown, and then build some industries there to create more jobs!"

After hearing this, Xu's mother smiled and said, "I'm glad you understand this!"

"I know you're different from your father. Your father is nice to our family, but he easily offends people outside. He values ​​money too much!"

"I've been dealing with the mess he left behind in the past year, and it's basically done. It didn't cost much money, so I'll save it from being dug up and ruining your reputation in the future!"

After Xu Shenxue finalized the matter, he quickly asked the public relations department of Zhiyun Technology to come up with a temporary plan, and then contacted his hometown in Xu Shenxue's personal name!

This matter...is not a return trip to visit relatives, but a public relations activity to prevent future troubles and shape Xu Shenxue's personal character...

So, we definitely can’t do it quietly and privately!

Notify relatives?

What a joke, this has nothing to do with them...Xu Shenxue directly found the local representative of his hometown and said that he was planning to go back after the Spring Festival. He then said some nonsense like "a wanderer's heart is always in his hometown, and now that he has achieved some success, he wants to repay his hometown."

Of course...although the words sound a bit fake, the various donations and investments are real!

The group's public relations department worked out a plan overnight, which is expected to cost more than 50 million yuan. The bulk of the cost is expected to be that the group will use a wholly-owned subsidiary in a supply chain to build an electronics factory locally, with an investment of approximately 30 million yuan.

The remaining 20 million or so was donated by Xu Shenxue out of his own pocket!
As for more, that is unlikely!

Of course, this is just the beginning. If the situation in his hometown is good in the future, Xu Shenxue would not mind bringing more industries there to help the economy of his hometown a little.

The investment and donation had already been promised before this person even went back.

The representatives from his hometown were naturally delighted... You know, they had been waiting for Xu Shenxue, the world's richest man, to return to his hometown for a long time... Even though Xu Shenxue was not actually born in his hometown, but was born, raised and studied in Shenzhen since childhood.

But Xu Shenxue's father is a real family member. Xu Shenxue's grandfather and ancestors are all buried in the land of his hometown.

So it is naturally impossible to say that Xu Shenxue has no connection with his hometown.

After hearing that Xu Shenxue was going back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, Lin Yaxian hesitated for a moment and said that she had nothing to do during the Spring Festival and wanted to go out for a walk!
The two of them had been together for quite some time, so Xu Shenxue naturally heard some of her hidden meanings.

This time he did not agree immediately, but thought about it for two or three minutes!
(End of this chapter)