Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 315 Overseas Zhiyun that respects the law and abides by discipline

"Xu Shenxue has made history again!"

“The era of commercial manned spaceflight has arrived!”

"How far away is space tourism from us? Xu Shenxue said: Now!"

"Explore Xu Shenxue's interstellar ambitions!"

“The first commercial space station in human history is expected to be completed within three years!”

"A detailed analysis of the core technology of commercial aerospace: reusable rocket technology!"

With the safe return of the Black Dragon spacecraft with three astronauts, various reports on commercial space travel around the world once again reached a peak.

Especially on online media, there are endless discussions about Nanmen Aerospace and Xu Shenxue, and the number is extremely large.

Ordinary netizens are actually not very interested in aerospace. At most, they will just express amazement. A large part of the reason why they are interested in this is because of Xu Shenxue.

After all, this is a cause that is vigorously promoted by Xu Shenxue, the world's richest man.

People may not believe in the prospects of commercial space travel, but they must believe in Xu Shenxue's vision, especially his strategic vision.

Because... this is a man who has never failed and has brought so many shocks to people!

He has been very successful in making smartphones, tablet computers, ultra-thin business notebooks, smart watches, Bluetooth headsets and other smart terminals that people are familiar with.

Especially the S9 mobile phone of that year, which is still missed by countless people even today and is considered to be the most classic smartphone.

The subsequent launch of fingerprint recognition and artificial intelligence voice assistant continued to further enhance Xu Shenxue's personal prestige.

And smart terminals are just a part of Xu Shenxue’s many businesses!

Xu Shenxue also brought surprises to people with drones. Although drones are still a relatively niche product so far, Xiaojiang drones still opened up the future and successfully brought cameras into the sky in an extremely cheap way.

Not only is it very useful for aerial photography, but it is also extremely useful for close-range aerial reconnaissance. When necessary, you can also hang a grenade, a rocket warhead, etc. Many weak armed teams highly praise the Xiaojiang UAV... because it allows them to obtain extremely valuable aerial reconnaissance and strike capabilities, and the enemy has no means of counterattack.

Next is the smart electric car that is also very familiar to people. It is not just an electric car, but a smart electric car. The unmanned driving function of Hailan Automobile has been regarded as a serious black technology in the eyes of many ordinary people since it was released several years ago.

It’s really shocking!
In addition to the above-mentioned products that are directly aimed at the consumer field and are familiar to people, Xu Shenxue also deals with a large number of semiconductor industries that ordinary people are not very clear about or understand.

And this... is actually more exaggerated for real insiders and top people in the industry.

He built the world's second largest semiconductor company from scratch in just five or six years, and caught up with Intel in terms of technology. He is preparing to mass-produce 14-nanometer technology this year, directly surpassing TSMC's 16-nanometer process level.

Not only does he have advanced technology, he even developed a large number of semiconductor core equipment with photolithography machines as the core, and completed the full domestic independent control of the 65-nanometer process and above, and partially completed the domestic independent control of the 28-nanometer process.

And continue to move towards domestically produced independent and controllable 14-nanometer and even 7-nanometer processes.

If we conduct a detailed analysis of Xu Shenxue's business empire, we will easily find that the semiconductor industry is actually the core industry of Xu Shenxue's entire business empire.

Smart terminals, smart electric vehicles, drones and even the Internet companies under his control are all rooted in the semiconductor industry under his control.

Without Zhiyun Microelectronics and Zhiyun Semiconductor, the entire Zhiyun system would be half destroyed and become a mediocre assembly plant.

However, this will bring about a more serious problem:

If a world-class giant like Zhiyun cannot get involved in the advanced semiconductor industry and control its own core lifeline, it will only be reduced to an assembly plant.

If Zhiyun can only work for the foreign semiconductor industry and consumer electronics industry and earn the smallest share of the hard-earned money from assembly in the industrial chain.

So, are there any domestic companies that can break through the blockade of foreign semiconductor and consumer electronics industries and enter the high-end field?

Are we really destined to be just an assembly factory forever? Can we survive by selling cheap labor?

This possibility makes many people worry just thinking about it.

This is also why so many people support Xu Shenxue in semiconductors... because this is really the only hope for the entire village!

To be frank, a large part of the hope for upgrading the entire consumer electronics industry now relies on Zhiyun Group and Xiannvshan Holdings controlled by Xu Shenxue behind it.

Not to mention, in addition to these economic factors in the conventional consumer electronics industry, there is also a technological revolution in national defense brought about by AI, and the impact in this regard is no less than the economic impact.

As for AI... the software is easy, as for the algorithms and models, our R&D personnel can come up with them by putting their brains together. At worst, we can build the ecosystem ourselves.

At worst, there are still a lot of AI open source projects...

But in the hardware field, that is, the chip manufacturing field, it is very difficult... If you can't make it, you can't make it.

Competitors will not export AI chips to you, nor will they manufacture them for you, and they will not even sell you advanced lithography machines.

You can only do it yourself!

AI chips are involved in various types of AI drones/vehicles/ships, and even the future sixth-generation aircraft, battlefield command AI and other series of national heavy equipment AI chips. The Americans would be stupid to sell them to you!
Don’t even mention selling it. I won’t even let you see it!
And as the application of AI technology becomes wider and more in-depth, the ban becomes more stringent... In the past, they only banned the sale of AI chips to you, but now they won’t even allow you to design AI chips yourself!
There is no need to be angry about this... If you have this kind of strategic-level, one-of-a-kind good stuff, and the other party doesn't have it, you won't sell it... Now Zhiyun doesn't sell it to the outside either!
The era when basic needs in the defense field could be met with outdated technology...is gone after the emergence of AI.

The war of the future will be a war of computing power!

What is being compared is the speed of updating of large-scale war command AI and terminal AI models - this requires a computing power card such as AI4000 that is specifically used for training AI: a large GPU computing power card with explosive computing power and communication capacity.

What is being compared is the performance of high-computing chips that execute AI models in front-line AI terminals - this requires terminal general-purpose computing chips such as the automotive-grade EYQ2 used in Hailan Automobile. This chip generally includes a CPU, GPU and AI core.

The EYQ2 computing power platform, consisting of four chips, finally achieved a computing power of 160TOPS.

The EYQ2 computing platform only provides L2++, which can be said to be L3 level vehicle autonomous driving at best.

If it is a war machine like the Loyal Wingman, the environment it faces is more complex and more data needs to be collected and processed so that the AI ​​can make more correct choices.

The huge amount of data requires a very high data processing capability for the entire system...that will far exceed the computing power requirements of Hailan Automobile.

The era when wars could be fought by placing chips of dozens of nanometers on various weapons and equipment is almost a thing of the past.

Various advanced weapons in the future will have very high performance requirements for chips...

Suppose: You use a 14nm chip to make a loyal wingman, but others use a 2nm chip to make a loyal wingman...the difference in computing power alone is huge.

At the same time, AI doesn’t care about hard work or spirit. It is just an emotionless war machine. What matters is computing power and combat effectiveness!

If you give it more computing power, AI will be top-notch and be able to perform various tasks intelligently.

If you are stingy and don't give enough computing power, the AI ​​will be like a mentally retarded person. It will get lost when it goes out and may even drop a bomb on your head.

Whether it is the economy or national defense, the semiconductor industry is so important. This is the core reason why Zhiyun Group can gain the support of a large number of people!
This company is no longer an ordinary commercial company. It has placed the hopes of too many people on it.

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And this Zhiyun Group was founded by Xu Shenxue!

In today's high-tech field, Xu Shenxue is the biggest name, and his every move often attracts the attention of countless people.

Even if he is in the aerospace industry, this is no exception!

Although many people think that commercial aerospace is very unreliable, Xu Shenxue is a complete fool for engaging in commercial aerospace, with too much money and nowhere to spend it...

But Xu Shenxue really did it, and it actually attracted the attention of many people.

What if he really succeeded?

Referring to Xu Shenxue’s many successful examples in the past, no one dares to say that he will not succeed!

If this succeeds, wouldn't Xu Shenxue be significantly ahead again?

Therefore, with the successful completion of the first commercial manned space mission of Xu Shenxue's Nanmen Aerospace, Musk on the other side of the Pacific Ocean also ushered in another round of spring in his life. First, NASA gave him a lot of orders to support his Falcon 9 rocket recovery plan, and also allocated funds to support Musk's proposed commercial space station plan and Starlink plan.

At the same time, many investors also planned to participate and invested in Space Exploration Company, allowing the company to obtain very valuable strategic investment funds.

You, Xu Shenxue, have money to attack, and the other consortium also has money to attack.

In previous arms races, there is a very interesting rule, which is that developing various new things does not necessarily mean they are useful.

Instead, I also want to have what the other party has. As for whether it is useful after I have it, or even how to use it, these are not the most important things. The important thing is to get it first.

It was just to be prepared for the worst: What if this thing was of great use in the future? If I didn't have it then, I would be helpless.

And on this basis, you can create something unique that the other party doesn’t have!
The competition in commercial space is similar!
No one knows the future prospects of commercial space travel. Many people speculate that Xu Shenxue himself may not be able to figure it out... But since Xu Shenxue has done it, then they should just follow suit.

This also led to Musk's space exploration company receiving a large amount of funding and order support in the short term.

It makes Musk laugh even when he is asleep in the middle of the night...

Xu Shenxue did not respond to any reactions from the outside world. Even during this manned space flight, Xu Shenxue did not accept any media interviews.

He only stayed in Nanmen Aerospace for a few days, and then went to see the astronauts who had returned safely after their flight mission and gave them a large bonus check!

He then took a special plane back to Shenzhen.

This trip to Nanmen Aerospace was quite rewarding. Xu Shenxue was quite satisfied with the work of Nanmen Aerospace and the research and development progress of some projects.

According to the research and development goals set by Nanmen Aerospace, a second manned test flight will be carried out this year. At the same time, a twelve-ton test space station will be launched to test some spacecraft automatic docking technologies, etc.

Although many of Nanmen Aerospace's technologies are derived from some mature technologies in the domestic aerospace industry, Nanmen Aerospace is conducting secondary development based on these mature technologies...mainly to control various costs.

Because cost control is carried out and a large number of intelligent control technologies are applied, and because many things are different, multiple tests are still needed to ensure safety.

It’s just that these experiments conducted by Nanmen Aerospace are not expensive. They are launched using their own 18-hand rockets, and the Black Dragon spacecraft is also second-hand.

The subsequent twelve-ton experimental cabin was also a cheap product made by ourselves.

At the same time, it is expected that the No. 6 heavy-duty rocket will conduct its first test flight next year. The rocket will adopt a new generation of Suzaku C engine, which will further increase performance and reduce costs.

Each engine costs only $500,000, which is so cheap that it makes people question life!
Once the test launch of the No. 6 heavy rocket is successful, it can be used to launch a space station... not just one space station, but two space stations.

One is the national space laboratory, which I won’t talk about, as it involves many strategic issues.

The other one is the commercial space station built by Nanmen Aerospace itself, which can be publicly stated... It is mainly used for some space experiments of various companies under Xu Shenxue, and it also undertakes external scientific research experiments and even space travel.

Some people even want to blow up the space station. As long as you can afford it, Nanmen Aerospace can build a cabin for you to blow up for fun.

In order to spread the cost, some basic technologies of the core modules of the national space laboratory and the Nanmen commercial space station project are actually similar... After all, it is a cooperative project between the two parties. In order to reduce the technical cost, it is normal to develop them together and use them together.

But apart from the core technology, each side still has its own space station. After all, the requirements for their space stations are different.

Also to save costs, the two space stations will use the Type 6 heavy rocket to launch the core module.

The cargo spacecraft used for material supply during the operation of the space station will be the Qinglong cargo spacecraft launched in a recoverable manner by Nanmen Aerospace's No. 5 rocket. Later, they may also develop another cargo spacecraft of their own, but that is a matter for the future.

As for manned spacecraft, each one has its own function, but the interfaces are the same and even the operating methods are similar.

This is to provide backup for each other and ensure the safety of the astronauts to the greatest extent possible.

Under special circumstances, if one company's manned spacecraft encounters any problems, another company's manned spacecraft will have to temporarily take over.

This is to avoid a problem with one of the manned spacecraft, where the astronauts would be left alone in the space station.

Therefore, everything else can be shared to save costs, but as for the manned spacecraft, two plans are executed at the same time, each playing its own role and backing up each other!
Of course... there are also many people who are actually very worried about the safety of the Black Dragon spacecraft under Nanmen Aerospace. For the sake of safety, they are willing to develop another manned spacecraft even if it costs a little more money.

After all, Nanmen Aerospace has the word "low cost" engraved in its bones when it comes to aerospace. Even such an important manned spacecraft as the Black Dragon spacecraft dares to use a large number of mass-produced industrial components... This is very worrying!
It would be fine if you could offer a 10% or 20% discount, but I will tell you that it is a great value for money.

But yours is only one-third the price of a conventional manned spacecraft, and it can be recycled and reused... I have to doubt whether you are a black-hearted profiteer.

You get what you pay for. Your Black Dragon manned spacecraft is so cheap that I'm worried that something might go wrong with it.

Many R&D personnel at Nanmen Aerospace are confident that the products they use are cheap, but they are absolutely safe...

Both types of spacecraft in the commercial space station plan have been successfully developed, and the space station is actually almost completed. The domestic aviation industry technology is still quite good. Now there is a second experimental space station floating in the sky, and the accumulation of various technologies is almost complete.

In this regard, Nanmen Aerospace has gotten a lot of benefits, as it can directly obtain a large number of mature and available technologies and the supply chain of the aerospace industry... Although it also requires money, there are many things that you can't buy outside even if you pay!
Now the commercial space station is waiting for the Heavy Rocket No. 6... As long as the first flight next year is successful, the construction of the space station will enter the formal process.

In addition, also associated with the commercial space station is the low-cost space shuttle program, namely the White Dragon space shuttle. Although this is claimed to be low-cost, it actually has a higher technological content and it will take at least three years before we can see a prototype.

In addition to the commercial space station plan, Nanmen Aerospace’s recent research and development plan also includes a low-orbit satellite network. Currently, Zhiyun Satellite Company is conducting technology research and development and has launched several low-orbit satellites for various tests.

If everything goes well, the first batch of official low-orbit satellites will be launched next year to build the initial satellite Internet network!

The network provides Internet access as just one of its functions!
What Zhiyun Satellite did not announce to the public is that... these low-orbit satellites actually have high-altitude photography capabilities, and can also provide high-precision positioning and navigation functions.

You know, the low-orbit satellite network promoted by Xu Shenxue...is not just intended to provide simple satellite Internet access services.

The purpose is to create a low-orbit satellite network that provides low-orbit sensing, positioning, navigation, and low-latency, high-speed data transmission capabilities!
In addition to providing regular satellite Internet access services, it will also be used to provide emergency satellite communication services for its mobile phones.

Of course, many of these functions are only medium- and long-term goals. At present, the main focus is on satellite communications, which are used for conventional satellite Internet access services and emergency communication services for smartphones.

If nothing unexpected happens, in two years at most, as Zhiyun Satellite's first batch of satellite systems take shape, Zhiyun mobile phones will be able to provide free satellite emergency communication services within a certain time limit to the majority of users, that is, emergency rescue information.

It also provides paid satellite text communication services for sending text messages and the like.

At the same time, paid satellite network access services will be available to the public... Of course, you also have to buy a satellite signal transceiver device, that is, a satellite dish!

At the same time, this kind of equipment cannot be sold casually, there are some restrictions.

And we will strictly abide by the laws of each country. In some places, you can access it freely without any restrictions.

But some places prohibit access, while others restrict access.

For example, after users in some regions access the Internet, their data still needs to be transmitted to the network of the local country's operator. It is impossible for your data to directly access the international Internet.

In some areas, Zhiyun Satellite only provides a base station network in space, acting as a transit station between local users and local operators. As for how local operators manage user data, this has nothing to do with Zhiyun.

However, in some countries where the law permits, Zhiyun Satellite will provide complete Internet access services, allowing users to directly connect to the international Internet without the need for local operators to transfer.

In short, different operating strategies should be formulated according to the legal permits of different countries.

As a world-class giant enterprise with operations all over the world and in more than 150 countries, Zhiyun Group has always pursued a business strategy of strictly abiding by local laws and regulations... It will fully localize and optimize areas in need, castrate various functions, and comply with local laws and regulations.

Only in this way can we sell our products to so many countries around the world.

If you want to gain access to the global market, it is not enough to have strong products, many other aspects are also needed.

For example, fully respect the local market, including laws and regulations and local customs.

If you insist on making something that people hate, then don't expect the local market to buy it.

Of course, the above is only limited to castrating some functions. For example, if you think my AI voice is not good and infringes on privacy, then fine, I will block the AI ​​directly.

You said that we cannot use the ecological content of some countries. OK, I will directly block the ecological content of some countries in the mobile phones sold in the local market, and then use local content providers to provide services.

In short, these are as satisfying as possible!

But there is one exception!
That's the tax issue!
Overseas, if you talk to Zhiyun about legal taxation, Zhiyun will say: Hahaha!
It is a basic practice for multinational companies to take advantage of different situations in different countries and then evade taxes... Zhiyun is no exception!
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