N-A-A Chapter 296
Chapter 296
Firecrackers rang, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.
1987 passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was 1988.
Across the ocean, the president of Intel held a press conference and launched Intel's latest masterpiece, 80486.
Unlike 386, 486 has been greatly improved in many aspects.
Once the news was released, it immediately set off the entire semiconductor circle.
80486 also quickly swept the screens of major mainstream media, and the president of Intel said that Intel would cooperate deeply with Microsoft to achieve the best combination of hardware and software for both parties.
On the second day, Microsoft also held a major press conference and launched the Windows 2.0 system.
And Bill also publicly stated that his Windows 2.0 system can be best compatible with Intel's 80486.
At the same time, Huang Renxun's Hongxing Image Processing Company also launched the first real graphics card, which is the world's first image processor. Different from the CPU, the graphics card is more focused on the field of image processing.
At the same time, Zhang Zhongmou of Hongxing Semiconductor announced that a new six-inch wafer production line would be built.
The blue giant IBM also held a press conference, announcing that their eight-inch wafer production line had been successfully put into operation.
As we all know, the larger the wafer area, the more chips can be produced, and the more complex the process. Obviously, during this period, IBM, the blue giant, is still far ahead in the world in wafer production technology.
But how long this leading position will last, no one knows. Anyway, IBM will not believe that they will be surpassed soon.
The stock prices of these companies have soared due to the good news.
Nikon in the country of Sakura is not willing to lag behind. In the latest financial report, it revealed that the company's current business growth rate exceeds the same period of the previous year by more than 50%, and these businesses mainly come from the lithography business fields of IBM, Intel, Microsoft and other companies.
And these businesses originally belonged to CGA.
There was good news at the beginning of 1988 for almost everyone, except CGA, because their business volume began to shrink greatly in the new year.
"Oh, damn it, how could they do this to me? Do they know that they are helping companies in Sakura Country? To defeat companies in our Lighthouse Country?" At the annual meeting, the president of CGA roared and complained about everything.
10 years ago, Lighthouse Country companies, led by CGA, controlled more than 85% of the global semiconductor lithography equipment market.
But today, 10 years later, their market share is less than 50%.
But it is obvious that the company's top management did not realize the importance of this. They were just complaining and accusing others of ganging up against them.
The president of the company believes that these companies in Lighthouse Country should give themselves business volume instead of giving orders to Nikon and Canon in Sakura Country.
But in fact, in the past few years, Nikon's lithography equipment has surpassed CGA in all aspects. Whether in terms of yield or failure rate, CGA has been far eliminated.
In terms of product quality management, CGA uses IBM's expected average machine failure rate of 75 hours as the qualification line for the company's products.
Nikon has already increased this 75-hour failure rate to 750 hours...
The Pentagon, the Lighthouse Country.
A small secret consultation meeting is being held here.
As the CIA's intelligence chief, General Cook holds a thick stack of information in his hand.
"Gentlemen, this pile of information I have on hand presents a very interesting topic.
Since World War II, our dependence on electronic equipment has grown from 6% to 17% today, and in the next 50 years, I think this number may grow to more than 80%.
From satellites to ships, from early warning radars to guided missiles, all of this depends on more advanced chip technology.
But what is more worthy of our attention is that in the field of chip technology, our Lighthouse Country has fallen far behind the Sakura Country.
Gentlemen, this is not alarmist! It is a fact. Up to now, the chip production of the Sakura Country has surpassed ours. They provide more than 70% of the world's lithography equipment, and our market share has dropped to less than 21%.
In the future, more aircraft, tanks, ship missiles, and even robots will be equipped with as many of the most advanced chips as possible..
Personally, I support the promotion of technological modernization throughout the army, but the current situation is extremely unfavorable to our Lighthouse Country.
We have to admit that the chip technology of Sakura Country has surpassed our country in all aspects and seriously threatens our national defense security. ”
Cook's intelligence consultation caused a group of bigwigs below to whisper.
"General Cook, what solution do you have?" The Secretary of State said.
"I think we should limit the investment of Sakura Country's capital in science and technology at the national level..."
Longguo, it was also a summary report meeting.
The speaker was Mr. Yang.
"At present, the effective attack range of our Beifeng missile has reached 9,000 kilometers. Within the range of 9,000 kilometers, the hit rate error is less than 200 meters. ”
An error of 200 meters in nearly 10,000 kilometers can no longer be called an error.
Everyone present at the meeting was excited when they heard this data.
A long-range missile of 9,000 kilometers can already be regarded as an intercontinental missile. In addition to the Lighthouse Country and the Bear Country, the Dragon Country is the third country to master this technology.
With this kind of national treasure, the security of the country can be better guaranteed.
The straight-line distance from the Dragon Country to the Lighthouse Country is only 12,000 kilometers.
If the technology is improved a little bit, doesn’t it mean that missiles can be launched directly from the Dragon Country’s homeland to attack any country in the world that is hostile to the Dragon Country?
There was a discussion below, but everyone had a smile on their face. With such a magic weapon, they were more confident.
However, Mr. Yang’s face was not as optimistic as others.
After the discussion calmed down, Mr. Yang continued to say expressionlessly: "The chip used on the North Wind 2 is the 80486 chip first developed by Intel. This kind of chip is not available on the market at all! ”