"Sanders, I'm Feng. How is the development of AMD and Nvidia's accelerator processors? "
There are four factors limiting the development of the tablet. Three of them are the hardware, and the software is the operating system. The operating system is also limited by the hardware. Feng Yu cannot develop an operating system that he thinks is easy to use, but the hardware does not work.
As for the hardware, the most important ones were the processor, screen, and battery. The processor includes the CPU and GPU, and the screen also requires multi-touch controls. Because the screen is bigger, the battery is more efficient.
After the tablet is designed, Feng Yu wants it to be able to watch videos for at least 8 hours.
In terms of batteries, there had been breakthroughs. However, if the energy consumption of the processor core was too high, then it would not only be a problem of power consumption, but also of heat.
A tablet is the same as a mobile phone and does not have a cooling fan. No one wants to feel the tablet getting hot while playing with it.
Also, the screen's clarity and touch sensitivity are very high. Currently, Wind & Rain Electronics is one of the top LCD display manufacturers in the world, and they can meet Feng Yu's requirements.
The only problem was the processor. It was still not good enough. If Feng Yu uses AMD and Nvidia's products to make the tablet, the thickness of the tablet will be close to 2 cm.
Also, including the other accessories, the entire tablet will be heavy. Even if it is made of plastic, it will still be a few hundred grams. If they use Feng Yu's aluminum alloy design, it will be at least 800 grams.
It will take a lot of effort to carry such a heavy thing with one's hands, and it is impossible to use it lying down. If one accidentally drops it on one's face, one will be dazed.
Feng Yu had told Lenovo several times that this tablet is not a miniaturized all-in-one computer, IBM's ThinkPad, or Microsoft's TablatPC. Of course, it cannot be called a PDA.
The main purpose of this tablet is entertainment. As the performance improves, it can be used for office work, but it will not be developed for office work.
That's why it is enough to satisfy some entertainment functions. There is no need to make it so powerful.
It was the same for the system. There was no need to add all the functions. It should be enough to upgrade the operating system of a smartphone, not a reduced operating system of a PC.
This is a product between a smartphone and a computer, so this system must be in between the two. Both its performance and size were the same.
Lenovo Kingsoft had put in a lot of effort to develop the YOS system. Because of this, Lenovo Kingsoft had acquired some small software design companies to get professional software designers to expand their team.
Luckily, Lenovo Kingsoft does not lack money now.
While everything else was going well, the processor was stuck.
It was not that AMD and Nvidia did not cooperate with each other, but they both wanted to maximize the performance of this product, so they realized that the architecture design could not satisfy them. If it wasn't too thick, it was too big, or it had some other flaws.
Today, Sanders received a call from Feng Yu. He replied embarrassedly: "Feng, I still have not come up with a satisfactory design. But we are speeding up, and I believe we will have results soon. "
Feng Yu shook his head. You had also told me the same thing last year. One year had passed, and nothing had happened. This is what you meant by fast?
If it weren't for AMD's dual-core processor project going well and the profits, Feng Yu would have lost his temper. AMD and Nvidia did not place much importance on this product. They were more worried that their advantage would be overtaken by other companies.
It was not wrong to focus on improving their advantage. But they do not know how high the profits will be in the future.
The traditional desktop PC market will shrink, and the all-in-one PC market will expand. Laptops, tablets, and the overall PC market will also expand.
Based on this trend, products with a more reasonable layout, smaller footprint, and lower energy consumption will be more popular.
"Do you know about ARM? What do you think of their product architecture? "
“ARM？ Their microprocessor is unique, but the performance is too low. It can be used as a mobile phone core, but how can it be used as a PC core? "AMD is in the same industry, and how can they not know about this company?
"I am talking about their product architecture. If we use their product architecture, will we be able to give you some hints? Can you all develop the accelerator faster?"
"This accelerator does not need to have high performance. 800 MHZ is good, and the second level cache is 512 KB. The graphics card also does not need to be good. The core frequency is 256 MHZ. I want it to be low energy consumption and small footprint. It must be suitable for our tablet."
The tablet's performance does not need to be high, and Feng Yu does not want to make this a luxury product. He only wants to sell it for around 500 USD.
If they were to design a better product and increase the cost instead, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses? Feng Yu had positioned the tablet as an entertainment product. If the price is too high, it will affect their sales.
Sanders replied after hearing what Feng Yu said. "Feng, their product architecture is more mature and can give us inspiration. But if this is the case, we will need to buy the authorization for ARM's patents. I'll have to discuss this with Nvidia and see how we should split the cost. "
Although both companies are subsidiaries of Wind and Rain Holdings, they are under different companies and have different shareholders. They represent different interests.
Of course, to Feng Yu, he will also benefit from the profits of both companies. That's why he did not think too much about this.
"Alright. Go and discuss with Yang and get back to me as soon as possible. Also, don't contact ARM in a hurry. You can contact them next month. "
Sanders was puzzled. Feng Yu is in a hurry to develop this product, but he said he does not need to contact ARM in a hurry. What does he mean?
Suddenly, Sanders remembered that Feng Yu is interested in hardware manufacturing companies. Could it be that Feng Yu wants to acquire ARM?
Seems like Feng Yu is not joking when he said he wants to be the biggest IT company.
Hardware, software, networking, PC, etc., and it is not impossible for him to become the biggest IT company in the future.
Since Sanders said it will give him inspiration, then it should not be a problem. In Feng Yu's previous life, Fruit Company's A series processor is also based on ARM architecture. This is the reason why they are so successful in smartphones and tablets.
But in this life, Fruit Company should be sidelined.
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