Behind the scenes.
Looking at the staff who were busy preparing, Wang Zhengfei suddenly said with a smile.
"I heard you started a journal recently?"
Lu Zhou nodded.
"Yeah."
"It's called Future, right? That's a good name." Wang Zhengfei smiled and said, "A few days ago, when the engineers in the R&D department held a meeting, I even said that if anyone can publish an article in the main Future journal, I will personally fork out half a million yuan to reward them!"
At this point, Wang Zhengfei paused for a moment and joked, "You have to be more strict when reviewing the manuscripts. If you hadn't been so strict, I wouldn't have had enough money to pay out the bonuses. Then, I would have had to ask you for it. "
"Don't worry about that." Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Only outstanding research results are qualified to be published in the journal. For example, Professor Wu Tianqun's carbon-based chip thesis. If it's just an integrated circuit design thesis … I suggest submitting it to the electronics sub-journal. "
Wang Zhengfei smiled and shook his head. "You … That's too much. There might not even be one that can revolutionize the industry."
Lu Zhou: "It's just that in terms of importance, I'm not saying it has to revolutionize the industry. Not to mention that the theses we collect cover a lot of fields, there are bound to be a few outstanding research results. "
Just the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study alone had a lot of projects that met Lu Zhou's expectations.
In the past, these research units contributed to top journals like Nature and Science. Now that there was a Future journal, they obviously had a higher priority.
As for whether or not other people contributed, Lu Zhou didn't really care.
After all, this journal was originally created for his own Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
Time quickly passed by, and it was soon time for the report to begin.
Wang Zhengfei looked at the clock on the wall and spoke with a smile.
"Our product launch is about to begin in 15 minutes. This is a great opportunity to show off in front of the world's media. Are you sure you don't want to go up and say a few words?"
Lu Zhou shook his head and spoke.
"Not interested."
Wang Zhengfei paused for a moment, then smiled and said.
"I forgot that a scholar like you doesn't lack opportunities to show your face once or twice."
Lu Zhou sighed and made a helpless expression.
"It's actually very troublesome, okay? I wish there were fewer opportunities like this. Compared to my external and personal life, I hope those boring people can put more energy into the problems I solve. "
"I'm afraid that's a bit difficult. There aren't many people in this world that can understand what you're researching." Wang Zhengfei slapped his thigh and stood up from his chair. He said, "Okay then, we'll just listen."
Lu Zhou stood up and asked curiously.
"Aren't you going up to talk?"
"I don't know." Wang Zhengfei smiled and waved his hand. "We have a dedicated product strategy officer. Besides, I'm not very likable when it comes to my personal image. It's better to leave this kind of thing to young people."
When Lu Zhou heard this, he smiled embarrassedly.
Compared to his handsome appearance, he still wanted people to pay more attention to his inner self.
But being praised like this in front of him was still a little embarrassing.
As the two of them were talking, a young man in a suit pushed open the door and walked in from the outside.
Wang Zhengfei glanced at the young man who was walking toward him from the door. He then looked at Lu Zhou and spoke with a smile.
"Here, let me introduce you, this is our Chief Product Strategy Officer, Shao Yi."
"Hello, Academician Lu, I've heard a lot about you!" The young man shook Lu Zhou's hand excitedly and said with a sincere smile on his face, "You can call me Little Shao or Little Yi."
After shaking hands with him, Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Just call me Brother Shao."
"Our Academician Lu is shy, so he's too embarrassed to call you that." Wang Zhengfei walked to the side and patted the young man's shoulder with a smile. He gave him an encouraging look and said, "Are you ready?"
Upon hearing this question, the young man immediately stood up straight.
"I'm ready!"
"Mhmm, not bad." Looking at his determined gaze, Wang Zhengfei nodded and said, "Let's go."
…
The product launch was held at the International Convention and Exhibition Center.
Swan looked across the crowded convention center and saw the meta100 series of mobile phones on the big screen. He could not help but frown.
Mayberry, who was standing next to him, frowned and muttered to himself.
"Are they having a product launch or an exhibition?"
"I don't know …"
For some reason, Swan looked at the concept phone displayed on the counter. Even though he knew that this thing was probably just a shell, he still had a bad feeling in his heart.
It was just that he wasn't particularly clear where this bad feeling originated from.
Maybe it's because I'm tired from flying for more than ten hours.
With that in mind, he shook his head and threw this strange feeling to the back of his mind.
He had a confident smile on his face. He politely presented the invitation letter to the staff member and explained his intentions.
In any case, this was the enemy's territory. Even though he knew that Huawei wanted to use this press conference to intimidate them, he still had to maintain a basic demeanor.
After confirming the contents of the invitation letter, the staff member immediately took the two to a special passage. After passing through the security check, they entered the core area of the convention and exhibition center.
"The press conference is in Hall 1, it's about to begin. Your seats are in the VIP section, you can see them after you enter."
"Okay," Swan nodded to the staff and winked at Mayberry. Then, he led Mayberry toward Hall 1.
Because of the delay on the road, when the two arrived at the press conference venue, the press conference had already begun.
However, judging from the content on the screen, it didn't seem like the press conference had started long ago.
Standing on the stage was a very energetic young man. He was probably a product manager or something like that.
To Swan's surprise, Huawei played the carbon-based chip card at the press conference, causing the invited media and attendees to scream in surprise.
Even though he was also surprised, he had already seen it at the International Integrated Circuit Design and Process Summit, so he wasn't surprised at all.
In fact, he even felt a little bored.
He didn't come to Shanghai with his CTO to watch Huawei make a fuss, nor did he come here to watch a bunch of ignorant people.
Just as he couldn't help but yawn and start to wonder if this trip was in vain, the image on the screen suddenly changed. He couldn't help but narrow his eyes and pull himself together.
At the same time, the young man standing on the stage, after introducing the performance parameters of the Dragon One chip as well as the boring technical details, suddenly changed his tone and continued speaking.
He then continued, "In fact, many people think that our chips will be very expensive, that ordinary people won't be able to afford them, and that their applications will be limited.
"I admit that the cost of carbon-based chips is indeed higher than traditional silicon-based chips. This is because of the price of the material itself and the maturity of the industrialization.
"For a new industry, these two points are unavoidable. Just like when computers were first invented, there was no concept of a PC. This was because the price of a computer was simply not affordable for individual users.
"But in this world, there are no absolute problems. I believe that these two problems can be solved in production practice. "
Shao Yi looked back at the big screen and pressed the pen in his hand.
The image on the screen shattered into pieces, and what appeared in front of everyone was a pitch-black mobile phone that exuded a mysterious charm.
“mete100。”
There was a commotion in the audience.
Shao Yi continued to speak.
"I'm sure you all saw it when you entered the exhibition center.
"This time, we didn't make a breakthrough in the camera or the design. We made a breakthrough in the core area of the electronics industry — the chip itself.
"Compared to the meta series phones that use traditional silicon-based chips, the mete100 with the Dragon One series chips will be reduced by 1mm in thickness and 13% in weight.
"And all of this is without sacrificing the performance of the phone … We did it on the premise of improving the performance of the phone!"
The moment they heard this, almost everyone present, including Swan and Mayberry, the two Intel executives, had a look of surprise on their faces.
The thickness of the phone was reduced by 1mm!
Without sacrificing the performance of the phone itself?!
"How is this possible!"
Mayberry, whose face was full of shock, suddenly thought of something. He lowered his head and said in a low voice, "No, not necessarily … Maybe it's possible."
The heat dissipation of carbon-based chips!
And the highest power consumption of 200W!
Heat dissipation was a problem that existed in any microelectronic device. Generally speaking, major manufacturers solved the heat dissipation problem by installing a graphite heat conductor under the processor, or by adding heat dissipation gel. If the power was higher, they would add PC level heat dissipation technology — heat sink tubes.
However, these designs were completely unnecessary in the face of carbon-based chips.
Even without considering the low-power characteristics of carbon-based chips, their physical properties determined that they no longer needed to rely on the power of other materials to remove excess heat, like traditional silicon-based semiconductors.
As if answering his question, Shao Yi smiled and spoke.
"We have to thank the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study and our partner, the Microelectronics Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Like I said at the beginning, carbon-based chips will have a disruptive impact on the entire electronics industry!
"It's not just the chips themselves. With the support of the excellent physical properties of carbon materials, our engineers can have a broader imagination. They don't have to make a difficult choice between performance and space.
"The combination of the Dragon series chips and mete100 isn't as simple as 1 + 1 = 2, it's 1 + 1 = n!"
The young Chief Product Strategy Officer looked at the lively venue and smiled. This added another fire to the lively atmosphere.
"Here, on behalf of Huawei, I can make a military pledge to you!"
"Within three years, we will apply the Dragon series chips to Huawei's entire range of low-end, mid-range, and high-end mobile phones. Our chip technology will be fully upgraded!
"Not just mobile phones, but our router business, as well as all of the 1 + 8 + N services that use mobile phones as the entry point, will be fully upgraded!"
The pace of the scene projected on the screen had obviously sped up.
Not only was the mete100 series concept phone in front of the audience, but there was also a series of IoT hardware, including tablets, PCs, smart wearables, lighting, security, environment, cleaning, etc.
With the support of 5G technology, all of the smart devices would be connected into a whole.
With the advent of carbon-based chips, all of this could be done with the wings of imagination.
The exclamations of surprise in his ears gradually faded away. Looking at everything flashing on the screen, Swan's pupils almost shrank to a point.
There was a hint of panic on his calm face.
He finally knew why they were so fearless.
Their trump card wasn't the carbon-based chips at all!
It was the entire industry chain built around carbon-based chips, from mobile phones to PCs, from individual users to collective users!
Swan's finger couldn't help but tremble.
At this moment, he finally felt a trace of fear.
Whether it was Intel, Qualcomm, or ADM, the reason why these traditional semiconductor giants could override the antitrust law and do whatever they wanted in the downstream of the entire industry chain was because the entire industry was built around them.
No matter how the downstream industries flourished or declined, as long as the ecology they had spent decades building still existed, as long as the world did not regress back to the primitive society, they could stand at the top of the pyramid without any worries and laugh at the changes under the pyramid.
But now, Huawei was building a brand new ecosystem …
There was no place left for them in the ecological chain. Moreover, every tentacle of the chain could replace them, or even replace their downstream partners.
These people weren't lions, they weren't even hunters with guns …
From the beginning, they didn't plan on fighting against the giants in the industry chain.
What they were really doing was rewriting the rules of the game …
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