Liu Nian was actually the same as Ni Guangnan. Although he was nominally in charge of the gaming department, he actually had his hands all over the research center. It was just that he was not in charge of the other departments. It was the other departments that were begging him to solve their problems.
Since entering the research center, Liu Nian's talent had been fully developed with the guidance of senior bigwigs like Ni Guangnan and Director Zhang. Inside, there was the world's most advanced experimental equipment.
In history, Liu Nian had been dispirited because of his father's death. In the end, he had died in a fight and was penniless. He didn't even have a tombstone. Instead, he was replaced by the super genius of the research institute, Liu Nian. Moreover, he was a super genius who understood everything.
Not only the gaming department's research and development work, but also many difficult problems in other departments. When they really could not think of a solution, they would find Liu Nian and ask him to help solve them. Therefore, Liu Nian's hands extended into the various departments.
Although Liu Nian was the youngest in the entire research institute, he was recognized as the most capable. Some people even felt that if it weren't for Ni Guangnan and the other elders' age and qualifications being too terrifying, Liu Nian would be the most suitable person to be the director of the research institute.
Of course, Liu Nian's current research focus was still in the gaming department. Boss Jia's task of developing the first Daqian game console was given to Liu Nian.
Because he received a call from Nintendo, Boss Jia, who felt that time was running out, found Liu Nian again to see how the development of the new generation of game consoles was progressing.
However, what made Boss Jia helpless was that when he entered the gaming department, he found that Liu Nian was not researching the game console but fiddling with a mini 4WD.
If it were an ordinary person, Boss Jia would have scolded him directly. However, this was his precious son Liu Nian. Boss Jia could only sigh helplessly, then ask with a smile, "What new functions have you developed for your Heavenly Primordial Lord of the Beginning?"
"I plan to add four spiral wings to it so that it can fly when passing through terrain such as water. This way, it can completely ignore the resistance of water and can also reduce a lot of waterproof accessories!" Liu Nian said.
"Isn't this a drone …" Boss Jia mumbled. Was he going to start developing drones in advance?
"Alright, I'm here to ask you about the progress of our game console!" Boss Jia finally asked the question that he wanted to ask.
"That depends on how far you want to go, godfather!" Liu Nian shrugged.
"What's your current level?" Boss Jia asked.
"Let's put it this way. If you want a PS-level game console, then it's almost ready now. I can give you the complete design blueprint in three days. With godfather's ability, I estimate that you can mass produce it in three months!" Liu Nian smacked his lips and said. Listening to his words, it seems that a PS level game console has already been developed.
"Really?!" Boss Jia was overjoyed!
"Half true and half false!" Liu Nian rolled his eyes and said, "It's true. I can give you the design blueprint, but there are at least 73 parts in it that need to be imported from overseas because of patents and production technology. This way, the production cost of this game console will be about 100 USD more than the PS!"
"Er …" Boss Jia shook his head. The price of 299 USD for the PS was indeed a BUG. If the price of the game console could not be lower or equal to the price of the PS, it would not be able to beat the PS console with the same performance.
"But you should already have a solution, right?" Seeing the smile on Liu Nian's face, Boss Jia suddenly realized that Liu Nian was still hiding something!
"I have a solution, but I don't know if you support me!" Liu Nian smiled and said, "The reason why the cost of our game console can't be lowered is because the patents related to this generation's game theme have already been applied by Sony and Nintendo. We are one step behind, and it is really difficult to break through the blockade of patents."
"But what if it is the next generation console?!" Liu Nian smiled and said, "According to my plan, the next generation console's CPU should have at least 300MB of computing power, 16KB of temporary memory RAM, 8KB of data cache, 16KB of instruction cache, etc. This is the configuration of the current most powerful Intel CPU, and it needs a 180-nanometer process chip to be manufactured!"
"Then the GPU of the console, which is the graphics card. The computing power can be better than the CPU, but it still needs to have 150m of computing power. However, it needs 4MB of video memory, a 64-bit pixel structure, 2.4G pixels per second for rendering, 75m polygon filling per second, anti-aliasing, atomization, and multi-channel texture mapping … "
"Wait!" Boss Jia rubbed his head and said, "You don't have to give me the data. I have never studied graphics cards. Can you tell me in a simpler way?"
"Okay!" Liu Nian shrugged and said, "Simply put, it needs to support 480P high-precision 3D image quality, 720P high-precision 2D image quality, and 1080P high-precision 3D image quality! At the same time, it can run 3D games smoothly. "
"Yes!" Boss Jia praised. If this was the performance of the next generation console, it could indeed be said to completely crush the PS.
The problem was, how long would it take to create such an awesome console?!
Based on this configuration, personal home computers would have to wait until around 2005.
"Actually, it's not as difficult as you think!" Liu Nian seemed to have seen Boss Jia's worries and explained, "Now we are focusing on the research and development of the 120nm lithography machine. Because you are willing to spend money, the progress is quite good. According to the teacher, we will have the 120nm lithography machine for you by the year 2000 at the latest. By then, producing some 180-nanometer chips will be a piece of cake. Although there is still a big gap between it and the internationally leading 70nm lithography machine, it is not to a terrifying extent."
"And as far as I know, the 70nm lithography machine has encountered a huge bottleneck in the international market. It seems that there is no way to break through this data. It might be stuck for 20 to 30 years. This way, we can catch up."
"The entire research center is getting more and more mature in the design of chips. Anyway, it will not be a problem to create a qualified chip for you by the year 2000!"
"As for the GPU, which is the problem of the graphics card, that's even easier to handle. Godfather, you're really a genius. You bought Nvidia. Their graphics card technology is really amazing. For Nvidia, the next generation of standalone graphics cards for games should be able to achieve this data. When the time comes, you can get them to come up with a special version for the console. It's a sure thing."
"After we settle these two most important components, the rest of the research and development will not be a problem. I guess whether it is Sony or Nintendo, they are still immersed in the first generation 3D console. Their second generation 2D console has not been developed yet. This is the time for us to overtake them. As long as we have enough patents for the second generation console in our hands, no company can use the patents to stop us!" Liu Nian said quickly.
"You little brat, you are really something!" Boss Jia scratched Liu Nian's head. "I think if I give you a company, you can also run it well!"
"I don't believe you. I am not as cunning as you, godfather. If I run a company, I will be cheated to death sooner or later!" Liu Nian said, quite self-aware.
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