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Chapter 34 Brain-Computer Interconnection Products
Ke Chuang Bio is seriously understaffed. Even today, with a valuation of over 100 billion yuan and more than 1,000 employees, more than 50% of its senior executives still come from Daiwa.

As the company has been established for a year, Zheng Lida has a new understanding of management. He defines Kechuang Bio as a high-tech company, not a manufacturing company.

The key to brain-computer connection technology is chips and algorithms. Instead of setting up a factory and selling finished products, it is better to learn from Qualcomm and only license patents.

I license the patent to you, and you pay me based on the number of units sold, and I don't have to increase my costs.

Real-life business management is not like in your game, where doubling the number of managers means doubling the management capacity. The increase in personnel may lead to lower efficiency of the business.

Zheng Li plans to build Kechuang Bio into a purely technology-driven enterprise.

Lei Jun felt a chill in his heart when he heard Zheng Li's words. If all companies were authorized, rice would have no advantages. How could it occupy the high-end market?

However, the promise he made to Zheng Li about brain-computer connection was just a verbal one. Having been an entrepreneur for many years, Lei Jun knew that verbal promises were the least reliable.

"Junior brother, I completely understand your choice. If I were in your shoes, I would most likely make the same choice as you."

"You don't have to feel sorry, but I still want to buy some opportunities for Da Mi. Is there any way to gain some time advantage for Da Mi?"

After a moment's thought, Zheng Li said, "After our patent is registered, I can promise to provide the algorithm and chip to Dami first."

"It takes a long time for other domestic mobile phone brands to sign contracts, obtain chips and algorithms, and then debug and integrate them into their operating systems. Rice can launch brain-computer-controlled mobile phones earlier than other domestic mobile phone manufacturers."

Lei Jun had actually thought of this idea a long time ago. He was just waiting for Zheng Li to say it in person. What Zheng Li said was different from what he said.

"Okay, that's it. Thank you so much. We don't need any discount on the amount. We will set the same price as other mobile phone manufacturers."

"Junior brother, can you give us an estimate of when the chip design and algorithm can be provided to us?"

"So I can arrange for my men to make a schedule."

Zheng Li: “By the end of the year at the latest.”

After Lei Jun finished talking to Zheng Li, he quickly made arrangements. Dami will restart the Mix series, which is expected to be launched in the spring.

Lei Jun did not reveal the details of the brain-computer connection to his subordinates. He only said that he would draw on outstanding talents in R&D and products to complete the development of the MIX series and make good preparations for the spring start.

Before the end of December, in mid-December, the chip design plan, a batch of sample chips, and the packaging program for converting neural signals into electrical signals were given to Rice.

It is impossible to give out the source code. If you want the source code, the price is completely different.

Dami also uses Ke Chuang Bio's brain-computer connection algorithm by calling standardized interfaces through MIUI.

"Old Yan, this time you will be fully responsible for the research and development of the Spring Mix mobile phone. We are on a tight schedule and only have three months to complete the research and development to the final version."

Mix is ​​Xiaomi's truly high-end series. The Xiaomi MIX released in 16 is the first full-screen mobile phone. It defined what a full-screen is for the first time, and its full-screen concept influenced the world's mobile phone design in the following five years.

If the rice mix was amazing when it was first released, it was mediocre by mix2, and pure industrial garbage by mix3.

The poor reputation of Mix 3 resulted in the Mix series, which previously released a new model every year, having no products released in 19 and 20.

Yan Yongsheng is the vice president of the Rice Group, mainly responsible for the systematic research and development of smartphones. He has served as the chief structural designer at Motorola, VTech and other companies. He was very confused: "Mr. Lei, what do you mean by three months to complete the research and development? Didn't we finalize the plan for Mix 4 in 18? It was originally scheduled to be released in spring next year at the earliest and in August at the latest!"

“Complete the development and finalization in three months? I can’t do that even if I kill myself.”

“And even if the research and development is completed in three months, it will take time for the factory to produce it after the research and development is completed.”

Lei Jun explained: "Science Biotechnology has developed a chip with a 99% accuracy rate in brain-computer connection operations."

"And the brain-computer connection device can be simplified into a style similar to a bone conduction Bluetooth headset."

If it uses a brain-computer connection chip like a helmet, even if it can achieve 100% accuracy, it cannot be used on mobile phones because users will not accept wearing a helmet to play with their mobile phones.

Lei Jun continued: "We need to integrate brain-computer connection functions into MIUI."

"Science Biotechnology provides standardized interface calls. This work should not be difficult, but it is very tedious."

"Then the PCB layout inside the phone needs to be readjusted to reserve space for the brain-computer connection chip."

Yan Yongsheng was surprised when he first heard that the brain-computer connection has an accurate recognition rate of up to 99%, and can be simplified into the style of a bone conduction Bluetooth headset. He is well aware of the dimensionality reduction impact such a product will have on friendly competitors.

But as he listened, he felt overwhelmed. The workload was extremely heavy, and he might not be able to complete the task even if he worked 996 hours a day.

"Then the brain-computer connection device worn by the user needs to be made into the style of headphones, as simple as possible, and the brain-computer connection chip also needs to be built into it."

"I know it's hard for you, but this is a rare opportunity for our Mix series of mobile phones to come back to life."

"You don't think that Kechuang Bio's patent is only open to us, do you?"

Yan Yongsheng responded: "You mean other manufacturers will also develop products related to brain-computer connection?"

Lei Jun nodded: "Yes, we can have at most three months more time than others, and at least only one month."

"This is a battle that cannot be lost. It is also the best opportunity for the Mi series of mobile phones to occupy the high-end brand."

Yan Yongsheng asked: "Can Kechuang Bio give us half a year? It would be best if we can be half a year ahead of other brands."

Yan Yongsheng's proposal was very cunning, and half a year was a very clever time difference.

On average, mobile phones are updated once a year. Mobile phones with brain-computer connection functions are also mobile phones, and they are also updated every six months.

If Xiaomi's brain-computer interface mobile phone comes out half a year earlier than other manufacturers, it means that other mobile phone manufacturers will only launch their previous generation of comparable products when their previous generation of products has reached the same life cycle.

Then they are always one generation ahead of other mobile phone manufacturers in brain-computer connection.

For example, Xiaomi is released in January, and by the time OV is released in June, most of the people who need to buy it have already bought it.

When users of the first-generation brain-computer connection products want to change their mobile phones in January next year, they will only consider Xiaomi's second-generation brain-computer connection products instead of going back to buy OV's first-generation products.

(End of this chapter)