Reborn Xiangjiang as a Tycoon

Chapter 227 Progress of Host R&D

After several expansions, the hardware R&D department of Galaxy Games has become larger and has more personnel.

The head of the hardware department is Yokoi Junpei. Yokoi Junpei is responsible for managing the hardware department and is also the main developer of the hardware.

When Lin Baicheng came to the hardware R&D department, Yokoi Junpei was leading his R&D talents to conduct research and development work. Lin Baicheng did not disturb him, but watched silently through the glass outside.

Although Lin Baicheng did not bother, Yokoi Junpei stopped what he was doing after being reminded by his subordinates, arranged for people to continue research and development, and then walked out of the research and development room.

"President!"

"Yokoi, let's go to your office and have a chat."

Seeing Yokoi Junping come out, Lin Baicheng didn't say anything.

The two went to Yokoi Junpei's office. As the supervisor and main R&D personnel, Yokoi Junpei is usually very busy, so the company assigned him a secretary.

After the secretary poured coffee for the two of them, he went out first.

Lin Baicheng said to Junpei Yokoi: "Yokoi, I want to know to what extent the company's host development is, please tell me."

"Okay, President."

Everything related to game consoles was in Yokoi Junpei's mind, so he said directly: "We have already decided on the configuration of the console. The development technology of the console is actually not too difficult, but the difficulty is to bypass Atari.

Patent, so this requires continuous research and development and verification of new technologies, which will take time. According to the current progress, if there are no surprises, the research and development can probably be completed by this time next year."

The hardware R&D department now needs money and people, so Junpei Yokoi is full of confidence. Of course, the premise of all this is that it is not stuck on a certain key technology. If it suddenly encounters a technology that is difficult to overcome, there will be no way

.

Similarly, if there are R&D talents who suddenly have flashes of inspiration and overcome difficulties one after another, the R&D time will be advanced. However, this possibility is also very small and is not included in the normal time.

"Tell me a little bit about the differences between the configurations of the console and those of the Atari console."

It took just over a year in total. Although a lot of money was spent, Lin Baicheng was still satisfied with the progress.

Junpei Yokoi nodded in response: "First of all, let's compare the most important processor for the host. Atari uses a 1.19MHz MOS 8-bit 6507 processor, while we use a 1.5MHz 6502 processor.

It can make the host run more smoothly. Then there is the screen resolution. Atari uses a 160*192 display, but we use a higher resolution, which results in clearer pictures."

"Then there's the memory. Not only is the memory of the console higher than that of the Atari console, but also the memory of the game cartridge. Atari's memory capacity is 4KB, but we support 10KB. The higher the capacity of the game cartridge, the more games you can create.

It will become bigger.”

“As for other more common accessories, we think there is no need to increase them, because if the configuration of all accessories is improved, it will only continue to increase the cost of the game console. Nowadays, the cost of our game console is already very high.

The higher self is worried that every time a piece of equipment is sold, we will lose money."

After listening to Yokoi Junpei's words, Lin Baicheng asked: "Based on the current configuration standards set by your hardware department, how much does it cost to produce a game console? Let's first consider the cost based on the production volume of 1 million consoles."

For electronic products such as game consoles, the greater the output, the lower the cost. Of course, we cannot continue to increase production capacity just to reduce costs. If the products produced cannot be sold and are left to gather dust in the warehouse, there will be losses.

There will only be more.

However, Lin Baicheng is very confident in the game console market. As long as the console product has no problems and is equipped with high-quality software and games, there will definitely be a market for this game console, so there is no need to worry about this.

"President, I can't give you a specific cost price now, because the cost price of the host depends on how much discount each accessory manufacturer can give us."

Junpei Yokoi shook his head. To produce 1 million consoles, and with enough accessories, we can naturally negotiate prices with manufacturers, but how much can be negotiated, how can we know now?

Lin Baicheng nodded to express his understanding: "I know this, you just need to give me a rough price."

"That's it."

Yokoi Junpei thought for a while, and after making a rough estimate in his mind, he said: "As long as the accessory dealers don't suddenly raise prices a lot, the highest cost price of a host should not exceed US$250, which is roughly around US$220. The specifics depend on it.

How did you discuss it with the parts supplier?"

With that said, Junhei Yokoi explained: "President, it is true that Atari's console sells for $199, but our configuration is better than it, so the cost will naturally be higher."

"I understand that."

The higher cost was within Lin Baicheng's expectation, and the current cost price did not exceed Lin Baicheng's price, which he could accept. Although there was no way he could make money through the console at such a price, because he could not make the console sell too expensive, or even

There is a possibility of losing money, but it’s okay if the console loses some money, as long as it can be earned back from the cartridge.

"Yokoi, let me ask you, if our company wants to make its own chips, displays, memory, processors, etc., can we do it?"

"President, this is simply impossible to do."

Yokoi Junpei was a little surprised that Lin Baicheng would ask this, but he still said truthfully: "We don't have the relevant technology, and even if we want to start from scratch, we have no clue. Unless we acquire relevant companies and obtain relevant technologies, even if it is not the most advanced technology in the world, we will not have a clue."

We can slowly catch up, but the amount of money it will cost will be astronomical."

"Money is not a problem. Let me tell you in advance that the company will master important accessory technologies in the next few years, starting with display and memory technologies."

Lin Baicheng said that he, who comes from the future, is very aware of the technological blockade of Western countries against China, so he needs to prepare early. Although the initial investment will be very large, and there is no hope of recovering the cost in a short time, it is necessary

investment.

If Lin Baicheng wants to make mobile phones in the future, he must master technologies such as chips, displays, and memory.

After hearing this, Junpei Yokoi couldn't help but think of the Sharp Company where he once worked. Sharp Company mainly produces electronic appliances, and display screens are also Sharp's main business, and it does a good job. Therefore, if the company needs it,

, he could use the relationship with Sharp Company to introduce display technology from Sharp Company.

However, it is still early to say this, so Yokoi Junpei did not express his thoughts. As a hardware R&D engineer, the company boss wanted to master more technologies. Yokoi Junpei was happy to see this happen, but he didn’t know what the future of his boss would be.

Do you have that much money to make electronic products for so many industries?

(End of chapter)