1991 Starting from the core - Chapter 1017

c1015 Goodbye, intel

When a policy is wrapped up in national interests, it becomes difficult to make changes – in some descriptions, this is known as policy inertia.

Of course, this doesn’t care about Yuan Xin.

Because Yuanxin is about to reach another peak.

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In early September, Su Yuanshan went to Shanghai and personally witnessed the birth of the first processor “Dao” using the Andromeda architecture.

The Andromeda architecture was developed under the leadership of Jim Keller, uses a large and small core structure, and has received excellent support from Windows 10. With the blessing of the first 7nm process technology, the Dao series of processors – which comes from Jim Keller’s love for Tao Te Ching – not only has an IPC improvement that surpasses its peers, but also ranks third in single-core frequency. Defeating Intel once and for all, Dao1900X, the strongest series in the series, has a performance core with a maximum single-core acceleration frequency of an astonishing 5.4GHz – a full 0.8G increase from the maximum frequency of the previous generation architecture!

The improvement in single-core performance has greatly improved the experience of single-core applications and some trouble-free online games. The single-core list of evaluation software is in a state of massacre…

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“After 16 years, we have once again reached the top of the processor performance list.”

Gao Xiaodi didn’t know who he learned it from, so he played in an artist’s style and grew a beard. At this time, he was stroking his beard and showing big characters while lying on the sofa in Li Mingliu’s office, sighing with emotion at the two people opposite him. .

“It’s so damn hard!”

Su Yuanshan and Li Mingliu looked at each other and smiled.

Twenty-seven years have passed since Yuanxin was founded in 1991. Even Su Yuanshan, the talented young man at that time, is now 44 years old and is about to enter the category of “middle-aged man aged 45”.

As for Li Mingliu and Gao Xiaodi, both of them have reached fifty.

Li Mingliu, the “hard-working man” back then, has gradually gained weight and has long been unable to fight. On the contrary, Gao Xiaodi, whose beard on his chin can already see a hint of gray, has been fighting on the front line until today, becoming the “big boss” of Yuanxin who has been fighting for the longest time.

“You won’t be squeezed out easily this time, right?” Li Mingliu raised the processor and joked while looking at it.

“Of course not. According to reliable information, none of them can improve their IPC. As long as we work steadily, we will definitely be five or six years ahead. By then, the market will have been won, at least in the domestic and Southeast Asian markets.” Don’t drop it.” Gao Xiaodi chuckled and said: “Don’t talk about Andromeda, it is now our old core. Last quarter, the shipment volume in the RCEP area has surpassed Cyrix and is close to Intel. Domestically, we have even It surpassed the three CIA companies and jumped directly to the first place.”

Su Yuanshan smiled and nodded.

This can be regarded as one of the gains of Yuanxin after the two sides made moves. Although Yuanxin’s processors have always been a bit lagging behind, the gap is not big to begin with. It just cannot catch up with its competitors in high-end performance, making the entire series of products It is very difficult to advance.

But as the two sides imposed tariffs on each other, domestically, the cost-effectiveness advantage of Yuanxin processors suddenly became apparent – even if there is no cost-effectiveness, there is still the spontaneous “domestic sentiment” of the people!

Now, not only does the Dao series processor have a price advantage, but it also has a performance advantage… It is foreseeable that if both parties continue to add tariffs, the market and market established by the “Yu Sanjia” in Silicon Valley over the years will be The influence will be gone.

“The commercial and trade departments of both parties will definitely seize the time to negotiate.” Su Yuanshan took a long breath and laughed: “Lao Gao, I have to say that Dao really came in time this time.”

“Of course!” Gao Xiaodi smiled proudly: “I won’t lie to you. Last year, I have been pushing the progress. I want to ensure that the tape-out is successful before the National Day this year, and then I will give the American side a tube of eye drops. ”

“Well, now we seem to be ahead of Intel in these three fields of CPU, FPGA, and NAND.” Li Mingliu clapped his fingers, with a purely pretended expression on his face. Looking at Su Yuanshan, he raised his eyebrows slightly. He smiled and said, “It doesn’t seem that difficult to defeat Intel, right?”

Su Yuanshan: “…”

Gao Xiaodi: “…”

“It’s not that difficult!” Li Mingliu shrugged: “Now that the performance has caught up, all that’s left is the market. As long as we stay ahead for three to five years, and when the current old users change configurations, they are still ahead, then the market will also No problem.”

“Of course this is the case in theory. But in reality…” Su Yuanshan breathed out softly, looked to the south, remained silent for a few seconds, shook his head and said, “It still depends on the end of the year.”

Li Mingliu and Gao Xiaodi were startled at the same time: “What’s in store for the end of the year?”

“At the end of the year…” Su Yuanshan glanced outside the door and lowered his voice: “Mr. Chen is going to vote.”

“Vote…” Gao Xiaodi subconsciously wanted to ask again, but when he realized it, he immediately lowered his voice and became excited: “Fuck, a referendum?”

“Um.”

Li Mingliu raised his eyebrows, took a few quick breaths, and then said in a deep voice, “Could something else happen?”

“We’re not afraid of 10,000, just in case.” Su Yuanshan frowned slightly: “Now Mr. Chen’s opposition has also smelled the smell and is fighting back desperately. I’m a little worried that those people will go to extremes.”

Li Mingliu also frowned and asked immediately: “Are you worried that there are other forces behind those who oppose Mr. Chen?”

“There have always been other forces.” Su Yuanshan snorted from his nose: “Don’t talk about the United States, even if the Ni country seems to be in a heated economic relationship with us, they still want to maintain the status quo.”

“…”

“Wait a minute, what do you mean by going to extremes?” Gao Xiaodi was a little slower, and then he jumped up and asked, “Will those grandsons try to assassinate Mr. Chen?”

“…This is also under consideration, but what I am more worried about is the occurrence of large-scale mass incidents, or even…bloody incidents – even if they are self-directed and staged.”

Su Yuanshan frowned and looked south again.

The last time he went to the capital to hold a high-level economic meeting, it was nominally to discuss how to fulfill the “promise” made by Su Yuanshan. In fact, the discussion was more about uncontrollable emergencies that could interfere with Mr. Chen’s progress.

——Compared to history, the current situation is much better. And with Mr. Chen over there, it was even more difficult for the opponent to play their biggest card. In other words, it is about to lose its biggest card in the past few decades.

In order to keep this card, it is natural for some people to take desperate risks.