Age of Dreams

Compared with the electronic compass that can be delivered directly, Saito Hontake cares about two other things: audio chip and gravity accelerometer.

Although it is a giant in the Japanese semiconductor industry, Asahi Kasei's audio chips are not in the world because of the existence of a more powerful STMicroelectronics company.

Even though Saito Hontake believes that the audio chips produced by his company have reached the world's first-class level, the sales of Asahi Kasei's audio chips have not been very good because of STMicroelectronics' long-term monopoly.

There is also a gravity accelerometer. The Apple company once approached Asahi Kasei, but Asahi Kasei eventually lost the battle. They still don't know to whom.

The so-called gravitational accelerometer is a small metal kit built into the machine. Because there are three axes to maintain balance, this dhara-like metal accelerometer will remain horizontal and vertical, unwavering.

The gravity accelerometer can automatically sense the change of the machine's orientation, so as to adjust and switch the function of the corresponding change.

Saito Mototake knows that Apple has already used the gravity accelerometer on the mobile phone they developed. It is said that it can automatically turn the screen according to the direction of the hand. This novel smart phone application makes Saito Mototake very interested. Although the effect was not very good at that time, there was a lot of progress after all.

Saito Hontake even believed that if he had another test, his gravity accelerator would never lose to others.

Now it seems that the sky is always infinite.

Although Apple's order is gone, but the Chinese teenager brought materials, design drawings and so on. All of them have strong professionalism and are very in line with the characteristics of Asahi Kasei Microelectronics, which naturally interests Saitomoto Takeshi.

The Japanese are much more careful than the Americans, so even if Saito Hontake is already tempted, he still kindly asks Xiao Qi to leave the design drawings and plans for discussion with the researchers.

Of course, the necessary confidentiality agreement was signed under the witness of two staff of Citibank. Xiao Qi is not very relieved of the credibility of the Japanese towards the Chinese.

Saitomoto Takeshi wants to consider.

Bilda's DRAM memory chips and Toshiba's NAND flash memory chips are not so particular. Because the technology is mature and will not make changes, they let Xiao Qi directly purchase it.

The difference between the two is actually very simple. DRAM memory chips have fast instant storage speed, but unfortunately the data will disappear after a power failure. This kind of memory chip is usually used for playing games and using work software; NAND flash memory chips are It can be stored for a long time and will not disappear after power off. It is usually used on mobile phone memory cards.

To put it bluntly, DRAM memory chips are equivalent to ordinary computer memory. The NAND flash memory chip is equivalent to the hard disk of an ordinary computer.

Memory and hard disk.

It's that simple.

As a complete tablet, it can be stored immediately and when power is off. Both are indispensable, so Xiao Qi matched both with no savings.

Because of the five-year contract, the large purchase of 30 million sets per year, and because the spring of the two memory chips has not yet arrived, the price of each DRAM memory chip is 18 US dollars, and the price of each 16GB NAND flash memory chip is negotiated. It is 28 dollars, and the price of each 32GB NAND flash memory chip is 55 dollars.

TAG Heuer Optics (YA) controlled by the Suzuki family. This veteran Japanese Optical Co., Ltd., which once helped China build the optical glass industry, also has its own set of ambient light sensors.

This ambient light sensor, which has a function similar to that of a gravity accelerometer, is actually used on many high-end touch screens. It’s just that the merchants on Baodao are used to saving money. Chen Hong Optoelectronics sent the electronic map to Xiao Qi’s mailbox. did not use. The reason is that this will greatly increase the cost of the touch screen.

Xiao Qi couldn't hear it, so he could only add this item before he came to Japan, and spent a deposit of 10 million US dollars. At a price of US$1.50 each, a five-year contract has been set, and 30 million ambient light sensors are available every year.

Then Xiao Qi immediately sent TAG Heuer optics ambient light sensor to Chenhong Optoelectronics, so that they must install and integrate on the touch screen anyway to achieve the best touch effect.

Three days after the initial meeting, Saito Hontake has agreed to Xiao Qi's contract. The two parties signed a contract for the supply of gravity accelerometers, electronic compasses and audio chips under the witness of Citibank.

The price of the gravity accelerometer is US$1.8, the price of the electronic compass is US$1.5, and the price of the audio chip is US$1.2, which is also 30 million sets per year. The contract signed is still five years.

As long as Xiao Qi completes his own motherboard CPU and GPU, Asahi Kasei Microelectronics will carry out various debugging according to the motherboard, and make products that are most suitable for tablet computer motherboard chips.

5MM size camera components are not very thin in today's mobile phone industry, but the IPAD is relatively large, so in terms of camera size, it can be more tolerant than mobile phones.

Ricoh Co., Ltd. of Japan received this 5MM size camera.

Although from a professional point of view, Ricoh is not as good as Canon and Nikon, it is more professional than Sony and Olympus.

Ricoh's technology is sufficient for the thin and light cameras of mobile phones, and the most important thing is that the cameras it supplies are much cheaper and better in quality than Sony's gorgeous-looking products.

Ricoh has been on professional cameras these years, UU reading www. uukanshu.com has been thrown away by Canon and Nikon. On the card machine, it was also beaten by Sony and Olympus. It was almost ready to give up the development. Suddenly, Xiao Qi, a life-saving bodhisattva, came. , How can you not be ecstatic, plus honestly give the reserve price?

A three-megapixel camera component requires one for each tablet. The price quoted by Ricoh is 2.3 US dollars each. It will be supplied for five years, 60 million sets per year, and the number of camera pixels must increase by at least one million per year. The price is very fair.

Xiao Qi vaguely remembered that IPAD2’s ridiculous 700,000-pixel camera seemed to have reached a cost of two US dollars per piece. Afterwards, everyone was criticized and satirized. In anger, Qiao’s gang directly took the deputy responsible for procurement. Always fired.

The pixels will get better by the time of IPAD3, but the price is about 2.5 US dollars.

Although the prices of future mobile phones and tablet PC cameras will be reduced to about one dollar with the development of technology, the price of high-end cameras has been relatively strong and still fluctuates around two dollars. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (m) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)