Age of Dreams

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

Although it is a giant in Japan's semiconductor industry, Asahi Kasei's audio chips do not occupy the world's share because of the existence of a more powerful STMicroelectronics.

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

There is also a gravity accelerometer. This Apple company also approached Asahi Kasei, but Asahi Kasei was defeated in the end. They don't know who they lost to.

The so-called gravity accelerometer is a small metal kit built into the machine, because there are three axes to maintain balance, so no matter what time, this gyro-style metal accelerometer will remain horizontal and vertical without moving.

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

Takeshi Saito 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 application of smart phones makes Saitomoto very interested. The previously developed Although the effect is not very good, but after all, there has been a lot of progress.

Takeshi Saito even believes that if he tries again, his gravity accelerator will never lose to others.

Now it seems that the sky is always endless.

Although Apple's order is gone, the materials, design drawings, etc. brought by the Huaguo boy. They all have a strong professionalism and are very in line with the characteristics of Asahi Kasei Microelectronics, so Saitomoto Takeshi was naturally interested.

Ri himself is much more careful than Americans, so even though Saitomoto Takeshi has already been tempted, he still politely asked Xiao Qi to leave the design drawings and plans for himself to discuss with the researchers.

Of course, the necessary confidentiality agreement was signed under the witness of two staff members of Citibank, and Xiao Qi was not so sure about Ri's reputation to the Chinese people.

Takeshi Saito 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 be modified, they let Xiao Qi purchase it directly.

The difference between the two is actually very simple. The dram memory chip has a fast instant storage speed, but unfortunately the data will disappear after the power is turned off. This kind of memory chip is usually used for playing games and using work software; the nand flash memory chip is It is stored for a long time and will not disappear after power failure. It is usually used on the memory card of mobile phones.

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

memory and hard disk.

It's that simple.

Acts as a full tablet with instant storage and power-off storage. Neither can be lacking, so Xiao Qi matched both, without saving. \u003cThe day has not come yet, so after negotiation, the price of each piece of dram memory chip is 18 dollars, the price of each piece of 16gb nand flash memory chip is 28 dollars, and the price of each piece of 32gb nand flash memory chip is 55 dollars.

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

This ambient light sensor, whose function is similar to that of a gravity accelerometer, is actually used on many high-end touch screens, but the businessmen in Treasure Island are used to saving. did not use. The reason is that this will greatly increase the cost of the touch screen.

Xiao Qi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, so he could only add this item before he came to Japan, which cost a deposit of ten million US dollars. At the price of each US dollar, a five-year contract was set, and 30 million ambient light sensors were obtained every year.

Then Xiao Qi immediately sent TAG Heuer's ambient light sensor to Chenhong Optoelectronics, asking them to install and integrate it on the touch screen no matter what, so as to achieve the best touch effect.

Three days after the initial meeting, Takeshi Saito agreed to Xiao Qi's contract, and the two parties signed the supply contract for the accelerometer, electronic compass and audio chip under the witness of Citibank.

The price of the gravity accelerometer is in US dollars, the price of the electronic compass is in US dollars, and the price of the audio chip is in US dollars. They are also 30 million sets each year, and the signed contract is still five years.

As long as Xiao Qi completes his mainboard cpu and gpu, then Asahi Kasei Microelectronics will carry out all kinds of debugging according to the mainboard, and make the most suitable products for tablet computer mainboard chips.

The 5mm camera module is not very thin in today's mobile phone industry, but the ipad is relatively large, so the size of the camera is more tolerable than that of a mobile phone.

It is Ricoh Co., Ltd. in Japan that received this 5mm size camera.

Although from a professional point of view, Ricoh is not as good as Canon and Nikon, but its professionalism is stronger than that of Sony and Olympus.

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

Ricoh has been thrown away by Canon and Nikon in professional cameras over the years, and has been beaten by Sony and Olympus in card cameras. It is almost ready to give up the development of this area. Xiao Qi came all of a sudden. How could a life-saving Bodhisattva not be ecstatic, and honestly offer a reserve price?

The three-megapixel camera components require one at the front and one at the back of the tablet. The price quoted by Ricoh in US dollars is a five-year supply, 60 million sets per year, and the number of camera pixels per year must be increased by at least one million. The price is very fair.

Xiao Qi vaguely remembered that the ipad2's stupid 700,000-pixel camera seemed to cost as much as two dollars a piece, which made everyone criticize and sarcasm. Always get fired.

When the ipad3 comes, the pixels will get better, but the price is about US dollars.

Although the price of mobile phone and tablet cameras in the future will be reduced to about one dollar with the development of technology, the price of high-end cameras has always been relatively firm, still fluctuating around two dollars.