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Summer passes and autumn comes.

For the Torch Laboratory and a group of technical personnel of Changguang Group, after determining the plan route and overcoming the core technical obstacles, what remains is the relatively ordinary engineering research and development tasks.

Everything seemed to be calm again.

But it is also filled with a sense of oppression as if a storm is about to come.

It's like the Balkans in 1914.

All it takes is a spark to ignite an unprecedented war.

To this end, Chang Haonan even changed his original research plan and chose to temporarily suspend the exploration of surface plasma lithography technology and concentrate on solving the impending crisis.

However, no one thought of it.

What really ignited the fuse was not the first flight of the "Zou Yu" prototype, nor the ignition of the core reactor of the space immigration base.

But...

a cell phone.

……

"Mr. Yu, is this the 'ace product' you just mentioned?"

In the office, Chang Haonan was playing with a relatively simple mobile phone in his hand while asking the man sitting opposite him in a somewhat unbelievable tone.

A week ago, Torch Laboratory received an email from the official of Ju Factory, stating that they wanted to meet and discuss matters related to the communications and semiconductor industries.

But no further details were mentioned.

As soon as we met today, the managing director of the Ju factory and chairman of the terminal BG took out a mobile phone.

He also said that this is a top-notch product that is "far ahead of its peers."

When Chang Haonan first heard these words, he almost couldn't hold back his tears.

Although he himself often used the term "far ahead" in internal meetings.

But the taste of what is said out loud is still far inferior to the real original creator in front of us.

Almost immediately after getting started, some features reminded Chang Haonan of the "last song" before the Chrysanthemum Factory was sanctioned in the previous life -

Full touch, slightly curved waterfall screen, dual front holes, rear star ring design...

In fact, he was still using that model until his rebirth.

Almost like muscle memory, my finger slid across the cool and smooth screen, and the phone lit up instantly.

It is an APP application interface.

Maybe I forgot to turn it off after the last experience.

Chang Haonan skillfully slid the edge of the screen to return to the desktop, then randomly opened a few other applications and tested the camera startup speed and zoom smoothness.

Well, the user experience is also close in all aspects.

Although according to the other party, the design of this phone is quite radical, so for safety reasons it will be named "Mate SX", as the successor model of Mate S rather than a digital series.

But most of the features of the Mate 40 series can already be seen on it.

While sighing, Chang Haonan couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart——

Now, almost twenty years have passed, and the originally blurred memory has caught up with me again.

Of course, it is impossible for others to guess such outrageous true thoughts.

The hurried question just now, combined with the subtle expression on his face now, made the other party naturally think that he might be dissatisfied with the workmanship of the product in his hand.

"Academician Chang, you don't have to worry too much about the appearance and details. For the sake of confidentiality, these early engineering prototypes were all assembled by our technical department."

Yu Chengdong on the opposite side explained:

"It is mainly used to test whether the basic functions and underlying design are reasonable. The future mass production version will use higher precision molds and better surface treatment technology."

Maybe it's because he hasn't earned the nickname "Big Mouth" yet, or maybe it's because C language can't be used in such occasions. In short, he gives people the feeling that he is a little restrained.

"No, that's not what I meant."

Chang Haonan quickly waved his hand, then slid the screen to unlock it, entered the settings interface, opened the "About Phone" item, and showed it to the other party:

"I mean, I just saw the name of its processor, it's called Kirin9X 5G?"

Yu Chengdong was so familiar with this phone that he almost knew it better than his wife, so he naturally didn't need to confirm it specifically and nodded directly:

"Yes, this is the world's first mobile terminal that is fully compatible with the 5G NR standard."

Chang Haonan put his phone on the coffee table:

"If I remember correctly, the final agreement of the 3GPP R15 standard will not be officially signed until next month at the plenary meeting in Rio de Janeiro?"

"How come you guys...have even made a product?"

The other party smiled slightly as if he had anticipated this question.

"It's true that the agreement has not been signed yet." He reached out and turned the Mate SX on the table half a circle so that the screen was facing him, and then explained, "But the main framework and core technical specifications of the entire R15 have actually been settled after more than a year of working group meetings and discussions."

"In the communications industry, one move affects the entire system. The core parts of the standards, such as basic air interface parameters, frame structure, coding and modulation schemes, core network architecture interfaces... these fundamental things, before the last round of coordination, it is impossible for disruptive changes to occur."

"Otherwise, the initial investment of all participants will be wasted, and no one can afford this cost."

He pointed to the phone in his hand:

"So, based on the already stable framework, we started product development before the final signing of the agreement... Not only this Mate SX, but also 5G base stations (AAU/BBU), core network equipment, and even future IoT modules have entered the engineering prototype or small-batch trial production stage."

"It's just that," Yu Chengdong spread his hands, "the base station is huge, and the core network equipment is at the computer room level. It's really inconvenient to bring it with me for you to review... Only this phone can show our progress most intuitively."

Chang Haonan looked down at the equipment in front of him again.

Its high degree of completion indeed means it is ready for sale.

"What about Samsung... or Apple?" he asked in a probing tone, "Is it possible that they can get ahead of you?"

Today, Chang Haonan does not have much energy to pay attention to the market share of consumer electronics, but based on the situation on the original timeline, it is probably now at the stage where the market is divided into three parts.

"Absolutely impossible."

The other party's tone was firm and confident, and he was completely different from what he had just said:

"In terms of contribution to 5G standard essential patents (SEPs), we have the highest share within 3GPP."

"More importantly, Juchang is the only company in the world that has truly opened up the entire chain from wireless access, transmission bearer, core network to smart terminals... Standard setting, chip design, equipment research and development, and terminal production are all closed-loop within us. The collaborative efficiency brought by this is unmatched by any competitor."

"Although Samsung also has terminals and network equipment, it still lags behind us in terms of the perfection of its industrial chain, and its internal coordination is not as efficient as ours."

"As for Apple," Yu Chengdong shook his head slightly, "they only rely on external suppliers for terminal network equipment and even chip supply, so they are naturally one step behind in the depth of standard setting and the control of the rhythm of product development."

Chang Haonan nodded in understanding.

The vertically integrated "end-to-end" capability of Juchang can indeed burst out amazing energy at the critical moment of the generational switch of communication technology.

"In other words, users will be able to actually use 5G networks soon?"

He asked with a hint of anticipation for the future.

In fact, at the level of ordinary users, the experience improvement brought by 5G is far less obvious than that from 2G to 3G.

But on the R&D side, it’s a completely different story.

"Well...it depends on how fast the network is deployed."

Yu Chengdong unexpectedly did not give a clear conclusion.

But this caution only lasted for a sentence.

He immediately changed the subject:

However, we have been working closely with the three major operators and expect to open the first batch of trial commercial areas in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou before the end of the year, covering some business districts and transportation hubs... In short, we won’t have to wait too long."

"What about the situation abroad?"

Chang Haonan asked curiously.

This has a bit of gossip in it.

"Very positive." Yu Chengdong's expression revealed a bit of ambition. "Currently, operators in more than 20 countries are in in-depth contact with us. Among them, 10, including Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefonica, and Etisalat of the United Arab Emirates... have reached preliminary framework agreements. Only some details such as the supply cycle have not yet been determined."

"According to their plan, by the end of next year, most European countries and parts of the Middle East and Southeast Asia will launch small-scale 5G pilots... Some of these radical markets, such as the wealthy operators in the Middle East, may even directly deploy city-level continuous coverage networks."

At this point in the topic, Chang Haonan already understood.

The other party's trip was probably to find out the situation.