#11 - Section: Chip

"So, a batch every week to maintain the heat is fine."

"Go and call Lu Hong for me. Tell him I'm waiting for him in the office."

Xiao Ai left immediately. Lu Haifeng had just made himself a cup of tea in his office when Lu Hong arrived.

He asked Lu Hong to sit down and said, "Come on, Lao Lu, taste the tea I made."

Xiao Ai then went out, knowing that there were some things she shouldn't know.

"Good tea. President Lu, what can I do for you?"

"Explain the chips to me properly! We sold so many phones today, but all the profits were taken away by the chip, screen, and camera manufacturers."

Lu Hong looked at Lu Haifeng, who seemed a little anxious, and said, "President Lu, it's like this. Every chip must have its own instruction set architecture, such as Intel's X86 complex instruction set architecture, or ARM's reduced instruction set architecture."

"The chip is designed based on this basic architecture."

"Of course, the performance varies."

"To put it simply, it's like giving all the designers a bare room and asking them to decorate it elaborately. Some decorate it well, and some not so well."

Lu Haifeng nodded understandingly. Then, he opened the system and searched for chip architectures. When he saw the points required for redemption, he almost fainted. It was really a rip-off, requiring 500 million points.

How many phones would he have to sell to earn that back? 500 million RMB!

Lu Hong continued, "Mobile phone chips are roughly divided into four parts: CPU, baseband chip, radio frequency chip, and power management."

"Can all architecture instructions be designed?" Lu Haifeng asked.

Lu Hong said confidently, "That's right, any architecture instruction can be designed."

"Then, for now, we can only get ARM authorization."

But Lu Haifeng didn't like the feeling of being controlled by others.

"President Lu, what do we need ARM authorization for? We don't use it much. We have our own chip architecture," Lu Hong asked with a puzzled look.

Lu Haifeng said with a shocked expression, "Where did it come from?"

"Our Hongmeng AI chip is designed using our Hongmeng architecture."

"You said the Hongmeng AI chip is designed using the Hongmeng architecture?" "You developed it?"

"Yes, I can develop a reduced instruction set myself. I thought you knew that, boss."

Lu Haifeng looked at Lu Hong with the urge to strangle him. What the hell did I know? It seemed he needed to summon the four system tool people and ask them properly if there was anything he didn't know.

"Lao Lu, can you design any type of chip?"

"Of course. Whether it's for computers, mobile phones, or servers, I can design any type of chip."

Lu Haifeng looked at Lu Hong excitedly. It seemed he needed to set up a research center and put the system tool people in it. Lu Hong alone had so much knowledge, so the other three should also have a lot of good stuff.

"Can our Hongmeng AI chip be taped out now?" Lu Haifeng asked.

"Yes, it can."

"It's just troublesome that we don't have our own factory yet. Lao Lu, can you design the Hongmeng AI chip into high-end, mid-range, and low-end chips?"

"That's simple. Then, how should the chips be named?"

"The high-end one is called Kunpeng, the mid-range one is called Zhulong. I haven't thought of that much yet."

"Boss, you're using mythical creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas to name them. Then, we might as well register all the mythical creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Our company will definitely launch various chips in the future."

"That's right, why didn't I think of that? I'll go and tell the legal department to register everything from the Classic of Mountains and Seas that can be registered later."

"Then, President Lu, I'll go and get busy first."

"Then, go and get busy first. Design the low-end chip first and then tape it out. When you go out, call my secretary in."

"Okay, President Lu."

After a while, Xiao Ai came in and said, "President Lu, what can I do for you?"

"Xiao Ai, inform the legal department to register everything from the Classic of Mountains and Seas that can be registered."

Xiao Ai looked confused. Seeing Xiao Ai like this, Lu Haifeng explained, "In the future, all our chips will be named after mythical creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas."

"President Lu, if you register all of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, you'll leave people with no way to go?" Xiao Ai said.

After watching Xiao Ai go to get busy, he sat quietly alone to think about how to proceed next.

… … … …

A week later, it was time for another round of flash sales. This time, it only took an hour to sell out because it was during the National Day holiday, and netizens gave him the nickname 'Monkey King'.

Lu Haifeng felt depressed for a long time after knowing this. He had stolen Lei Jun's reputation. The title of Monkey King belonged to him. He even wanted to meet Lei Jun.

"Xiao Ai, call President Lei and say that I invite him to visit the company tomorrow morning."

"Okay, President Lu."

Xiao Ai left immediately to make arrangements.

The next day, Lu Haifeng and the senior executives of Huaxing welcomed President Lei's arrival. This time, he came in disguise. Lu Haifeng led President Lei on a tour of various departments.

But his face was still recognized by most employees of Huaxing. More employees noticed what was happening in the office. They all looked up and looked around. After finding their target, they all showed surprised or incredible expressions. More people slightly raised the corners of their mouths and smiled.

This kind of smile, every time a leader goes to a certain place to inspect, the locals will always show the same smile, which means 'Your presence brings light to our humble dwelling'.

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