mesbooks Chapter 229 Mount Tai 910: A New Year's gift for our competitors.
Chapter 229 Mount Tai 910: A New Year's gift for our competitors.
After getting into the car, Wang Jianzhou finally calmed down, and his secretary carefully reminded him.
"Boss, should we ask about it?"
"No need. Everything that needed to be arranged has already been arranged. Let Cook take a look."
After reading this, you'll understand just how lucrative the Chinese market truly is.
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Xidan Joy City Store, Fruit Flagship Store.
When Cook arrived, a long line had already formed at the entrance.
Because it's Saturday, and Apple 4 officially announced its first round of price reductions, plus his arrival, the whole street is packed with people.
Cook originally intended to walk in unnoticed, wearing sunglasses and a plain jacket, dressed like an ordinary foreign tourist, and standing at the back of the crowd.
But now it seems almost impossible.
After the car stopped, Uncle Hat immediately became alert; it seemed like he was about to be put under pressure.
However, the car door did not open immediately, and Cook looked through the window.
These lines included students in school uniforms and white-collar workers carrying briefcases, but what they had in common was that they had queued for hours just to see him.
Just then, the team leader in charge of maintaining stability during the event knocked on the car door.
Their translator rolled down the car window, exchanged a brief conversation, and then said to Cook:
"Mr. Cook, the other party just said that there are quite a lot of people now, and they want us to go to the store as soon as possible, otherwise it will put a lot of pressure on their work."
Moreover, with so many people, a stampede is likely to occur.
Cook nodded and prepared to get out of the car.
The moment he appeared, the fans who had been watching from the sidelines immediately surged forward...
What follows is naturally a win-win-win situation.
Cook's vision of focusing on the Chinese market was perfectly realized, die-hard fans finally met the fruit successor they had been longing for, and the media also reaped the news.
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After the event, he went to the headquarters of China Unicom.
After all, this trip didn't only bring him good news; there was also some very bad news.
For example, while many people remain loyal to fruit, their families place more emphasis on product advantages.
He prefers Transsion and the Mate series... This is not good news, and it makes him even more dissatisfied with China Unicom's advertising.
Meanwhile, at the China Unicom headquarters, a grand welcome banquet was also held.
Wang Jianzhou personally stood at the door to greet them, with a row of senior executives standing behind him.
A red carpet stretched from the entrance to the steps, with hostesses standing on both sides, each holding a bouquet of flowers.
"Mr. Tim, welcome to China Unicom!" Wang Jianzhou extended his hand, smiling broadly.
Cook shook his hand and said in Mandarin, "Thank you."
The China Unicom publicity department at the scene was stunned for a moment, not expecting that Cook could speak Mandarin, which was indeed different from Jobs.
A loud round of applause followed.
At the dinner, Wang Jianzhou talked about many things, including China Unicom's 4G strategy, as well as the potential of the Internet of Things, smart cities, and user growth.
In short, China Unicom remains the best partner for Apple in the Chinese market.
China Mobile and China Telecom are already deeply integrated with Huawei and Transsion, but they are still choosing to go all in on Apple.
Cook listened attentively, but his mind was elsewhere.
After a few rounds of drinks, Wang Jianzhou suddenly asked, "Mr. Cook, did you go to make a telepathic call?"
Cook put down his glass and looked at him.
His face was filled with displeasure; after all, his mission to transmit messages was a secret operation, yet the other party still wanted to investigate him…
However, this is unfair to Wang Jianzhou, since it was Cook who first ignored him...
After a brief lull in the atmosphere at the table, Cook finally spoke.
"I went there and we discussed some collaborations."
Wang Jianzhou nodded and asked again, "How are you feeling?"
"They're strong?" Cook's face showed a hint of approval.
He had never shown such an expression to San Sang before; this was the first time.
Wang Jianzhou's smile froze for a moment, then quickly returned: "Strong, yes, but fruit is even stronger, right?"
Cook didn't answer; he simply picked up his glass and lightly touched Wang Jianzhou's glass to the glass.
"We will enjoy our cooperation, and I wish it continued success."
Wang Jianzhou laughed and drank, but he knew very well that Cook's silence just now was more unsettling than any words.
He just hopes that this foreign brand will make more people willing to spend money on it.
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Three days later, in Guangzhou, at the Transsion Semiconductor factory.
Li Jiahui is leading the team in the final stages of the work; the tape-out of the Taishan 910 has entered its most critical phase.
This chip is the core of Transsion's next-generation flagship and also Transsion's first attempt at a quad-core design.
Quad-core, improved 28nm process, 1.8GHz clock speed.
If successful, its performance will be two and a half times that of the Taishan 900.
If it fails, it will mean that the research and development time of the past few months and the nearly 5000 million yuan in funding have all gone down the drain.
Of course, Li Jiahui believed that with his skills, it was impossible for his charity project to fail.
"Mr. Li, has the signal come through?"
An engineer rushed over from the test bench, his voice trembling with excitement.
Li Jiahui rushed over and looked at the waveform on the screen. His face instantly relaxed. He was confident.
But his heart was still pounding; the model was very stable, extremely stable.
He suddenly remembered a newly released testing software called Entertainment Rabbit, and wondered if he could test its performance first.
So he said with a smile, "Run Entertainment Rabbit first, disconnect from the internet, and don't access their database."
The engineer nodded, then picked up the engineering prototype next to him and tapped it lightly. The numbers on the screen began to jump.
Their test scores were easily crushed by Taishan 910.
The benchmark test ended in less than 10 minutes, and the score quickly surpassed 1.
The flagship chip, Taishan 900, originally had the highest benchmark score, but now... it's still crushing it.
The number on the screen finally settled at 28000.
This concept represents perfect alignment with expectations...
泰山900的跑分是11000分左右，高通8255的性能是4300，三桑猎户座的4210是5000出头。
28000 points, which is two and a half times the 900 points of Mount Tai, perfectly meeting expectations.
"Alright, if it can score, then there's no problem. Let's start the detailed testing. Delivery will begin after the New Year. Don't delay Mr. Chen's schedule."
The engineer nodded and began testing. After all, this was Transsion's first quad-core chip, and any minor issues needed to be carefully investigated.
Jia Hui picked up the phone and dialed Shen Fei's number.
"Boss, the Taishan 910 is basically done. We just ran a test on the entertainment rabbit and got a score of 2.8."
Is it 2.5 times the height of Mount Tai (900 meters)?
Upon hearing this multiplier, Shen Fei suddenly remembered a joke: Could this Li Jiahui be Xiao Heizi?
However, Shen Fei glanced at the time and asked, "Professor Li, do you know what day it is today?"
Li Jiahui glanced at the time.
He'd been so busy with work that he'd lost track of time, and before he knew it, it was already mid-December.
"December 15th... Is there a problem?"
"There are only 15 days left until 2012. This is Huaguo Transsion's gift to the global semiconductor industry."
I wonder if they'll like it...