"Boss, AMD reported from AMD that their CPUs have received orders from many PC manufacturers." Masao Kameda reported excitedly.
"Received a lot again? This one is very good, are they all dual-core 1GHZ ones?" Feng Yu asked in return.
"Yes, this is very popular. And Intel has announced that their new CPU will also be successfully developed. In less than a month, the market will be flooded with various low-end and cheap netbooks."
Feng Yu waved his hand: "This is normal. If there is a market, there will be profits, which will attract others to do it. In terms of dual-core architecture, Intel is still a little bit behind Chaowei, so don't worry. By the way, Chaowei When will the new CPU be produced?"
"It will take another two or three months. According to Chaowei's plan, they will develop two types of 1.2GHZ and 1.33GHZ. We have received news that Intel is about to launch a 1.1GHZ dual-core CPU."
Chaowei Semiconductor is 1GHZ, and Intel only develops 1.1. This is to surpass Chaowei in terms of performance. However, Intel is doomed to be disappointed, because orders for this 1GHZ CPU have been scheduled until the end of the year. And it won’t take until the end of the year for the new CPU to be successfully developed.
At that time, those PC manufacturers will still choose AMD, and Intel is destined to be overpowered in this regard.
"Don't just focus on low-frequency CPUs, high-performance CPUs must not fall behind. Tell them, don't give up on single-core ones, although CPUs will develop in the direction of multi-cores in the future. But don't blindly pursue multi-cores, we haven't waited yet. To achieve the ultimate dual-core, we will develop three-core, four-core or even more cores.”
Before Feng Yu was reborn, it seemed that no one cared about PCs equipped with single-core CPUs. Because when few people use computers, they only open one or two programs.
Many people read novels online and listen to music at the same time. Or chat and play games at the same time. I often open multiple programs, minimize them, and never close them, which is convenient when using them.
Therefore, the more programs you open, the multi-core CPU will show its advantages. But the main frequency is still a very important advantage. Under normal circumstances, dual core is enough.
"AMD Semiconductor is still hesitating. They also have a new quad-core CPU that is half-way through development. After all, this has been under development for a long time. It would be a pity to give up now."
"What we have studied before, we will continue to study and launch it on the market after success. What I mean is that for the time being, our multi-core CPU should not continue to develop towards quad-core or above. The time is not yet. For multi-core products, we should focus on dual-core products first. .”
Halfway through the research, it’s better to launch it into the market. CPUs ranging from 1.67 to 2.0 are now the mainstream. The new models developed by AMD are all higher than this. If they are temporarily introduced to the market, the price will be very high and the sales volume will not be very good. Even a single core can handle multiple programs with its powerful performance. If you only open one program, this will be faster.
Therefore, single-core programs must not be given up. Many current programs are optimized for single-core programs, and there are relatively few dual-core programs. But in the future, multi-core optimization will get better and better, and then the advantages of dual-core will become greater and greater.
"By the way, have you told them? Reduce power consumption and control heat. These two points are very important. Also, we must speed up the research and development of that APU. This product is successful, and the order will definitely surprise all Chaowei shareholders. of."
APU, a product that combines CPU and graphics card, will save more space on future tablets, make tablets thinner, consume less energy, and will not cause overheating.
"Boss, I actually have a question. We have received news that the low-frequency dual-core CPU studied by Intel is 1.1GHZ, but is this news false?" Kameda Masao hesitated.
Feng Yu raised his eyebrows. Not to mention, this was an issue that couldn't be ignored.
Intel only said that they had developed a new low-frequency dual-core CPU, but did not announce the specific performance parameters. It is really possible that they deliberately concealed it.
Now the 1.1GHZ parameter that Kameda Masao and others have learned about is probably a smoke screen. If Intel directly launches 1.2 or even 1.33, it will be half a step ahead of AMD.
Now Chaowei is making a lot of money with this low-frequency dual-core CPU, even much better than expected. Chaowei absolutely does not want to give up this market.
If it is overtaken by Intel at this time, the loss of Chaowei will be too great. Maybe this year's orders are good, but next year they will be suppressed by Intel as before.
Chaowei also thought about giving up the research and development of single-core CPUs and investing all its technology in the research and development of multi-core CPUs, so as to compete with Intel in multi-core products.
However, this was rejected by Feng Yu.
He does not deny that dual-core or even multi-core will have more advantages in the future, but it is unwise to give up single-core now. After all, in the CPU market at this time, single-core is still the mainstream, and dual-core has just emerged.
And if single-core research is abandoned, Intel will monopolize this market, which will further increase the profits of Intel's products, allowing them to have more and more sufficient funds to invest in product research and development.
Therefore, we will continue to develop new products for single-core products. It doesn’t matter if we lag a little behind, but we must stay ahead of the curve when it comes to dual-core products. Although multi-core is good, Feng Yu has no intention of letting Chaowei enter the core change process from one to two, from two to four, and then to eight in his previous life.
At that time, Chaowei's CPU seemed to have multiple cores, but its actual performance was not very good, otherwise the price would not be so cheap. And its performance in terms of energy consumption and heat generation is even worse, and it is far less popular than Intel's I series.
At that time, Chaowei had an eight-core model, which was not as good as Intel's dual-core model. Therefore, it is not that the more cores the better, but whether the architecture is excellent and whether the performance is really excellent.
"You have to be wary of this, but don't worry too much. After all, it's not easy for them to come up with mature designs quickly. After they launch it, our new products will not be bad. Especially in terms of manufacturing costs, We have an advantage."
Intel has more factories in Europe and the United States, but fewer factories in Asia. Chaowei, under the influence of Feng Yu, has invested heavily in building factories in Asia, especially in China and India, not counting Eastern Europe.
If the performance of both parties is the same, then it is obvious that whoever sells it at a lower price will be more attractive to PC manufacturers and consumers. Especially now that Chaowei's advertisements are overwhelming, everyone now has a concept, that is, Chaowei's dual-core processor has better performance and higher cost performance.
Less than half a month after Feng Yu and Kameda Masao finished talking about this matter, Intel held a new product launch conference. Sure enough, their product was not 1.1, but 1.2GHZ, which Kameda Masao had obtained before. The news is just a smokescreen they put out!
… (To be continued.)