149: Chapter 149 Mass Production of Mount Tai 900 (Dual Versions)

Just as the glass shattered, Shen Fei, far away in Guangzhou, suddenly sneezed.

Could it be that someone was thinking of him again?

Who could it be?

He looked towards the direction of Beijing, wondering if Lei Jun had come up with some other nasty scheme?

But let him play; Transsion had plenty of technology.

April 4, 2010, Transsion Chip R&D Building.

Professor Li Jiahui stood in front of the test bench, his palms sweating.

He was the Chief Engineer of the chip department and had worked in semiconductors for over 20 years, witnessing countless chip tape-outs and tests. After joining Transsion, he had also developed fast-charging chips and communication baseband chips.

But he had never been as nervous as he was today.

Because today was the final test of the Taishan 900. If there were no problems, they could announce that the bugs in this chip had been fixed, and the project was officially a success.

Their hard work over these days had not been in vain. Next, they would begin coordinating with the mobile phone department to carry out the final adjustments.

Not long after, the final results came out.

Professor Li Jiahui stared at the data on the instrument, motionless, and the people around him didn't dare to speak.

After a long while, he turned around excitedly and walked out quickly.

Shen Fei was waiting for the final results in the conference room next door. Professor Li Jiahui stood at the door, holding a wafer in his hand.

"Mr. Shen." Professor Li Jiahui's voice carried the good news of the project's breakthrough.

Shen Fei understood instantly: "It's done."

Bai Yongxiang nodded: "It's done. Some issues also passed the tests."

He walked over and placed the wafer in front of Shen Fei.

"Taishan 900 dual-core Cortex-A9, designed frequency 1.45 GHz, actual measured performance can reach 1.6 GHz for better-quality chips."

Everyone's face revealed expressions of surprise. The latest Cortex-A9 architecture with a frequency of up to 1.45 GHz—this performance easily crushed the so-called strongest chip touted by someone into roadside dust.

Everyone looked expectant, wondering exactly how much the performance exceeded the MSM8255.

Chen Hai stared intently at Professor Li Jiahui, wanting to know the answer.

"Normal batches perform 170% higher than the Qualcomm MSM 8255, and better-quality ones are 190% higher."

Everyone in the conference room gulped, and then a cheer erupted.

170% higher—it had doubled, even nearly tripled...

Shen Fei did not cheer.

He picked up the wafer and held it up to the light.

The thin slice of silicon shimmered with colorful halos under the light. The dense lines on it were hundreds of millions of transistors.

These technologies were once what China longed for but could not obtain, but now... they had them all.

The zero-cost procurement team was also solving the production problems of some bottleneck materials.

The full industrial chain plan for chips was just around the corner.

He looked at it for a long time and then said: "This is our atomic bomb."

That evening, the chip team held a celebration party at a small restaurant near the Transsion base.

There was no champagne or cake for publicity, just a few tables pushed together, seating over a hundred people.

On the tables were skewers, crawfish, beer...

This atmosphere was more authentic.

This was requested by the foreign engineers in the team. What Michelin three-star restaurants? What did those barbaric critics know about good food? The real delicacies were all hidden in these small alleys.

Of course, to ensure the atmosphere and safety, the place was booked out...

To make the boss pay, Shen Fei was forced into the main seat by everyone, with Professor Li Jiahui sitting next to him.

"Professor Li," Shen Fei raised his glass, "This toast is for you."

Professor Li Jiahui quickly stood up and waved his hand: "I only played a leading role. The reason we were able to break through so quickly is because of our team."

Shen Fei shook his head: "You all sit down first."

Shen Fei raised his glass and drank it down, and everyone immediately applauded.

"Boss, great drinking capacity."

Under everyone's gaze, Shen Fei poured another glass, raised it again, and looked at everyone.

"This toast is for everyone. For making it possible for China to have its own mobile phone chip."

Everyone stood up quickly, raised their own glasses, and Shen Fei drank it down again.

"More than 20 years ago, China even had to import TV chips. More than 10 years ago, Huawei and ZTE started making communication chips."

"But today, we have a mobile phone processor—a processor that belongs to the Chinese people."

After two drinks, Shen Fei felt a little tipsy, but this added a unique charm.

"Few people have walked this path. But you have walked it out. We are destined to go down in history."

"The world's first batch of dual-core chips, the world's first 28nm process chip."

The room erupted in applause.

After the drinks, someone suddenly mentioned:

"What if we strengthen this chip a bit more and increase the performance by another 30%?"

"It's already 170% now. If we strengthen it more... we'll be at least three years ahead of Qualcomm, and that's assuming they bring out all their stock technology."

A white engineer said confidently.

He came from Qualcomm and was very clear about the technical path. Although there was some technical reserve, it was far inferior to the Taishan 900.

Professor Li Jiahui looked at Shen Fei, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Let's try it."

"Okay, we'll use the enhanced version ourselves. The Africa high-end series and Huawei phones will use the standard version. We can supply the enhanced version to Huawei a little later." Chen Hai, who had followed along, immediately provided a project plan.

Shen Fei looked at Professor Li Jiahui: "Professor Li, let's establish the project for the enhanced version."

Everyone applauded again. The enhanced version was easy to solve. Sending the chip to the enhancement center would result in the Taishan 901.

The charm of overcoming challenges is immediate action. On the spot, someone took out a computer and began simulating data immediately.

In less than 20 minutes, the simulation results for the Taishan 901 were out.

The enhanced Taishan 900 had a projected 30% increase in single-core performance and a 25% increase in dual-core performance. The overall performance was 3.5 times that of the MSM.

Power consumption even decreased slightly.

The original "God-tier CPU" had now become a true god.

"The 8255 can't even be seen in the rearview mirror," someone said with a smile.

Professor Li Jiahui stared at the data and was excited for a long time. Then he said to Shen Fei: "Mr. Shen, as soon as this chip is mass-produced, it will definitely attract the attention of the United States."

"No need to worry. Everything that needs to be obtained has already been obtained. Once the expert team related to storage arrives this week, we will have no worries at all."

"At that time, we will have no problem confronting the entire United States."

He raised his glass: "Come, let's have another drink."

Many white engineers in the team were also full of excitement. The thought of one company confronting a country was thrilling.

What? He is from the United States...

Please, he works in China now, his wife and children are settled here, and he has no worries.

Although there is a certain gap in income, the purchasing power has increased several times, and there is so much delicious food...

Only a fool would return to that barbaric land without good food.

At 10 PM, the celebration party ended. Shen Fei sat in the car and took out his phone to make a call...

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