66: Chapter 66 This is about setting entirely new industry standards!!!

Fourth floor, conference room.

The core members of several major R&D departments had all arrived, their eyes burning as they stared at Zhou Fan, looking as if they wanted to devour him.

"Let's start with the system R&D side..." Seeing those pairs of glowing eyes, Zhou Fan spoke up immediately out of experience. In this familiar scene, if he didn't speak up, he knew what would happen next, and he simply wouldn't be able to handle it.

"Then I'll go first. Engineer Zhou, these are some of the difficult problems the system R&D side is currently facing. Please take a look..." Lin Wenwu immediately stepped forward quickly, taking out a thick stack of documents while handing over a laptop.

"Alright, let me take a look first..." Zhou Fan's gaze fell on those documents, and his flipping speed was very fast. He almost just took a glance and then flipped the page.

"Good!" Lin Wenwu watched Zhou Fan flip through quickly, but didn't feel there was any problem at all. Instead, he stood aside seriously, waiting.

He knew Zhou Fan's strength well. Problems that might be very difficult for them might only require a glance from Zhou Fan to find the direction for a solution. This was not the first time they had experienced such a situation.

"The logic optimization for calling this service module can be done like this..." Zhou Fan quickly finished reading the first document, took the computer, and began tapping on the keyboard.

"By using the compiler to disable out-of-order execution optimization..." Lin Wenwu watched and quickly reacted, his eyes instantly lighting up.

"And the issue of instruction set fragmentation can be handled like this..."

"..."

Watching Zhou Fan solve a problem in just a few short minutes, the speed was so fast it was simply breathtaking. Lin Wenwu was excited, holding his notebook and quickly recording the solution directions and some core technical application methods.

As time passed, the stack of problem documents brought out earlier decreased bit by bit at a speed visible to the naked eye. This made his whole being surge with emotion, and he even had an urge to burst into tears.

This was the feeling!

The familiar taste had finally returned!

Zhou Guangming and the others nearby were clearly in the same mood. Although they kept the conference room quiet, the eagerness in their eyes seemed ready to overflow.

Over an hour later, Lin Wenwu left the conference room with a satisfied expression, the smile on his face even more pronounced.

Then it was Zhou Guangming's turn. His problems were relatively fewer, as the Second-generation Fast Charging Technology was already in its final stages and the new research project had not yet begun.

However, he was very interested in the memory upgrade Zhou Fan had just mentioned.

"Engineer Zhou, is the memory upgrade you mentioned our next project?"

"Exactly! These are some materials I organized when I was at school. Take them back and look through them first!" Zhou Fan nodded and simultaneously took out a thick document.

"You already have a detailed plan?" Zhou Guangming's eyes immediately lit up.

"It's just a general direction!" Zhou Fan explained. "Currently, mobile phone storage chips still follow the LPDDR1 standard. If we can break through to LPDDR2, memory performance, power consumption, and interface compatibility will all see significant improvements!"

"LPDDR2... Increasing the maximum memory capacity from 1G to an upper limit of 8G. This standard upgrade is too high; can it really be achieved now?"

Zhou Guangming took the document and immediately began reading it seriously. Just seeing the summary of technical standards on the first page sent a shock through his heart.

"If we proceed according to my R&D plan, there shouldn't be any problem!" Zhou Fan nodded gently, his tone carrying confidence.

"If this performance can really be achieved..."

Zhou Guangming continued flipping through the document, his heart growing more and more shocked.

The concepts in the document were an absolute revolutionary breakthrough compared to the LPDDR1 standard: transmission rates increased to 800Mbps or even higher, operating voltage reduced to 1.2V, combined with dynamic power management technology, and significantly optimized compatibility...

Comprehensive improvements in rate, power consumption, and compatibility...

This is setting a brand new industry standard!!!

Zhou Guangming looked at Zhou Fan, his heart burning with passion. If they could really develop memory technology of this standard, using it in the Second-generation fanmi mobile phone would definitely be another bombshell!!!

"Any more questions?" Zhou Fan asked with a smile.

"None for now. I'll go back and study this material thoroughly!!" Saying that, Zhou Guangming had already turned around, unable to stay for even another moment, and left the conference room.

Lei Jun watched the gradually emptying conference room, feeling another wave of emotion in his heart.

"Every time you come back, it's like they've seen their savior!"

"They are also growing very fast. Their capacity for scientific research and innovation has already improved a lot. Sometimes, maintaining passion is actually the best catalyst for technological innovation!" Zhou Fan said with a smile. He glanced at the empty conference room and stood up.

"I've arranged an assistant for you to handle daily work and schedule arrangements. Once your R&D project starts, you can let her handle some trivial matters!"

"Sure. Do I know her?"

"You probably do. She was originally the receptionist downstairs. I saw that she's quite meticulous in her work, and she's a veteran who has been with the company since its founding."

"I have a slight impression..."

Zhou Fan nodded and didn't pay it much mind.

At that moment, the conference room door was suddenly pushed open, and Li Guoqiang walked in hurriedly.

"This is bad, there's a problem with the supply chain!" Seeing that only Zhou Fan and Lei Jun were in the conference room, Li Guoqiang spoke up immediately, his tone somewhat heavy.

"What's the situation?" Lei Jun saw Li Guoqiang's state and knew that things were definitely not simple, so he asked in a deep voice.

Zhou Fan frowned slightly, already having a guess in his heart.

A supply chain problem—it was likely that the counterattack from several major mobile phone manufacturers had begun. Although he knew this day would come, it was still too fast!

They didn't give Fanmi any chance to catch its breath at all!

Li Guoqiang's words also verified his thoughts.

"Several of our major suppliers suddenly notified us that they won't renew subsequent orders, while others are directly demanding higher procurement prices for components. Our existing order volume is far behind the speed of sales. At most, we can last a month before we completely run out of stock!"

"What about the backup suppliers we prepared?" Lei Jun's expression became even more serious, having realized the importance of the matter.

"Most of those suppliers have gone quiet now; they're probably still watching. This time the situation is not optimistic. I suspect it's more than one company taking action!"

Li Guoqiang felt bitter. He had originally anticipated that major phone manufacturers like Samsung and Apple wouldn't let things slide, and even guessed that more people would be envious because fanmi mobile phone sales were so hot.

But he really didn't expect those people would show no mercy at all, striking at Fanmi's entire supply chain. They were aiming to completely crush Fanmi!

Leaving no room at all, a full-scale suppression!

In such a situation, if there was no way to respond, Fanmi would really be in trouble. In a month at most, once the last batch of orders was sold out, it would be a dead end!

"Don't worry, there will definitely be a way!"

Lei Jun also fell into silence, feeling for the first time a pressure that made it hard to breathe.

A full-scale blockade of the supply chain—what a massive move!

With the strength of those giants, if they joined forces, they could indeed achieve this.

And as for Fanmi, a startup company, although it had made some achievements, in the eyes of those suppliers, it certainly lacked foundation. Moreover, everyone knew Fanmi had no capital backing, so its cash flow was surely limited.

They really have no bottom line!

Doing things so ruthlessly!!!

At this moment, although he felt worry, he felt even more anger.