MTL - Rebirth 2002: Nano Life-v4 Chapter 6 iwatch and planet 1
Regarding the in-depth cooperation proposed by Hu Yifeng, Chen Yizhe did not agree at the moment, but asked Hu Yifeng to directly hand over the cooperation plan to Xinke, and then let him talk to the person in charge of Xinke.
After all, in business, if there are too many things mixed in, it will also affect the relationship between Chen Yizhe and Hu Yifeng.
In the following time, the media kept revealing the information of the new products that Xiameng Electronics will release.
Although Chen Yizhe required Hu Yifeng's foundry to keep product information absolutely confidential, even in later generations, Apple's new products are disclosed months in advance. class, it's hard to keep secrets at all.
According to the exposed media, there will be two new products of Xiameng Electronics to be released this time. The relevant media have basically obtained the approximate sample pictures. One has a similar shape and the other is very similar in shape to a watch.
The media analyzed the specific information of the two products from multiple perspectives. Chen Yizhe read the relevant reports, but felt that a lot of information was actually not to the point.
In this domestic conference, in addition to inviting suppliers, Xiameng Electronics also has many electronic technology media, but most of them are users of Xiameng Electronics' old products.
As long as users who have purchased online have the opportunity to participate in this new product launch, the ticket for the launch is 99 yuan. The original plan was to give out free tickets, but free things often make people feel worthless, especially before Xia Meng has not yet built a big brand.
Of course, there will be surprise gifts for 99 yuan tickets, and Xia Meng Electronics will select five of these old users to give away. You know, the price is the same as the price when it was released before.
Originally thought that the number of applicants was small, but in the end, it was a big surprise to everyone. More than 100,000 people signed up for this event.
July 24th.
Xiameng Electronics officially held a new product launch conference at the Sheraton Grand China Hotel in Pengcheng.
At more than one o'clock in the afternoon, there was a crowd in the reception hall of the conference site. Guests, suppliers, reporters, and fans of Xia Meng Electronics came to sign in one after another.
After Wen Meicen's performance of a song ended, the press conference officially began.
Behind the stage is a large screen composed of many pieces of 60-inch electronic paper. At this time, there is no picture on the screen, it is pitch black!
This product launch was hosted by Weng Zhanfu, the product manager of Xia Meng Electronics, who was less than 30 years old.
"Hello everyone!" Weng Zhanfu said hello with a big smile after he took the stage, then looked around the audience who participated in the conference, and continued, "Welcome friends to participate in Xia Meng's new products. The conference is also the first product conference of Xiameng Electronics in China, and I hope to bring you a unique conference."
"Before the press conference, I want to talk to you about an interesting thing. Originally, I was not like this when I came on stage today." Weng Zhanfu, who was wearing blue jeans and a black shirt and sneakers on his feet, paused. Then he continued, "Because the boss of the company said that I can go on stage as much as I want, and then I wore a floral shirt, beach pants, and slippers. President Chen saw it and asked me how to wear it like this, I said you didn't let me How am I comfortable wearing it?"
"Later, Mr. Chen said that he couldn't wear it like this, so Mr. Chen said that he helped me design the dress himself, and then I became like this. Mr. Chen said that this is the style that the industry should wear. I asked why, he Just trust him!"
After Weng Zhanfu finished speaking, the audience off the court couldn't help laughing, and some people looked directly at Chen Yizhe sitting in the first row.
"Okay, after the gossip, let's go to the official topic of the press conference. As we all know, in 2003, Xia Meng Electronics released this product, and after this product was launched, it was sought after by the market. Not to mention yer2, which was launched last year and released in the UK at the beginning of this month, although it has not yet been launched, the number of online reservations worldwide has exceeded 20 million. Of course, today is definitely not to release this product, but to cooperate with Two and three finished products."
When Weng Zhanfu said this, the colored electronic paper at the back lit up, and a static advertisement screen held by Wen Meicen appeared, which could be regarded as a little advertisement.
"Here, I will first announce two closely related products. Let me ask you a question first." Weng Zhanfu smiled, "How many people in the audience are wearing watches? Can you raise your hand for me to see? "
"It seems that there are still a lot of people wearing watches. At a rough look, two of the 10 people wear watches. There are about 800 spectators at the scene, which means that there are about 200 people at the scene who have the habit of wearing watches. "
Weng Zhanfu suddenly raised his left hand and said, "Actually, I also wear a watch, but my watch should be different from yours. This is a smart watch."
Although the audience and Weng Zhanfu were several meters away from the nearest, we could probably see that Weng Zhanfu's watch was a product designed with a large disc.
"It is estimated that few of you have heard the concept of a smart watch, right? A smart watch is a watch with information processing capabilities that meets the basic technical requirements of a watch. In addition to indicating the time, a smart watch should also have reminders, navigation, calibration, monitoring, One or more of these functions, such as interaction.”
"And the world's first smart watch dates back to the 1940s. You can look at the big screen." After Weng Zhanfu finished speaking, the picture on the big screen changed. History" a few words.
"In 1940, the first computable watch was born, and his brilliance is that it turned out to be a mechanical watch to do calculations. In 1972, Pulsar of the well-known local tyrant Hamilton invented the electronic watch for the first time, and this dial is very similar to my university. The local gold version of the Casio calculator watch I have seen in the period. In 1985, Epson, yes, the big guy who made the printer, launched the world's first platform watch that can run applications. Based on the ZilogZ80 system, it can pass Rom accessories load different applications. The Ruputer smart watch launched by Seiko in 1998 has a 16-bit 3.6MHzB storage space and can load any program written for this platform, which is the true prototype of modern smart watches.”
"It can be seen that these early smart watches have relatively simple functions. Later, with the rise and development of operating systems, smart watches have developed into a new era, not only relying on hardware, but also requiring operating systems to expand the functions of the watch. Below we Let's see what smartwatch operating systems are out there in the early days."
"Introduced the world's first Linux smartwatch! It is considered by many to be the beginning of smart hardware, but at a time when people were arguing about the replacement of mobile phones for watches, IBM's move certainly felt ridiculous - is it blue? Is this how the giants want to save an endangered industry? But time flies, I believe this move is not at all ridiculous, because the trend of smart watches is coming.”
"The original version of the watch had only 6 hours of battery life, and the improved version extended it to 12 hours. It has 8MB of memory and runs Linux 2.2. The device has since added acceleration, vibration and a fingerprint sensor. "
"I later partnered with Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. to create "hPad 1.5 version with 320x240QVGA resolution and running Linux 2.4 system. It also has a calendar program, Bluetooth, 8MB of scratch space and 16MB of flash memory. Citizen targeted the market at students and businessmen and set the retail price of the watch at $399. However, at some point during the year, the project was terminated. "
"This is an early smart watch with an operating system. The hardware at that time was expensive, and the configuration was not comparable to what it is now. The hardware configuration was still good at the time. The addition of the linux2.4 system made this watch like a computer device on the wrist. Linux is in the development period, and the support for entertainment software is not very good, which makes the watch's playability very low, but this innovation is still worth learning."
As soon as Weng Zhanfu finished speaking, the **** screen behind it was marked with two words, "However"!
"However, these products are innovative, but they all suffered the same fate and were discontinued due to poor sales."
"Then why did Xia Meng make such a product? There is a saying that genius is standing on the shoulders of giants. Xia Meng believes that after referring to the lessons of the previous pathfinders and examining the current watch market environment , and came to the conclusion that for a smartwatch to be successful, its inner function and outer appearance must be cool, that is to say, a smartwatch must first be fashionable, and then explore its functions. Dream Electronics' smart watch-iwatch has been masterfully designed and definitely has the coolest shape!" After Weng Zhanfu finished speaking, the iwatch pattern and some detailed information popped up on the screen.
The people at the scene couldn't help shouting that this watch was very different in appearance from many previous smartwatches.
In terms of appearance, the icwatch packaging is designed in black, and the color matching is also very simple. The design of the dial adopts a 360-degree pure round screen. The dial adopts a 1.4-inch circular latest-generation ink screen with a resolution of 286ppi and a 1.5-inch anti-scratch glass, accounting for 72.3%, while the screen is semi-reverse. The semi-transparent design is also more suitable for the human eye, and the strap is available in 316 stainless steel or leather for users to choose from.
"Everyone said, is it fashionable? Is it exquisite?" Weng Zhanfu suddenly asked.
"Fashion, sophistication!" many audience members shouted.
"We are absolutely confident about the appearance of iwatch, because our aesthetics are actually the same as the public, and simplicity is the ultimate beauty!"
"In addition to the appearance, we are also full of confidence in the internal hardware of iwatch! Here, let me introduce another product, Xiameng Electronics uses a chip code-named 'Planet One' designed by the RISC-C instruction set, it is not everyone The PC or mobile phone chips in the traditional impression are chips that mainly focus on smart wear and other fields, and it is also the first chip of this type in the world, and it is also a chip with its own architecture and open source instruction set in China!" Weng Zhanfu finished talking. , the audience immediately burst into warm applause, and many people even stood up.
China's core-making dream began in 2001. Ni Guangnan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Ark Technology Co., Ltd. jointly developed the Ark-1 CPU; Deng Zhonghan lit up the first domestic multimedia chip "Xingguang No. 1" with independent intellectual property rights in Zhongguancun; in Haidian, Beijing In a small white building next to the Computer Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the district, the academic "Godson" research group was formally established. Hu Weiwu, who advocated Mao Zedong Thought, led teachers and students to create a technical system independent of Wintel (Microsoft + Intel); returnees Send Dr. Wu Ping, Chen Datong and others? Founded Spreadtrum Communications, entered the market as a dark horse in the industry, and developed the first mobile phone chip the following year...
It seems like a good start, but after four years, it has not reversed the embarrassing situation of China's "lack of cores".
China's desire for chips has been accumulating in recent years. Although some good news can be heard occasionally, the real content is not seen much.
At this moment, when I heard that Xia Meng Electronics had designed another set of open source instruction sets and chips with new architecture, how could the people present not be excited.
"Is this true?" Zhong Zian, who was sitting beside Chen Yizhe, asked.
At this product launch, Chen Yizhe invited many leaders in the city, including Zhong Zian, who also came to the scene.
Chen Yizhe nodded, "Although the chip has been successfully taped out, the actual mass production is still a few months away! In other words, it will take a few more months for this watch to actually be launched."
"I originally thought that this new product should be nothing special. I didn't expect that Xia Meng still released a big bomb silently. However, the chip industry is too deep, and your explosion is estimated to blow up a lot of big bombs. When the fish comes out, beware of being splashed with sewage." Zhong Zian laughed.
Chen Yizhe understood what Zhong Zian meant, he smiled and said, "It's okay, only those who cheat are afraid of being splashed with sewage. I am a golden body, and I am not afraid of being splashed!"
At this time, I just listened to Weng Zhanfu on the stage and continued, "Let's not talk about the special architecture, it has a first, this wearable processor is also the first to integrate an AI neural network! The chip is based on Xia Meng's artificial intelligence. Intelligent technology, equipped with four important parts: cardiac biometric recognition engine, ro, and abnormal heart rate detection engine, which greatly improves the accuracy of human body detection and recognition. The main frequency is up to 100MHz, and it supports 608KB storage for smart watches. The 130nm process~www.novelbuddy.com~ supports the screen display technology, which can ensure lower power consumption of smart watches and bring more powerful performance!"
"The specific performance will be announced by Xiameng Electronics after the press conference. Now let's go back to the iwatch product. After all, for Xiameng Electronics, the reason why "Planet One" was designed, In fact, it is for the product of iwatch." Weng Zhanfu pretended to be forced again.
"In addition to being equipped with the 'Planet One' processor, iwatch also has 8mb of memory and 256mb of built-in storage, with Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, including gyroscope + accelerometer, barometer, vibration motor and photoplethysmography technology. Yes Carry out health functions such as step counting, distance measurement, calorie detection and sleep detection. In the design of this product, in fact, I would like to thank Xiameng Medical Company for the relevant data and technical support. "
"In addition to appearance and hardware, iwatch also uses IXLOS 1.0. What is IXLOS? In fact, it is a 32-bit embedded operating system independently developed by Xia Meng." Weng Zhanfu paused and smiled. , "Hey, why did I say 'again'?"
The people below laughed again. The self-developed processor and self-developed operating system can imagine how wild Xia Meng Electronics is.
Weng Zhanfu went on to say, "The use of IXLOS and synchronization software can synchronize and exchange information between the watch and the PC. The watch uses a rechargeable graphene lithium-ion battery. In standby mode, the battery can last for more than a month. Even heavy use can last up to ten days.”
