Episode 148. A holy place for system semiconductor research.
I answered the words of TM Logic President Lee Byung-hoon.
“We increased our pipeline to 20. Probably the maximum clock will come out to 1.9GHz.”
The president’s mouth was half open.
“..Drill 3 had 12 pipelines, but Drill 4 had 20?”
“It’s amazing. Since it’s almost doubled, of course the speed must have increased… Let’s just wait. But how did you catch that fever? At this point in the pipeline, I think it will be too hot to be used normally.”
“I made it with multi-core and caught it. By grouping a core with a high driving clock and a relatively low core into a set, the things that need to be processed quickly are processed on the high core, and the things that need to be processed quickly are run on the low core.”
The boss nodded his head in admiration.
“right. That’s a good way. Even if it is a core with a high driving clock, if it is used for a short time, the heat will not be so severe.”
“yes. However, Drill 4 cannot be made with the current semiconductor process, so we have to do core customization.”
“You mean not even in TM Powdery? I heard that the application of the 90nm (nanometer) process to the production line was finished a while ago.”
“yes. As I said before, the structure is complex, so it is necessary to have a processing capacity of 45 nm or less to get some performance.”
The president, who looked at the design drawings with a blank face, carefully grabbed them in his hands.
“This is the guy who will feed us next year… I’ll cherish it.”
“haha. Core Custom, please. Also, create a separate team for each system semiconductor and prepare for next-generation products. For the CPU side, please make a project to develop a new CPU based on Drill 4, not just core customization this time. Because if a lot of people think about it, better ideas may come out than if I think about it alone. If necessary, you can hire any number of people.”
“I know. They say we have to develop a new CPU…we have to sweep the world’s best semiconductor engineers. Still, I don’t know if I can surpass the original.”
“Let’s rake it all together and make TM Logic a holy place for system semiconductor research around the world. haha.”
Gowon Group Vice Chairman Jin Chang-ho’s office.
In front of Vice Chairman Jin Chang-ho, the fifth son of the late Chairman Jin Byung-wook, Jin Kang-ho, CEO of Gowon Department Store, was sitting with a serious face.
Jin Chang-ho said to him.
“Kangho, you know that well, right? Kowon electrons are flying around these days. There are trillions of trillions of won in internal reserves, and they even said that they provided 500 billion won in emergency funds to Kowon Construction yesterday. Soon, even the highland construction, which had been barely able to survive with a ventilator, will come back to life. I’ve been thinking about it, but if we stay like this, I think we’ll just end up wiping our teeth until we die of old age. Isn’t it?”
Jin Kang-ho also nodded.
“I should have been independent right after my father passed away, but I really regret that I took the time to pay attention to public opinion. I hope Seonho hyung will survive like this.”
“It’s all because of a guy named Kang Jae-woon. If he hadn’t helped her, things wouldn’t have gotten to this point…”
The FTC did not pay much attention to the group as an investigation into car rigging came in.
In the meantime, even Go Won Electron has been properly revived.
In the end, his brother lost the chairmanship, and even the group separation, which was the last resort, failed, and he was still unable to escape the influence of his preference.
Kang Jae-woon played a decisive role in that.
Jin Chang-ho, who was pondering his grudge against him, continued.
“But it’s not too late. According to my research, Ko Won Electronics’ great achievements all came from his head. Without him, Go Won Electron would have no choice but to lose its power. And only then will we be truly independent. In that sense, you have to help me too.”
In fact, I’ve been trying to find Kang Jae-woon’s weaknesses, but I haven’t been able to find any plausible ones.
The business also did not overlap with Kang Jae-woon, so there was nothing he could do alone.
After much deliberation, I decided to bring in Jin Kang-ho, who was facing the same problem in the same distribution industry, because I thought I could do anything.
At his words, Jin Kang-ho looked hesitant.
Jin Chang-ho said in an angry tone.
“what’s the matter? Don’t you want to be independent?”
“..I want to be independent, and I want to get rid of Kang Jae-woon. Because of him, department store sales are falling without knowing the bottom. But if I put my hand on Kang Jae-woon, I think that Seonho-hyung won’t stay still. It’s a little bit like fighting against Seonho, who is supported by the whole group right now…”
Jin Chang-ho looked at him with pitiful eyes.
“How can you have your own group without that much risk?”
“..that’s true, but I don’t like it.”
Jin Chang-ho sighed and opened his mouth.
“You timid child… Then how about this? If you actively help me, I will tear off my affiliates.”
“Affiliate? Which affiliate?”
“Kogen Steel.”
Jin Kang-ho made a surprised face.
“Would you like to give me the Kowon Steel?”
“okay. So don’t crouch like a coward and cooperate.”
Kowon Steel was a steelmaking company with an annual production capacity of 10 million tons of crude steel.
Except for the automobile affiliates owned by Jin Chang-ho, Jin Kang-ho gave a harsh expression to the sound of handing over a company that could be called a core affiliate.
Originally, I had no intention of confronting Jin Seon-ho.
Kowon Steel was also a company that I coveted deep down, and if my second brother was so active, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give it a try.
Jin Kang-ho pondered for a moment, then nodded his head.
“Then I will cooperate. older brother.”
“I thought well. But if it’s just an imitation, of course there’s no soup. know?”
“yes. Don’t worry, I don’t intend to pretend like that.”
Jin Kang-ho laughed.
“I already have a plan in place.”
When Jin Kang-ho shared what happened during his meeting with Mo Han-goo, Jin Chang-ho made an interesting expression.
“Are you saying that the CEO of Rude Department Store made such a proposal? it’s ok Once Kang Jae-woon begins to be investigated by the prosecution, it is unlikely that he will be able to keep Kang Jae-woon in his seat.”
“yes. We will create evidence that Kang Jae-woon intentionally ordered the sale of the imitation, so please get one prosecutor who can handle the case well.”
Jin Chang-ho laughed.
“There is only one suitable person. I will be in charge of the prosecution, so you and CEO Mo, make sure that there is no hole left for Kang Jae-woon.”
I called my hyung and showed me a PMP with a GPS sensor.
My brother asked as he received it.
“PMP is a product that you can carry while watching videos. It’s a new product made by Hi-Cast.”
“okay? Hey! It’s only about a quarter the size of a D-Tab3, but the video is running?”
“yes. It’s because the Drill 1 CPU is included.”
“Drill 1? no wonder. Then I can’t sell it very cheaply.”
“But this feels a little odd, isn’t it? It’s more expensive than an MP3 player, but it doesn’t do as much as a D-Tab. Will this sell a lot?”
“It won’t sell as well as a D-Tab or MP3 player. As he said, it’s a rather vague product.”
“.. did you make it even though you knew it?”
“yes. It can be used for other purposes as well.”
“Any other use?”
“Navigation. All you have to do is put a digital map and a GPS sensor in it.”
Daewon hyung clapped his hand.
“Yes. Apparently, the D-Tab is too big to be used as a navigation system and is also a very expensive product, so this PMP would be just right.”
“Right. And it already has a GPS sensor.”
“okay? The digital map is being done by YourNavi, so if you bring it there, the navigation will be complete. But why did you give it to me? There doesn’t seem to be anything I can do.”
“I’m going to add one more feature to that.”
“What function?”
“We will put a communication module in it to make wireless communication possible.”
“Communication module? Are you saying you want to make this into a smartphone?”
“haha. no. If I could make this into a smartphone, would I have started something called S-Project on a grand scale? I want to, but I can’t. It’s not yet possible to pack a phone call function, wireless data transmission function, PC function, and a battery with sufficient capacity in this size. All I want to do is add a wireless data communication module to this, and a module that can send and receive only very simple signals.”
“Hmm…why do you need a data communication module if you can’t use it as a smartphone?”
“I want to reflect real-time traffic information in the navigation system. Wouldn’t it be great if you could find out where the biggest blockage is now and show you a way to get around it?”
“…then it would be really good. But how do you know that? You have to go there to know where the blockage is.”
“You can go there yourself. Of course, I’m not going to go there myself, but other drivers will do it for me. It is possible by using the communication module installed in the navigation system.”
“Um…how are you going to use it?”
“If we collect the location information of all users with this module, the central server can know where the users are and at what speed, right? If our navigation system is sold enough, we will be able to know the traffic conditions on national roads in real time from that point on.”
Daewon made an admiring expression as if his older brother had just realized it.
“..Wow! There was such a way. That way you can know for sure where the blockage is in real time.”
“Is that right? This communication module will bridge the gap between us and other competitive navigation products. So hyung, please add a communication module to this PMP motherboard. The telecommunication company will use global communication, so please make it compatible with that side.”
Thanks to the US opening up GPS for civilian use in the middle of this year, companies were starting to jump into navigation development one by one.
Of course, none of us have reached the commercialization stage yet.
After about a year, the actual products will start pouring out.
“brother. This is urgent, so please finish it as soon as possible. Your Navi map is already ready, and the path finding algorithm has been developed, so we can launch the product as soon as the communication module is added.”
If you enter the market first and secure market share, you will have an advantage in the competition later.
Because it took time until our navigation system was fully installed in the market to build a proper real-time traffic information collection system.
There was a need to launch a product as quickly as possible.
So, I am building a brand image of a leader in the navigation field by launching a buried product within this year.
Based on this, I was planning to take the lead in the navigation market.
“Hmm…then I’ll try to finish it in two weeks.”
“That’s fine. When it is complete, please send it to You Nabi as soon as possible.”
Lone Super Fund Korea, the Korean branch of Lone Super Fund, the representative office.
Representative Yuhan-min was on the phone with Acre, chairman of the Lone Super Fund.
“CEO Yoo. Is the Yoohwan Bank acquisition going well? I heard that the head of the bank over there is a bit of a problem?”
“It was like that until a while ago, but now I feel a sense of crisis, so I am obediently cooperating.”
Acre, who was thinking of replacing the bank president with someone else, tilted her head.
“okay? It seemed to me that he was not a person who could bend so easily…”
“Once you get your hands on power, it’s hard to let go of it. Bank President Na Woong-jin is a bit stiff for a bank president, but doesn’t that mean he has no desire for a position?”
“..that’s right, but…”
Acre, who had struggled to shake off the bitterness that tickled one side of her forehead, continued.
“Then how far did things go?”
