Zhao Ye knew that only good games could drive the sales of game consoles.

At present, Wujiang Company hasn't even designed or manufactured chips, nor has it developed a game console. So even if it does develop games, it will most likely just benefit Nintendo. That same year, Nintendo pulled off an unprecedentedly bizarre move regarding third-party franchise agreements—if a game company released a game on a Nintendo console, Nintendo would automatically receive half of the intellectual property rights as a co-publisher!

This isn't just plucking feathers from a passing goose; it's braising it!

Zhao Ye decided to focus on designing and manufacturing the chip first.

The development of game consoles and games is not very difficult. In his previous life, Zhao Ye had disassembled game consoles from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft for in-depth research. In university classes, he also explained the technologies used in such products to his students.

With Wujiang Company accumulating more and more technology and talent, Zhao Ye believed that under his leadership, they could develop a powerful game console in just a few months. Of course, the prerequisite was that the chip also needed to be powerful enough.

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The BG-101 stepper lithography machine developed by the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has performance indicators that are close to those of the 4800DSW system developed by the American company GCA seven years ago.

It is now 1985. Seven years ago, it was 1978.

The Z80 chip was invented in 1976.

Based on this calculation, the BG-101 stepper lithography machine is already quite advanced, more than capable of producing chips like the Z80.

However, the BG-101 stepper lithography machine still has some shortcomings that need to be improved in order to increase the product yield in the actual production process.

Although the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed the BG-101 stepper lithography machine, it has been left to rot in the laboratory, a complete waste. Of course, this may also be due to a shortage of research and development funds, making further improvements impossible and hindering commercialization.

Ni Annan has been lobbying the Chinese Academy of Sciences to merge the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences into the soon-to-be-established "Wujiang Microelectronics Company".

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is also holding meetings to discuss the feasibility of this matter. If the CAS Institute of Microelectronics is merged into "Wujiang Microelectronics Company," what percentage of the shares would CAS hold?

Soon after, Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. was established, with a registered capital of 400 million RMB.

Zhao Ye directly invested all of the company's profits from last year into the project. This demonstrates his decision to enter the semiconductor field and also aims to attract more talent or research institutions to join "Wujiang Microelectronics Company".

Of course, Wujiang Group still has a lot of funds in its accounts.

In January 1985, Wujiang's Chinese character cards, typewriters, pagers, and PC brands sold very well, and WPS-office software also sold very well globally, bringing huge revenue to the group. The total sales amounted to 250 million RMB, and after deducting taxes and other expenses, the profit was as high as 100 million RMB.

Based on this trend, Wujiang Company will achieve a rapid leap forward in 1985, with annual revenue expected to exceed 3 billion RMB!

This is normal, as Sitong Company basically generates an annual revenue of 1 billion RMB just from its typewriter products.

Wujiang is far superior to Sitong!

Moreover, according to market forecasts, the demand for Chinese character cards, typewriters, pagers, PCs, and WPS was increasing in 1985.

In China, Wujiang Company currently holds a near-monopoly on the sales of Chinese character cards, typewriters, pagers, and WPS software, giving it a significant advantage.

The Lenovo Chinese character card from the Institute of Computing Technology is still under improvement and sales are not high.

Competition is particularly fierce in the PC market.

At the beginning of this year, many PC assembly brands emerged in China.

Hong Kong Kingsoft's Super-PCs sold very well in China, and others naturally followed suit. This was because assembling PCs was not technically difficult; all that was needed was to procure the electronic components.

With so many people in China, some people still manage to get their hands on electronic components.

In mid-January 1985, major PC manufacturers launched a price war, with prices as low as 14,000 yuan.

Hong Kong Kingsoft SUPER-PC has no technological advantages and can only follow the market and adjust its prices accordingly.

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The establishment of Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. caused a huge sensation in the domestic semiconductor industry.

400 million RMB is undoubtedly an astronomical figure in this day and age.

"Wujiang Company is really making a big move. It seems they've really decided to make a big splash in the semiconductor field!" Lu Feiwen, director of the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was immediately taken aback when he saw the news report about Wujiang Microelectronics Company.

Everyone else in the research institute was also deeply shocked.

Their institute only has a few million yuan in R&D funding per year, but with this meager amount, they developed the BG-101 stepper lithography machine. Although the BG-101 stepper lithography machine is outdated and has many shortcomings, its emergence is undeniably a pinnacle of domestic lithography machine development.

If we continue to invest heavily in the development of lithography machines, perhaps China's glorious journey in lithography technology will begin from this moment...

The talent and technology of the Microelectronics Research Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as their diligent research spirit, are commendable.

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Liu Anming, the director of the Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory, held the newspaper and remained in a daze for a long time.

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