Although the first-generation ideal laptop computer promoted by Mi Guangnan achieved some success in the market, it did not form any trend and was a lukewarm type.

Mi Guangnan was very puzzled. Logically speaking, although the performance of this upper mid-range notebook was not the best, it had a reasonable configuration, a reasonable price, and very reasonable portability. It should not have sold only a few hundred units.

It was only after he conducted an in-depth market research that he discovered where the problem lay.

In late summer of 1998, the ThinkPad 600 series was officially launched. ThinkPad became the industry's first model equipped with a 14.1-inch XGA display and was equipped with an 8.1G hard drive, the highest capacity at the time. The ThinkPad 600 perfectly balanced and combined performance and portability. The feel of its keyboard was especially praised by notebook computer users, making this model the best-selling model in ThinkPad history.

Mi Guangnan disassembled the laptop and found that it only had a beautiful appearance.

The ThinkPad 600 uses a NeoMagic 128XD graphics card with only 2MB of video memory. Combined with a CPU clock speed of only 300MHz, it struggles to handle even the most complex 2D applications, let alone 3D performance.

It can't even run Need for Speed ​​​​3 smoothly, and in this respect it is no better than an ideal laptop.

But its appearance has at least superficially affected the sales of Huaguang laptops.

But it is not the decisive factor. When customers discover its flaws and are ready to correct their consumption concepts, some new laptop technologies emerge.

In 1999, IBM launched a 14.1G 4200 rpm laptop hard drive.

14.1-inch display screens became the mainstream of high-end notebooks, and NeoMagic's MagicMedia265AV graphics card became the leader in display systems at the time.

ACPI and APM power management specifications are officially implemented in notebooks. Intel officially releases the PII400 CPU, manufactured using 0.18-micron technology. It integrates 27 million transistors, 256KB of L2 cache, and operates at a core voltage of only 1.5V, using MicroPGA or BGA packaging.

The emergence of these new technologies has once again accelerated the replacement of laptops.

Mi Guangnan reacted very quickly. Although these technologies were novel, they did not exceed the scientific research level of Huaguang Electronics.

He learned from the unsuccessful experience of the first generation of Ideal laptops and began to integrate the second generation of laptops.

Although the first generation of notebooks wasted several years of his time, he accumulated rich experience, which saved him a lot of research and development time when using it on the second generation. He only needed to use appropriate accessories to integrate the most ideal configuration.

It was at this time that He Bo of Huaguang Chip launched a new notebook chip: Pearl River.

He Bo plans to name all the chips she is responsible for after rivers in China.

Although Zhujiang's micron technology is only 0.23 and the number of integrated transistors is not as high as PII400CPU, only 23 million, it also uses 256K L2 full-speed cache, and the core voltage is even lower than PII400CPU, only 1.4V.

The successful tape-out of this chip was a great encouragement to Mi Guangnan. Jingdongfang and Huaguang Technology also happened to join hands to launch new achievements in LCD and LED.

In particular, there have been major breakthroughs in large-size LCD screens.

Soon, the second generation of ideal laptop computers came into being in his hands.

It is equipped with a Pearl River CPU, a 14.1-inch LCD display, and an 8G hard drive.

Although the factory's graphics card still has some shortcomings, it is not inferior to the mainstream graphics cards on the market in terms of 3D support. Therefore, this laptop computer named Ideal Zhaoyang by Mi Guangnan was officially launched into the market on September 6.

In the fourth quarter of 1999, this notebook became the new leader in China's notebook computer market.

When Mi Guangnan announced Ideal Shaoyang in Shanghai, Wan Feng welcomed the people from Hengren Electric Motor Factory led by Li Da who came to Nanwan to study.

Li Da and his group of 31 people, including himself, are expected to learn the complete manufacturing technology of the 478 old engine from Nanwan Group.

Nanwan Group has converted all its own engines to electronic fuel injection engines since August 1st. Now only Fenghuangshan has one line of carburetor engines.

Phoenix Mountain was originally used as an engine base for export, with several old engine production lines.

Later, the engine was temporarily converted for the group's own use and upgraded and replaced, but this line had not yet been modified.

Just as Li Da and his group arrived, Wan Feng arranged for them to live in Phoenix Mountain.

Wan Feng took them to Phoenix Mountain on a bus owned by the group.

The people brought by Li Da will receive comprehensive training here from sand casting to machining and assembly.

Chen Dao was very happy to hear that Li Da was going to stay in Phoenix Mountain for two or three months, and he personally arranged accommodation for Li Da and others.

Most of the people brought by Li Da were young people, and these young people were full of curiosity about Phoenix Mountain.

Although Phoenix Mountain is far from being as prosperous as Jiangwei, it also has its own unique charm.

They come here to study with pay, and the company also subsidizes two yuan for food every day. After finding out the prices of meals in the Phoenix Mountain Canteen, these two yuan are basically enough for a meal.

Even if it's not enough for someone with a big appetite, it won't make much difference.

After arranging food and lodging, Chen Dao took the trainees on a tour of the old engine workshop and spent an hour assigning masters to these young people.

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