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But generally speaking, compared with the first generation, the product design of the second generation has been greatly improved, and the product has a somewhat amazing feeling. It can be seen that Zhang Yanchuan and the others have spent a lot of thought.

"What about the cost?" Chen Chu asked a key question. Thinking of the first generation of onyx e-readers, the cost was really a big problem, which seriously lowered the profit margin. The net profit is less than 499, which is really not good for the current profiteering electronics industry, and the onyx e-reader has no competitors at all.

Tang Zhouming thought for a while and said, "Compared with before, the cost will definitely drop by a large part. After the c2 processor is mass-produced, it can basically be maintained at around 40 dollars. The electronic screen cooperates with g. If you add We produce it ourselves, and it is expected to be stable at about 25 US dollars, and a large part of it will be handed over later. The overall production cost is about 170 US dollars. If channel fees, taxes, promotion and other expenses are added, the overall cost is expected to remain at 40 US dollars. Our margins will be between 60 and [-], of course there will be fluctuations in between!"

As for the profit, Tang Zhouming also made an estimate. After all, he is still designing and debugging the equipment. After it is produced and put on the market, there will definitely be a big gap!

"Test these technologies as soon as possible. I hope that onyx technology can launch samples as soon as possible, and the production line can be established as soon as possible. Before September, I hope that onyx can promote the second-generation e-reader advertisement!" Chen Chu said to Tang Zhouming and Zhang Yanchuan and others said.

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, we will do our best!" Zhang Yanchuan and others stood up and said to Chen Chu, they knew that Chen Chu had already agreed with their design!

When Zhang Yanchuan was preparing to leave with the engineer and person in charge of the design department, Chen Chu stopped him.

Seeing Zhang Yanchuan with a puzzled look on his face, Chen Chu asked him to sit down, looked at Zhang Yanchuan and asked, "What industrial products have you designed at the University of Hamburg?"

I don’t know what Chen Chu suddenly asked about this, but Zhang Yanchuan still said, “When I was a Ph. I accepted the mentor's project to design a main model for the Scania brand under Volkswagen!"

Zhang Yanchuan told Chen Chu about his career. It didn't take long, but he was by no means inactive. Being able to participate in the design of Volkswagen's brand models with his mentor is enough to demonstrate Zhang Yanchuan's ability.

Chen Chu nodded and glanced at Tang Zhouming. Tang Zhouming nodded calmly. Obviously, what Zhang Yanchuan said was true.

"Yan Chuan, I hope you can form an independent design team for onyx technology, and it will be completed before the second half of this year. At that time, you will also need personnel from the technology department and software system development department to participate in a project. This project is very important for onyx technology. It is very important, and it may even be related to the development of Onyx Technology in the next ten years, or even longer!" Chen Chu looked at Zhang Yanchuan and said.

Chen Chu didn't say what kind of project it was, but Zhang Yanchuan couldn't help but suddenly became enthusiastic. The reason why he was willing to return to China to join onyx technology was because onyx technology was the fastest-growing technology industry in China and even in the world.

Onyx technology is changing the reading habits of countless people. This is Zhang Yanchuan's understanding of onyx technology. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Yanchuan gave up the opportunity to become a Volkswagen design engineer and returned to China.

On the second-generation onyx e-reader, Zhang Yanchuan has put in a lot of effort, just to make this e-reader different from the first generation. What Zhang Yanchuan regrets most is that it is the first e-reader that is changing human reading habits. The onyx e-reader was not designed by him!

But now it seems that another opportunity has appeared in front of him. Chen Chu didn't say what project, but Zhang Yanchuan could faintly feel that it was something that Chen Chu valued so much. I'm afraid it was an electronic reader no less than the first generation of onyx. The product that was born out of nowhere!

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Yanchuan looked at Chen Chu and said, "Chen Dong, I am willing to participate!"

"I think in the future, you will definitely not regret this decision today, maybe in the future, the industrial design industry will leave your name behind!"

Chen Chu said something to Zhang Yanchuan in what seemed to be a joke. For Zhang Yanchuan now, proving him to the entire industrial design industry is more exciting than getting a salary.

"In the design department, Mr. Tang will cooperate with you. In addition, you have the right to transfer all the design department personnel of Chuke Technology. You must establish the best design team as soon as possible. After you form the team and sign the contract After the confidentiality agreement, I will tell you the specific project!"

Looking at Zhang Yanchuan who left with unconcealed excitement, Tang Zhouming, who had a little idea of what project Chen Chu was going to start, looked at Chen Chu, "Chen Dong, do you really want to start that project?"

Chapter 944 Achievement of the Divine Body [Big Chapter]

Chen Chude's words shook Zhang Yanchuan's spirit. He knew an opportunity. If he could get Chen Chude's approval, then for Zhang Yanchuan, the future would be much easier!

The second-generation onyx e-reader was jointly designed by onyx Technology and several industrial design institutes in the United States. Zhang Yanchuan represented the design department of onyx technology and played a key role in it. Although it cannot be said that he completed the leading design, but for the entire The design process is what we know best.

After sorting out his thoughts, Zhang Yanchuan said, "The new generation of onyx e-reader, in addition to the size increased to 4 inches, the processor also uses the c2 processor developed by onyx technology, and the operating system s system is also significantly improved. It has been optimized and is expected to be equipped with the s40 system on the new generation of products!"

The s micro-terminal operating system independently developed by onyx technology has been optimized to the fourth version. I dare not say it is the most advanced. That is, the stability performance has been greatly improved, and the system response speed is still far superior to other systems, at least the Saipan system that is bloated and has not been upgraded all the year round!

"In terms of memory, the new generation of Onyx e-readers will be divided into three versions, 4G memory, 8G memory, and 16G memory. This will be the hardware electronic product device with the largest memory storage in the market. The model shell still uses a metal shell. There are mainly three colors of red, white and black, and the red model is mainly for female users!"

The first generation of onyx e-readers released were relatively monotonous in color, while the new generation of products added red models to attract more female users.

Zhang Yanchuan opened the design renderings and showed Chen Chu several drawings, "In addition to the greatly improved functions of the oversized hardware equipment, the technology on the screen has also been improved. It can be used as usual, in addition to being more sensitive to the adjustment of the brightness and light source, the technical department has also added a color function, which can better experience comics and color books!"

"In addition, according to the request made by you, Mr. Chen, the new generation of design has added a voice reading function. Users can use audio books, add automatic page turning function, simple vocabulary query function, and can subscribe to more media, newspapers, and magazines. In addition, new A generation of electronic e-readers that support i and ifi functions, users can use i and ifi to download e-books in addition to using computers and mobile phone data to download e-books!"

Zhang Yanchuan told Chen Chu about the main changes in the new generation of e-readers. In fact, the changes are far greater than what Zhang Yanchuan said, and the changes in various details even amount to hundreds. At the same time, the internal structure also uses a brand new design structure. It seems that only the volume has become larger, but in fact it is almost a brand new model!

Chen Chu looked at the renderings in his hand. Compared with the slightly crude appearance of the first generation of onyx e-readers, it only made the outside world aware of the e-readers. It is designed with a large screen and a keyboard, and there is an extra headphone jack, which is for the new voice reading function, that is, users can enjoy audio books on the onyx e-reader, which is the first time in the electronic product industry.

Looking at the renderings, it seems to be good, but it is still unclear what the scene will be after the trial production. After all, there will always be some gaps between the product and the design.

"What's the technical difficulty? If it is really produced, how far will it be from the design effect?" Chen Chu asked Tang Zhouming. Tang Zhouming must be more familiar with these things.

Tang Zhouming said directly, "In terms of technology, onyx technology already has enough reserves. We can achieve the technology used in the current design, but there will definitely be some risks in using new effects!"

"Significantly increasing the size of the screen may cause the screen to age too quickly. In addition, the use of new materials will also cause afterimages. The battery is still a big problem. The improvement of performance and the acceleration of system operation will cause problems. The e-reader gets hot and the battery drains faster!"

Tang Zhouming said to Chen Chu that it is impossible for anything in the world to be perfect, not to mention technology, no matter what technology there is, there will be certain defects. The onyx e-reader needs to use new technology in its products. You have to take some risks.

After looking at the design renderings, Chen Chu is quite satisfied with this e-reader. Although a lot of new technologies have been boldly used, such as the all-metal shell frame and the molding of the electronic screen to make the frame smaller, it is also Let the protection of the electronic screen become a bit fragile, and it is easier to break the screen.