""You can imagine an SoC chip as a super city with 20 billion transistors. To judge if this city is powerful, you can't just look at whether the tallest buildings are designed by yourself, but also look at how the road network is planned, how water and electricity are dispatched, and most importantly, whether the entire city is planned, integrated, and operated by you." ——"你可以把一颗SoC芯片想象成一个拥有200亿晶体管的超级城市。那判断这座城市厉不厉害,不能只看最高的几栋楼是不是你自己设计的,还要去看路网怎么规划、水电怎么调度,以及最关键的,整座城市到底是不是由你来规划、整合和运行的。"
""Judging whether a company really knows how to make chips, don't just stare at how many IPs they've made themselves, but look at how much system-level definition power they have mastered." ——"判断一家公司到底会不会造芯片,不要只盯着他自己手搓了多少个IP,更应该看他掌握了多少系统定义权。"
""So for Xiaomi, this might be the only choice. They are using resources to buy time, trying to build up the complete capabilities needed for a mature chip company within a limited time window." ——"所以对于小米来说,这样做可能是唯一的选择。他们在用资源换时间,在有限的时间窗口里,尽快搭出一家成熟芯片公司需要的完整能力站。"