After Zhang Zhonghua finished handling the foundation's affairs, he took another flight to the headquarters of Ugly Country in Santa Clara.
Although not long ago, many small companies have already moved into the software incubator, and SoftBank Capital has also invested some funds in many companies.
Zhang Zhonghua looked at the list of investment companies and seemed to have never heard of them. Anyway, investing tens of thousands of dollars in a company is nothing. He casts a wide net and focuses on catching fish. As long as he can catch one, he will make a lot of money.
"Boss, at the beginning of the year, the ix system released another version, which also satisfied the use of ARPANET; the database was also optimized again. CAD software is now basically involved in all walks of life, automobiles, and aerospace fields.
The modules are already on the market.”
Dimitri Zverev, CEO of the software company, briefly introduced the company's recent development to Zhang Zhonghua. Overall, it was pretty good.
"Boss, the function calculator is expected to be produced in Chouguo next week. The production line of Yuhuang Electric is currently being debugged, but the current production capacity of Intel's wafer fab is somewhat insufficient."
Dimitri Zverev said.
Zhang Zhonghua was quite satisfied when he looked at the palm-sized calculator in his hand. It is a very convenient calculator to carry around. The other one is a common calculator found in stores.
"Well, that's good. I've registered another EA company, namely eleic arts, and plan to develop electronic game products."
Zhang Zhonghua briefly introduced the situation of arcade games. This was something he had planned for a long time. Arcade games have been popular for decades, and many people still liked to play them until he was reborn.
With Intel's microprocessor, we only need to develop and display games on the TV. Of course, grabbing technology patents is the first goal. We can't develop any games with current storage, so we need to get the patent first.
"This is not very difficult. Intel's microprocessor performance is sufficient to meet the needs of electronic games. It is expected to be developed in about half a year."
Dimitri Zverev
Said with certainty.
"Then all the hardware personnel will be assigned to EA Company, and then we will recruit more semiconductor talents from Stanford, University of California, and Santa Clara University this year. We must also have our own hardware team."
"No problem, I want to transfer to EA Company. I was previously engaged in hardware research and development, and I am very familiar with this area."
Dimitri Zverev was also very interested when he heard the electronic products described by his boss. Although the storage technology is a little worse now, the future of EA company is definitely promising. It is human nature to like to play.
, so the game is very exciting.
"Okay, then who will take over the software company?"
"Morey can definitely take over the company. The software company's marketing and administrative staff are excellent, and he can also assist Henry Morey in managing the company very well."
"EA Company also needs to recruit some programmers to develop games. I will help develop the first game when I have time. This is not urgent now. Intel's chip production capacity is insufficient and we have to produce calculators first."
Zhang Zhonghua said.
"I understand, is this ea company affiliated with Yuhuang Electric?"
Dimitri Zverev asked curiously.
"EA company has nothing to do with the Yuhuang Group. If you find a Ugly Chinese person to name you, a game company will be established in Asia and it will be affiliated with the Yuhuang Group. The two companies have nothing to do with each other."
The purpose of Zhang Zhonghua's establishment of two game companies is to avoid antitrust investigations. Ugly Country is so ruthless that it even split up its own IBM, so it would be good to prepare a response strategy in advance.
The profits from arcade machines were huge in the 1980s, so EA no longer had to think about tax evasion. The relationship between them was too complicated, otherwise the suppression of the Jade Emperor Group would have been overwhelming.
"It is a common practice to find someone to name the company. This will save the company a lot of trouble and allow it to invest in some special areas."
Dimitri Zverev agreed very much. The country's high-tech fields have strict restrictions on foreigners, and the restrictions on people in Yanxia are second only to the Mao Xiong.
The two chatted for more than half an hour, and Zhang Zhonghua also began to inspect the company. There are nearly a thousand software and hardware personnel, which has formed a large scale, which is enough. After all, there are not so many products that can be developed now.
Henry Morey and several technical directors were discussing technical issues. Zhang Zhonghua walked over and took a look. There was a technical problem that was not easy to implement. There was too much code and it definitely did not meet the requirements of the software.
Zhang Zhonghua sat on the computer and looked at the code. The implementation of CAD software also requires a lot of mathematical operations, and the function algorithm is relatively more complicated.
"I'll do it."
Zhang Zhonghua asked these technical supervisors to get out of the way, and then began to type quickly on the keyboard with both hands. The code on the screen also flashed quickly line by line, and several technical supervisors also quickly got out of the way, and then Zhang Zhonghua looked at it carefully.
The code was quickly written, the software was compiled and packaged, and ran smoothly.
Zhang Zhonghua was quite proud to see everyone's adoring eyes. He usually studied advanced mathematics and finally put it to use.
Then he explained the coding ideas to everyone and shared some programming experience again. As the functions of C language continue to increase, Zhang Zhonghua will become more and more proficient.
Zhang Zhonghua left the software department and went to the hardware department. Zhang Zhonghua was also blinded by the integrated circuit. However, Zhang Zhonghua still knows the integrated circuit layout of future computers. Who has not assembled a high-end computer by himself? That will be ten years later.
Already.
The Japanese employees of Yuhuang Electric designed the calculator together and returned to Japan, while the employees in Silicon Valley continued to study Hanka for more than half a year.
Today's computer processing power is still very poor. The Wubi input method developed by Zhang Zhonghua frequently accesses the memory during the Chinese character input process, which seriously affects the performance of the computer.
There is no other way, Zhang Zhonghua can only develop Hanka, which can also reduce the computer memory space occupied and effectively improve the computer's running speed.
However, there will definitely be conflicts between Hanka and other hardware. There is nothing we can do about it, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Zhang Zhonghua encouraged everyone and announced that after the successful development of Hanka, everyone will join ea company to specialize in the research and development of integrated circuits.
After finishing his work, Zhang Zhonghua walked towards the Intel Company opposite. He was in a very happy mood. A golden rooster that could lay golden eggs was about to be born. Zhang Zhonghua couldn't help but be unhappy.
Although the microprocessor was developed by Intel, the ownership of the microprocessor does belong to Yuhuang Electric, and all patents generated during the research and development process also belong to Yuhuang Electric.
Even if Intel wants to develop the 8008 microprocessor, it needs Zhang Zhonghua's authorization to use these patents, not to mention the future's first 16-bit processor, the 8086, which is also the originator of the x86 architecture.
The 4004 chip developed by Intel already has the characteristics of a microprocessor. If the 4004 chip is used, coupled with a program memory, data memory, shift register, keyboard and digital tube, a microcomputer can be assembled.
Already.
Nowadays, no one is too full to do this kind of thing. The assembled computer may not even reach one-tenth of the performance of the pdp-11 computer. If the 8008 chip is just okay.
Intel currently cannot even make it into the top ten in the field of chips. There are also giants such as Texas Instruments, Motorola, Fairchild, National Semiconductor, Honeywell, etc. Only Intel can allow Ran Qiuye to plug in a chip.
foot
"Welcome Zhang to Intel."
"Hello, Mr. Robert Noins, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove, the chip you designed is really great."
Zhang Zhonghua praised.
"Thank you for your appreciation. Your satisfaction is our greatest support."
Robert Noynes was very happy in his heart. Zhang's R&D funding allowed them to make a lot of money. These rich people were willful and spent money to buy their time. He liked this kind of people.
"I wonder how much your current production capacity can reach?"
Zhang Zhonghua asked.
"We purchased another 30 acres of land nearby at the beginning of the year and are about to start production. We can currently produce about 100,000 pieces per month."
Robert Noynes said with some embarrassment when he heard Zhang Zhonghua asked about the production volume.
One hundred thousand yuan per month?
Zhang Zhonghua is also a little depressed. Only 3,000 chips can be produced in one day? This is too slow!
This is still the production of 3,000 chips, and the pass rate of these chips is not expected to be very high.
We must know that future lithography machines can produce hundreds of thousands of qualified chips a day, but if giant companies want to buy such lithography machines, they still have to queue up.
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"Robert, there is a huge demand for our chips, and we will continue to entrust your company to help design new chips."
Zhang Zhonghua thought for a while and said to Robert Noynes.
"What other chips do you want to design?"
Robert Noynes asked curiously.
"This is Moore's Law proposed by Mr. Moore. The number of transistors on an integrated circuit will double every 18 months. I firmly believe in what Moore said."
Zhang Zhonghua smiled and said to Gordon Moore on the side.
When Gordon Moore heard Zhang Zhonghua mentioning himself, he smiled helplessly. This chip has just been produced, and you are already in a hurry to conduct research and development of the next generation. Doesn't anyone have to sell the chip for several years to make enough money?
"You mean to continue research on the next generation of 8-bit processors? If it is doubled, the chip's instruction set will also have to be redesigned, which is more troublesome."
Andy Grove said.
"I will provide the instruction set of the chip. The program is relatively easy. You can develop the next generation 8008 chip, which will have a wider range of uses."
"No problem, but we can't increase the chip production capacity for the time being."
Robert Noynes said depressedly.
"Our annual purchase volume will exceed one million pieces. Our company is not engaged in chip research and production. Building our own wafer factory is not worth the gain and is completely unnecessary.
By the way, do you Intel intend to accept venture capital? Softbank Capital can invest funds to help you quickly build factories and produce."
Intel's revenue last year was estimated to be no more than US$2 million, and the money was basically spent on purchasing land. Now we are short of money, otherwise Intel would not be rushing to go public to raise funds next year.
Although there will be a lot of trouble in holding Intel shares in the future, that is a matter for the future, and there will always be a way to reach the mountain.
"Well, investment! We need to negotiate with Mr. Arthur Locke about this. He is now the chairman of Intel. Our company's shares are relatively complicated."
Robert Noynes naturally had no problem with someone investing in him, but he said it didn't count. Arthur Locke was the chairman. Although Arthur Locke didn't do much, he still had the title of chairman.
Arthur Locke is not a simple person, but he is known as the father of venture capital. He is the earliest investor in Silicon Valley and is known as the legendary founder behind Intel and Apple.
In 1957, Arthur Locke invested in Fairchild Semiconductor;
In 1961, Arthur Locke invested US$300,000 in SDS Company, which was acquired by Xerox last year for US$1 billion;
In 1968, he invested in Intel Corporation, founded by the rebellious Fairchild Eight;
In the future, in 1975, Arthur Locke invested in Apple.
"I fully understand that SoftBank Capital is only a financial investment and will not interfere with Intel's specific business affairs. The investment method is similar to that of Mr. Arthur Locke."
Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile.
In 1961, Arthur Locke himself moved from New York on the East Coast to San Francisco on the West Coast. As one of Intel's largest shareholders, he served as Intel's chairman for 32 years.
Before the establishment of Intel, Zhang Zhonghua was not qualified to invest in Intel. Now that he has both personal fame and funds, it is much easier to invest in the company. His joining can also increase Intel's popularity, which can be said to be a double win.
Soon Arthur Locke arrived in Santa Clara from San Francisco. He saw that Zhang Zhonghua was also quite enthusiastic. A piece of software was sold to IBM for US$1.5 billion. This record was much better than SDS being acquired by Xerox for US$1 billion. The hero cherished
hero.
"Mr. Zhang, I don't know why you are interested in Intel? You must know that Intel's current profitability is not very strong."
Arthur Locke asked curiously.
"Mainly, I am also very optimistic about Noins, Moore, and Grove. Intel is an innovative company led by them and has a promising future;
Secondly, the chips designed by Intel are also urgently needed products for Yuhuang Electrical Appliances. Investing a certain amount of funds can produce chips for Yuhuang Electrical Appliances as soon as possible;
Finally, the Jade Emperor Group purchases a relatively large amount of this chip, and Intel also has the potential to develop into an international chip giant."
Zhang Zhonghua said truthfully, Arthur Locke is the chairman of Intel and a graduate of the People's Business School, so he should just be honest.
Zhang Zhonghua does know the basic situation of the establishment of Intel. Noins and Moore each contributed US$245,000, Arthur Locke contributed US$10,000 and raised US$2.5 million in investment, but Zhang Zhonghua is not clear about the proportion of Intel's shares, because Intel
It is not a listed company, so there is no need to disclose the company's shareholding structure.
