After dealing with matters on Hong Kong Island, Zhang Zhonghua took a plane to America's San Francisco again, and after a night's rest, he drove to Silicon Valley.
Zhang Zhonghua was very excited when he came to America this time, because after more than a year of research and development, the 8008 microprocessor was finally released. This chip is said to have opened up the chip dynasty for Intel and is a milestone product.
The 8008 microprocessor is the world's first eight-bit processor. It has 3500 transistors and a speed of 200KHz. Its performance is twice that of the 4004 microprocessor.
Zhang Zhonghua personally developed the instruction set for the 8008 microprocessor, and laid a solid foundation for the development of the instruction set of the X86 series microprocessors in the future. Not only does the intellectual property rights of the instruction technology belong to Zhang Zhonghua, but also the patents related to the 8008 microprocessor also belong to Zhang Zhonghua.
all.
The next generation of the 8008 microprocessor is the 8080 microprocessor, which is also an epoch-making processor. If it continues to be developed like this, Intel will completely become a shell company.
The processing power of the 8080 microprocessor is 10 times that of the 8008 microprocessor. It can execute 290,000 instructions per second and has a running speed of 2MHz. It is also of epoch-making significance for the development of computers.
Even the 8008 microprocessor, which has been successfully developed, can be used on personal computers, but Zhang Zhonghua has no intention of developing computers.
8008 is also a good choice for arcade machines. Of course, it can also be used for cosmic ball lights in discos. Although it is a bit overkill, the profit is much higher than that of arcade machines.
Zhang Zhonghua really wants to thank Intel Corporation. The 4004 microprocessor has brought three flagship products of calculators, cash registers and arcade machines to Yuhuang Group. Yuhuang Electric is also at the top level in the calculator and cash register market.
Today, calculators have sold more than several million units worldwide, bringing profits to Yuhuang Electric Co., Ltd. of more than a billion dollars. Although sales of cash registers and arcade machines are relatively small, they have also brought Zhang Zhonghua two or three dollars in one year.
There is still no problem with Yidaole's profits.
When Zhang Zhonghua arrived in Santa Clara, he was still very surprised by the changes here. There are now many more technology companies settled in Silicon Valley, and it is no longer the desolate orchard it used to be.
Arriving at the door of the company's headquarters, Zhang Zhonghua looked at the Intel company opposite. Now Intel is no longer the small building it used to be, and the factory covers an area of more than 500 acres.
After Zhang Zhonghua arranged for people to buy shares in Intel, Jade Emperor Bank also provided Intel with a loan of up to 16 million U.S. dollars to help Intel survive the most difficult development period.
Intel's profit from the 4004 chip also exceeded 40 million dollars. It can be said that Intel was almost entirely supported by Zhang Zhonghua. Of course, Zhang Zhonghua also received huge returns from Intel.
In the previous life, Intel went public in October this year, and its market capitalization at that time was only around 10 million yuan. It was not even qualified to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Now with the support of Zhang Zhonghua, Intel is much more glorious than in the previous life.
Intel's peak period was in the 1990s and early 21st century. At that time, Intel was the world's chip leader, beating all its chip peers.
Unfortunately, after 2010, Intel was surpassed by almost all its peers, including AMD, ARM, TSMC, Qualcomm, etc. Nvidia's market value is several times that of Intel, and Intel's market value is not even a fraction of Apple's.
Zhang Zhonghua was filled with emotion when he thought about Intel in the future. Intel would stick to the field of PC chips and completely miss the field of mobile chips and artificial intelligence chips, which is somewhat similar to the decline of Nokia.
With Zhang Zhonghua in this life, Intel may really become an unknown quantity. If Zhang Zhonghua’s shares are not diluted significantly in the future, Intel may be considered, but if the shares are not diluted significantly, Intel will have to be abandoned.
After all, if you want to kick me out, why should I save you?
After Zhang Zhonghua entered the company building, he went directly to the gaming company. This company is a replica of Atari and currently mainly develops video game consoles.
"Boss, welcome back to America. This is our home game console improved with the 8008 microprocessor. With the 8008, our game fluency has improved a lot."
Dimitri Zverev said excitedly.
"Okay, then let me give it a try."
Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile.
Zhang Zhonghua sat in front of the TV, held the joystick of the game console in his hand and started operating it. He played the "Ping Pong" game for a while, and then tried a newly developed game.
"Yes, the performance has indeed improved a lot now. I think this home game console will definitely become a star product at next year's electronics show."
Zhang Zhonghua praised.
The future Atari 2600 home game console will sell more than 30 million units worldwide. A game disk with a capacity of 4KB will cost up to 25 dollars each. It is a super cash cow.
Later, Atari was unable to afford the huge development costs and was acquired by Warner for $28 million in cash. In just one year, the Atari 2600 game console brought Warner a huge profit of $2 billion.
The home game console industry is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. When the time comes, game companies can consider developing PSP, and by the way, they can also develop Nintendo handheld consoles. Then there will be no problem for game companies to account for half of the global market.
If Nintendo and Taitung want to enter the arcade field, they also need to obtain the patent authorization from Yuhuang Game Company in Hong Kong Island;
If companies such as Nintendo, Sony, and Sega want to enter the field of home game consoles, they must obtain patent authorization from the game company here.
The main reason for Atari's failure in the previous life was that it developed too many and too complex games, while Nintendo basically launched high-quality games and had an awesome royalty system.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhang Zhonghua couldn't help but get a little excited when he thought about the huge market of the game industry. In the future, as long as Japan's Nintendo and Sony are restricted, they will be able to sit back and relax.
Again, if your peers try their best to do their best, they may not be as good as the Jade Emperor Group doing whatever they want.
"We are also thinking about launching 8008 chip products directly, and Intel's production capacity will be able to supply them by then."
Dimitri Zverev said with a smile.
“I only have one requirement: the games developed must have a high degree of satisfaction, and the number of games developed must also be limited.
We cannot be fooled by the huge game disc market. The proliferation of inferior games will destroy the huge market for game consoles, and we will lose more than we gain.
We must establish the influence of high-quality games. No matter how bad the games produced by other companies are, it will not affect the influence of our games."
Zhang Zhonghua warned.
"Okay, I'll keep that in mind."
Hearing Zhang Zhonghua's arrangement, Dimitri Zverev seemed a little guilty. Many of his former colleagues wanted to make a lot of money selling game disks. One game console was not allowed to be equipped with more than a dozen tapes. They could just sell some games.
There's a lot of money to be made there.
"Boss, when will we open up the permissions and allow other software companies to enter?"
Dimitri Zverev asked.
"We have invested huge amounts of money to develop new products, and we must first enjoy the dividends of the market. It will take two years before other companies are allowed to enter.
It can take a long time for us to formulate rules, and we must also make requirements for those software companies..."
The 8008 microprocessor brought a huge surprise to Zhang Zhonghua. Intel's research and development capabilities were really good. Suddenly something attracted Zhang Zhonghua's attention.
"What is this box?"
Zhang Zhonghua looked at the box next to the computer and was very curious. Which company invented this new product?
"Boss, this is the single-chip Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter UART invented by Western Digital this year. UART is used to allow two digital devices to communicate one bit at a time through a serial interface without causing the device's main processor to communicate with the details.
interference."
Dimitri Zverev explains.
"Oh I see."
Zhang Zhonghua said.
Western Digital will be a giant in the global data storage field in the future, second only to Seagate as a hard drive manufacturer. Zhang Zhonghua bought a Western Digital hard drive when he was in college in his previous life.
This year, IBM launched its first floppy disk device - IBM 23FD. The diameter of the floppy disk is 20 cm, the storage capacity is only 80 KB, and it is in read-only mode.
In more than a year's time, IBM will also launch a hard drive with a storage capacity of 30M, which is the famous Winchester hard drive, which is also the true origin of modern hard drives.
Zhang Zhonghua remembered that the current storage conditions were a little helpless. The video games developed by game companies were all under 4KB, so one can imagine how rudimentary the games were.
"Boss, Israeli engineers have invented a computer storage chip that can retain data even after power is turned off - EPROM. It is a set of floating gate transistors and is also very good for programming.
Now there are still big limitations. Once programming is completed, EPROM can only be erased with strong ultraviolet radiation..."
Dimitri Zverev explains.
"Well, it seems that the storage industry will also enter a stage of rapid development. Now floppy disk, hard disk, flash memory and other technologies are also constantly improving, and the computer industry is subject to fewer and fewer restrictions."
Zhang Zhonghua said.
"Boss, should we start developing personal computers? Now America is choosing more and more companies to enter the personal computer field."
Dimitri Zverev asked Zhang Zhonghua.
"Yes, we can develop personal computers based on the 8008 microprocessor, but currently we only provide computer products for ourselves and will not sell them to others for the time being."
Zhang Zhonghua explained.
Zhang Zhonghua does not want to enter the computer field too early. A few years ago, a DEC computer sold for more than 10,000 U.S. dollars. Now, the price of a computer is around 6,000 to 7,000 U.S. dollars.
The first-generation computer launched by Apple cannot be said to be electronic waste, but it can also be said to be a complete mess. Apple's second-generation computer was only launched in 1977, and Atari is not even established yet.
Throughout the 1970s, the competition for personal computers was also very fierce, and the various systems on the market were incompatible with each other and made a mess.
After IBM established computer standards, more than 80% of the computer companies on the market basically went bankrupt. Even DEC and CTC did not escape the fate of bankruptcy.
As for Microsoft’s Bill Gates?
He said he dropped out of school and the company was very small in the early stage, but he was not an ordinary person. His mother was a director of IBM and his grandfather was the president of the American National Bank.
Can IBM not give face? Without these relationships, Microsoft would have been killed long ago.
As for the Unix system developed by YH Software Company and various universities and giants, it can only be used on industrial computers. The current storage conditions of personal computers cannot support this system at all.
Bill Gates is now 16 years old. In two years, he will be admitted to Harvard University. In four years, he will establish Microsoft with his gay friend Allen. In nine years, he will reach a cooperation with IBM to develop IBM PCs.
Develop operating systems.
The rise of Microsoft is unstoppable, and America cannot allow IBM to hand over Zhang Zhonghua to develop operating systems.
The personal computer market cannot accommodate a third system, and software development companies will not develop so many versions of software. In the 1990s, the update speed of computers was changing rapidly.
"Boss, what type of computer should we develop?"
Dimitri Zverev asked.
"We don't have to study computers. We can first study monitors and make them the best. Today's personal computers are very inconvenient for people working in banks, finance, etc. The monitors can also be made larger.
Nowadays, the compatibility of the computer market is very poor, and it must be used with industrial machines. The demand from the Yuhuang Group is not small, and a small computer company can be supported by just relying on the demand of the Yuhuang Group."
Zhang Zhonghua explained.
"No problem. The 8008 microprocessor also has advantages in this regard and is still very suitable for financial personnel. We will increase investment in this aspect."
Dimitri Zverev nodded and said.
"You usually pay more attention to the new technologies of giant companies like IBM. After all, most of the computer patents are in their hands. In the future, the personal computer market will still rely on IBM to lead the development of technology."
Zhang Zhonghua joked.
"IBM's technology is indeed very advanced. The technology they eliminated in industrial calculators is also the most advanced if applied to personal computers. However, IBM currently looks down on the small market of personal computers. It will probably take more time for them to enter the personal computer market.
a period of time.
In addition, IBM is still entangled in antitrust lawsuits and cannot easily enter the personal computer market. If it monopolizes both industrial computers and personal computers, there will probably be endless lawsuits."
Dimitri Zverev quipped.
"IBM is indeed too powerful. IBM will be broken up sooner or later in the future, but the effect will not be big. Look, Standard Oil has also been broken up into 21 oil companies, and they still monopolize the global oil industry.
Antitrust can't change the nature of the matter. The giant companies in Hollywood still have a monopoly on the American movie market, and I haven't seen Peanuts do anything to them."
Zhang Zhonghua joked with a smile.
Many companies will be split up in the future. For example, Microsoft will be split up differently in the future. The operating system will first be bundled with office software, and then more and more software will be bundled with it, which will directly put some competitors in the cold.
