Seeing that Wan An was extremely angry, Liu Lang hurriedly persuaded him.
"Old sir, don't be excited. Don't be excited. As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. Technology is dead, but talent is the most important. You must take care of your health!"
Although Liu Lang said this, he felt that Mr. Wan Lao's condition was already very bad. In his previous life, he passed away in 1990. Of course, that was because of the decline of the company. In this life, Wan'an Company did not suffer a blow.
Instead, it has become the world's largest computer company, with world-class technology in both hardware and software. Even the oldest company, ibn, has to avoid its edge, so the old man escaped.
But now he can't escape this disaster. In terms of rights, any market rules are useless. Your life is entirely in the control of others.
"Big brother and second brother, the old man's health is the most important thing. We must not make him angry again.
Old sir, I won’t talk nonsense to you. I came here just to hope that Wanan Company will take action immediately and stop passively resisting. We must have the courage of a strong man to cut off his wrist. I have a way to make Wanan Company glorious again!"
"What? Do you have a way? What way?"
Wan An's eyes lit up.
"Old sir, first of all, we have to admit that because of the intervention of the U.S. Department of Justice, Wan'an Company is destined to be forcibly split up. No one can stop it, right?"
"Oh, yes, yes! This is not a human sin, but an unforeseen reason!"
The old gentleman sighed.
"Okay, since this has become a fait accompli, let's not discuss this matter. Let's discuss what will happen after the spin-off. In the future, the computer business will continue to expand. There is no doubt about this. Ten years from now, the demand for computers around the world will probably be
There is no doubt that it will exceed 500 million and will grow at a double-digit rate every year.
But we can't just focus on quantity and ignore quality. In my opinion, computers in ten years will be countless times more powerful than today's computers. Of course, Moore's Law tells us, but the inherent meaning of Moore's Law is computing speed, which depends on
It depends on the number of components on the chip, and the number of components not only brings speed, but also brings richer software.
The game "Civilization" is built on a powerful chip, and WS is also built on a powerful chip. This seems to tell us that chips with stronger technology are the direction of future computer development.
But I want to emphasize now that computers will have a disruptive impact on our lives in the future. All of our lives will be very different from now. How does such a change occur? Is it just relying on powerful chips? That is wrong.
Well, the chip is only one of the necessary conditions. There is another condition, that is, we must design software that can change our lives.
The game "Civilization" has changed our understanding of video games, but this is only a change in the way of playing, and more changes are in the way of life.
These model changes must be based on software, so the development of future software is the key."
"software?"
Wan An is a little confused. Although he is a "computer king", his thinking has always stayed at the traditional level. In his opinion, computers should be made into entities and then sold one by one. Of course, software is also very important.
However, the main value of a computer is its hardware.
Liu Lang saw the other party's doubts and continued.
"Actually, software is just an appearance. The reason why computers will change human life patterns in the future is that it can be closer to human life, save time for humans, and provide unimaginable services. These capabilities lie in the algorithms behind the software.
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Yes, it is an algorithm, an intelligent function that is close to human thinking but more powerful. These algorithms collect human behavior, habits, preferences, etc., and then integrate the data to make calculations that are in line with human habits. I
I believe there will be an industry called big data in the future, and this industry is much more important than the simple computer industry.
If the next ten years are the computer age, then from ten years onwards we will have to transition to the big data industry. When the big data industry is formed, human society will truly enter the information age and be completely changed. So I suggest Wan'an
The company should establish a big data research department with the software industry as its core and recruit a large number of mathematicians and software engineers. This department is truly an industry facing the future of mankind."
"Software? Big data?"
Wan An was silent.
"Father, I think Mr. Liu is right, we must make changes now!"
Wan He persuaded from the side.
"That's right, father, it's not whether we make changes or not, but the U.S. Department of Justice is forcing us, so I also agree with Mr. Liu's suggestion!"
Wan Lie was on the side and also persuaded.
"Old sir, I think no one in the world knows more about the future of computers than me. The big data industry is a real sunrise industry, and few people are aware of it yet.
Now that the U.S. government does not allow one company, Wanan Corporation, to become the dominant company, there is nothing we can do to change the reality. Even if we are split into several companies, I am afraid they will not treat us fairly in the future. So it is better to look further, change direction and concentrate our efforts.
In terms of software, data collection and algorithms, this is a kind of self-revolution. We may not make great achievements in ten years, but ten years later, with the true advent of the information age, our accumulation in the past ten years will truly
show up.
In ancient times, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, worked hard for ten years. Why don't we imitate him? In the eyes of the US government, Wan'an Company failed this time, but what about ten years later?
As long as we settle down, we will definitely rise again in ten years, and no one can stop us by then!"
Liu Lang did not deceive Wan An. The core of the information age is not actually computers, but artificial intelligence, which is based on software algorithms. Many algorithms need to collect various data and then design software that is most consistent with human behavior. In fact, this
This is the prototype of artificial intelligence.
As for computers, computers will only be used at work twenty years later. A smartphone will do everything in life. At that time, the computer industry, mainly the hardware industry, was basically a sunset industry. What?
ib, Dell has long lost its glory of the past. The real high-tech companies are companies like Google, Penguin, Amazon and Ari that rely on data collection and algorithms.
Of course, without the rapid popularization of computers, these industries would not have developed to that extent. Both belong to the digital age, but computers are an early development of the digital age, while the latter is a mid-term development.
Now that the U.S. Department of Justice wants to prevent the expansion of Wan'an's computer business, it's better for Wan'an to cut off its wrists and directly start entering the mid-term data processing stage and concentrate on software development. Although it is a forced move, it will be promising in the future.
This may not be a bad thing, but the key lies in people like Wan'an's understanding of informatization and their ability to let go of everything in front of them.