After receiving the information from the United States, Li Jianhui felt sad. lBM had officially launched the first personal computer, but his office area had not yet been built.
As for the technical reserves of hardware and software, they are far different from the IBM 5150. The other one uses Intel 8088 microprocessor and Microsoft operating system.
The Phoenix Group's operating system is still under development. Although Huaxin Group has stepped up its public relations in terms of processors, there is still some gap between Intel 8088 and Intel 8088.
On the contrary, in terms of spreadsheet software, it is much better than Microsoft's because of the guidance of Li Jianhui.
The Phoenix Science and Technology Park was working overtime on construction, and Li Jianhui did not continue to catch up with the progress.
In order to prevent the performance gap between the first personal computer developed by Phoenix Group and IBM from being too big, in the afternoon of that day, Li Jianhui went to Huaxin Technology Park to learn about the development of Huaxin 200 microprocessor.
In the R&D room, Group President Yang Chengbin personally reported to Li Jianhui the current R&D progress.
Huaxin 200, like Intel, currently uses 16-bit. This is not because Li Jianhui does not want to go to 32-bit and 64-bit. It is mainly due to hardware technology reasons. Currently, 16-bit is very advanced. You have to know how many years
The former Li Jianhui arcade machines also used 8-bit microprocessors.
Moreover, Li Jianhui urgently needs a mature microprocessor to provide support for the planned Phoenix computer. 32-bit or even 64-bit microprocessors will not be developed until Huaxin 200 technology matures.
"Due to our own technical reasons, and the fact that our talent pool in Hong Kong is too scarce, even though we have recruited a lot of talent in Western Europe, North America, Japan, Taiwan and other places, the research and development progress is not very satisfactory.
Fortunately, Blue Maple Technology in London has given us a lot of technical support, and Huaxin 200 is expected to complete the R&D, design and testing work by the end of the year and start mass production."
Listening to Yang Chengbin's report, Li Jianhui was also helpless. Previously, there were only Xiangjiang University and Xiangjiang Chinese University in Hong Kong. Both of them were biased toward liberal arts, and there were basically no talents in this field.
In this regard, Huaxin Technology is far inferior to Blue Maple Technology. The other party is headquartered in London and has the support of many universities in the UK. Talent is not a problem, and microprocessor technology has only just started. Technology is not considered in front of professional elites.
It is too difficult. As long as the funds are in place and there are clear goals, it is not very difficult to develop it.
Li Jianhui asked Zhou Pengfei to establish Blue Maple Technology, so that some technological research and development difficulties in Xiangjiang would be handled by Blue Maple Technology. At that time, whether it is technology transfer or technology licensing, it is all his company anyway, but it is just a left hand and a right hand.
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"Cheng Bin, I also know that there is indeed a lack of professional talents in the group at present, but you must also take the initiative and cannot always rely on the support of Blue Maple Technology.
Although we currently have a good relationship with Lanfeng Holdings, we are not a family after all. I hope you can firmly control the technology in your own hands.
Xiangjiang Polytechnic University has started its semester here. Xiangjiang University of Science and Technology and Xiangjiang City University are expected to officially enroll students in September next year. Our Xinjian University has also started construction.
Huaxin Technology Group needs to have good relations with these universities, especially those majoring in electronics and semiconductors.
You can talk to the school, build a research laboratory with them, provide them with research funds, and announce the acquisition of relevant technologies.
At the same time, we also cultivate and discover outstanding talents for the group, so that these elites can join our group after graduation.
Not only our schools in Xiangjiang, but also famous schools in Baodao and mainland China can give it a try, such as Tsinghua University in Baodao, Tsinghua University in Mainland China, Chengdu Electronics, etc. "
If Huaxin Group and even these scientific and technological research and development groups under the Xinjian Department want to become world-class enterprises, it is not enough to just rely on Xiangjiang talents.
Li Jianhui has already had plans in this regard. He once tentatively asked mainland executives whether Xinjian Department of Industry could recruit employees from mainland universities to prepare for this aspect.
On the surface, if Xinjian high-tech enterprises want to develop, they can only rely on elite talents from universities in Hong Kong and mainland China.
During this period, the mainland did not pay much attention to patented technology. Li Jianhui provided research funds for it and only needed patents and achievements. This should not be a problem.
However, these are far-away water that cannot quench the near-term thirst. In the past two years, Huaxin Technology has mainly relied on the help of Blue Maple Technology for research and development.
Unlike Huaxin Technology, Blue Maple Technology is more about design and R&D. They are not engaged in production. This aspect of the business will be handed over to Xinke Group, which is mainly engaged in chip production.
Therefore, Blue Maple Technology focuses its main energy on research and development, and with the blessing of elite personnel, it also develops 16-bit microprocessors. Blue Maple's BM1066 is much faster than Huaxin 200.
The other party expects to complete research and development testing before September and put it into the market in October. The first customer of the other party is Lelan Technology's first-generation personal computer.
Although Lilan Technology is not very well-known at present, the shareholders behind it are quite powerful. The largest shareholder is Lipu Holdings, a newly emerging comprehensive group in England. In addition, Blue Maple Holdings, Grosvenor Financial Group, and Andrew Holdings (
The Cavendish family) are all shareholders in this company.
The establishment of companies such as Blue Maple Technology and Leland Technology is also considered by the outside world to be the beginning of the British Rose Consortium's entry into the computer hardware and software industry.
As the leader in this regard, the United States is obviously feeling a lot of pressure. Although there is no product yet, both the Donghua Consortium and the Rose Consortium are coming fiercely, and these two consortiums are still allies.
Once these two products are launched on the market, they are bound to seize the Asian and Western European markets, seriously squeezing the interests of American companies.
It's just that now the United States' main energy is being restrained by the Soviet Union and Japan. In addition, the Donghua Consortium and the Rose Consortium do not have much business in the American market. It is not easy for them to suppress them even if they want to.
The only thing that makes American companies feel more at ease is that the United States is far ahead of other places in terms of network speed construction and market. Their advantage in personal computer development far exceeds that of Hong Kong and London.
Even some American giants are already reflecting on whether it is right or wrong to continue to have such a stalemate with Japanese companies. London and Hong Kong have already stood in the same position as New York and are known as the world's three major financial centers.
In terms of high-tech, especially in electronics and semiconductors, Japan has not stopped suppressing it, and London and Hong Kong have taken advantage of the situation to rise again.
If this continues, I'm afraid there will be a fight between snipe and clam for the fishermen's profit, and Britain and Xiangjiang will get a big advantage.
The United States has never underestimated its former suzerainty. As a former world hegemon, even if it has fallen somewhat over the past few decades, it is still one of the world's powerful countries.
Many of its domestic companies and technologies are still among the best in the world, such as the current automotive industry in which the United States and Japan compete fiercely in the U.S. market.
Despite the quarrel between the two companies, British brands have always occupied the top spot in the U.S. luxury car market, especially Jaguar, which has been the sales champion in the U.S. luxury car market in recent years.
Originally, the United States thought that Britain would be slow to respond to this new round of development, and that the United States could keep it far away. Who would have thought that a large amount of British capital has entered this industry in the past year, and it is obviously unwilling to miss this development opportunity.
Li Jianhui obviously didn't know what he was doing. Because of his butterfly effect, some so-called elites in the United States were planning to not only make the Donghua Society lose its foundation for development, but also make Britain lose the untapped market of one billion people in the East.