After a week, the affairs of Xiangjiang Black Cloud Group were basically dealt with. For the battle for Swire & Co. due to the siege of journalists at the airport, the charter king resigned as chairman of the Jockey Club, and the Black Cloud Group cancelled all HSBC accounts. It can be said that there is no winner, Bao Zixuan did not achieve its strategic goals, the Schwya's family increased its debt, and HSBC lost 150,000 customers and 100 billion deposits. If it weren't for the rapid development of the Black Cloud Group, HSBC would not have such a large cash reserve. Now I can come up with so much money, or I am thanks to Bao Zixuan. The only beneficiary may be RB Sumitomo Bank, but who can say what the future holds?

Bao Zixuan understands the historical trend, with the deepening and acceleration of China's reform and opening up. In order to need a lot of large-scale equipment and industrial computers, a full set of technical materials for large-scale equipment has been purchased in Germany and the United States, and raw materials from the Soviet Union have been added. Production and assembly in Xiangjiang is no longer a problem, the only thing lacking is that the Baohuo Dong Mining Company has not yet been put into production, and steel production may not be able to rise. Fortunately, there is not so much demand in the market, and everything is still based on technical reserves.

Seeing IBM enter the notebook computer industry, Bao Zixuan has long wanted to enter the field of large-scale industrial computers. This is an opportunity, but in order to confuse Americans, the CPUs used in large-scale industrial computers this time are all Motorola chips. Heiyun is also discussing whether to use the chips produced by himself, but after careful consideration, Bao Zixuan still does not expose his strength too early.

There is also the fact that the Motorola chip runs very stably, and the performance of the chip designed by Heiyun itself does not meet the requirements. can only wait until ARM grows up and gradually improves, and now Heiyun's own engineer reserves are not very in place.

At the same time, in order to maintain confidentiality, there are two teams within Heiyun that are developing large-scale industrial computers. One in the United States and one in Xiangjiang. Information can be shared between the two sides, and large-scale production can begin as soon as the required equipment is finalized, and at the same time, the purchased parts are also being shipped back to Xiangjiang in large quantities.

After the good news came from the American team, Bao Zixuan left Xiangjiang and boarded a charter flight to the United States. The main thing is that large-scale industrial computers are going to be unveiled at the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Exhibition, and Bao Zixuan also needs to be familiar with it in advance and improve the system.

At the end of February 1981, Bao Zixuan returned to the United States again. Now for him, he chooses to charter a flight every time he travels, which is more convenient, and at the same time, he can have more accompanying people. After all, with increasing wealth, there is no room for sloppiness in security.

Coming to the Black Cloud Computer Headquarters in Cambridge, Bao Zixuan watched the final assembly and debugging. The behemoth in front of me is a large-scale industrial computer that took nearly two years to develop by the team of black cloud engineers. This is still borrowed from a lot of IBM's design concepts, as well as the future development direction of industrial computers instilled by Bao Zixuan into the whole team, so that this epoch-making product is born.

Bao Zixuan looked at Professor Harry Roland and said, "Is the professor satisfied with the performance of our computer?"

This time, thanks to the assistance of MIT professors and graduate students, it would have taken at least two years if they hadn't achieved this performance. Fearing a patent dispute, Bao Zixuan paid $20 million in R&D funds to the school. In addition, after the completion of the research and development, 10 mainframe computers were donated to the school for free, which is estimated to be more than 20 million US dollars.

Technology is controlled by people, and there is no way to do it. Who made Xiangjiang even the whole of China have no computer science talent reserves, but fortunately, the first batch of enrollment of Yulin Institute of Technology is mainly based on computer science, which can be regarded as filling the gap.

Harry Loren: "I didn't expect you to be able to develop this big guy, and now it seems that the blue giant has a strong opponent. This is not a bad thing for them, but you have to be careful in the future, and you don't care about it when they reflect it. ”

Harry Loland is talking about the fact that since the advent of the IBM 360 mainframe industrial computer and its later improvements, the blue giant has captured more than 90% of the market share with its technological superiority. This was a serious violation of the provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Act, so IBM began an investigation. The case was not closed until '83, which also stifled IBM's development to a certain extent. Otherwise, with their technical reserves, they must have been the first to develop the first home computer.

Bao Zixuan: "Society is developing, and we can't always look ahead and backward. Now I just want to change the world, others will say. ”

Harry Loren: "Let me tell you about the performance of this computer! This computer weighs 2.5 tons, uses 8,000 Motorola 68000 chips, and has an average computing speed of 3.8 million times per second, and the peak computing speed can reach 5.18 million times per second. ”

Bao Zixuan: "So our average computing speed is 1.5 times that of IBM370, and the peak computing speed is 2 times that of him. In addition, we seem to have a few more interfaces than it, and we can accept more data operations. Ability to perform more tasks at the same time. ”

Harry Loren: "In principle, that's right, but there's something to be done on the software side of things. Isn't this your return? The rest of the work is mainly your responsibility, and the laboratory tasks have been completed. ”

Bao Zixuan: "No problem, I have tested the new software many times on the No. 2 prototype in Xiangjiang, and there are no obvious bugs, and this time I think the software will be more perfect with your guidance on the side." ”

Of course, Harry Loren knows that Bao Zixuan also has an R&D team in Xiangjiang, and the R&D team is more of a student from the United States. But after all, it was someone else's money, and he couldn't say anything. The most important thing is that all the expenses are taken care of by the Black Cloud Computer Company, and I have earned money that I can't make in my life at MIT, so what's not to be satisfied with!

Harry Loren: "I can't coach you with your accomplishments in computing, but I think you still have to settle down and get involved in R&D. Nowadays, computer technology is changing rapidly, and I have some people who can't keep up with the pace, so I hope you can communicate more with you. ”

Bao Zixuan: "Thank you for your teaching, in addition to going to Los Angeles to participate in the exhibition recently. I will finish my studies in school and will graduate in a few months, although I don't have much time to come to school, but I am really reluctant to be here. ”

Harry Rowland: "I've really decided to go back, what about the company here!"

Bao Zixuan: "It's business as usual, my mother is not in good health." I also want to come back to him sooner, but I will come here often, but I can't be a student anymore. ”

Harry Loren: "Didn't you build a university in Heung Kong?

Bao Zixuan: "The first batch of new students will be recruited in September this year, and most of them are internal selections. After all, there is no fame, and it needs to be more than perfect. If you want to come and teach as the dean of the School of Computer Science, the position is reserved for you. ”

Harry Loren: "I thought about it, and I heard that Xiangjiang is a rich and beautiful place. I'd love to check it out. ”

Bao Zixuan: "Even if you don't want to teach, you can take your family over for a vacation, or go to see me." ”

Bao Zixuan knew that before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States would not engage in large-scale competition with Huaxia. Moreover, not long after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the relationship was still good at this time. At present, Xiangjiang has not returned, and the restrictions on Xiangjiang in the high-tech field are not strong. How many good things you can catch depends on your ability, but there will be no such shop in this village.

After returning to the United States, Bao Zixuan really entered the daily life of a software engineer, writing and debugging programs in the laboratory every day in addition to school, and trying to be as perfect as possible.

As vulnerabilities and problems continue to be discovered, the software is further optimized. The comprehensive performance of the Heiyun industrial computer has been increased by at least 30%, and the computing speed is already twice that of IBM370/168.