As soon as the words fell, it was not Dixie who came up this time, but a senior engineer in another software development department, a white young man with a stubble on his face.

This person, Xia Yu remembered the name, and his name was Tim Patterson.

This guy was told by Andy Ross, a genius engineer in the company, who is only twenty-four years old now, but his ability is in the top three among all engineers, and he is the elite of the software development department.

It's just that most of the time he is studying technology without sleeping and eating, so he neglects personal hygiene and the like, and in order to save time, he doesn't even hang his beard, which causes him to have long hair and a sloppy image full of stubble.

"President, I have a question, if we want to develop an operating system, then what kind of microprocessor are we developing the operating system on?"

Tim Patterson asked.

The microprocessor giants are not only Intel, but also the catch-ups Zilog and Motorola.

Among them, Intel has launched a series of microprocessors before, such as 4004 microprocessors, 8008 microprocessors, 8080 microprocessors, etc., of course, these are relatively old, and the performance has not kept up with the times.

Today's two latest masterpieces are the 8086 microprocessor introduced in 1978 and the 8088 microprocessor introduced in 1979.

Among them, the 8086 microprocessor is quasi-sixteen-bit, of course, it is advertised as a sixteen-bit microprocessor, which is the first sixteen-bit microprocessor of Intel Corporation, with 40,000 transistors on the chip.

The 8088 microprocessor launched in 1979 is actually a simplified version of the 8086 microprocessor, and the biggest difference between the two is that the 8086 microprocessor is a sixteen-bit data bus, while the 8088 microprocessor is an eight-bit data bus.

In the face of transistors, there are only 29,000 8088 microprocessors, which is much less than 8086 microprocessors.

Intel has two microprocessors, Zilog's 16-bit microprocessor is the Z8000, and Motorola's microprocessor is 68000.

In addition to these three, there are other companies in the microprocessor market.

Operating systems developed based on different microprocessors have different performance.

Since you want to catch IBM's rocket, IBM's choice of microprocessor is the key.

If IBM had chosen a Motorola 68000 microprocessor, and Seattle Computer Products had developed an operating system based on the Intel 8086 microprocessor, it would certainly not be compatible.

Tim Patterson and others don't know how IBM chooses, but Xia Yu is very clear.

Although IBM's current microcomputer R&D department has not determined which microprocessor to choose, Xia Yu knows that IBM has reached a cooperation with Intel in the future and chose a simplified version of the 8088 microprocessor.

In his previous life, Thyssen Patterson's own operating system 86-DOS, which he independently developed in his free time, was developed based on the Intel 8086 microprocessor.

The 8088 microprocessor is a simplified version of the 8086 microprocessor, and although there are differences in performance, the overall framework is roughly the same.

It is for this reason that Paul Allen found Thyssen Patterson in his previous life, spent $59,000 to buy the 86-DOS operating system he developed independently, and then improved it to fit the 8088 microprocessor, and the new system was named MS-DOS.

Since Xia Yu is clear, he will definitely not take another detour, and he will directly point to the 8088 microprocessor to develop the operating system at the beginning.

Xia Yu smiled slightly and said: "The operating system we developed is based on Intel's 8088 microprocessor. ”

As soon as Xia Yu finished speaking, not only Thyssen Patterson frowned, but even Andy Rose, the CTO sitting next to Xia Yu, frowned, he couldn't figure out why it was an 8088 microprocessor, shouldn't it be a better 8086 microprocessor?

And why is it Intel's microprocessor and not Zilog or Motorola?

Therefore, Andy Ross asked on behalf of everyone: "President, why is it Intel's 8088 microprocessor? Instead of Zilog and Motorola? And even with Intel's microprocessor, if IBM wants to enter the microcomputer market, it stands to reason that it will use the best configuration to compete with Apple for the market, otherwise it will be difficult to shine." ”

After speaking, he hesitated for a while, looked at Xia Yu tightly, and asked again: "Could it be that IBM has decided to choose the 8088 microprocessor?"

Xia Yu shook his head and smiled: "Andy, if nothing else, IBM will choose the 8088 microprocessor." ”

"You should be very clear that the performance of the computer, the processor is only one of the influencing factors, the key also depends on the overall adaptability, if other components can't keep up, no matter how good the microprocessor can not play the full performance. ”

"Rather than this, it is better to choose the most suitable one, rather than the most expensive, which can not only reduce costs, but also achieve a balance between product performance. ”

At this point, people who have used mobile phones in later generations know that there are many factors that affect the performance of a machine.

For example, the Apple 5 mobile phone, the eight-million-pixel photo effect can be comparable to the effect of more than 10 million pixels of the Android machine, and the chip performance was not the top at that time, but thanks to the high compatibility with the IOS system, the debugging is good enough, and the running speed is much faster than the high-performance Android machine.

Straight to the point.

Hearing Xia Yu say that IBM may choose Intel's 8088 microprocessor, then Andy Ross has nothing to say.

He nodded with a look of agreement and said, "President, you are right, balance is the key, since IBM has chosen, then I have no other opinion." ”

Xia Yu looked at Thyssen Patterson again, who shook his head and said that he was fine.

Xia Yu continued: "This problem is solved, then continue." ”

"This operating system is the most important project for the company, and I need to make it as fast as possible and optimize it as much as possible. ”

"Therefore, most of the company's elite forces have to be transferred to the project team. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Yu looked at Andy Ross and ordered, "Andy, you are the leader of this group." ”

Andy Ross nodded solemnly and replied, "Okay!"

Xia Yu swept over everyone's faces again, and everyone held their breath, hoping that Xia Yu could click on him first.

But in the end, Xia Yu's eyes were fixed on Thyssen Patterson, and when the latter showed a surprised smile, Xia Yu said: "Thyssen, you are the deputy leader of the group." ”

"Thank you President for your trust, I will not let you down!"

Thyssen Patterson said excitedly.

Xia Yu smiled and nodded, and then nodded Jack Rhodes as another deputy team leader.

After clicking, Xia Yu saw the regret on the faces of others, and he said comfortingly: "This project, you are all team members, don't care about the position, if you have a good idea, you can put it forward directly, the project team is adjusted at any time." ”

"I will serve as the instructor of the project team, and I will do my best to overcome difficulties with you in the next period of time. ”

"Have faith?"

"Yes!"

The crowd shouted in unison.

Xia Yu nodded with satisfaction and said: "Very good, I will choose other programmers to join the project team next, you remember, what I told you today must not be passed on." ”

Everyone is well aware of the doorways and risks involved, so Qiqi Newspaper will not leak it.

The people present are all the senior executives of the company, and the sense of belonging to the company is the strongest, and they were also impressed by Xia Yu yesterday, naturally focusing on the interests of the company, and the most basic professional ethics will definitely be observed.

In the morning of the same day, the project team was formed.

In the afternoon, all the members of the working group gathered together, and Xia Yu held a brainstorming meeting to brainstorm.

Soon, the operating system project was on track and being developed at breakneck speed.

PS: It's the end of the month, don't hide the ticket.