"What a good thing!" Dr. Yu said, stroking the shell of the IBM-PC, "I can't imagine that I haven't been back to the United States for such a long time, and the technology has developed so fast, and even 16-bit microcomputers have appeared, and they are so cheap." ”

"If I had an integrated circuit production line, I could make a 32-bit processor with a transistor of the same size. Chang Chang smiled and said, "But it's just a matter of thinking about it, there is no one in China." ”

"There is no place else in the country to go. Dr. Yu said, "You don't have to stay in China to develop to be patriotic, can't you take a detour." ”

"I want to, but there has to be a way. Chang smiled bitterly, "No matter how you say it, I'm only a Chinese, and I haven't even had any foreign nationality." ”

Dr. Yu didn't want to force it for a long time, but said: "According to what you said, Apple's third-generation machine is a failure, and now it seems that IBM's stuff is going to be popular, it seems that you have been prepared for a long time, and it is really time to sell videoform." ”

"Luck!" Chang Chang said, "Relatively speaking, I still prefer money, and I will sell it when videoform is sold, anyway, I can make a better one with my backhand." ”

Fei Biao listened to the puzzled side: "You sold such a profitable software, how can you do this?"

Dr. Yu explained the reason to Fei Biao, and added a sentence at the end: "Although I don't agree with selling this hen, but I support this long-term decision, this kid always has his reasons, and besides, the ownership of this software is still his, in the end, I still work for this kid, haha." ”

Fat Biao sighed, and kept complaining that he had no brains for a long time.

I don't explain it for a long time, and I can't say that there is no hope for the Apple platform, and it will be the world of PCs in the future.

"Don't be so pessimistic, if I sell this software, I can get a lot of cash in my hands, and I can recruit people to develop new software, and it will not be our world at that time. ”

"That's not a big deal, new things have to hit the market, and the difficulty is not ordinary. Fat Biao said angrily, "Your brain is in the water, and the first hand has been lost, I see how you turn over." ”

Dr. Yu asked, "What did you lose?"

Fat Biao took out a floppy disk angrily: "This is the software of IBM-PC, also called videoform, it is estimated that it is the one you sell." ”

Dr. Yu was shocked: "What should I do?"

Chang Chang smiled: "In my opinion, the software on the PC platform is not a threat at all. I've seen this software, it's really our previous stuff, who knows the disadvantages and advantages better than me?"

"I wrote the videoform, and in order to maximize the performance, I specially optimized it for the second generation of Apple, so the performance is outstanding, but it is only limited to the Mac." The Americans bought this kind of road goods, although they have my source code, but the operating system is different, and the porting is not complete, and it is a toy-level software on the PC. ”

Fei Biao and Dr. Yu looked at the long demonstration, and sure enough, they could see that there was a mystery in it.

"And the PC has just come out, although there is IBM's signboard, but the whole machine still needs to be improved, whether it is the hardware system or the software system has a lot of bugs, in my opinion, at least until early next year to mature. "In my eyes, there is no secret to the PC, we have this advantage, as long as someone has money, we can come up with a set of software standards at the end of the year, which is far better than these things that cheat money on the market now." He tossed the disks aside.

Fat Biao looked at him suspiciously: "Are you so confident, then I will believe you once, and it is better to tell me if you have any decisions next time, you are too business-minded." ”

Chang Chang laughed and scolded: "Are you very business-minded? I don't know who was said to be worthless by the old man, hehe." ”

Fat Biao touched his head and smiled: "This is also true, haha." ”

Dr. Yu thought for a while and said, "In this case, the next step is to put all the treasure on IBM, what should you do with the program-controlled switch?"

After a long time, I almost forgot about this thing: "When Sister Zhang comes back, I'll give it to her, sell it first, as long as I can fire the first shot, I can't care about it so much, and I don't know how to sell it." ”

Fat Biao patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, Sister Zhang may not be able to play her strength in the mainland, but she is a good hand when she comes here, leave it to her, don't worry about it." ”

sighed for a long time, thinking that this is the only way, except for the software, I am always slow to beat the times, it seems that there is no industrial base, and the research and development of hardware is still difficult.

He was a little worried for a long time, he had done his best, and all the research and development was one step ahead, involving almost all aspects of the modern electronics industry, but it was like sprinkling water, and it was completely ineffective.

As the saying goes, it is to get up early in the morning and catch a late meeting, which is extremely inefficient. It seems that without a stable source of support and funding for basic industries, it is difficult to achieve great things, let alone let the nation rise.

The current situation is extremely dangerous, and foreign electronic technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, almost completely in accordance with Moore's law, which is replaced every two years. All long-term research, whether it is mainframe, microcomputer, workstation, switchboard is based on medium-scale integrated circuits, and the congenital limitations and weak market make the research and development results stagnant.

The long-term plan is good, the software first, the hardware is intensified, and there may be a fight. But now it seems that software has made money, but it has overestimated the research and development progress of the country's will and hardware base, making it very passive now.

According to Dr. Yu, there is no hope for it in the short term, and if you want to make a breakthrough, you have to buy something from abroad.

Seeing that the PC has come out, and the long-term domestic microcomputer standard occupation plan has not been realized, it is really anxious.

"Dr. Yu, Ah Biao, how much money can we get in our hands?" asked Chang Chang with a frown.

Dr. Yu put on his glasses and said, "Videoform sold for 9 million, plus two years of dividends and licenses, it is about 20 million US dollars, which is the largest." ”

After a long time, he looked at Fei Biao, and Fei Biao took out a document and checked it: "I have a little more here, from the whole 80 years to the present, 320,000 arcade machines have been sold, about 300 million sales, and the profit is 40 or 50 million US dollars, what do you want to do with so much money?"

Chang said: "That is to say, I can come up with a maximum of 50 million US dollars, I don't know if I can buy a state-of-the-art semiconductor production line?"

Dr. Yu exclaimed: "This is impossible, don't say you can't buy it, even if someone else is willing to sell it, this money is not enough, are you crazy?"

For a long time, I felt bitter in my mouth: "I have creativity and design, but I just made this leg lame, is it going to be wasted here?" I couldn't help but hold my head with both hands and grab my hair.

Dr. Yu comforted: "Don't worry, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, if you really want to make your own integrated circuit, you can find support from the upper level in China." ”

Shaking his head for a long time: "It's useless, I made an estimate, to gain an advantage, it is possible to go directly to the 32-bit processor, and the design scale of RISC does not need to be large, but at least it needs the support of 3 micron integrated circuit technology, otherwise it cannot be realized, and there is no such technology in China." ”

Fei Biao said: "Give up your idealism, what kind of food to eat, now the game console to make money, we will be able to buy a semiconductor production line of our own one day." If you really can't do it, you can lobby the Hong Kong government, as long as they want to invest. ”

Long wry smile,It seems that this is the only way.,Your processor dream can only be realized in the future.,Now it's still taking advantage of the PC no one pays attention.,When the software is lacking,It's the king to work hard to win the PC platform software standard.。

"That's good, Fat Label helps me recruit people, I want a lot of software and hardware talents, Lao Tzu wants to open a company and trample on the dogs in the United States." "I thought about it for a long time before I made up my mind, the microprocessor is not qualified to do it, the hardware platform can't dominate, even if you can't even handle the software, then you can live too much.

Fat Biao slapped his thigh and shouted: "This is your style, the pride and ambition of the year are back." ”

Dr. Yu, who had not spoken for a long time, said: "For a long time, if you really want to make your own microprocessor, I can match you, but it's a bit far." ”

"It's not going to let me go to the United States, it's too competitive, I don't want to go there. He shook his head for a long time.

"It's not the United States, it's Germany. Dr. Yu said slowly, "I have a classmate at Thomson Semiconductor in France, and he contacted me a few days ago and tried his best to pull me over. They are said to have a plan, which is to develop the Europeans' own technology, and the Americans seem to be quite strict about integrated circuit technology. ”

Chang Chang suddenly became interested: "If this is the case, this can be considered, and you can communicate when you have time." ”

Dr. Yu said: "Soon we will be able to communicate, and he will come to Hong Kong as the president of the Asia-Pacific region. ”

Fat Biao hurriedly said: "Then we can't make software yet, I still have a large list here!"

Chang smiled and said: "Yes, the first priority now is software, hehe." ”

～～～～～～

After some discussion, the three of them first determined the current development direction, that is, to occupy the software market of the PC platform.

The shell company registered by Feibiao for a long time is still there, but it is not needed for a long time, and it has directly become the second largest shareholder of Feibiao's Digital Oriental Entertainment Company, and directly separated a subsidiary, Digital Oriental Software.

Feibiao spent a lot of money, not only to advertise jobs in major media in Hong Kong, but also to bring in a lot of skilled people from the industry, and in just two weeks, the scale of the software company expanded to more than 200 people.

At this time, Zhang Yi also came back from the mainland, bringing some good news, that is, with the help of the domestic military, the program-controlled switch system has at least passed the appraisal, and now the network access license is being approved.

It's just that none of the personnel from the domestic research room have been brought over, and there is no way to let people go in China, so I feel a pity for a long time, this is the first team he has led.

After Zhang Yi returned to Hong Kong, he still served as the head of the switch business department in Feibiao's Digital Oriental, which was completely independent accounting, and the old man seemed to let Feibiao toss it himself.

Under the introduction of the old man, the program-controlled switch, named DJ001, was fortunate to participate in the Hong Kong government's telecommunications equipment bidding, took the last bus, and began to compete with those foreign goods.

To this end, Zhang Yi specially held a product launch conference with great fanfare, and under the illumination of the flash, the older beauty launched the finished product of DJ001, which won a burst of praise from local reporters.

Zhang Meinu also fully launched an advertising campaign to build momentum for this local research and development product, and for a time almost all Hong Kong people knew that Hong Kong also had its own high-tech products.

Regardless of Zhang Yi's success in the Hong Kong industry, they are not to be outdone for a long time, and the joining of a large number of R&D personnel has solved the manpower problem.

The sales of arcades, the main product of Feibiao's digital Oriental Entertainment Company, have declined, after all, there is only one game Pacman, although various follow-up versions and enhanced versions continue to be launched, but in the end, it is a work that follows the trend and cannot lead the trend.

～～～～～～～

Call for switch names.