Yamauchi, who got serious, really Niu B, although this bad thing made him anxious, but he was not 'chaotic'. Knowing the stakes, in the face of Sega's sniping, he gritted his teeth, stomped his feet and was ruthless, and really made the choice that seemed to be the most disadvantaged - all of them were recalled, after all, Japan is his nest, and if he has a bad reputation here, he won't 'mix'.

After making this decision, Yamauchi only felt that the road in front of him suddenly opened up, and many problems were solved. Not only can the crash bug be solved, but some other unsatisfactory designs will also disappear.

In the past few months, hundreds of thousands of machines have been put on sale, which is equivalent to a super-large-scale test, and all kinds of inhumane 'sexuality' places have come out, and it has been proved that the first generation of machines is indeed an immature product, such as human-machine interfaces, such as square handle buttons, etc.

As long as the cost is sufficient, there is nothing that cannot be reversed, and the direct loss of the recall plan is hundreds of millions of yen, and Yamanachi Suo ordered the entire chassis to be replaced, and to create a new glory with a new look after Christmas.

As for the other home game consoles on the market, they don't have this good luck, and the sudden rise in sales makes them 'want' can't stop, although their machines are worse than FC, but they can't be recalled, unless they also want to lose hundreds of millions.

Just when Yamauchi was in full swing to clean up the mess, he was indecisive for a long time, one was the sales of 021 processors, Yamauchi digested most of it, the domestic typewriter digested part of it, and the European industrial computer digested part of it, but the production capacity of the chip factory is still very sufficient, and it seems that it can only switch to other products.

Judging from the current international and domestic markets, dynamic memory can not be used, and the Japanese are shipping like crazy, which makes the manufacturers in the United States cry to death, and small chip companies go bankrupt or transform every week, and they can't stop the devil from dumping below the cost price.

For a long time, it is estimated that unless he develops a new storage product with large capacity, he will not be able to compete with the little devil at all. As for the K32 processor, it has entered a small-scale production state and is ready to enter the market at any time, but this thing is too high-end, and the yield rate in manufacturing is really not up to scratch, only 40%, and its process problems are worrying.

The technology of K32 is advanced, and the price on the market is amazing, and there are few applicants, so it can only be made into a workstation and launched to the European and American markets. And the mature 021 is too backward to support the overall situation, and for a long time I feel the embarrassment of not having a mid-range product, seeing that the PC is selling better and better, but I can't find an agent to launch the same machine.

President Hans of West Gate almost every day urges the long-term supply to hurry, and the others do not want K32, and also issued a very "tempting" price code to the long-term purchase of the architecture of the authorization.

Dilemma,It seems that it must be cut to fit the shoes.,It's also a painful decision for a long time.,Since the full version of K32 can't be built,Then improve the design.,Reduce the circuit.,'Get' a castrated version.。

Hans was very interested in the K32 for a long time, and as a semiconductor engineer, he knew everything about the design ideas contained in this processor, and his 'sexuality' did not disappoint him.

In his opinion, it is definitely a good idea to make a personal computer out of K32, the 32-bit architecture can already meet the needs of small computer applications, plus the cost of control is quite good, once it is launched, at least high-end computer users in Europe are fully expected.

There is no shortage of old semiconductor manufacturers in Europe, and all kinds of integrated circuits emerge in an endless stream, but only the processor has not made any achievements, and the Americans control it very strictly, and even Germany has only just copied Intel's 8008 successfully a few years ago, and there has been no progress in subsequent products.

In the current European market, the mainframe is firmly controlled by IBM, the small computer is DEC and NOVA, and the low-end market such as industrial control equipment is Intel's 51 series, z80 and 021 competition, as for the workstation at that time, it has not yet become a climate.

These markets are very lively, but in fact, there is not much space, and the most profitable ones are mainframes, which are exclusive to IBM. The second is the small machine, but it is already miserable, as for the industrial control processor, it is simply a loss-making deal, if there is no quantitative support, it can not make money at all.

Hans's preference for the K32 is not without 'selfishness', because the European headquarters has long had this idea, and the first contact was with a British company, but it is slightly different.

The British company is famous and almost ubiquitous for decades, and that is Acorn. Of course, at this time it was only a small unit of a dozen people, just like when Chang Chang first started.

Dramatically, the young Acorn company was also so ambitious that it jumped into the new American microprocessor that was not available in Europe.

Not blindly, on the contrary, they are very rational 'sex', first do market research, after analyzing all the processor architectures on the market, they also think that the prospect of the CISC architecture represented by Intel is a bit vague, because from the perspective of complex microcode architecture, if you want to be compatible with the previous generation of products, you must continue to expand the degree of integration, this is a great challenge, with Acorn's own strength is an absolutely impossible task.

It is very dangerous to follow the lead of others, so the leaders of Acorn immediately turned their eyes to the RISC architecture, which is a very wise choice, Acorn operates on a small scale and does not have a production plant, so it can only be done with the ability of a dozen people to make the processor simple.

Therefore, Acorn wrote a plan to look for investors all over the world, and it happened that Ximenzi also had this need, and the two hit it off.

The head of West Gate Semiconductors was fooled by Acorn and provided them with a sum of money to develop the legendary world's smallest, most efficient, and lowest energy processor, which was owned by West Gate.

Hans was frustrated at home, so he was sent to the Asia-Pacific region, and he was not willing to be lonely, so he wanted to make a career to prove that he was better than those old men at the headquarters. Just climbing the high branch of Changchang, Hanston felt very promising, so he went to the 'door' to ask for advice.

I was worried for a long time, but I didn't expect the Germans to send the 'door', and my heart moved, and I immediately prepared a set of rhetoric.

It's also very simple to say, for a long time, it took almost no brains, and directly copied the experience of IBM-PC, of course, to change the face.

"This ......," Hans hesitated a little, "does it have to be open? Isn't it safe for us to make money by operating exclusively, so why compete with those small manufacturers?"

Smiling for a long time, relaxed and freehand, that pomp, I can't wait to set up two more boys behind, a hand of iron sword and a guqin, and a goose 'feather' feather fan in hand.

"What Your Excellency said is not true!

"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to speak Chinese. ”

"Translated into it, your brain is rigid, you can't keep up with the situation, and now you are still clinging to the closed system. "This is no longer a seller's market, competitors are around, and the end of the open architecture can only be stagnant." I provide you with chips, you use to make microcomputers, only when there are many people who use them, and the manufacturers who support you will develop software and hardware for you, otherwise once IBM-PC enters on a large scale, the closed system you think of will not be ignored at all. ”

Hans digested the suggestion and felt it made sense, but he still made a request: "I need a mature system, the sooner the better, but you can't run this market." ”

"What do you mean?"

"There are also limits to cooperation. Hans said bluntly, "You can't provide chips and produce microcomputers at the same time, that's not good." ”

Chang laughed: "I'm just a chip supplier, I won't dump you, but as a 'delivery', of course you can't enter my field." ”

"That's fair, everyone has to follow the rules. Hans nodded in satisfaction, "But the K32 you make is too expensive, so it's hard for me to make it." ”

"This can be discussed, and after a while we will have products with a high 'sex' price ratio, and you can buy new products. ”

"Isn't it like the relationship between 8086 and 8088. "It's all right, but the 'sex' ability must not drop too low, and you must also provide the 'operation' system." ”

"No problem, the 'operation' system is ready-made, our godson is the most used system in the world, there is a lot of mature software on it, you won't lose. Do you want me to package the hardware architecture of the microcomputer, to ensure that it is fast and good. ”

"This ...... You can come up with a plan, and I'll refer to it. Hans wanted to consider which one was better.

"Whatever you like, as a reminder, IBM's approach is to completely open the hardware architecture and only control the BIOS system, which is the most time-saving and labor-saving. ”

"I don't say it, let my engineers work together on the research and development, the specific details still need to be agreed. Hans felt that there were no traps, so he was still quite satisfied, and he couldn't wait to imagine that the West 'Gate' microcomputer was selling well in Europe, and the PC was looking for teeth all over the place, and he was appreciated by the headquarters, and he was just around the corner to be promoted and make a fortune.

For a long time, it is a long sigh, and finally there is no need to make your own microcomputer to hit the market, and the next home has been found, and it is time to take the next step.