"I'm the best hacker at Stanford, and there's no program I can't play!" a guy with 'messy' hair said a little arrogantly in front of Chang Chang, "I heard that you are looking for a senior programmer to do some work here, I happen to be short of money, as long as you can afford to pay, I can do anything." ”

Chang Chang and Xu Zhixing glanced at each other, and they both read the meaning of helplessness. Xu Zhixing spread his hands and said that he didn't care.

Chang Chang had no choice but to cough: "So, Mr. Fisnel, what are you good at...... This ability?"

"This is my previous record, don't be scared, hahaha......" Niu B hacker let out a strange laugh, and 'made' sweat for a long time.

But this guy's writing is quite 'fancy', what cracks and transplants the 'operation' system, writes all kinds of programming languages, etc., if it's not bragging, this guy does have two brushes.

"What's this mage?" asked Chang Chang by picking out a program he had written.

Fisnel visibly 'showed' his disdain, as if he had not known for a long time that this procedure was incredible.

"I know this, it seems to be a very popular game program lately. Xu Zhixing said, and added at the end, "Imitation card games, Dungeons and Dragons." ”

D&D, it dawned on me for a long time, this thing has long been popular, but it's on paper, throwing 'color' to march, several people play together and there is a referee, the rules seem to be very complicated, and foreigners especially like this kind of thing.

The cultural structure is different, and it is natural that I am not interested in this thing for a long time, and I don't touch it when I am in my dreams, let alone now.

However, this Fisnel was very happy when he heard that Xu Zhixing knew about this thing: "You are also from Stanford? This game is made by me 'spent' a lot of effort, it is only popular in Stanford, it is unfair for people to be referees, and the computer is much more faithful under the same rules, and there are ......"

"Mr. Fisnel!" Chang Chang quickly interrupted him, "let's get down to business, we're looking for a full-time job, a weekly salary, a two-week probationary period, and a performance-based pay, so you have to be mentally prepared." ”

Programmer Niu B agreed without saying a word: "No problem, you will find that you have made an extremely wise decision, I am the first hacker at Stanford." By the way, can you pay a week's salary first? ”

I almost fainted for a long time, and I asked for money before I worked, this master is really straightforward, but if it weren't for his really good conditions, he wouldn't have wasted so much time for a long time.

"Make an IOU to the finance and they'll tell you how to do it. Xu Zhixing signed a contract and handed it to Fisnair.

Niu B hacker happily signed his name and threw the pen: "My requirements are not high, as long as you have my dedicated computer here, it would be better if there was a network, I can work overtime 24 hours a day." Say boss, when will I start working, I can't wait, I'm a hacker at Stanford***. ”

"You have to abide by the company's rules, we don't advocate overtime, but as long as you complete your tasks and do something else, we don't care. Xu Zhixing said slowly, handing him a card, "Take this to Miss Xiandi from the Personnel Department, and he will arrange for you." ”

After this Niu B hacker left, he couldn't help pinching his eyebrows for a long time, very tired.

"It's finally over!" Xu Zhixing poured a cup of coffee and drank it slowly, "Basically, the lineup is already very strong, enough to carry out the next plan, and if someone comes, let the personnel department 'door' receive it, we can't wait." ”

After thinking for a long time, he said, "Okay, how are your preparations over there?"

"As long as you give the order, you can start work, and the place is already laid out. Xu Zhixing was talking about the location of the research institute, and he took another piece of land next to VS, and dedicated the 'door' as a new development base, "It's a little troublesome on your side, aren't these people you looking for a bit miscellaneous, have you thought about the first task?"

"Hehe, give it a try. Chang smiled and said, "Let's make a system first, so that it can best test what those people are suitable for." ”

"System?" Xu Zhixing said in surprise, "You also want to release a new microcomputer?Isn't EC enough?"

"Workstations, graphics workstations to be exact. "It's an area that no one has been involved in, and it's worth considering." ”

Xu Zhixing is well-informed and remembers that since he has been following for a long time, he has been collecting all the market information about computers, and as soon as he heard about the graphics workstation for a long time, he immediately had this data in his mind.

"Workstations are emerging now, and the annual development rate is 100%, and there are at least seven or eight companies in the market that you mentioned, and it is very challenging to stand out. ”

Long said relaxedly: "As long as we do better than them, don't worry about this." What I'm going to do is a complete graphics solution, based on the latest K32, with the ability to integrate multiple processors if necessary. There is also networking, all workstations have their own network interfaces, to support distributed computing, which has high requirements for the 'operation' system, can support all kinds of printers, can achieve desktop publishing tasks. ”

"Sounds very good, but isn't this too high?" Xu Zhixing frowned, even if he heard that this thing was really high-end, he was a little worried that he couldn't keep up with the progress.

"All the accessories have to be universal, and what I'm going to do is a series. After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to just do it, "This thing will definitely be useful in the future, and it's just right to do it now." ”

Xu Zhixing was about to say another when there was a knock on the 'door', and the secretary said softly: "Sir, fax from Hong Kong." ”

"Okay, let it go!" Chang Chang's heart suddenly moved, and he said to Xu Zhixing, "I have a hunch, we have a big job to do, what do you guess is the news from Hong Kong?"

Xu Zhixing was puzzled: "How do I know?

After reading the fax for a long time, he suddenly applauded the case, which startled Xu Zhixing, and hurriedly rushed over to ask what happened.

"See for yourself!" handed the fax to Xu Zhixing for a long time, but he stood up and walked around excitedly, and kept saying, "Okay, good, it's really wonderful." ”

Xu Zhixing read word by word: "'Fans' you have successfully developed an integrated circuit suite, a set of three pieces, after testing, the 'sex' can fully meet the requirements, and it can completely replace the motherboard function control chip on the IBM-pc AT model, the relative cost is extremely low, and it is now waiting for mass production approval." Another: There are people in China who want to visit in the near future, please do a good job of reception. ”

"What is this?" asked Xu Zhixing.

"Haha, this is my killer weapon, just with this, we don't have to worry about the funds of our research institute, even if it is built according to national laboratory standards. "I said excitedly for a long time, this good news came too timely, I didn't expect the efficiency over there to be 'very' high, and the task was completed in more than half a year.

IBM's current momentum is booming, the AT machine is exceptionally easy to use after eliminating the bug, Apple's mac machine has no impact on its sales at all, those business people still like the AT machine, and because the AT bus technical architecture is not disclosed, so the compatible machine manufacturers can only imitate themselves, always a little stumbling.

"You mean that three chips have been developed to replace the 63 chips of the IBM-AT machine?" Xu Zhixing simply couldn't believe his ears, what kind of gap is this? Could it be that the technology in his hands for a long time can surpass that of IBM, an old computer company?

"That's true!" Chang Chang smiled, "It's a bit tricky, but it's a flaw that IBM itself 'exposed', Esrich is too general-purpose, and he didn't expect a special chip to be so efficient." ”

Xu Zhixing's mind turned: "I understand what you mean, using this special chip to replace those traditional general-purpose chips has great benefits, but the object you sell is those compatible machine manufacturers, why not design the chipset of XT machine, the sales volume is much higher than that of AT machines, and there are very few AT compatible machines!"

"Lao Xu, why do you always think about the existing market?" poured two glasses of champagne for a long time, "The cost of 63 general-purpose control chips is at least a few hundred dollars, and our three integrated circuits only cost forty or fifty dollars, and the functions are the same, you say that there is a compatible machine manufacturer that can withstand such a ***? Don't think about it, come and toast, a new era is coming, let's wait and see." ”

It has long been true that the scales of victory seem to be slowly tipping, and IBM has risen to the top.

However, after a long time of perusing the chip specifications and supported functions, I was a little dissatisfied, it turned out that this chipset was strong and powerful, but unfortunately it was a little unable to keep up with the situation, that is, the new bus was not taken into account when it was developed.

It turned out that just last month, Intel, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and dozens of other compatible machine manufacturers such as Compaq formulated a new ISA bus standard, the new standard standardizes the interpretation of the IBM-AT bus by various manufacturers, which can be regarded as a counterattack, and the target is the AT compatible machine.

For a long time, I found that my chipset controller was a little different from the IEEE standard, which needed to be modified, troublesome, and had to drag on for a while.

After thinking about it, I gave instructions on the fax for a long time: follow the recognized standards, please modify and adapt, be sure to support 100%, and do it quickly.

I believe that the sales of this thing must be very good,For a long time, according to this year's situation, it is estimated that the shipment of compatible machines will definitely reach 3.5 million units in 85 years,With the current vacuum state of the market,The profits of this chipset are considerable,It's just that your own factory doesn't have this capacity.,Or outsource.。

If you eat 'meat' by yourself, you have to let others drink soup, I couldn't help but laugh after thinking about it for a long time, I haven't cared about the country for a long time, and this list depends on whether the country has the ability to take it.

The fax from Hong Kong said that there was a group from China that was coming to Silicon Valley, and for a long time I was a little confused about the situation, these people didn't know what they were coming for, and what they said on the fax was also vague.

However, with a long-term guess, he is either here to investigate or to learn technology and engage in research and development, and it would be better if there was an acquaintance, and he would not care about him, and he would talk about it later.