"Let's go back to the office. After sending Xu Zhixing away for a long time, he turned to Thomson and said.

"Yes. ”

Thomson was smart not to ask the chairman what was going on, and there were some things that were better to be less exposed to anyway. Seeing that this man's face is not 'colored', no one will step forward to touch his head.

When I arrived at the company, I came to Zhang Yi's office in a hurry.

"Why are you so in such a hurry? Zhang Yi said strangely.

"I want to ask you, IBM hasn't moved for so long, has it sent new machines for us to develop software?" asked Chang Chang.

"Well, IBM never lets new machines out, and the team in charge of this work goes to Boca to work with Esrich's people to work on it. ”

"IBM is really cautious. "Started to have headaches for a long time.

More than two or three people have talked to him about compatibility in the past few days, which shows that there are many smart people, and the long-term foolproof raid plan seems to be about to be carried out in advance.

I wanted to wait and see for a while to see the momentum of the compatible machine, who would have thought that it would develop so fast, and there are no less than dozens of large companies in the United States doing this business, not to mention those garage workshops with thousands of dollars in capital.

Among these manufacturers, Compaq is the first, and its shipments are directly catching up with IBM.

The hot sales of PCs and their compatible machines have also led to a new round of 'spring' in the electronics industry, and the integrated circuits digested by these manufacturers alone are as high as tens of billions of dollars.

Seeing that IBM's new product release is imminent, even fools can see that as long as they follow IBM's pace, they can make a fortune without taking legal risks, so they are all eyeing it.

I have long thought that I am not the material to do this kind of competitive industry, and the pressure is too great, but he has his own way of living, and he has to live better than everyone else.

That is the integration of functional circuits, which has been planned for a long time and only strikes hard at this time.

When I saw the initial version of the PC, I vaguely felt that something was wrong with it, and when I was going to build my own chip factory later, I thought about how to develop new products more than once, and then I had a general idea, that is, the chipset.

In the early days, PC, PC-XT, PC-AT machines did not have the concept of chipsets, and IBM first purchased all the components of the PC in order to gain time and compete with Apple, which led to the huge main circuit board and dense integrated circuits.

This was supposed to be an emergency move, but it became a habit until the AT, or 286 computer, reached its peak, with as many as 63 functional manifolds on its main circuit board, not including memory.

This is the foundation of long-term ***, double-layer circuit boards, complex integrated circuit collections, not only increase the heat and cost, but also make it easier for those compatible machine manufacturers to copy.

In the long run, it is redundant for dozens of general-purpose integrated circuits to achieve a wide variety of functions, so why not integrate all the functions together and use far fewer ASICs to achieve the same function?

I wanted to do this for a long time to find a product growth point for my new factory, but I was washed away by the devil's game console plan, and I weighed the pros and cons for a long time or postponed the matter, because IBM will definitely not buy this kind of thing, and only compatible machines covet it.

Now it seems that the market is about to mature, and even Dell in Texas has achieved a market of tens of millions of dollars.

Today's plan is to consider how to do it, integration is not so difficult to do, as long as a team of more than a dozen people, at most half a year can be completed, but it is not realistic in Hong Kong.

The leader of the chip factory is Dr. Yu, but there are very few excellent circuit designers, and even simplifying K32 has been done for a long time.

There are many talented circuit designers on the American side, but they are unwilling to let the Americans get a piece of the pie for nothing, and they really can't do it, so they can only turn to the West for help.

The original travel plan was ruined, and I could only arrange the next step in the VS headquarters 24 hours a day, and strive to return to Hong Kong as soon as possible.

"Leaving so early?" Zhang Yi was also surprised, he didn't expect this guy to be either idle or anxious, "Then what should I do about the things you said a few days ago, I specially transferred a group of people to wait for your order!"

"Isn't it just a network 'operation' system, I have a plan. "For a long time, I drove out of the things overnight to 'hand' Zhang Yi, "We have an advantage in dealing with this kind of emerging small company, the most lacking thing in the new platform is time, and there is very little software on the accumulation of time, we just need to modify Godon, add the network protocol module, and simulate it in the terminal, this is one." ”

Chang Chang flipped through the information in his hand again: "Well, the most important thing is this, the graphical 'operation' system that Professor Su cooperated with, this should be the focus, research and development at any expense and manpower, I want to see the sample in the shortest possible time, and the progress of this project will be reported to me every month." There are talents from other companies to dig vigorously, don't be afraid to 'spend' money, as if our biggest advantage is more money, but people must not be stupid. ”

Zhang Yi wrote them down one by one, "Is there anything else?"

"There's nothing else, you can make up your own mind about other things, and Uncle Yu won't leave for the time being, so I can discuss with him if there is anything." Chang Chang refreshed his head again, making sure that he didn't pull down anything important, "Then so be it, I have to go back and make arrangements." ”

Dog's day, it's not cool to have a mobile phone, it's so difficult to find someone. It's rare to have a free time, close your eyes for a long time on the plane, and sort out everything in your heart like a movie.

There are more people in the economy class, noisy is inevitable, and I can't help but regret it for a long time, thinking about the bullshit deeds of the predecessors, and also carrying forward the thrift and thrift to buy the economy class ticket.

But the person sitting next to him is still a Japanese, very talkative, just because he has a long more mouth, so that the devil thinks that he is also from Japan, and he has been miserable for a long time.

Although the intention of yawning for a long time was very obvious, the devil was talking endlessly, and he also presented his business card with both hands.

After a long look, Huo is still a big salesman, and his peers are also doing computers.

"I don't know where you are, so it's good to visit. The devil said.

"Me, no. The company's 'door' is too small, hehe. "What are you doing, you look like you're full of heads." ”

"Selling integrated circuits, selling software, everything, going back and forth between the United States and Japan. "The devil is in high spirits," this time we talked about a lot of deals, and it is estimated that we will have to raise my salary again, Americans are stupid and have a lot of money, and my brother has to work hard. ”

"Oh, then your semiconductor production line is not for sale. Chang Chang smiled.

"Sell, the most advanced in the country, as long as you can afford the price. The devil laughed too, but he didn't believe that the guy in front of him was going to buy this thing.

"You can do that, too. "I heard that the most advanced integrated circuit production line is in the United States, why is there also one in Japan?"

"The people of the Great Japanese Empire are united, and these technologies are not easy to become the first. The devil spat, "You are also in the computer business, have you read the news?" ”

Chang shook his head: "I haven't returned to China for a long time, what's the news?"

"Computers originated in the United States, and they have developed to the point where they are today. Although Japan has experienced some setbacks, it has been able to catch up under the leadership of the emperor and build these fourth-generation aircraft. But for the take-off of the Yamato nation, it is not enough to just follow behind others. The devil became serious as he spoke, with a sacred expression on his face, "Under the call of the government, the geniuses in China have started a very huge plan, that is, to develop a fifth-generation aircraft to defeat the Americans in information technology within five years!"

"Fifth-generation aircraft!" I couldn't cry or laugh for a long time, and I didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

The fourth-generation aircraft is an electronic computer with large-scale integrated circuits as the main component, and the Japanese have done a really good job in this regard, and their achievements can be called the choice of the moment, and in order to occupy the commanding heights, Japan has preemptively released the fifth-generation aircraft plan.

Is this just that the devil can't do anything about himself? Or is there no place to 'spend' the money? Anyway, as soon as their brains are hot, this is it. It doesn't matter on this, all countries in the world have blown up, and for a while, it seems that the fifth-generation aircraft is about to appear, and if you can't catch up with the last train, you have to finish it, so the United States, Britain, Germany and other countries have also announced their own fifth-generation aircraft plans.

But I have known about this for a long time, so I will listen to it as a joke, and the fifth-generation aircraft is a successful example anyway. However, for a long time, I think that there is no loss in doing this, and all such big things that are done with the strength of the whole country will not lose money, and even if it is not successful, it will make other technologies go to a higher level, and it is impossible to say whether it is a curse or a blessing.

Listening to the teachings of Brother Fusang all the way, when I arrived in Hong Kong, I finally said goodbye to him for a long time. The tiredness of the days of running 'waves' made him very tired, and he got off the plane and went home to rest.

Early the next morning, Chang had just arrived at the company, but he saw an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.