Chapter 215: Supercomputer (Grand Chapter)

Li Zetian left the Johnson & Johnson family a week to think about it, and in fact, within 3 days, they gave in. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Johnson & Johnson family borrowed a lot of money from banks and other financial institutions or individuals to buy shares, and they simply couldn't repay the loans if the gene technology company didn't pay dividends.

Li Zetian calculated an account at this time, and he bought Johnson & Johnson as a wholly-owned company, with a total of less than $8 billion.

Previously, Johnson & Johnson kept saying that it would be willing to sell for $18 billion.

Li Zetian couldn't help but sigh that he had good luck, and happened to encounter a huge crisis in Johnson & Johnson, so he picked up a bargain.

The $8 billion purchase of Johnson & Johnson is incredible when you think about it!

It's a big deal!

Li Zetian even felt excited to sleep!

Since its establishment, Johnson & Johnson has never lost money, and its performance has been very stable. Moreover, it is no more serious than Internet companies, which have a serious bubble, and the market value can easily fall from the top of the cloud to the bottom. Johnson & Johnson's products are real, and everyone can't do without care products, medical devices and drugs!

Li Zetian can't imagine what kind of awesome company the gene technology company composed of dozens of companies such as Roche Pharmaceutical, Johnson & Johnson, Genentech, Amgen and so on will grow into in the future, but he knows that gene technology companies can change the world, save human diseases, and create unparalleled wealth!!

At this moment, the industry has been shocked to the point of no return, and countless people envy Li Zetian for swallowing Johnson & Johnson so easily, and only spent less than $8 billion.

At present, gene technology companies are integrating talents and technologies and optimizing resources, and after doing this, gene technology companies will be much stronger than they are now.

This year is only 1982, and there will be time in the future to develop amazing drugs!

Artificial intelligence and biotechnology are inextricably linked, what is the difference between the human brain and artificial intelligence? These are the topics of future research.

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and if you have a powerful supercomputer, you will be able to speed up scientific research!!"

Li Zetian walked to the windowsill and looked out the window.

In December, it was snowing heavily outside the window, Yu Jingqiu stood behind him and put on a black coat for Li Zetian, "It's snowing outside, the weather is cold, you still have the window open!" Yu Jingqiu blamed.

Li Zetian took her into his arms with his backhand and said with a smile: "It's okay, there is an air conditioner in the study, it's warm!"

"Jingle bell!"

The phone on the desk suddenly thought.

Li Zetian let go of Yu Jingqiu and walked over to answer the phone.

"Hello Mr. Li, I'm Steve Jobs!"

"Well, hello, Jobs, do you have something to do with me? Could it be that the CD-Walkman Walkman has been successfully developed?" Li Zetian said with a little excitement.

"Yes, Mr. Li. The CD-Walkman Walkman has been successfully developed, and Ant Factory is now working overtime to produce it! The company has held a product launch conference and decided to hold a product launch conference on December 20th, and then officially release it nationwide on Christmas Day 25th! Mr. Li, are you coming to the press conference?" asked Jobs.

"No! just let you preside over the press conference!" Li Zetian shook his head.

"Well, okay, then I won't bother you, I'll hang up?"

"Hmm!"

After the two ended the call, Li Zetian sighed lightly: "I just acquired Johnson & Johnson, I wanted to be low-key, but I didn't think that Apple was about to release the CD-Walkman Walkman, so I couldn't keep a low profile at all~~"

When Yu Jingqiu heard this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"You've always kept a low profile in your mouth, but when have you ever been low-key!" she said.

"I'm already very low-key, okay!!" Li Zetian shook his head, always insisting that he was very low-key.

"Okay, you're low-key, but your company isn't low-key at all. As far as I know, Microsoft will release the Windows 1.0 operating system in early January next year, and then prepare to go public!" Yu Jingqiu said with a smile.

Li Zetian smiled helplessly: "The company's development is good, what can I do!" With Excel spreadsheets, Word word processing software and Microsoft-DOS operating system, Microsoft has now become the world's most profitable software development company, and it is time to go public. ”

"This will be the first listed company under your name, what do you expect the market value of Microsoft to reach?" Yu Jingqiu couldn't help but ask curiously.

"What's this?" Li Zetian thought for a while and said, "Wall Street values Microsoft at about $15 billion, but once it goes public, you know, the shareholders are crazy, and the company's market value is usually much more than the valuation of the Wall Street gang! I estimate that it may exceed $20 billion!"

"$20 billion is so much !!"

"Is it much?" Li Zetian touched his forehead and didn't say much, Microsoft's market value may exceed $600 billion, and I don't even dare to tell you, for fear of scaring you! Personal computers in this life are developing much faster than in previous lives, plus two killer soft armor Excel and Word, and there is also an operating system that dominates the rivers and lakes, Microsoft's market value is so high, it is no exception.

Li Zetian poured two glasses of juice, handed one to her, and said with a smile: "If you don't believe it, you'll know when the time comes." Let's not talk about this for a while, not long after we acquired Johnson & Johnson, many people were jealous of us and secretly slandered us. I'm going to go to orphanages, schools, and hospitals together during the Christmas season to do charity activities to spread positive energy to the world and get the American people to support us!"

Yu Jingqiu said happily: "Okay, bring Xiao Youran over with you." Although she is still young, we must also let her see the suffering and misfortune in the world from an early age, and cultivate her love!"

"Hmm!"

Li Zetian smiled and nodded, he also hoped that his daughter would be a loving daughter, not a loser who showed off her wealth. I have taken her to do charity since I was a child, and I have been exposed to it, and she will definitely be a great philanthropist in the future!

Li Zetian continued: "Jingqiu, the charity itinerary, you can arrange it, I don't have time to be busy with this, I have to go to Sun Microsystems and let them develop supercomputers! On the one hand, it is to provide supercomputers for Gene Technology Company, and on the other hand, supercomputers are also needed for research on artificial intelligence, and I plan to establish an artificial intelligence laboratory next year!"

Yu Jingqiu asked in surprise: "With the current technology, can artificial intelligence be developed, is it like a self-aware robot in the movie?"

Li Zetian explained with a smile: "Artificial intelligence is not what you imagine, it is called artificial intelligence only if you have self-awareness! Artificial intelligence is the simulation of the information process of human consciousness and thinking, and how to make computers and software complete the work that required human intelligence in the past, to give a simple example, let the computer learn to play chess, this is artificial intelligence; and for example, speech, image or text recognition, this is also artificial intelligence!

In short, AI can do more than you think, and you'll know it in the future!

"Oh!" Yu Jingqiu understood.

Li Zetian kissed her on the forehead and said, "Honey, I'm busy." ”

"Hmm. ”

Subsequently, Li Zetian went to Sun Microsystems, which was only half an hour's drive.

After coming to the company, Li Zetian explained his intention to Dr. Jim Clark.

Dr. Jim Clark thought for a moment and said, "Sun has no experience in making supercomputers for Systems Corporation, and if you develop it yourself, it's a bit slow, and it's hard to catch up with IBM." But I know of a man who has built a supercomputer that is even more powerful than IBM!"

"Who?"

"Seymour Clay !!"

"Seymour Clay of Clay Research?"

"Mr. Li, you've heard of him, too. ”

"Of course I've heard of it," Li Zetian said with a smile, and then he recalled it and continued, "At first, he was controlling the data CDC company. CDC is also making supercomputers, and at that time, IBM introduced an aggressive 360 supercomputer plan. Seymour Clay and more than 30 warriors retreat deep into the jungles of Wisconsin. For four full spring and autumn periods, he refused all social contact, and buried himself in drawing drawings and making parts. Even when the prestigious academic community presented Seymour Clay with an award, he was reluctant to show his head. For this, Clay earned the nickname "The Hermit of the Jungle"

Hard work pays off!

In August 1963, the CDC unexpectedly announced the CDC6600 ahead of IBM 360. It cost only $7 million to develop, and the computer can perform 3 million operations per second. IBM was shocked, and Watson Jr. couldn't help but write excitedly in the memo: "We are a large enterprise with very strong funds and personnel, and I really can't understand why IBM can't be one step ahead of the supercomputer?" You know, the CDC research and development team has only 34 people in total, including a janitor. ’

However, the conflict between Seymour Clay and the company's top management gradually intensified, and in 1972 he established his own Clay Research Company. In the early days of the business, there were no factories, no workers, and a lack of funds. He and a few of his assistants, who followed him desperately, found a place to settle in the dense forest, and had a simple small factory and more than 40 workers. Even so, in 1975, he developed the Cray-1, which became world-famous, with a speed of 240 million operations per second, which is 40 times faster than an IBM 370 computer!

However, with the rise of personal computers, mainframes and supercomputers received a certain cold reception, and Cray Research did not have a good time. ”

"Mr. Li, you know so much about him!" Jim Clark looked stunned, "However, Seymour Clay's talent in supercomputers is truly unparalleled, and he can be called the "father of supercomputers", if we can dig him and his entire team, it will be much easier for us to develop supercomputers!"

Li Zetian couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect Jim Clark to think with him, "Sun Microsystems has made achievements in the field of high-performance computers, if it can acquire Clay Research, Sun Microsystems will be like a tiger!!"

Dr. Jim Clark smiled and nodded, "Yes, Mr. Li, then I'll make a takeover offer to Cray Research later!"

"Hmm!"

……

Because of Li Zetian's existence, personal computers have developed rapidly, and Clay Research is much worse than the previous life.

Sun Microsystems threw out an olive branch, and Seymour Clay couldn't help but think about it seriously.

Right now, Cray Research is short of R&D funds, making it difficult to develop more advanced supercomputers.

"Dr. Clark," he thought for a night, and the next morning, he said to the CEO of Sun Microsystems on the phone, "if Sun Microsystems fully supports me in developing a supercomputer, I will accept the acquisition of Sun Microsystems!"

Seymour Clay's dream was to develop a supercomputer, as if he were born for a supercomputer, in fact, all his life. In his previous life, even though Seymour Clay wanted to make a final charge and start SRC, unfortunately, bad luck suddenly struck and he died in a car accident.

"No problem at all, Sun Microsystems is willing to fully support you in developing a supercomputer!"

Soon after the two sides reached a verbal agreement, they agreed to continue the detailed talks together.

In the end, Sun Microsystems injected $350 million into Cray Research and obtained an absolute controlling stake in the company, holding 90% of the company. The other 10% is held by Seymour Clay and his team.

"Mr. Clay, the original Clay Research headquarters is too shabby, please move to the Sun Systems building as soon as possible, there are still many floors that are unused. After signing the contract, Dr. Jim Clark looked up and smiled at Seymour Clay.

"Well, okay, we'll move in as soon as possible!"

In the afternoon, the two sides held a press conference to announce that Sun Microsystems had acquired Clay Research.

When IBM heard the news, it was the most shocked!

Due to the excellent performance, Sun Microsystems' workstations not only have a place in the workstation, but even reach out to the minicomputer market, which has made IBM choke enough, so why grab supercomputers and mainframe computers, which is clearly to pull XX on IBM's head!

IBM's top brass was furious, but there was nothing they could do. It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, can IBM manage whether others develop supercomputers?

"Chronos Li is against us at every turn, we can't continue to sit idly by, we must take steps to let him know that IBM is !!," said IBM CEO Frank Carry.

"Carry, what do you have to do?" asked one of the directors.

Kari sneered: "Isn't Microsoft going to release the latest Windows 1.0 Windows operating system in January next year? In the future, the operating system of IBM-PC personal computers will no longer be tied to Microsoft's operating system, and we at IBM also have an operating system, and users can make their own choices!"

"Hehe, this is a good solution, let Chronos Li know that it is absolutely no good to go against IBM!!"

“……”

So at 11 o'clock in the morning the next day, IBM held a press conference, at which Frank Carry announced that Microsoft's next-generation operating system Windows 1.0 is no longer bound to IBM-PC, and users can only buy and install the system by themselves.

As soon as this news came out, Microsoft was stunned, what is IBM doing?

Bill Gates called IBM and asked what was going on.

Frank Carry said in a cold tone, and said unabashedly: "Chronos-li has caused IBM to lose a lot, so the partnership between Microsoft and IBM ends here!"

"Mr. Carry, even though Chronos and IBM have a feud, Microsoft and IBM have always cooperated well!"

"He's the majority shareholder, so there's no way around it. I'm acquainted with your mother, but I have to say I'm sorry!!"

With that, Frank Cary hung up.

Bill Gates' face sank.

After thinking about it, he still called Li Zetian.

"Chronos, I'm Bill, did you watch IBM's press conference this morning?"

"Look!"

"Frank Cary said that you went against IBM and caused IBM a lot of losses, so you decided to abandon your cooperation with Microsoft......"

IBM is involved in almost everything in the computer field, and most of them are industry giants.

Li Zetian said that as long as he is involved in the computer field, then no matter what he does, he has to compete with IBM, which is no way to do it.

"Maybe it has something to do with me, but it's by no means the main factor. IBM has recognized the importance of a personal computer operating system, or would not have developed its own. This time I gave up the cooperation with Microsoft Corporation, in fact, I just found a high-sounding excuse!"

Li Zetian paused and said: "It's just that IBM has decided to cancel the binding cooperation with Microsoft's operating system now, and it's too late." Windows 1.0 graphics operation shocking hit, will be highly sought after by computer users, IBM also has to give in to us!!"

PS: It's too late to update these days, I'm really sorry, it's updated normally tomorrow, 12 o'clock at noon and 7 o'clock in the evening.