Chapter Seventy-Three: The Father of Microprocessors

The next day, when Apple employees learned about Apple-ll sales, they all cheered, selling 5,700 Apple-ll units on the first day, and it seems that 50,000 units are expected to be sold this year. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

For a time, everyone was united and full of fighting spirit!

"For the goal of 50,000 yuan, for the bonus, I have fought hard for !! in the past six months"

"Yes, fight!"

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At this moment, even Li Zetian is full of confidence in selling 50,000 Apple-ll units this year, and even sales are expected to exceed 100,000!!

Turning on the TV, the morning news of many TV stations in the United States has focused on the grand occasion of Apple's flagship store yesterday.

ABC TV: "Apple-ll PCs are sweeping across the United States like a hurricane, and Apple-ll can be seen in major retail stores across the United States. This is the picture taken by the ABC TV reporter yesterday, as soon as the Apple flagship store in Los Angeles opened, hundreds of people flocked to the store, the store was crowded, and there was a queue of dozens of meters outside the store, the scene was so hot that it was jaw-dropping!!

NBC: "Apple is once again leading the PC revolution, Apple-ll PCs have become the most successful product in history, attracting a frenzy of customer purchases, the following is a video shot by reporter Tom Steve at the Apple flagship store in Los Angeles......"

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The phone in the office kept ringing, and on the other end of the phone were mostly companies from all over the world who wanted to cooperate with Apple! As Li Zetian said, Apple has become busier, and the threshold is about to be broken......

Three days later, Apple-ll sold more than 10,000 copies!

The CEO of Time Magazine personally called Apple and said that the cover of the year in 1975 was reserved for Apple-ll.

When Li Zetian learned about this, he couldn't help but smile, "Sure enough, this society is a snobbish society. You are unknown, and others do not bird you. When Apple-l was first promoted, a small editor of Time magazine 'shot' Apple-l, but now it is the CEO of Time Magazine who has personally called and asked Apple to allow them to publish Apple-ll personal computers!!hehe......"

Of course, Li Zetian did not refuse the invitation of "Time Magazine" in a hurry, after all, Apple-ll can be featured in "Time Magazine", which can be regarded as being recognized by the world's authoritative magazines, and can greatly improve the popularity of Apple and Apple-ll personal computers.

There is no doubt that Apple-ll is completely on fire!!

As the saying goes, some people are happy, and some people are sad!

Other personal computer companies are all dismal, and now, their PCs are basically not selling.

Engineers need 8 expansion slots!

White-collar workers need Excel spreadsheet office software!

The general public needs a personal computer that can play games!

The only thing these personal computer companies can do right now is to reduce prices, and at a great loss! The other thing is to immediately develop a personal computer similar to Apple-ll, but obviously, with their strength, it will take a long time to develop such a computer. During this period, Apple-ll has already occupied the market!

In addition, Intel and Motorola are also in pain.

Mos Technology is simply a disruptor in the microprocessor industry, pulling the original high-priced processor price to a very low level, the Mos6502 microprocessor priced at only $40 immediately won the favor of most personal computer companies, resulting in heavy losses for Intel and Motorola, and had to cut prices one after another, but their prices are still not as low as Mos6502, and they still can't recover the fallen market.

Intel Corporate Headquarters.

Gordon Moore swept around the conference room with a calm face, and said in a deep voice: "Mos6502 of Mos Technology has driven us 8080 out of the personal computer market, do you have any countermeasures?"

Carlos Stephen, head of Intel's microprocessor, said: "Mr. Moore, since Intel 8080 has been unable to stop Mos6502, then I think Intel should develop a cheap version of the microprocessor as soon as possible in order to quickly regain the market!"

Gordon Moore pushed his glasses and said, "Well, that's all there is to it!"

As a result, the Intel 8085 cheap processor became a straw for Intel to save the microprocessor of personal computers.

It's a pity that Li Zetian is determined to suppress Intel's processors, and when Intel8085 is released, then Mos6502 will be reduced in price again. In fact, the Mos6502 costs less than $20 and was sold for $25 in its previous life. MOS Technologies sells for $40, which is already very expensive!

The reason why Li Zetian went to great lengths to attack Intel's processor was actually to get it!!

Intel's main business now is memory, and microprocessors are not very profitable, so Intel does not attach great importance to the microprocessor development department. Once Intel feels that it has no future in the microprocessor market, then Li Zetian acquires Intel's microprocessor development department in the name of Umbrella, and the possibility of success is extremely high!

In fact, Li Zetian has already made two preparations. If we can't acquire Intel's processor development department, then we will poach people! Even the target to be poached, Li Zetian has already chosen, and he is the father of the microprocessor -- Ted Hough, a well-known figure in the IT industry!!

As we all know, the two most important things in a personal computer are the operating system and the microprocessor.

The father of the DOS operating system, Gary Kildare, has been attached to Li Zetian, and there is no reason for the father of the microprocessor to waste his talent outside!!

However, microprocessors are not very important at the moment. As a result, Ted Hough's reputation is not obvious. But when people realized the importance of microprocessors, the famous Economist magazine immediately called Ted Hough "one of the seven most influential scientists since World War II"!

Li Zetian, who came to this era, found that it seemed that collecting cattle was a pleasure, and it was much more interesting than acquiring a company!

At this time, the "father of video games" (Khan...... Nolan Bushnell came to Sunbird.

The four games developed by Sunbird caused 10,000 damage to Atari, but the shrewd Nolan Bushnell knew that if Sunbird ported the game to home consoles, Atari would make a lot of money!

Therefore, his purpose is to come and lobby the Sunbird Company.

When he walked into Sunbird's CEO's office, he was stunned because he saw that the intern who used to work in his company had become the CEO of Sunbird.

"Surprised, isn't it?, Mr. Nolan Bushnell?" Li Zetian asked rhetorically, smiling lightly.

"Yes, very surprised!"

Nolan Bushnell nodded, and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect Sunbird Company to be founded by interns at Atari Company, if I had known that you had such outstanding talent, I would definitely not let you go!!

Atari sold to Warner in 1976 for $26 million, and as a result, the layman led the insider, and the genius of the gaming industry was taken away, causing Atari to go bankrupt. So, Atari will sell it to Sunbird in the future! Nolan Bushnell, you can honestly work for me!

Li Zetian smiled on his face, but he was thinking about how to raise funds to swallow Atari in his heart!!

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