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IBM's foray into personal computers was first faced with Apple-ll.

So, IBM is not easy.

Big companies have the dignity of big companies, especially the overlords of the computer industry like IBM, if they don't make a hit, they will be a blockbuster, if the developed computer is worse than Apple-ll, IBM can't afford to lose that face! Therefore, before the development of personal computers, we will do very detailed market research and analysis, and then design countless solutions, and then discuss which scheme is suitable, and then carry out design and development.

In addition, the larger the company, the more processes, the slower the efficiency, and the less fast the response of the smaller the company, unless the matter has reached the point of burning the eyebrows, so that it has to be dealt with immediately, and IBM's personal computer business is obviously not urgent to this extent.

It's almost December, which is the busiest period for the company, so the PC business plan won't officially start until next year.

Regardless of IBM's efficiency, in short, it is undoubtedly in big trouble for Apple.

However, Li Zetian is not afraid of IBM, he is stepping on the stepping stone of IBM and stepping on the top of the computer industry!

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If the personal computer market is changing, then the microprocessor market is even more swordsman!

On November 20, Intel officially launched a new inexpensive version of the microprocessor, the Intel-8085, which is forward-compatible with the Intel-8080, but requires less hardware support, so manufacturers can produce cheaper and simpler PCs. In addition, the price is very cheap, $40 a piece.

Intel hopes that Intel-8085 can save Intel's PC microprocessor market, but the reality is cruel, Li Zetian learned of this situation, immediately licensed Mos-6502 to more manufacturers, and lowered the price, each microprocessor is priced at $25.

Unfortunately, the house leak happened to rain overnight.

Mos6502The price reduction here has just caused great damage to Intel8085, in early December, a company called Zilog launched the Z80 microprocessor chip, the price is also very cheap, 30 dollars a piece, the performance is more powerful than Mos6502.

Zilog was created in 1974 by two engineers who resigned from Intel, the Z80 microprocessor can be said to be an improved product of the Intel8080, using a large-scale integrated IC process, combining RAM, ROM and input/output interfaces and other circuits on a PCB board, supporting 158 assembly instructions, the application is very flexible, while the Intel8080 only supports 72 assembly instructions!

The Mos6502 is designed on the basis of the Motorala6800 and the Z80 is based on the Intel 8080, which can be considered the best microprocessors at present.

Some people are used to using the Motorala bus, so they like the Mos6502.

Some people prefer the Intel bus, so they like the Z80.

Intel8085TM is embarrassing, it is also based on Intel8080, but both price and performance are crushed by Z80!!

This is the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other!

Li Zetian couldn't help but feel sad for Intel!

However, Intel is Intel, the 16-bit microprocessor Intel8086 is still under development, it is very awesome, it is the originator of the x86 architecture, sweeping the invincible 16-bit microprocessor, and sending Intel to the world's Fortune 500 in one fell swoop! Fortune magazine named Intel as one of the "most successful companies in the 70s"!

Li Zetian sat in the office, a strange light flashed in his eyes, Intel company after this blow, I don't know if it will give up the Intel microprocessor department?

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As Christmas approaches, Sunbird is starting to make big moves. On December 24th, Sunbird held a product launch conference and announced the Game-Watch palm game console, and for a while, the entire game industry couldn't help but be a sensation!

Its genius creativity has left everyone jaw-dropping!

The next day, Christmas, Game-Watch was launched in the United States, and early in the morning, there was a queue of dozens of meters outside the store, causing countless players to rush to buy it!

Among them, the "China Cube" version of the Game-Watch sold the most hot, selling 200,000 units on the same day.

The other three Game-Watc*** machines have sold more than 50,000 units, of which, "Pac-Man" sold 95,000 units, "Super Arkanoid" sold 77,000 units, and "Donkey Kong" sold 55,000 units.

That night, Sunbird announced its sales volume, and all the game companies were shocked!

Although they speculated that Game-Watch would be very popular, they never expected it to be so popular!

In fact, this is an unexpected and reasonable thing.

There are very few games in this era, and they are rubbish, yes, they are rubbish!

Imagine a simple and crude game like the ping-pong console developed by Atari that could take the world by storm, not to mention "Chinese Cubes" and "Pac-Man...... This phenomenal game, especially "Chinese Cubes", is very suitable for porting to handhelds, to be precise, it is made for handhelds!!

The Los Angeles Times said, "If you're a veteran gamer, you don't know about Atari or Sunbird, but you can't know about China Cube!!!

According to the New York Daily News, "Sunbird's Game-Watch shocked and sold 200,000 units in one day, making it the hottest game !! the world has ever seen."

A gamer was interviewed by a reporter from ABC TV and said excitedly: "The Game-Watch developed by Sunbird has created a new game mode, which can be called a milestone in the history of world games! I played "Chinese Cube" on Apple-ll, and I was already deeply fascinated by it at the time, but when it was transplanted to Game-Watch, I realized that I was fascinated by it at that time, and it was far from ......

Apple-ll is too expensive, and the copy of "Chinese Cube" is also expensive, so many people have not been exposed to "Chinese Cube", resulting in "Chinese Cube" is not as popular as Li Zetian imagined. The price of Game-Watch is only $150, which is still affordable for many families in the United States, plus playing "Chinese Cubes" on the palm of your hand is more sensational and exciting, and then some easter eggs are added to attract players, so that "Chinese Cubes" is popular all over the United States and even the world at a rocket-like speed!

At this moment, even the Chinese media have reported on "China Cube".

"Sunbird Company launched a game called "Chinese Cube", which was popular all over the world, selling 200,000 units on the day of release, breaking the record in the history of world games, this is a game developed by Chinese American Chronos Li, which is the pride of all our Chinese !!people."

Chinese people all over the world, whether poor or rich, can't help but feel proud and proud when they see the report about "China Cube"!