Chapter 335: Skynet Project?
Henry was then reorganized, and all the artificial intelligence talents of Fairchild Semiconductor were transferred to Alpha, and all the original team members of Alpha were transferred to Fairchild Semiconductor. In other words, the future processor will be designed and produced by Fairchild Semiconductor, and Alpha will conduct research on robots!
Henry merged Alpha into WilliamsX, and since then faded out of the limelight! The CEO of Fairchild Semiconductor was served by Richard, and all of Alpha's funds were transferred to Fairchild Semiconductor. Henry will redefine and recapital Alpha!
Henry's move, the outside world thought that Alpha was merged into Fairchild Semiconductor!
A lot of media wanted to interview, and Henry thought about it and asked ABC TV to come.
Fertilizer and water don't flow into outsiders' fields......
The ABC reporter asked, "Mr. Williams, what is the purpose of your acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor?"
"Recreate the former glory of Fairchild Semiconductor!" Henry said solemnly, but there seemed to be a faint hint of pretension in his tone.
When the ABC reporter heard this answer, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"What about Alpha? Did Alpha merge into Fairchild Semiconductor and become a subsidiary of Fairchild Semiconductor? Will it use the Alpha brand in the future?" the ABC reporter asked a few questions in a row.
Henry smiled and replied, "First of all, Alpha is not merged into Fairchild Semiconductor, and you can think of these two companies as independent companies and not directly connected. But. The Alpha brand will still be used, and Alpha will license the brand name to Fairchild Semiconductor," Henry paused. "The name of our next new processor is 'AlphaPower.'" ”
"Mr. Williams. As we all know, AMD and Intel were both established from the 'Eight Rebellions' of Fairchild Semiconductor. So, did you buy Fairchild Semiconductor with some other intentions?"
"Hehe, what do you say?" Henry couldn't help laughing, "Well, it's a little bit." Compared with AMD and Intel, Fairchild Semiconductor naturally seems to be more senior!"
“……”
That night, a video of ABC's interview with Henry aired.
After reading it. Netizens began to discuss.
"Mr. Henry Williams seems to be very fond of some of the established companies, last time it was Atari, this time it was Fairchild Semiconductor!"
"Henry Williams was a genius who bought Atari and Atari is now the hottest console. He bought Fairchild Semiconductor, and I can predict that Fairchild Semiconductor will surpass Intel and become the largest semiconductor company in the world!"
Some older netizens sighed: "I miss the original Fairchild Semiconductor Company, the peak period." It's much better than Intel now, and most of the talent in Silicon Valley is cultivated from there!"
“……”
Intel Corporation.
"Henry Williams must have deliberately bought Fairchild Semiconductor! In doing so, he was taking advantage of us in terms of publicity. For example, 'Intel is from Fairchild', 'AMD is from Fairchild'. Doesn't it sound uncomfortable!"
"That's the way it is, we can't argue, and we don't have to. As long as the product is excellent. With our Intel reputation, our position in the semiconductor field will remain unchanged!"
"Yes. That's right!"
In a scenic small town of Gran, 40 miles west of San Jose, Henry bought a larger one for Alpha. Approximately 150,000 square meters of the factory is used as the company's headquarters. There, they will be engaged in research on robots. At present, the number of people in Alpha is only about 500, and Henry intends to expand the number. On the one hand, it recruits employees from outside, and on the other hand, it directly acquires a robotics company.
What kind of robotics company to acquire is worth considering.
As soon as Henry recalled in his head, the robot company that Google had acquired in his previous life suddenly came out of his mind - Boston Dynamics.
Boston Dynamics was founded in 1992 by Lebert, a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Boston Dynamics has been researching bionic robots since its founding, and the company has been working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, as well as receiving DARPA grants, to produce some of the most astonishing results of these robots, and the most important use of these robots is for military applications.
Henry watched the video released by Google, and felt that Boston Dynamics was simply awesome, producing big dogs, small dogs, petman, rhex, and humanoid robots Atlas!!
So, for such a great company, Henry couldn't wait to buy it.
In fact, Henry's company also started the research of robots very early. Nicholas Express has a division "Nicholas Robots", which is mainly engaged in the development of warehouse robots. However, warehouse robots are completely different from the robots studied by Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics is researching bionic robots, which are multi-legged robots, while Nicholas Robots is researching legless robots, which use wheels to move.
Obviously, Boston Dynamics' research is more difficult. But that's not to say that Nicholas Robots can't do it, and in Henry's opinion, it's easier to commercialize legless robots. The development of multi-legged robots is very difficult, and I am afraid that it will not be effective for a long time. How to stand and walk while also being stable is a lot of things to solve.
The development of robots has a lot in common with unmanned aircraft and unmanned cars. The development of robots can accumulate technology, and once the technology matures, the development of unmanned aircraft and unmanned cars will be a matter of course.
Henry had people buy Boston Dynamics and Nicholas Robots to Alpha.
Only by concentrating technology, concentrating strength, and brainstorming can we develop faster!
Nicholas Robots can already build legless robots to deliver goods, but the accuracy is still poor, it often fails, it is not very practical, and it still needs to be studied!
Boston Dynamics was surprised to receive a takeover offer from Henry Williams. In fact, the development of robots, especially bionic multi-legged robots, and robots for military use, is not profitable at all now. Boston Dynamics has always had the support of the military, otherwise the company would have been doomed long ago. Lebert and others are for dreams, and they really like to develop bionic robots, and making money is only secondary. Therefore, in the face of Henry's acquisition and the entrustment of a huge investment in research and development, they agreed very decisively.
Henry then completed the wholly-owned acquisition of Boston Dynamics for only $100 million, and after that, Boston Dynamics merged into Alpha, and the previous name was removed. Five days later, Boston Dynamics personnel and equipment were transferred to Alpha.
Nicholas Robots moved in faster, and the day after Henry gave the order, they began to move. Similarly, after Nicholas Robots merged into Alpha, the previous company name was also canceled and the Alpha brand was used!
Robots, Terminators, Project Skynet!
Henry shook his head, what about him......
(Completed five shifts today, tomorrow?)
(To be continued.) )