Gu Biao's general idea for Wang An's new-generation computer research and development plan is to force hardware and software design from application orientation.

This idea was very avant-garde at the end of the 80s, and it was summed up by the lessons of the later generations of closed system giants in the face of the competition of open system peers.

In other words, this is not just a stopgap measure for iOS to Android and Mac to Windows.

Even for Sony's PS and Microsoft's X-Box, it is applicable in the face of those locust-like pirated PC games that don't cost money.

For example, Sony has launched PS game consoles in the past, and they all have a son. When PS3 came out, it was based on the needs of God of War 3, which was still under development at that time, to optimize and configure the hardware and system.

When PS4Pro came out, there were still more than two years before the launch of God of War 4, but the development of "God of War 4" had already started before the release of PS4Pro.

The difference in the reading speed between Bibi Kuiye 4 and the Wilderness Drifter shows that the targeted optimization has begun from the hardware design level, and the gap between the optimization and the halfway home optimization. (Of course, many of the pictures are more detailed, and the comparison here is not the picture quality)

Historically, Jobs also had to see the rise of the Internet in the early 90s, and also learned about Microsoft's development progress of Windows, before he was forced by the situation to embark on this optimization road, and now Gu Biao was forced out of this way of thinking four or five years in advance, and it is natural to earn the advantage of generation difference.

He is completely sure that as long as other computer design schemes of his time are not in accordance with his ideas, it is absolutely impossible to use the 1988 CPU and other PC machine parts to perfectly support the new version of PS/CAD/PROTEL planned by Wang An.

At that time, the global business and design/R&D elites, in order to perfect the electronic office, to meet the rigid needs of convenient process visualization and drawing, must buy Wang An brand office computers.

Otherwise, you just wait a few years, maybe in the early 90s, and Steve Jobs reacted and came to borrow a copy, or you can wait a little longer, waiting for Microsoft's Bill Gates to meet this rigid need.

However, there is a high probability that Bill Gates will not spend this effort to meet this rigid need. Because the biggest feature of the open system model is that the profit of a single machine is not high enough, and people are rushing to the market of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of units.

It is impossible to upgrade your system as a whole and reduce the compatibility of the system with low-end hardware for the needs of millions or even millions of people.

In the eyes of Bill Gates, after entering the 90s, the scale of the global personal computer market has to go to the scale of hundreds of millions, and the world's high-end design office needs are at most two million elites.

That is, Jobs, the target that people are staring at is these millions or even tens of millions of upper-class workplace elites, and they will choose to work hard with Gu Biao to follow the trend to the end.

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Gu Biao spent a few days to control the research and development direction of Wang An's new generation of computers, and when he calculated the time, it was already late December, and Christmas would be soon.

The remaining problems are either the "manual work" of the R&D department, or the outsourcing resources are not enough, and they cannot overcome them urgently.

John Chambers sorted out the problems and reported the rest of the difficulties to Gu Biao for understanding.

Gu Biao took a look, and the main trouble that needs outsourcing resources is that the response of pure third-party software developers is not enough.

The previous wave of acquisitions, investment in Miro-Media and Autodesk, as well as the promotion of the new competitiveness in the circle, the effect is also a little, but it is not big enough, it has only attracted seven or eight small companies that were used to making open platform application software for DOS, specifically for the future Wang Anxin computer to do porting.

However, Gu Biao feels that the scale of this software friend who is willing to do the ported version must be at least a few dozen, which can be considered relatively stable, so that Wang An can fight with Microsoft's DOS in terms of functional comprehensiveness in the future.

As for Wang An's new generation of computers after the official sale, the scale of this cooperative partner is at least more than 100 orders of magnitude large, think about the future Apple iPhone mobile phone after the sale, how many software developers have settled in the App-Store, horizontal comparison to know the importance of this data.

In addition to at least 100 transplanters, Gu Biao also needs a few or even a dozen third-party monopolies. That is to say, these companies are not raised and managed by Gu Wei, but they must promise to develop some awesome applications, which are only occupied by Wang An, and they can't even use the DOS system.

Of course, Gu Biao also knows that these all need a process, and the reason why there are few responders at present has nothing to do with the research and development achievements of Wang An's new generation of computers, which has a lot to do with it.

Third-party friends and businessmen don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, and they are also afraid that after investing in advance, in case Gu Biao is as unreliable as last year's Wang Lie, and they can't come up with the machine on time at that time, their efforts will not be put into vain.

Software developers all hope to invest money in development after seeing the scale of users.

Consumers want to see the software developer develop a lot of useful applications for this machine before buying this computer.

There is a paradox in this that everyone wants to follow up after pinching the money, so the initial promoter can only either expect the first-party development on the platform to be a little stronger, or the credibility of the platform side is stronger and can play the side ball to drain traffic.

The first-party development of the platform side, Gu Biao has done all his efforts, and now all that remains is to make a fuss about the credibility of the drainage, and there is still some room for operation.

Thinking about the rhythm and key point, Gu Biao called Chambers over when he was about to get off work one day and gave a few instructions:

"Starting tomorrow, I won't come to Wang An's side, and you can take care of the rest of the daily work yourself. I'll go to Tiankun in the next few days. As you know, Tiankun will also release a new generation of CPU game consoles next year, 16-bit. I'm going to find out from some of the software developers who have had a good relationship with Tiankun for many years to see if they are interested in developing PC-specific applications. ”

For Gu Biao, the most convenient way he can think of the drainage of third-party software vendors is those partners of Tiankun.

It is not a coincidence that Tiankun wants to release a new model in the same year as Wang An, but only because Motorola's latest generation of 10MHz main frequency 68000CPU will be mass-produced around the middle of next year. The latest generation of computers and consoles all use the latest generation of CPUs, so it is normal for the front and rear feet to be listed.

Although Wang An's reputation has not been good in recent years, Tiankun's reputation is very good. The third-party head software developers who are determined to follow Tiankun are all making a lot of money.

Some of these software developers are not only making games, but also other software. If Gu Biao came forward to ask them to give a show, or just let Schulhoff come forward, these studios and software companies would definitely have to give them a face.

In this way, the first wave of Wang Anxin's computer after it goes public will look much better in the future.

At least it is equivalent to the future before you buy a mobile phone, open the app-store and take a look, there are many applications, and consumers can buy them with confidence.

"Don't worry, boss, I'll keep an eye on you. Chambers saw him off respectfully, "Do you want me to arrange a car for you?"

"No, it's not a long trip, it's all Bay Area companies. Gu Biao casually refused.

The company's headquarters in the United States is located in the southern suburbs of San Francisco, near Palo Alto, where Stanford University is located.

Therefore, it is not far from Wang An Computer Company, and it is only a few dozen kilometers away, and it will be a short drive away.

Gu Biao is now a top Silicon Valley tycoon, and along Highway 101, there are easily two technology companies that are secretly valued at billions of dollars, from game consoles to computers.

Early the next morning, Tuesday, December 22, Gu Biao's servants rushed to the Tiankun headquarters in Palo Alto to inspect.

This is also the last week before Christmas, according to the European and American holiday arrangement style, Christmas Eve is a long holiday from the beginning, to be put until after New Year's Day, some units will be put for two weeks in a row.

However, companies like Tiankun and Wang An, who are going to launch new products next year and have major R&D projects under pressure, will definitely not put so much.

Schulhoff and Chambers each promised to stay for 10 days and return to work after January 3 next year. Of course, you can get three times the overtime salary for these 4 days less than outside, which is equivalent to 12 days of wages for 4 days.

And at the beginning of this year, Tian Kun and Wang An have begun to have a little Chinese style management culture, before and after the long holiday, the boss also promised to have Christmas red envelopes and New Year's Day red envelopes to get Christmas red envelopes is the day before Christmas Eve, when they get off work in the afternoon, so people who leave early can't get it, and the New Year's Day red envelopes are sent on the first day of work after the 3rd, and those who are late can't get it.

"Boss, Wang An's mess, you actually cleaned it up so quickly, it's really fast. As soon as Gu Biao arrived at the headquarters of Tiankun, President Schulhoff immediately greeted him personally and accompanied him to inspect the work.

"You guys are here for me, and I attach as much importance to the release of next year's new game console as Wang'an brand's new computer. It's just that you have always been very effective, and there are no difficulties to solve, so I have come less. ”

Gu Biao did not forget to seize every opportunity to appease his right-hand men, and this was not only for Shulhoff, but also for other executives who accompanied the inspection.

"On Wang An's side, the scale and monopoly of third-party friends are very important. These two indicators are also the most important for you. So today I mainly want to know about this part of the work, how are you going, and when the new game console is launched next summer, how many gold medals are expected to occupy the masterpiece?"

"You can rest assured, we have at least double-digit independent friends, and I have personally followed their development plans and progress, and we guarantee that they are all powerful works with more than one million sales in the first year. Schulhoff said very confidently.