At the beginning of 97, Intel launched a blockbuster attack with a Pentium processor integrated with the MMX instruction set, and within a few years, it swept all the processors compatible with the X86 instruction set that were at the same level of computing power on the market, and finally looked at all directions.

In this battle to make home computers into home multimedia entertainment centers, AMD, Cyrix, IBM, Nexgen, IDT, RISE, these famous companies, were killed by Intel in just a few years.

Except for AMD, which relied on the patent cross-licensing agreement with Intel in the early years, that is, each other can use each other's patented technology, and finally survived, the other x86-compatible processor design manufacturers all ended up depressed. Forced away from the booming market of home computer processors by Intel.

I think that in 1968, when the genius engineers of Fairchild Semiconductor left to establish Intel, where did they think that they would be today.

Speaking of Intel, when the company was founded in 1969, those entrepreneurial geniuses were still immersed in the happiness of getting rid of the shackles of the Fairchild semiconductor bureaucracy, and the whole company was as small as a sparrow, and there was no main product.

They pinned all their hopes on 4K dynamic memory, the so-called dynamic memory is memory, yes, even if a single particle only has 4K memory at that time, it was enough. Compared with the memory particles of 512M and even 1G in later generations, the difference is like a canoe and an aircraft carrier. But at that time, compared to fishnet-like core memory, dynamic memory chips were indeed very remarkable epoch-making products.

The problem is that this thing is still under development, and there are a bunch of unsolved technical and technological problems, and the quality of the guide is not up to par.

It just so happened that at that time, Japan was desperately trying to learn microelectronics technology from the United States, and Japanese companies generally believed that the United States had the best technological level in the world, and this was indeed the case.

But the style of each company is different, a hardware manufacturer called "Japan Computer Company" did not know whether it was discerning or unladylike, in short, it listened to Intel's deception at that time, handed them an advance payment of 100,000 US dollars, and commissioned the development of a set of 12 chipsets for computing.

It is no wonder that in the face of a famous scientist like Noyce, the boss of Intel at the time, people are prone to infantile diseases. And Noyce is the founder of Fairchild Semiconductor, one of the inventors of integrated circuits, and he almost won a Nobel Prize. Talking to such a person, if you don't understand his character, you must be easily gullible.

Intel was short of money at that time because of the research and development of memory chips, and immediately took it to fill the hole after seeing the money, and handed over this "little job" of entrusting the design of computer chips to Hove, a student with Serial Number 12 in Intel's internal staff at that time, that is, Ted Hough, who was later known as the father of microprocessors.

Although Hove pinched his nose and took over this small job, he scoffed at the original concept of the Japanese 12 chips, thinking that it was a Stone Age thing, and a genius like himself either didn't do it, or he had to integrate it all together, and 12-in-1 was worthy of his own work.

When the report was called, Boss Nuo didn't consider the feelings of the Japanese who were in a hurry to get the goods, and actually approved it......

Six months later, the sad Japanese computer company (which later went out of business...... I went to Intel to ask for chips, and found that Nima hadn't even finished the design, let alone chips!

The Japanese have nowhere to vent the fire, and they want Intel to pay back the money with the contract, and Boss Nuo remembered that there is still this matter, and when he asked, he knew that Hove felt that the design had not been completed for half a year, and he was a little dull, so he went out on vacation to avoid the limelight.

Boss Nuo spread his hands and discussed with the Japanese engineer in kind words: "If you want money, you want to die, do you want to try a lawsuit?"

Encountering such a shameless master, the engineer negotiator of the Japanese computer company was also stunned, thinking about it and feeling that there was no way to explain it to the country, this Nima wasted half a year in vain, and 100,000 US dollars was taken as an interest-free loan, and he had to apologize for his guilt?

"You have to give me a way to live, let me give an explanation to the company when I return to Japan!" The Japanese representative simply put aside the concept that the user is God, and just wanted to be able to avoid being beaten to death by the president after returning to China.

So Intel persuaded the Japanese engineer that the thing was actually half designed, and you could have it later, or else, you would stay and develop it with our Hough classmates.

Of course, Japanese engineers felt that fate was more important, so they reported to China, saying that what was not yet in sight was unparalleled in the world. But the Japanese computer company actually believed it and agreed to keep him in the United States to participate in the follow-up joint development.

So Intel sent a few more engineers, plus two people spent another eight months to complete the design, followed by tape-out testing, correcting errors and tape-out, until November 71, and finally the world's first CPU4004 was born.

After the things came out, the Japanese computer company finally changed its face and demanded that Intel pay 60,000 yuan as a delay in damages, after all, the delivery time was more than a year longer than scheduled, and the world did not do so.

At this time, Boss Nuo took a fancy to the potential of this chip, after all, he is a genius, and the products that geniuses value are of course genius products, so he proposed to lose money, and the patent will not be given to you.

What Boss Nuo didn't expect was that the Japanese really agreed......

It can be seen from this that the bankruptcy of a Japanese computer company in the future is really not unjust at all, and this company not only has an internal ghost, but also the top management is also teasing.

After helping Intel win the patent, the Japanese engineer did not dare to go back to work in a Japanese computer company, and resigned directly to join Intel......

Although a lot of things have happened since then, in short, Intel started from 4004CPU, 8008, 8080, 8086, 8088, all the way to the microprocessor market, until the birth of 80286 chips, laying the foundation for the hegemony of home computer CPUs.

Small living room.

Hu Yiting shook his head and stopped his chaotic memories: "Old Xia, you talked to me today, is there anything you want me to do?"

"I hope you can stay and participate in the development of this project team. Xia Lao hesitated a little. "Don't worry, it won't delay your homework, there are many graduate students in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who can help you with your tuition. ”

Hu Yiting was overjoyed: "Of course it's good to stay in Beidu to participate in research and development, but I have one condition, this patent must belong to me, otherwise I must refuse." ”

Xia Lao frowned and said: "I'm afraid this won't work, I'll apply at most to let you have the right to use the patent, after all, the investment in this research and development depends on the allocation from above." ”

Xia Lao's secretary Tu Xiaobo said hurriedly: "Hu Yiting, don't worry, it won't take up too much of your time, the main thing is the preliminary design demonstration meeting, you need to participate, I estimate that it can be completed in a week or two." I've heard, aren't you already escorted?"

Hu Yiting hesitated: "I'm not worried about time and energy, but because I already have the design idea of this chip, even if I don't need help from others, at most, I can complete the design by myself in a month." ”

Tu Xiaobo was stunned, and closed his mouth half-loudly: "This is impossible, Hu Yiting, don't think that designing a chip is an easy job, I know you said that you have designed THT1062, but that kind of thing is at most a single-chip microcomputer chip, and it can't be compared with a coprocessor at all! A coprocessor is much more complicated! If you want to realize tape-out in the future, the various technologies used in it are simply unimaginable!"

Mr. Xia invited you because he valued your mastery of various algorithms in the field of compression and decompression reflected in your paper, and your personal talent.

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