"Zhang, maybe you don't know enough about our chips," accidentally heard Lin Liang's whisper, Noyce was a little anxious, shook his head again and again, but did not say a word "no".

Due to a painful personal matter, he rarely directly rejected others in his life, which made him more suitable to serve as the spiritual leader and helmsman of Intel rather than a specific manager, and it was not for nothing that Grove later took the position.

"The main frequency of the 8008A is 0.8Mhz, while the TMX1795 is only 0.75Mhz, and the most important thing is that the 8008 series can support 16kb of external storage space, but TMX1795 only supports 8kb. ”

The so-called external storage space is from the perspective of the CPU, and for the user, because it is part of the system, it is called memory.

Zhang Heng pretended to be puzzled and said, "8008A?"

"That's an improved version of the 8008. Hough interjected.

"Oh, I see. Zhang Heng smiled and said a little narrowly, "This is what you have been able to improve after you take back the rights of 4004." ”

The 4004's external bus architecture is groundbreaking, and it is this structure that allows the CPU to expand more external storage space, and this part of the structure will become the basis of the X86 series in the future.

Hoff and Faggin nodded awkwardly.

"That's the main reason why we're no longer considering cutting off chips for takeaways, Zhang, I hope you understand. Gerbo finally found an opportunity to speak, and at the same time to remind Noyce of the others.

"Edward is exactly what we are considering, Zhang, except for buying out the patent, we can talk about everything else. Neustan said admittedly.

Girbo was frustrated again, and secretly decided that it would be best to get Grove in the future business negotiations.

"We need to get the authorization of the full set of 8008 programming languages, and it will be free forever!" In this case, Zhang Heng immediately put forward the first request, which was the first major thing he needed to solve when he came to Intel.

Yesterday, Lu Yun from Xiangjiang called and found a fatal problem when they were writing a debugging program using the assembly language provided in the Intel technical manual, and the program could not pass on the existing compiler.

Zhang Heng suddenly woke up to the fact that the compiler was only for 4004, and the compiler for 8008 could not be found on the market, and Intel had not yet launched it.

Assembly is the lowest level language directly for hardware operations, which is extremely lengthy and cumbersome, and it is very difficult to debug and check errors, so Zhang Heng decided to simply ask Intel for a slightly higher level of programming language authorization.

Based on memories from previous lives, Intel should have written this high-level language called PL/M, written by Gary Kildore, an external professor at the U.S. Naval Research Institute.

Using this programming language, developers can program on any minicomputer and then write a PROM (Primary Programmable Read-Only Memory) to the CPU via the appropriate hardware module provided by Intel.

In this way, the CPU can execute the preset program instructions in the PROM.

In other words, the PL/M high-level language contains the 8008 input and output control module, in a sense, this is not only a simple programming language, but also has a faint prototype of the operating system.

Noyes nodded without hesitation: "Yes, we will license the PL/M system developed by ourselves to you, which is free of charge forever, in fact, this is what we should do for our customers." ”

Sure enough, Noyce and others did not realize the great potential of this system in the future, and just regarded it as a necessary accessory for customers who purchased hardware.

At this time, there are no independent system software vendors, let alone application software vendors.

Kildore, the author of the PL/M system, soon saw a potential business opportunity and asked Intel if he could sell the system, which he had renamed CP/M (Control Program/Monitor), to more customers.

Intel executives waved their hands, please feel free.

Kildore soon made a fortune, and his CP/M system would be copied by Bill Gates in the future, and the so-called DOS operating system would be rewritten in C.

It will be a bumpy and long public case.

Computer programming languages and operating systems are inherently complementary twins.

UNIX, the first full-fledged minicomputer operating system, was written in B, the predecessor of the C language, and the B language was born precisely because of the need to write an operating system.

When PL/M arrived, the problem of programming and controlling the input and output system was solved, and Zhang Heng put forward the second requirement, which was the first item in Plan B.

"Considering that the purchase volume of 8008 and its subsequent chips will be more and more in the future, we ask for patent authorization for this series of chips. ”

This time, Noyce observed the reaction of his men, and Gerbo shook his head slightly, while the other two nodded repeatedly.

He thought for a moment and said: "If we can note the purchase volume you mentioned yesterday on the contract, and continue to maintain the purchase volume that satisfies us after the launch of our new chips, we can agree, but it can't be an exclusive license." ”

"Yes, we will purchase 500 sets in the first batch. Zhang Heng nodded, even if he couldn't develop a new CPU series, at least he would be authorized by the X86 system in the future, which could be regarded as an insurance.

He went on to say the second item in Plan B: "Considering that our future purchases will greatly improve your company's efficiency, we need to get a commitment to give us the right of first refusal when your company undergoes a new round of capital increase and share expansion in the future." ”

In July last year, Intel successfully went public on the NASDAQ with 300,000 public shares.

At this time, its shareholder structure was as follows: 300,000 shares of public shares, 800,000 shares of Locke, 245,000 shares of Neuss, 245,000 shares of Moore, 50,000 shares of Grove and 100,000 shares of employee shares.

Noyce was stunned for a moment and said: "Preferential stock options, we have given many people, several of our executives, key technical personnel, and several external large customers, are you willing to be at the back?"

Hough was okay, Faggin instantly frowned and then immediately let go.

It seems that he did not get the pre-emptive stock options!

Zhang Heng keenly observed this with the corner of his eye, and said with a smile: "It should be on a first-come, first-served basis, we are willing to be at the back." ”

This matter was passed, and Zhang Heng's next words stunned everyone.

"Because it is the first time to develop a new product based on the core of 8008, I need your company to send a technician to Xiangjiang for three months so that technical support can be provided at any time, and I solemnly nominate Mr. Fa Jin. ”

Zhang Heng looked at Fa Jin, who had a stunned expression, and smiled kindly, "I have a good impression of Mr. Fa Jin! This is our last and most important request......

The implication is that if Intel does not agree to this request, all the above will be null and void.

This is the third item of Plan B, and it is also the most critical one that Zhang Hengzhi must win.

If Fakin is sent to Xiangjiang for three months, he is confident that he will increase his friendship with the other party during this time, so that he can finally be poached.

Noyce frowned, then looked back at Fakin, who had a serious expression and didn't give him feedback, and then looked at Hove, who also frowned and thought.

"This shouldn't work!" Galbo couldn't help but speak, "Federico is still working on the development of a new chip, so he shouldn't have time. ”

"No, Edward, Federico's work is almost done, and the follow-up can be left to someone else. ”

Gelbo didn't ask Faggin at all, so he came to a conclusion, which obviously made Faggin's supervisor and friend Hough very dissatisfied, and he spoke directly.

Gilbo didn't expect this, and he was speechless.

Noyce hurriedly said: "The project is indeed going as Ted said, I know something about it, let's ask Federico what he thinks." ”