In March 1985, Intel was trying to persuade IBM to adopt its 386 CPU, but IBM was hypocritical, believing that the 32-bit chip should be a patent for the mainframe, and as a microcomputer, BM had the X86 patent license, so it was secretly researching an improved version of the 286 chip, and Intel's 386 was not impressed.

In the battle for technical leadership in the main PC camp, at first, the whole camp would never have considered Intel to have more influence than IBM. However, later IBM was obsessed with improving the 286, and some compatible machine manufacturers used the 386, which was rejected by IBM, so that the performance of the compatible machine exceeded IBM.

Since then, IBM has completely lost its qualification to dictate the PC camp, but Intel has gradually gained more and more influence, which can force software and hardware manufacturers to adapt to Intel's new generation of chip technology, rather than Intel to cater to other partners.

In fact, the real hegemony of the PC was in the 386 era. In the 286 era of PC, although the market share is not low, due to the intrigue between IBM and PC compatible machine manufacturers, as well as Intel, there is internal friction in its entire camp.

At this time, Xinchuang Electronics will naturally not join the debate over whether a 16-bit chip or a 32-bit chip is better. Instead, it threw out - the concept of multi-core CPUs!

Therefore, since the beginning of 85 years, the world's science and technology media columns have been full of related advertorials about "personal computers have entered the multi-core era", and the articles have touted the superiority of multi-core computers over single-core computers on a large scale.

By listing mainframe computers and supercomputers, all of which are multi-core computers, to prove the superiority of multi-core, if you want to have higher performance, how can one CPU be enough? You need to have two, four, or even more!

"Organisms go from single cells to multiple cells, computers go from a small number of transistors to a large number of integrated transistors, a single-core CPU is equivalent to a single cell, and multiple CPUs are equivalent to multiple cells. The transformation of computers from single core to multi-core is the inevitability of historical and technological development......"

This public opinion offensive is naturally for the "Pangu multi-core host" to build momentum, although at present, most of the users of the Pangu host, the single-core XRM16CPU host also feel that it is enough.

Of course, PC manufacturers have also hired a large number of experts to refute the argument that personal computers should have multiple cores, arguing that the performance increase of multi-core stacking is far greater than the cost.

However...... The multi-core CPU of the Pangu console is sold cheaper than the PC286 console, which makes these refutation articles of the PC camp untenable.

Of course, there are also some analytical arguments that are accepted by consumers, such as electricity bills!

The price of multi-core is to increase some electricity bills, but at most, it is equivalent to the electricity cost of one more lamp, and consumers who are not so budget-conscious will not care too much.

"The storm of new hardware upgrades is coming, and the performance upgrade of the Pangu host is in full swing!

Pangu console upgrade, upgrade 128KB memory, free upgrade without price increase, global reference price of $398.

Dual-core Pangu console, dual-core XRM16CPU, 1MB large memory, priced at $998.

Quad-core Pangu host, quad-core XRM16CPU, 1MB large memory, configuration 256MB large hard disk, comparable to the top configuration of a small computer, the price is only $1998......"

The multi-core Pangu host was originally a compromise product because of the backward technological level of the industrial chain of the new start-up electronics company. However, after the constant hype and packaging of new start-up electronics companies, multicore is gradually being touted as the technological development trend of the personal computer industry in the future.

Of course...... In the future, the computer industry will indeed take the multi-core route, not only PCs, but also most consumer electronics products such as mobile phones and TV set-top boxes, which claim how many cores they have.

In the 80s and 90s, the computer industry was supposed to focus on core metrics such as the main frequency of chips and floating-point performance. Then there is the capacity of memory, graphics card, and hard disk.

How many core issues have not become a buying point in the market for a long time. And Lin Qi threw out the multi-core concept in advance, anyway, the market will have to take the multi-core route sooner or later!

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After the Chinese Lunar New Year, Xinchuang Electronics began a new round of marketing. Every host makes many consumers drool.

Because, all computer consumers have the impulse to configure, even if his computer can meet the current use, but see a high-performance computer, or excited. If the price of high-performance computers is still relatively affordable, it will further attract a large number of potential consumers to pull out the money in their pockets.

"Miss, may I ask, the four-core Pangu console is really only priced at $1,998?" A middle-aged customer in a new start-up electronic experience store in New York City asked in disbelief, "Before, the PC I used, although it was compatible with good, it was too difficult to use." ”

"Yes, the DOS operating system of the PC is really not easy to use, and our Pangu graphics operating system is more suitable for users who do not understand computer technology. The shopping guide lady showed a sweet smile, "The price in the American market is the most standard guide price in the world, and our store is the official store directly operated by the company, and the price statistics are based on this guide price." ”

"It's my first time using Pangea, excuse me, does it support file printing?"

"Absolutely, we are currently compatible with more than 60 printing devices on the market, and this can be achieved by installing a software driver...... The installation is very simple, just follow the simplest instructions. Moreover, our store can provide after-sales service to solve technical problems within 2 years. Within a year, you can enjoy the after-sales service of replacing the ordinary maintenance of the new machine! You can try to operate it in the experience store, and if you think it is more suitable for your own use, you will pay for it. ”

"Really, that's great!" The middle-aged customer accepted the warm service, and after half an hour, he left happily with a brand new quad-core Pangu and a large box of software and blank discs.

Originally, this customer needed only one generation of office printing machine, but he was quickly convinced that only using office software did not reflect the powerful performance of this machine, which could not only be used for work, but also be able to play games and relax after work.

Since the middle-aged man was the owner of a small company, he may be banned from installing game software on his employees' computers. But he himself is not subject to the restrictions.

The ease of use of the Pangu host, it seems that this middle-aged man has gradually become the hardcore of the Pangu host. At a time when most offices in the U.S. were using PCs, they were already using the more user-friendly Pangea console.

Later, the compatibility of the Pangu console became stronger and stronger, and no one regarded it as an ordinary game console anymore.

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