Early in the morning, Zhang Lexing woke up from his sleep, sat on the bed and stretched, and then turned over and got out of bed. Rushing to the bathroom with slippers, Zhang Lexing took a handful of cold water and poured it on his face, and immediately felt much sober. After washing up, Zhang Lexing returned to the bedroom to change his clothes, pushed the door and came to the living room. As soon as he came to the living room, Zhang Lexing saw Yan Shuangfei sitting on the sofa, and there was no trace of last night from her face.

Seeing Zhang Lexing come out, Yan Shuangfei quickly stood up: "Boss, good morning." Would you like to eat breakfast in your room or go out to the restaurant?"

"Well, it's too stuffy to eat in the room, so let's go out to eat, and you arrange the place. ”

"Good boss. Yan Shuang Fei nodded, picked up the phone in the living room and called.

Yan Shuang Fei didn't speak loudly on the phone, Zhang Lexing didn't really hear it, but vaguely heard her say something into the microphone, "Manager Cen...... The two ...... "something."

Soon Yan Shuang Fei finished the call, put down the microphone and said: "Boss, I just asked clearly, there are fewer people on the second floor, the dining environment is better, and the breakfast buffet is more varied, so it's better to go there." ”

"Okay, let's go to the restaurant on the second floor. Zhang Lexing was not very picky about breakfast, so he nodded in agreement.

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The group took the elevator to the second floor, and the bodyguards in charge of security followed half of them, while the rest remained outside the guest room to stand guard. Coming to the restaurant on the second floor, Zhang Lexing and Yan Shuangfei flew inside and walked in, Ma Guanghai and another bodyguard also followed, while the other bodyguards stayed at the door of the restaurant.

As soon as I entered the door, the waiter greeted me warmly, first helping to find an empty table, and then quickly delivering the tableware. Zhang Lexing looked at it, and sure enough, there were not many people who came to eat, that is, seven or eight Westerners.

Picking up the plate and coming to the pick-up area, Zhang Lexing found that the long dining table was full of all kinds of breakfast, such as ham, grilled sausage, hamburger, salad, fruit, etc., and even bread had six or seven patterns. Zhang Lexing chose the clip he was interested in while walking, and it was enough to fill two sets before it was counted. Back at the table, put down the plate, and the waiter brought a few bowls of Yan, Shuang, Feidian's porridge, and a plate of fried dough sticks.

Zhang Lexing picked up the soup spoon and stirred it in the bowl of porridge in front of him a few times, it seemed that there were still a lot of ingredients in it, and it was difficult to swallow for a while.

Yan Shuang Fei seemed a little hesitant when he saw Zhang Lexing holding the soup spoon, and hurriedly explained: "Boss, your bowl is chicken and egg porridge, it's very delicious, you can taste it." ”

Zhang Lexing hesitated, but still scooped a spoonful and put it in his mouth, and after tasting it carefully, it didn't seem to be as greasy as he imagined, it tasted sticky and refreshing, and it really tasted good. Tear a little more fritters and put them down, which is another taste.

After eating breakfast and going back to the room to rest for a while, Yan Shuangfei looked at his watch and said, "Boss, it's time to go to the Oriental Microelectronics Research Institute." ”

"Alright, let's go. Zhang Lexing gave an order, and the group came to the parking lot downstairs. After getting into the car, the convoy drove towards the Oriental Microelectronics Research Institute, accompanied by not only the bodyguards, but also Yan Shuangfei and another assistant, Zhao Jaw.

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The motorcade stopped at the gate of the Oriental Microelectronics Research Institute, and President Yu (Yu Youcheng) and Vice President Ye (Ye Shengxin) were already standing at the door. Seeing Dr. Yu, who he hadn't seen for a long time, Zhang Lexing got out of the car and walked over.

"Dr. Yu (Yu Youcheng), I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you lately?" Zhang Lexing still greeted according to his custom.

"It's good, you can do what you want to do here, and you have a lot of old friends. Dean Yu said with a smile.

Zhang Lexing said hello to Vice President Ye again, and then walked to the conference room of the research institute with Dean Yu, along with Yan Shuangfei and Zhao Jaw. When he came to the conference room, Zhang Lexing found that there were already four people waiting inside, thinking that they were researchers of motherboard-related technologies.

This conference room is usually not very large for researchers to discuss problems with each other, and it can seat twelve or three people around the conference table in the middle, but it is more than enough to accommodate today's meeting.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Lexing went straight to the point without politeness: "Everyone's time is precious, I won't say more nonsense." This time, let's talk about the improvement of the computer motherboard. Yan, Shuang, Fei, you and Zhao Jaw each sent one piece of the computer motherboard they brought. ”

"Okay, boss. Yan Shuang Fei nodded, and began to launch the computer motherboard with Zhao Jaw. The computer motherboards brought this time are all 486 level, and the CPU used by AMD is still used, Zhang Lexing looked at it several times before coming, and he didn't recognize which company's product it was, but it didn't affect today's use. And Dean Yu, Vice Dean Ye, and the four people who were waiting in the conference room before, looked at the somewhat outdated motherboard in front of them, and they all felt a little confused.

"I believe you should have a certain understanding of the computer motherboard, in the case of the 486 motherboard in front of you," After the motherboard was distributed in place, Zhang Lexing pointed to the two chips on the motherboard and said: "The most important part is these two chips, which are called the North Bridge and the South Bridge respectively. The north-bridge chip mainly includes four logic components: memory controller, graphics interface controller, front-side bus controller and north-south bridge bus controller, which are responsible for communicating with memory, graphics card, CPU and south-bridge chip. The Southbridge chip focuses on functionality, mainly including the control of ISA bus and keyboard and mouse interfaces. With the current motherboard function, in order to be able to assemble a computer, in addition to the CPU and memory, it is necessary to add graphics cards, sound cards, network cards and other expansion cards to the motherboard, of course, including power supplies, floppy drives, hard disks, keyboards and mice, monitors, etc., which can be said to be very complicated.

I recently had an idea, why can't computers be simpler, such as integrating graphics cards, sound cards, and network cards into the motherboard, so that you can add a little bit of things to become a computer, and the computer can be smaller than it is now, do you think it's possible?"

Everyone looked at each other, and one of the researchers stood up and said, "Hello, Mr. Zhang. My name is Tang Wenyuan, and I am researching PCB layout logic optimization, and I also have a little dabbling in chip design. What you just said is theoretically possible. ”

"Oh, tell me more about it. Unexpectedly, someone seemed to be very supportive of his idea of integrating the motherboard, and Zhang Lexing suddenly became interested.

Tang Wenyuan picked up the motherboard in front of him and said: "Take this motherboard as an example, as Mr. Zhang said just now, the northbridge chip includes the logic of the graphics interface controller, so the graphics card needs to be integrated into the motherboard, and theoretically it should be integrated into the northbridge chip, so as to maintain a relatively high efficiency." The sound card and network card use the ISA interface, so the theory is that it should be integrated into the Southbridge chip to maintain high efficiency. Of course, this is just my personal theoretical analysis, which has not yet been tested and verified, and can only be used for reference. ”

Zhang Lexing vaguely remembered that the future integration board seemed to be integrated like this, and couldn't help but glance at this Tang Wenyuangao. Others also spoke one after another, out of the instinct of researchers, they were very cautious, and they were not very optimistic about the prospect of integrating the motherboard.

After everyone finished speaking, Zhang Lexing coughed lightly, and then said: "What everyone said is very reasonable, but from the perspective of the company as a whole, this research project to integrate the main board must be launched." ”

Vice Dean Ye's face changed slightly, and he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything. Ye Shengxin, as the vice president in charge of the allocation of research funds, Zhang Lexing knew what he was worried about, which was nothing more than the integration of the main board research to occupy R&D funds and affect the progress of other projects.

"As for R&D funding, the integration of the main board project will receive a special fund, which will not be included in the amount of R&D funding for this year. In addition, I hope that Tang Wenyuan will participate in the research of this project. ”

As soon as these words came out, Vice President Ye's face immediately returned to normal, and Dean Yu did not raise any objections, and the research project of integrating the main board was also passed, and then there was no need for Zhang Lexing to worry about the personnel scheduling, and the lack of people would naturally go through the channels of the research institute to find it, and only need to send money in on time after the budget came out, after all, the computer motherboard also belongs to the category of microelectronics technology research.

Before leaving, Zhang Lexing also announced a good news: "In order to further strengthen the research and development strength, the company will choose a suitable place to build a park, and the microelectronics research institute will have a larger research site and better research equipment......

Naturally, this news was once again welcomed by everyone in the Institute of Microelectronics, especially when Zhang Lexing vaguely mentioned that better equipment might include "super" computers. Zhang Lexing only knows that supercomputers are very useful in scientific research, but he does not know what the specific uses are, and these researchers are very clear about this, but for some well-known reasons, they have not been hopeful. Of course, the "supercomputer" that Zhang Lexing refers to is actually the foundation of "cloud computing" - computer clusters, which are not exactly the same as the supercomputers that these researchers think.

Leaving the Oriental Microelectronics Research Institute, Zhang Lexing and his party found a place to solve the lunch problem, and after a while, the group came to Oriental Holdings, located at 33 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hua Ziqing, his assistant and Dou Yong, the head of the investment department, and others were already waiting in the conference room.

The agenda of the meeting was very simple, mainly two things, one was to build a similar park in Hong Kong modeled after the San Jose campus, and relocate all the company's R&D institutions in Hong Kong to form a synergy and strengthen management. The other is to invest in the establishment of a real estate company in the mainland, which is not a new thing in Hong Kong, because of the policy changes in the mainland, there is a lot of capital influx, for example, Hutchison Whampoa has an Oriental Plaza project in Beijing. Influenced by the San Jose Park, Zhang Lexing plans to draw a gourd in Beijing and other places to get a park out, and move his local industries into it, which is convenient for unified management and can provide a better working environment for employees, but the construction and later management of this park is a very troublesome thing, Zhang Lexing hopes to set up a professional company to be responsible, which is the original intention of the establishment of the real estate company. However, this real estate company will not engage in real estate development, but will only carry out preliminary planning for the park, and the specific construction work will be handed over to powerful developers (such as Hutchison Whampoa Real Estate), as for the later management, it is also necessary to come by himself, because Zhang Lexing has seen more about how the so-called property service companies manage the owners in the future, and he does not want to invite a group of grandfathers to his employees.

After making the request, the next thing will be handled by professionals, Yan Shuang Fei also took advantage of this period to complete the task of renting a yacht, and then Zhang Lexing only needs to quietly wait for He Guoyuan and Shen Wangbo to arrive.

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At 2:50 p.m. the next day, Zhang Lexing, Yan Shuang Fei, Ma Guanghai and another bodyguard drove to the marina. As soon as I stepped on the pier, I saw the white yacht rented by Yan Shuangfei docked in the harbor from a distance. According to Yan Shuang Fei, the yacht can accommodate 18 passengers, with a length of 16.09 meters, a width of 4.67 meters, and a ceiling height of 2.32 meters.

After waiting on the dock for a while, a black Mercedes drove up from a distance and stopped at the entrance of the dock. As soon as the car stopped, the door was opened, and then He Guoyuan and Shen Wangbo got out of the car. Zhang Lexing waved his hand vigorously at them, obviously the two noticed it and walked in this direction. After the two approached, Zhang Lexing exchanged a few words with him, and everyone walked towards the yacht together.

The yacht was already manned with a captain and two sailors, and when everyone was on board, the yacht quickly sailed out to sea. Several deck chairs had been set up on the open-air deck in advance, Zhang Lexing beckoned He Guoyuan and the two to come and sit, and then picked one casually and lay down.

After a while of the sea breeze, Shen Wangbo couldn't help but speak first: "Mr. Zhang, you called us to Hong Kong all the way, what is the important matter?"

"Look at the sea outside, how vast it is. Zhang Lexing didn't answer, pointing outside and said.

At this time, even He Guoyuan couldn't help it: "Mr. Zhang, the sea is indeed very vast, but this shouldn't be the purpose of our here." ”

"What is the current situation of your two companies?" As soon as Zhang Lexing's words came out, the expressions of the two immediately changed.

Because Shen Wangbo has just been listed on the main board of the Singapore Stock Exchange, it is the time when he is in high spirits, so he is naturally happy to introduce the recent situation of the innovative company.

He Guoyuan is different, after ATI's revenue reached 230 million Canadian dollars last year, it was successfully listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, everything was developing in a good direction, but a sudden stock market crash made ATI suffer heavy losses, if it wasn't for Zhang Lexing's capital injection, he might not be able to survive until this summer, so when it came to ATI's recent situation, his face was naturally not much better.

After listening to the introduction of the two, Zhang Lexing concluded: "Actually, both of your companies have some problems now......

Hearing this, Shen Wangbo was not happy: "Mr. Zhang, the current situation of the innovative company is very good, not only the company is listed, but the rate of zhan in the sound card market is also rising, I really can't think of any problems." ”

"Don't get excited, Mr. Shen. As far as I know, most of the main revenue of the innovative company comes from the sound card, and the vast majority of the profit comes from the contribution of the sound card, so it can be said that the sound card is the lifeline of the innovative company. What if one day the sound card in your computer isn't that important?"

"Impossible, how can the computer make sound when it leaves the sound card?" Shen Wangbo didn't believe it at all.

"What if one day a computer motherboard had an integrated sound card, and if the sound quality of the integrated sound card was close to that of a discrete sound card, how many people would be willing to pay extra for a discrete sound card, and what would happen to innovative companies then?"

Shen Wangbo only felt as if a thunderbolt had sounded in his mind, and a chill surged up on his back, and he muttered to himself: "Yes, how should this be a good ......?"

Zhang Lexing turned to He Guoyuan again: "Your ATI company also has the same problem, while focusing on the graphics card, it is necessary to get involved in other aspects appropriately." ”

Shen Wangbo and He Guoyuan, who came back to their senses, almost asked in unison: "Mr. Zhang, what do you think our innovation (ATI) company should do?"

"Both of them are veterans of the IT industry, and I believe they should be familiar with computers. For computer users, except for a few high-end users, most users still care more about the price. If you can develop a motherboard that integrates the graphics card and the sound card, and the price is less than the sum of the prices of the traditional motherboard, graphics card and sound card, then which side do you think users will choose? Now your graphics card and sound card are bought with extra money for users, and perhaps for some users, it limits their purchase expectation, but once this integrated motherboard with integrated graphics card and sound card is developed, the user's choice is relatively easier, and if the integrated graphics card and sound card are provided by your two companies, the relative sales will also increase significantly. ”

Shen Wangbo and He Guoyuan's eyes lit up all of a sudden, this is obviously a great good thing for their company, if they can succeed, they will definitely make a lot of money, and the company's development will naturally be rapid every day.

"So I plan to do a research project to integrate the motherboard, the project will be placed in Hong Kong, the research and development funds are provided by me, but the two companies need to provide graphics card and sound card technology support, we lack this area of research and development personnel, once the development is successful, we can invest in our own factory to produce, can also be licensed to other companies we charge licensing fees, I believe that no matter which way will bring us rolling money." ”

Shen Wangbo and He Guoyuan glanced at each other, and both said: "Mr. Zhang, our Innovation (ATI) company is willing to participate in this research, with your shares, plus my shares, we can already decide this matter, and I will inform the board of directors about this matter when I go back." ”

With the support of ATI and Innovation, the integration plan is half the battle, and we just have to wait for Dr. Chen's good news. Of course, even if Dr. Chen fails to bring good news, Zhang Lexing plans to carry out the plan to integrate the motherboard, but without thermal experts, "cloud computing" may have to be postponed for a while.

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