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Built in 1922 and designated as a National Historic Monument, the Rose Bowl is famous for hosting the American College Football Rose Cup every New Year's Day, and to date, it has held five Super Bowls in 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, and 1993. At the same time, the football final of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was also held here.

That's why the Rose Bowl is hugely popular. In this game of the American team, the Rose Bowl Stadium, with a capacity of nearly 100,000 people, opened up the seats that are usually not used. As for the live audience of TV and radio, it is becoming more and more numerous.

Following this trend, it's not hard to imagine that with each more U.S. game, the number of Americans following them will increase by a fraction -- and naturally, the effect of advertising will be further amplified.

In fact, as early as 1930, the first football World Cup, the United States team participated, and even mixed a third place, which can be called the best record of the United States in the history of the football World Cup.

However, because Americans have traditionally lacked interest in soccer, the U.S. soccer team has long been far inferior to European and South American teams, despite being a sports powerhouse. Even from 1950 onwards, when the U.S. team lingered outside the finals of the soccer World Cup for 40 years.

In 1990, the U.S. team, which re-entered the U.S. team after a long absence, lost all three games in the group stage, and completely played a soy sauce.

It was such a desert of football that won the right to host the 1994 World Cup.

The reason for this is none other than that FIFA, which is keen on the commercialization of football and has tasted the huge sweetness, wants to tap into the huge market of the United States.

The richest man is of course very aware of the market prospects for selling shoes to consumers who have a tradition of not wearing shoes.

Major League Soccer is about to be ready to go - a founder from scratch is always more likely to win a thousand years of fame than a latecomer who is icing on the cake.

The better the U.S. team's results in this soccer World Cup, the better the market prospects of Major League Soccer will undoubtedly be.

In addition, Tang Huan has another channel to understand the degree of attention that Americans pay to football, that is, the sales of EA's football video game "FIFA Series" are rising, and this statistic is real and cannot be adulterated.

Under this layout, it is reasonable for Mr. the richest man to look at the performance of the American team and suddenly have "evil thoughts".

After the game, Tang Huan did not leave immediately, but waited for the noise to dissipate almost, walked slowly to the court, and watched the staff maintain the turf airlifted, and the consumption was very amazing. His previous supervision of the details was not in vain.

Now that he is involved, the poor organizational performance similar to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the United States cannot happen under the nose of the richest man - the richest man retracts his gaze and leaves the court.

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The current head coach of the U.S. national soccer team is very familiar to Chinese people, he is Bora Milutinovic, who originally led the Chinese team to the 2002 soccer World Cup finals, that is, the nickname Milu.

This dude, after ending his career as a football player, started his coaching career in Mexico and even married a Mexican woman as his wife.

He led Mexico to the round of eight of the 1986 World Cup, and then led Costa Rica to the round of 16 of the 1990 World Cup.

The U.S. team failed to win one of the only three group games in the 1990 Soccer World Cup, and the disappointment of all parties can be imagined, so the U.S. Soccer Association invited Milou in 1991.

As a result, Milou was really magical, bringing the United States team to the round of 16 in this football World Cup.

For this. Tang Huan and Alan Rosenberg, president of the United States Soccer Association and chairman of the 1994 U.S. Soccer World Cup Organizing Committee, made a special trip to visit the U.S. team preparing for the game in San Francisco.

The next knockout match between the United States and Brazil was held at Stanford Stadium, and the timing was a bit unusual, as it was scheduled for July 4, the national day of the United States.

Although there is no deliberate political ~ political image engineering pressure, and the strength of the opponent Brazilian team is very strong, the American team still has a consensus - even if there is almost no suspense of being eliminated, the scene cannot be ugly. You must know that all the bosses of Major League Soccer are looking at it, and it is really about their "money".

In front of John Harkes, Eric Winnalda and other players, Tang Huan smiled and encouraged: "Your posture of 'mourning soldiers' has made me see the trend of soaring combat effectiveness. In fact, the evaluation of football as a whole sport is very reasonable. Brazil are a strong team, but you have strict discipline and consistent performance, and if you can hold on until extra time, your opponent may be weak. ”

The humor of Mr. the richest man made everyone laugh.

When talking to head coach Milu, assistant coach Steve Sampson and others, Tang Huan also mentioned the point of "sticking to overtime".

Milou reported: "My plan is to try to get the game to penalties and hopefully the Brazilian's shot won't be as accurate. ”

Alain Rosenberg said quietly: "There seems to be media reports in the past few days that some talented stars of the Brazilian team are secretly going out to have fun. ”

"People have this capital, it's so easy to win the group stage!" Mr. The richest man took over the conversation and quipped, "After beating Russia and Cameroon with scores of 2:0 and 3.0 respectively at Stanford Stadium, the 1:1 handshake with Sweden at Pontiac Stadium in Detroit is simply a leisurely stroll, without the slightest pain of driving and riding." ”

Milu smiled bitterly: "Most of the stars in the Brazilian team have this kind of naïve temperament, and their combat effectiveness should not be affected." ”

"That's right, Romagna is one of the best examples of genius." Tang Huan nodded, "I hope you can drag the opponent to the penalty shootout and create a miracle." ”

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On July 4, the National Day of the United States, there are two knockout matches for the Soccer World Cup, namely the battle between the Netherlands and Ireland at Oakland Stadium in Florida and the battle between Brazil and the United States at Stanford Stadium.

The latter, undoubtedly, was analyzed by the sports media as the last chance for the hosts of this football World Cup.

In addition to the sold-out Stanford Stadium, which has a capacity of more than 80,000 spectators, the battle between the United States and Brazil will also be attended by US President Bill Clinton, US First Lady Silary Collinton and FIFA President Joao Havelange.

Enjoying the spectacular scene of the crowd, Tang Huan whispered to Alain Rosenberg beside him: "According to this trend, it is estimated that the surplus of this football World Cup will exceed 50 million US dollars, which is not a problem." It can be seen that the prospect of Major League Soccer is really tempting. ”

Alan Rosenberg nodded approvingly, then looked at the proceedings before the start of the game on the pitch and asked, "Which team do you think has the best chance of winning this World Cup?" ”

Mr. The richest man smiled playfully, "After Brazil's victory over the United States, the championship is basically his." ”

Alan Rosenberg burst out laughing, "Don, when you say that, I feel that the American team is already a world-class team." ”

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The following is the anti-D part, which will be updated tomorrow morning, so let's ignore it.

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Under the impetus of Tang Huan, the commercial use of the Internet has been ready and has begun to set sail.

The next thing is to build around this center.

For example, more capital is flickered in, forming a real tide. As for whether it is a bubble or not, it is not within the controllable range of personal ability, and the benefits that should be taken anyway have not fallen.

At the same time, 3D acceleration, which can be called the last major gap in the development of microcomputer hardware, has also begun to appear.

The function of the personal computer graphics card was originally just a simple display, that is, the digital display signal sent by the host computer to the display was converted into a general electrical analog signal, so that the monitor could understand what the personal computer commanded it to do.

But soon, after this signal conversion function, 2D acceleration function was added, and there was even a decoding and playback function for digital videos such as VCDs.

At this stage, the level of the semiconductor industry can already put these three types of functions into a chip, and a single ordinary auxiliary accelerator, just like a mathematically assisted processor to a CPU, has been integrated by the manufacturing trend and robbed of living space.

However, although the 2D auxiliary accelerator is gradually losing its necessity, the 3D acceleration is back in place.

Now the 3D acceleration function is also integrated into the same chip, which is not cost-effective in terms of technical difficulty and commercial cost.

Therefore, Mr. the richest man, who holds the power of life and death in the development of the personal computer industry, believes that a single 3D accelerator card can indeed provide a good buffer if it exists in the market for a period of time.

The key now is not to rush to integrate the new 3D acceleration technology into the GPU, but to guide game developers, graphics software developers, and others to learn how to use this new technology architecture.

This kind of two-way interaction has a positive effect on whether it can create a 3D accelerated new industrial ecological chain at the fastest speed and obtain the support of a wider range of third-party vendors.

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It is no secret that Akio Morita and Norio Ohga and their entourage, who came to visit, visited the results with Tang Huan - it will soon be officially released to the public at COMDEX in Las Vegas this fall.

The richest man pointed to a person in the crowd and asked with interest, "Who is this?" ”

"He is the head of Sony's computer entertainment division, which was only established this year, and Ken Kutaragi." Norio Oga, who hurriedly introduced it, couldn't help but wonder in his heart - what kind of eyes did Tang have, he could actually pick out Kutara Ryoki, who didn't look unusual, from the crowd.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." After shaking hands with Ken Kuta, who was bent over, Mr. The richest man turned to Akio Morita and Norio Ohga and smiled meaningfully: "It seems that Sony's territory in the field of entertainment consumption is getting bigger and bigger. ”

"Compared to Tang, we are just an afterthought." Akio Morita, who was quite unhappy in his heart, replied modestly.

Sony had wanted to work with Nintendo, which was eager to find other technical supporters because Mitsubishi Electric couldn't keep up with the latest developments in home game consoles, so that he could quietly familiarize himself with the rules and master the resources, and finally enter this lucrative field.

It's a pity that Hiroshi Yamauchi still found out that Sony's harboring evil intentions, and he didn't need to be provoked by others, so he decisively tore up the cooperation agreement, which is also very star-although Nintendo can't do the EA of the richest man, but this position of the second millennium, others don't want to worry about it!

After Sony's chicken-and-egg strategy was over, there was a lot of disagreement among the top brass about whether to continue to enter the video game space.

Ken Kuta, who served as the head of Sony's side in the process of cooperating with Nintendo, naturally hopes that the owner will not give up his original intention, otherwise his career will be hit again.

Fortunately, Sony President Norio He made it clear that he supported his independent research and development of a new home game console, which is also making good progress, and thus formed a Sony Computer Entertainment this year, which can be regarded as a formal establishment.

After the release of the 64-bit fourth-generation Holder microprocessor, the video game industry was also shaken up. The CPU used in the current three generations of Gain's Xiaobawang game consoles is a special version of the Holder family - with the technical strength and tacit cooperation between Zheru and EA, it is a matter of course to introduce such a powerful microprocessor into the field of video game consoles.

The home game console currently being developed by Ken Kutaragi also uses a RISC microprocessor, which is a licensed derivative of MIPS and is compatible with the R3000 32-bit chip under this architecture.

Don't look at the current stage of the semiconductor industry in the global spring breeze, but the products it relies on are mainly memory, in terms of technology, in the entire semiconductor industry is actually in a low-end position, and compared with the American counterparts who can independently develop a new CPU architecture, there is still a big distance.

Therefore, under the surface of hegemony, it is inevitable to be controlled by others, and Sony is one of them.

Taking advantage of the excuse of seeking a new graphics acceleration chip this time, Akio Morita and Norio Oga want to take a good look at the possible impact of the fourth-generation Holder on the field of home TV hosts, so as not to die before their product background is successful.