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On 9 December, the U.S. Congress approved a proposal drafted by Congressman Al Gore and allocated $600 million to the U.S. National Network for Scientific Research and Education.

On December 19, Al Gore directly referred to the U.S. National Research and Education Network as the "information superhighway" -- which he hopes will be a catalyst for the construction of fiber-optic networks across the United States.

In fact, Tang Huan's speech from the business world and Al Gore's bill from the political world are only part of the booming Internet movement, and people such as Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf, who are collectively known as the "fathers of the Internet" who designed the protocol and Internet infrastructure, have also made a voice from the academic community.

The introduction of the National Information Infrastructure Construction Program of the United States, or NII, has triggered an adjustment at the policy level.

Specifically, this huge plan to build a nationwide information network will not only involve cameras, scanners, keyboards, telephones, fax machines, computers, switches, optical discs, video and audio tapes, cables, satellites, optical fibers, microwave networks, televisions, monitors, printers, and other visible and tangible hardware products, as well as databases, equipment interoperability, and other software systems that provide various services.

In other words, the industry at the national level has created a gluttonous feast, just as it was before the end of the Cold War, when the military-industrial complex enjoyed the benefits of state investment.

Having said that, in today's world, only the United States has the financial resources, talent, and enough space to play this high-end game.

And the reason why Tang Huan is so keen on the Internet, in addition to the reason that anyone can guess the motivation to chase wealth, is more important for the kind of power hidden in the Internet that can affect the whole world - when everyone is as dependent on the Internet as if they can't do without water and air, it means that the Internet has kidnapped everyone. This is an invisible hand of authority newly developed by human society, and of course it is also the ultimate pursuit of the new superiors.

In this atmosphere of heated discussion about the Internet, Mr. Richest Man, who has always had a positive attitude, repeatedly suggested that the National Science Foundation of the United States turn NSF into commercial use.

This round of lobbying is even more powerful, and Gaine has one more excuse, that is, Tang Huan's law published when he gave a speech at the DEX summit forum, which is about the value of the Internet - the more users, the greater the value of the Internet.

It is no exaggeration to say that in a short period of time, Down's Law of Internet development has been discussed and thoroughly studied, and then has become a recognized industry development guideline comparable to Moore's Law, which has been cited by countless people.

However, it will take time for NSF to become commercial. Because the U.S. government also wants to control the Internet, it needs a buffer time to develop special things like encryption algorithms and security chips. Fortunately, the American people have a tradition of distrusting the government ~ government, and they are extremely disgusted by this, and it is foreseeable that this reason for delay will soon be drowned out in saliva.

Tang Huan understands that this kind of thing cannot be rushed. It is necessary to go through the procedure step by step, but fortunately, in the case of the popularity of the Internet concept, the opportunity of AOL IPO is almost ripe, and it can be regarded as worth the ticket price, worthy of your patience.

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One of the functions of the Internet is to connect people to a unified virtual community across traditional constraints such as geographical location. While the United States is enthusiastically discussing the Internet, Europe, across the Atlantic, is also taking a very important step on the road to unification.

On December 9-10, the 46th European Community Summit held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, after two days of debate, finally adopted and initialed the peace, which is collectively called.

This treaty, which was amended in 1957, set out the objectives and steps for the establishment of a political ~ political union and an economic and monetary union for the European Community.

Among them, as early as April 1990, French President François Mitterrand and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl jointly proposed the following objectives: to pursue a common foreign and defence policy;

The richest man had little interest in the treaty, but what he was really interested in was that it would be formally signed on February 7, 1992, by the 12 foreign and finance ministers of the European Community.

The treaty stipulates that within the European Community, that is, the future European Union, the free flow of capital~, a truly unified market, and the perfect coordination of economic policies, its ultimate goal is to establish a European central bank and implement a single currency.

Since harmonization is pursued, there must be many common criteria - the member States of the European Community need to meet the requirements of inflation of less than 5 per cent, fiscal deficit of no more than 3 per cent of GDP and public debt of no more than 60 per cent of GNP by a specified deadline.

"As expected. The richest man, who muttered, closed the file with a snap, handed it to the assistant next to him, and walked into the supercomputer center.

After finding his little cousin Meng Jing, who was busy with his head down, Tang Huan smiled and asked, "How is it, have you sorted out the results of the operation?"

"Almost. Meng Jing complained: "Everyone else has been to Christmas, you know that I am being exploited." ”

Tang Huan joked and reassured: "After you follow this project from beginning to end, you will have real talents worthy of the title of master." ”

Meng Jing rolled her eyes, "According to your prediction, wouldn't I have to work as a coolie for nearly a year?"

"When the time comes to see the victory, you won't be so sad. Tang Huan stretched out his hand, "Show me the pound sterling statement first." ”

After the rise of Fangyuan supercomputer, Tang Huan's financial model also came into use. It's like spreadsheet software running on a personal computer, statistically and analysing data, and even going a step further by changing environmental variables and changing different inputs to predict the output.

"Britain's pride and entanglement are vividly reflected in the pound," Meng Jing said solemnly.

"The little girl is right, wait to receive the reward. After Tang Huan finished praising him, he put down the information and ordered lightly, "Give me a copy of this report every half a month, no matter where I am at that time." ”

"Yes. Meng Jing mischievously raised her hand and saluted.

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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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It's no wonder that the IBM-PC compatible machine camp jumped to scold, their careful preparation, in exchange for an obvious cold reception.

Instead, Fangyuan's workstations and servers, /6000 series workstations and servers, have attracted much attention.

The so-called "high-end" is difficult to explain in a simple summary to non-specialists, but it can be described as an example.

For example, major U.S. banks require computer systems to be down for no more than 5 minutes, 365 days a year.

It can be seen that not everyone can do such a demanding application solution, and in the past, only mainframes and minicomputers could undertake such tasks, but now the relatively low-cost microcomputers can also be undisputedly on top.

However, the most eye-catching technologies and products are Fast Ethernet, which has a 10-fold increase in transmission speed, as well as supporting network cards, routers, software, and so on.

Of course, as in previous years, the summit forum where DEX invited industry bigwigs to give speeches is the most professional and highest. What's more, Mr. the richest man, who has not shown up for several years and left the limelight to others, also appeared.

All parties predict that judging from the activities of Tang Huan, a Silicon Valley leader, in the past two years, the theme of his first speech at the summit forum is very likely to revolve around the Internet.

Indeed, Mr. The richest man made a bold prediction at the beginning.

"This year, the number of computers that make up the Internet is close to 400,000, and I believe that in five years, that number will exceed 10 million. In other words, the pace of development is even faster than Moore's Law predicts the speed of development of the semiconductor industry. ”

Glancing at the scene of the audience's head to ear, Tang Huan stretched out two fingers and said confidently: "This prediction of doubling every year seems too bold, but according to the two laws I have discovered and summarized, there are still traces. ”

"It is precisely because of the significant development achievements made by the semiconductor industry under the guidance of Moore's Law that it provides a solid foundation for the computing performance necessary for the Internet. ”

"In the next period of time, perhaps 30 years, the bandwidth of the Internet backbone will grow at least three times the growth rate of computing performance, that is, it will double in about half a year. ”

"Let's look at a vivid real-world example, the NSF, the backbone network created by the National Science Foundation in 1986 for interconnection between universities, started with 56 kbps, increased to 1.5 mkbps in the summer of 1988, and started to serve at 45 mkbps in November of our DEX event. ”

"Among all of you, the proportion of people who have access to the Internet should not be low. Think carefully about whether you have shared your feelings about the Internet with your family, friends, and colleagues, and then inadvertently become propagandists who have helped the Internet scale. ”

After the warm applause gradually subsided, Tang Huan continued to elaborate on his second research result.

"The continuous growth of the network bandwidth of the Internet backbone means that it is more likely to promote the emergence of various new network application methods, as well as the continuous reduction of the cost of network users. ”

And behind this, the law of value is indispensable. Just as a shopping mall, the more customers it cares for, the lower its operating costs and the greater its commercial value. ”

"The data I gave about this is that the value of a network is equal to the square of the number of nodes in the network, and at the same time, it is proportional to the square of the number of connected users. ”

"This also means that the more users a network has, the greater the value of the network as a whole and every computer within that network. ”

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The richest man overshadowed the other speakers with the brilliance of his speech, and the attention of the attendees and the media was drawn to the concept of the Internet, a term that became more and more popular.

This makes it natural for industry observers to have an Internet perspective when the patent dispute between IBM and Fangyuan Computer, Zheru and other companies reaches a final settlement.

The result of this reconciliation is understood as the decision of the two giants to abandon the battle over personal computer standards, which has become a thing of the past, and actively plan for the upcoming Internet era with a wider market. In particular, after IBM unbelievably embraced Fangyuan's personal computer standards, although it was tantamount to admitting defeat and losing face, it also jumped out of the quagmire of the personal computer standard dispute, and then had more resources to operate emerging high-end products such as RS/6000 series workstations and servers.

No matter how much they say, it is false, but the market's reaction is the most real -- since Tang Huan's speech at the DEX summit forum, companies on the stock market that are related to the Internet have been favored by investors without exception, and their stock prices have continued to rise, including the sluggish IBM, which has also revealed a wave of vitality.

It must be said that John Eckes's risky gamble received the reward he wanted, withstanding the attacks of the forces that wanted to oust him from power.

The chairman and CEO of IBM, as if to show that IBM's defection to the door of Fangyuan's personal computer standard does not mean surrender, impassionedly issued a challenge - the high-end field is what we are good at, and the real competition is here.

Putting aside this popular Internet concept, after the vigorous promotion of industry leaders, it has ushered in major good news at the national level.

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