Chambers and Simone looked at each other, silently digesting the information given by Tang Huan.

"If the judgment is correct, I believe that it will only take about a year for the mature IBM personal computer to come out, and the proportion of hardware platforms on the market will definitely change dramatically."

Tang Huan continued to speculate that being so jealous of the blue giant was not a mediocrity, and its influence was too great.

In the original time and space, in August 1981, IBM-PC5150 came out, its technical characteristics can only be said to be decent, but it is sought after.

By 1982, IBM-PC sales had reached more than 30,000 units per month.

At the end of that year, Time magazine named the cold machine, IBM-PC, the person of the year.

This shows how powerful IBM, the industry giant, is.

"Judging from the current situation, AppleIII, the successor product of AppleII, has too many problems, and it may not be IBM's opponent, and our product profits mainly come from the Apple platform, and when the time comes, it will definitely be greatly affected." Simeone said worriedly.

"Or, let's introduce our Fangyuan computer to the U.S. market." Simeone then suggested.

Tang Huan shook his head, "Fangyuan computer, like AppleII and AppleIII, uses 8-bit CPUs, while Intel8086 is 16-bit, which is obviously not an opponent, and you also have an experience, the ability of 8-bit microcomputers can no longer meet the growing needs of our software." ”

"Then start the R&D plan of the second-generation Fangyuan computer as soon as possible, it seems that the hardware department is already doing some technical preparations, and the project will be established as soon as possible, after all, software development needs a stable benchmark hardware platform." Simeone's expression was eager.

Tang Huan nodded, "That's what I mean." ”

"Zheru is now the largest provider of personal computer software, will IBM find a hardware manufacturer like Intel to contact a software company like us?" Chambers reminded slowly.

"It's hard to say." Tang Huan rubbed the stubble on his chin, he instinctively always regarded the blue giant as his biggest opponent, and he really didn't think about cooperation.

"That's not right." Chambers was quick to dismiss his idea, "With IBM's capabilities, it's impossible not to know the close cooperation between us and Apple, and Zheru should be its rival." In this way, guys like Rubinstein, who are now struggling to survive, have a turning point in the market. ”

"Forget it, don't think about it so much, our technical purpose is not to be controlled by others, and the second-generation Fangyuan computer is our most trustworthy future platform."

Tang Huan smiled confidently, "What's more, I'm sure that even with IBM's hardware platform, our software products can be quickly switched over." Because the most mature microprocessors at present are none other than Intel's Intel8086 series and Motorola's MC68000 series, IBM can almost only choose one of the two if it is purchased externally, so I can guess the characteristics of IBM's platform. And I originally planned to divide the second-generation Fangyuan computer into two branches according to the CPU type, as long as I add a virtual terminal environment to simulate, it can cover IBM's hardware platform. ”

In Zheru Company, Tang Huan's technology is the most authoritative, and almost everyone subconsciously feels that he is omnipotent, because every product led by Tang Huan is a great success, so that everyone's life can be so nourishing.

Since Tang Huan made the decision so confidently, Simeone and Chambers immediately instinctively believed it.

"Let's go, let's go and see how well a hardware technology topic has been overcome." Tang Huan stood up and waved his hand.

At this time, Christina's housekeeper Fanning walked in.

Without waiting for Tang Huan to speak, Simone and Chambers, whose faces quickly became strange, said in unison, "Let's wait outside", and then quickly left.

Seeing this, Tang Huan couldn't help but rub his nose, Christina's trick of sending a private jet seemed to affect his authority.

Fan Ning smiled and said respectfully, "Mr. Tang, Miss sent me to invite you to the villa for dinner. ”

"Okay, I'll get over by myself when I'm done with my work." Tang Huan nodded, "Go back and remind your young lady to keep a low profile, I'm not used to the current situation." ”

"Yes." Fanning obediently agreed.

Sending the housekeeper away, Tang Huan found Simone and Chambers and asked directly: "Does Christina's nonsense have a bad impact on Zheru's public image?" ”

"How is it possible, it's just your private matter, and everyone is envious of your charm." Chambers replied with a smile.

Tang Huan carefully looked at the two most powerful subordinates in front of him, and saw that they didn't look like they were cheating, so he ordered: "Sort out a file of the important newspaper that reported this matter and show me, otherwise I really don't feel at ease." ”

"This is easy to do, and there are already employees who have collected newspapers in this area." Simeone told the truth.

Tang Huan stroked his forehead speechlessly, "It's such gossip, it seems that work is still too idle." ”

Simone and Chambers couldn't help but laugh and followed Tang Huan to the hardware R&D department.

"Because we have developed a lot of enhancement cards for Apple's second-generation phones, I set up a team to develop various buses. The bus used to connect the expansion card, named ISA (the industry standard structure), is basically a success, and its significance is very significant, it means that we can divide complex microcomputers into independent modules according to their functions, and hand them over to partner manufacturers to produce, so that the product can be brought to market as soon as possible. ”

While Tang Huan asked about the progress of the project, he did not forget to explain to Simone and Chambers, so as to enhance the confidence of the two generals against IBM.

Originating from IBM-PC, the ISA bus was used to connect expansion cards and motherboards, initially 8-bit 4.77M Hz, and later upgraded to 16-bit 8M Hz, contributing to the development of open architecture microcomputers.

To some extent, IBM was eventually defeated by other compatible computer vendors because it gradually lost control of the ISA bus, and even the introduction of MCA to counter EISA did not save this decline.

The vitality of ISA is extremely strong, and even before withdrawing from the PC motherboard market, it saw the birth of the AGP interface.

Of course, the original space-time ISA has many shortcomings, such as being locked with the CPU clock at the beginning, and not supporting Plug-n-Play, that is, "plug and play".

Tang Huan would definitely not be so short-sighted, these problems were taken into account from the beginning.

"With these foundations, our second-generation Fangyuan computer development can focus on how the CPU, memory, and bus work together without paying too much attention to peripherals, and the supporting operating system, and the idea is so clear."

Tang Huan summed up smugly, hearing Simeone and Chambers nod their heads again and again.

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