Speaking of this, Tang Huan picked up the manual of Château Margaux and shook it, "Suppose a traditional English novel has 100,000 words with 10 letters long, and the CD can store about 700 copies. If each book is 1 centimeter thick, then the novels are stacked up to 7 meters high. ”

Tang Huan rolled up the manual of Château Margaux again, "I have several data compression techniques, and text information like this can usually be compressed to one-tenth the original size, so that each CD disc can hold a novel about 100 meters thick. ”

"Plus, you can store hundreds of digital photos." After pointing out the scenery in the distance, Tang Huan looked at Akio Morita and Norio Ohga and smiled slightly, "As for the video, according to the current chip processing speed, it is very simple to create a standard that can store 45 minutes of content per CD, similar to Betamax and VHS." ”

"Young people's minds are all about being active." Fritz, who had been watching from the wall with interest? Philips opened his mouth, "According to your vision, CD is not expected to completely replace tape and develop into the most widely applicable standard storage medium." ”

"That's true." Tang Huan laughed, "I have preliminarily planned three sub-standards: the CD sub-standard for computer storage data is called CompactDiscRead-OnlyMemory-CD-ROM, and the specification file is called Yellow Book; The CD sub-standard for video applications is called VideoCompactDisc-VCD, and the specification file is called White Paper; The CD sub-standard that supports the user's ability to write data is called CompactDiscRecordable-CD-R, and the specification file is called Orange Book. This is a mixture of red, yellow, and white that represents the previous three standards. Other subsequent sub-criteria. You can also join in. And the super set of these sub-standards is called RainbowBooks. ”

Listening to Tang Huan's eloquent conversation, the Japanese and Dutch present looked at each other and were silent for a long time.

Because we are not a small workshop-type enterprise, any project will have a complete copywriting record and guidance for practical operation.

According to the content of the conversation mentioned by Tang Huan, what is the name of the yellow book, white paper, rainbow book, etc., it can basically be determined that people have been preparing for a long time, and they can be called famous.

In the field of CDs. Is it okay that our two families are pioneers, you are a latecomer, and you have just come up with so many famous halls, and in terms of discourse, it is simply anti-customer-oriented, doves occupy the magpie's nest.

Looking at Tang Huan's confident style, if Sony and Philips agree to cooperate, he will use the existing platform to operate, which can be regarded as getting the righteousness of CD from the root; Otherwise, go it alone, and the nouveau riche is really horizontal enough.

However, such a grand idea. It is bound to involve many academic fields and massive R&D resources. Are you sure you have enough strength to lead?

When everyone was still speculating about Tang Huan's reality, they only heard the other party continue: "CD-DA is the existing achievement of Sony and Philips, VCD will affect the current market performance of video recorders, I respect this fact, but CD-ROM and CD-R are new application fields, and there is no conflict of interest involved, so no matter what you plan, I will start the project." In fact, the technical reserve work has been completed, and maybe my subordinates can't wait, and now they are all working. ”

"It seems that Tang just wants to use our existing architecture to open up new areas of application for CD." Fritz? Philips quipped, "I thought you had your eye on CD-DA too." ”

"I would be a CD-DA advocate. However, in my opinion, the norms of CD-DA are not yet perfect, and for example, in terms of copyright protection, they still need to be strengthened. Tang Huan shook his head, "My personal computer is now confident in reading and copying the contents of the CD-DA. ”

"Don's personal computer is omnipotent." Akio Morita said that he believes in this situation, "In any case, CD-DA products have not been officially put into the market, and it is difficult to say what the benefits are. ”

Tang Huan bowed slightly, he felt that the people in front of him were much more relaxed after hearing that he would not point fingers at CD-DA, especially these people from Sony.

It is not difficult to understand that under the leadership of Akio Morita, Sony launched the cassette Walkman in July 1979 and began selling it worldwide in February 1980.

Therefore, they wanted to precisely control the growth rate of the CD-DA, at least not too fast, so as not to affect the tape Walkman, which had already invested a lot of resources.

Since it has no intention of interfering with CD-DA and does not touch existing interests, but develops sub-standards for other purposes, the rejection should not be so great.

Sure enough, Akio Morita quickly said: "Tang is interested in opening up new applications for CD, so it's naturally the best, and Sony welcomes you to join this alliance." ”

Seeing that the Japanese expressed themselves so happily, the Dutch invariably thought that these two groups of people must have colluded before, otherwise they would not have communicated so easily.

Although it is impossible to understand the purpose of Tang Huan's layout of multimedia personal computers, as long as it does not affect the existing interest pattern, Philips, like Sony, does not mind having a powerful ally in a new field.

Sony and Philips were more concerned about immediate interests than CDs representing the future, and soon sought separate interviews.

It is not difficult to imagine that Sony is naturally for the authorization of the second-generation Fangyuan computer compatible machine, and he hopes that he will be the first, or at least no later than Sharp, who works closely with Tang Huan, to get this license.

You must know that the hardware architecture of the second-generation Fangyuan computer is much more complex than that of the first-generation Fangyuan computer, such as the south-bridge and north-bridge chips on the motherboard, which directly encapsulate the differences between Intel8086 and MC68000 CPUs of two different architectures, and provide the same interface to the outside world.

Since Tang Huan only intends to open the authorization of the Intel8086 branch, he must restrict it on the south-bridge and north-bridge chips. Naturally, Sony wanted to learn the math as soon as possible.

Tang Huan plans to convene a meeting on the standards of Fangyuan's computer architecture in the near future. to elaborate on the specifications of compatible machines. Since Sony is so eager, he doesn't mind letting the other party know some news early, which should be a benefit with a good attitude.

Philips also has other plans, for the lithography machine of its own semiconductor equipment department, which is the core equipment for the production of large-scale integrated circuits, and Tang Huan's Fab1 wafer factory in France uses it all.

However, Tang Huan is not satisfied with the 1.5-micron process of Fab1 and is actively seeking a 1-micron solution.

As a party to the participating. Philips is a little overwhelmed in terms of R&D investment, but he wants to maintain his technological advantages, so he plans to transfer the financial risk to Tang Huan's side.

After figuring out the other party's wishful thinking, Tang Huan couldn't help but think about everything.

Philips' history has seen some areas of investment that have diverged dramatically.

For example, in the 1930s, Philips thought that providing generators in areas with poor electrical conditions would help sell tube radios, so they began to develop the Stirling engine.

In the 1950s, time passed, not to mention the development of the power industry. The radio alone entered the transistor era, and the power supply problem was not as prominent as its predecessor. The R&D results of Philips on the Stirling engine no longer have much advantage in the market.

Fortunately, the patents accumulated from this research can still be authorized to sell for money, and some old books can be recovered.

Philips' investment in lithography machines is also a bit too far from the main business.

In 1984, Philips spun off the semiconductor equipment division and formed an independent company, named ASML, and the result was very good, with a 90% market share of similar products in the world, far behind Japanese competitors Nikon and Canon.

Lithography machine is a high value-added product, a new equipment often costs 30 million to 50 million US dollars, and the research and development cycle is long, the investment is large, ASML in order to share the risk, is to let Intel, TSMC, Samsung buy their own shares, and then reach out to the other party to add hundreds of millions of research and development funds.

Unexpectedly, the Dutch used this trick decades in advance, but if you calculate carefully, you may not suffer.

After discussion, Philips, which already had the idea of spinning off the lithography machine division, asked for money from Tang Huan through convertible bonds, the most cost-effective way.

After the three parties achieved their goals, they had no intention of continuing to be vassalage at Château Margaux, Sony and Philips left one after another, and Tang Huan also planned to leave for the United States.

Before leaving, Tang Huan looked at his mixed-race twin sons, who were being held by Sophie and Monica, one by one.

Now, Sophie, who became famous with the movie "First Contact", is a hot female star in France and is preparing to shoot a sequel to this famous work.

Monica is using the vacation to learn acting in order to meet the challenge of the role of "007" Bond Girl arranged by Tang Huan.

The pressure on this Italian beautiful girl is actually quite large, after all, there is already a benchmark for Sophie to refer to, and the tennis little Lori Graff, who occasionally appears, is eligible to transfer to the professional competition next year according to the current points results.

But the time when the next "007" will be released, according to convention, is the year after tomorrow.

Among the three future star business cards that Tang Huan drew all the way, Monica is the oldest, but the results are the latest, so it's strange that she doesn't suffer from gains and losses.

Tang Huan has been keeping in touch with Monica through letters, and naturally knows her psychological activities, so when teasing the twins, he casually reassures them, while the girl listens silently with her head down, blushing, and silently.

Christina, a part-time agent, is still very good at training Sophie and Monica, and she also called them on a home trip, and the two girls treat the two babies from the bottom of their hearts.

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Silicon Valley One was in trouble when it stopped in New York, and a large number of air traffic controllers at federal airports were on strike under the leadership of the Air Traffic Control Staff Union due to salary issues and working environment disputes.

Reagan's attitude was very tough, and he fired all the air traffic controllers involved in the strike, in accordance with the warning announced in advance.

You know, this union was one of the two unions that supported Reagan in the 1980 election, and now the president's ruthless reversal has caused a political uproar.

This disturbance came and went quickly, and Tang Huan benefited and could set sail back to San Francisco.

In fact, the effects of Reagan's economic policies have begun to appear, but not for the better, but for the worse.

The tightening of the money supply in order to end inflation caused the US economy to begin a sharp recession.

In the original space, this trend would have bottomed out in November 1982, with the recession nearly breaking the record of the Great Depression. After a recession from 1981 to 1982, the U.S. economy began a dramatic recovery in 1983.

As Ronald Reagan said of the economy in his speech, "A recession is when your neighbor is unemployed, and a depression is when you are unemployed." ”

The reality is really that dead friends are not dead and poor, and in the overall economic downturn, Silicon Valley companies are thriving.

Just like in the years after the subprime mortgage crisis, the American people shouted that life was not good, but big companies like Wall Street and Apple made a lot of money.

The level of this imbalance is also serious now, but Tang Huan can take advantage of the federal tightening money supply and the lack of money in the market to reach out to certain small companies that he sees as special value through bonds.

Although they missed the opportunity to raise funds when they were founded. But it can be made up through a debt relationship.

At least for now, it's working out pretty well.

However, as soon as Tang Huan arrived in San Francisco, he was poured cold water by Tang Wenmao. Miner's company, the ploy failed and was sabotaged by Atari, and the excuse for lobbying was the recent capital turmoil caused by the bonds of the PC seller Computer Park.

However, as soon as Tang Huan arrived in San Francisco, he was poured cold water by Tang Wenmao. Miner's company, the ploy failed and was sabotaged by Atari, and the excuse for lobbying was the recent capital turmoil caused by the bonds of the PC seller Computer Park. (To be continued......)