Chapter 82: More Advanced CPUs Than Intel (3)
It was with their help that those clones were able to easily steal IBM's technology, forming the de facto so-called "IBM PC standard"; Since the technology was stolen, the chips on the computer motherboard were naturally copied-------- so Intel laughed, and IBM cried!
The crying IBM let Intel's senior management see the value and application prospects of its own CPU chip, and launched its own new architecture of the 286 chip in 82. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ććććć
Wait, 82 chips with a new architecture were launched in 286? Before November 81, before IBM's first monthly sales came out, before the clone manufacturers stretched out their claws, before the entire Intel management had established confidence in the CPU department and was ready to close the CPU chip department at any time, Intel would invest a huge amount of money to develop a new architecture of the 286 chip?
To be honest, I don't believe anyone!
So, where did this 286 chip come from out of nowhere? There is only one answer, buy the products of another company or team, and then pass off the newly developed products of your own department!
Because, this acquired product has now become a drawing in front of Ye Kai, and the circuit on this drawing has a very eye-catching general name in the previous life, that is, X86 architecture, and this circuit is the core of the 286 chip under the X86 architecture!
x86 is an abbreviation for the standard number of Intel's general-purpose computer family, and also identifies a set of general-purpose computer instructions, X has nothing to do with the processor, it is a simple wildcard definition for all 8086-compatible systems.
Ye Kai vaguely remembered the X86 instruction set in his previous life, and it was after the 8086 chip came out that Intel's instruction set had a clear name. And it is this X86 instruction set that has afflicted Intel's own engineers and put a heavy burden on Intel's CPU chips.
Because, the instruction set of 286 is different from the previous CPU instruction set, in order to be compatible with the instruction set before 286, engineers must put all the previous instruction sets into the core of the CPU, coupled with the disorderly development of Intel engineers, they are always adding a large number of different instruction sets to each generation of chips, which has caused the disadvantages of bloated, complex, low performance, high power consumption and so on of Intel chip core.
In the previous life, Atari Atari, after Bushnell's departure, the new chairman was a businessman who did not understand technology, and as soon as he took office, he made drastic improvements to the company's internal system, shutting down several projects that had nothing to do with game consoles, perhaps this project was one of them.
After Carrot and others left, with this dark project that died before dawn, perhaps after several turnovers, they found Intel to re-establish confidence in their CPU department, so that Intel launched a new architecture chip at the fastest speed, and on this basis, successively launched 386, 486 and other chips, so that Intel Corporation ascended to the throne of the first-class chip company!
This is the perfect answer to the reason why Intel chip cores have so many drawbacks!
If Bushnell knew that he did not hesitate to sell the chip division established by the company, and finally cheapened Intel and laid the foundation stone for the rise of Intel Corporation, no matter in his past or present life, it would be a pain in Bushnell's sleepless night, and naturally including the directors of Warner Bros. who watched Ye Kai's jokes on the side!
In the previous life, Intel had the last laugh, and in this life, it will be Ye Kai's turn to laugh last!
Ye Kai, who had the last laugh, slowly calmed down after a short period of excitement and excitement, and instantly thought of the place where the chip was developed and produced, where should I put it?
There are indeed a lot of software and hardware talents in the United States, so many that many people have no chance to get ahead. The technology companies in the United States are also very strong, so powerful that they are simply the vane of global technology. However, there are too many wealthy people in the United States, so much so that the equity of many companies with development potential must be in their hands, so that the company can operate normally.
According to the normal law of development, when Ye Kai's chip company begins to emerge in the industry, venture capital and consortium will inevitably open their mouths, without hesitation, and very cruelly to carry out various means to block Ye Kai's weak company until the goal is achieved!
Therefore, unless necessary, the chip company and the main factory must not be placed in the United States, otherwise there will be any changes in the grass, and the company will definitely not grow an inch!
Therefore, the R&D team must not stay in the United States, and only need to set up a test factory in the United States, and the CPU chips produced by this test factory are mainly aimed at the market in the United States. Then, even if there is a loss, it will not make Ye Kai feel pain.
In the future, the hardware design, assembly and production of computer motherboards for game consoles, for cost and safety reasons, will be set up in Asia or Hong Kong, which will be the problems that Ye Kai needs to consider in the future.
Now Ye Kai's most important problem is how to convince this R&D team to move to Asia or Hong Kong. This is an incomparable problem that makes Ye Chu extremely headache, because most technicians are unwilling to leave their familiar work and living environment.
Headache is headache Ye Kai opened his eyes, picked up the phone and called Alyssa, and asked Alyssa to inform Kairo that he would wait for him in the small conference room after 1 hour.
After putting down the phone, Ye Kai carefully put away the drawings and said to Roland: "In addition to this project, do you have any other discoveries?" Well, that kind of eye-catching discovery? ā
"Boss, this one really exists." Roland replied with a smile, and she began to rejoice in her choice, and was deeply impressed by the eyes, or good luck, of the sunny, handsome oriental man in front of her. "The company also has an in-house chip department that is designing control chips and game engines for 8-bit home consoles and arcade machines with 80 percent completion. I think they want to completely get rid of Motorola and Zilog and adopt their own chips in order to reduce costs and make their products unique, and to make it more difficult to crack and imitate. ā
No way! Is this still the down-and-out tech otaku ---- Bushnell? Maybe he doesn't have a clear business mind, but in terms of technology, it's really a first-class level!
The reason why Nintendo, Sega, and SONY in the previous life were so good in the global video game industry is that they all have their own control chips!