Chapter 143: Do you want a supercomputer?
"Someone from IBM did come, and it was this Mr. Bart. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 William Bashir paused for a moment, then immediately pointed to an American in a suit with a wide chin at the very end of the table.
"Oh...... Hello Mr. Bart! Allow me to engage you in a negotiation that will determine the survival of IBM and Westinghouse's nuclear power projects for the next decade, so please sit in the middle of the table. Chen Xu beckoned, and at the same time motioned with his eyes to a big fat man sitting next to William Bashir to walk away and give up the negotiation seat.
Bart took a deep breath, touched his tie and walked over slowly, and after sitting down, he stretched out his hand and said excitedly: "Mr. Chen, it's a pleasure to see you again, it's been almost two years since we last met at the Tokyo Expo!" ”
"Ah...... Hahaha, it's been so long, I didn't expect to see you here again, and you still wanted to use $5 million to buy out the patent rights of the Panda Windows operating system! Chen Xu remembered this person as soon as he recalled it slightly, and couldn't help but tease.
"What! $5 million to buy out the Panda operating system, are you crazy? The system is worth at least $5 billion! William Bashir looked at Bart in amazement.
"I didn't see the actual market value of the Panda operating system back then, so I made such a big mistake, and if I had been willing to pay a bigger price, the current personal computer market would not have been taken up by the Japanese so much." Bart shook his head regretfully, regretting his overly cautious decision.
At the Tokyo Industrial Fair that year, the electronic products released by the Chinese booth caused a sensation throughout the expo, crushing IBM's exhibiting projects at that time, and making IBM return in vain. With the signing of a technology transfer agreement between Japan and Chen Xu, Japan's electronics industry has become more powerful, and personal desktop computers and personal telephones have quickly become popular all over the world, especially the 'panda1.0 Windows operating system' is known as a landmark event when the information revolution has entered the outbreak period.
Although Chen Xu transferred the technology to Japan, Bart saw part of the source code of the 'Panda Windows Operating System' designed by Chen Xu at the Chinese booth, and this guy happened to be an expert in computer design, and after returning to the United States, this guy immediately reported to the company what he saw and heard at the expo.
Because of Bart's existence, IBM had first-hand information, quickly changed the direction of the business, and began to design the latest personal desktop computers. Because Japanese electronics companies only have six months to monopolize the right to use the Panda Windows operating system, after half a year, all computer companies in the world can use this operating system, of course, provided that each computer must pay a patent fee after installing the Panda system.
Although the Japanese computer company released the computer with the Windows system half a year in advance, the marketing promotion was not very strong, although it caused a great sensation in the world and started the reputation of the Japanese computer brand, but it did not completely occupy the personal desktop computer market. As soon as the six-month patent period expires, Apple, IBM, and Dell, which are already well-known computer manufacturers in history, have been holding back their strength in the past six months. Apple, in particular, released a Mac computer with a panda 1.0 system almost at 12 a.m. when the patent expired, and IBM followed suit and quickly recaptured part of the PC market.
Silicon Valley's leading position in the electronic information revolution, even if Japanese electronics companies have an advantage of half a year, it is useless, and they are caught up by others in the blink of an eye.
Personal desktop computers are selling well all over the world, and all major computer companies have paid huge royalties for the Panda system, and now a desktop computer on the market costs nearly $10,000, of which $2,000 is the patent fee of the Panda Group.
This money makes Panda Group's electronic business not yet open, and there are already $1.6 billion in the account.
At that time, Chen Xu also transferred to Japan's advanced hard disk technology, central processing unit technology, etc., which were direct technology transfers. Although Japanese electronics companies have lost the PC market, they are still profitable because they have to use the parts they produce for all their computers.
However, this money has not been made for a long time, with the completion of China's electronics industry center, a new semiconductor factory has been put into operation, and it is already able to manufacture domestic chips. The electronics business department of Panda Group has been developing the 'panda2.0 Windows operating system' by absorbing information technology talents from all over the country, and more advanced memory, central processing unit, motherboard, graphics card, and sound card have all been put into manufacturing according to Chen Xu's design drawings.
Panda Group can monopolize the global PC market by binding the Windows system to require global electronics companies to use their computer hardware.
As for whether the Panda computer can come out is no longer important, as long as Panda Electronics always grasps the upstream of the software and hardware market of the global electronics industry, then it can continue to make profits.
Because Japanese electronics companies have made a lot of money in the global electronics market in the past two years, some have begun to be arrogant and arrogant, and have begun to blindly expand production and constantly upgrade factory equipment. After all, in the seventies and eighties, Japan was the world's factory in the world, electronics and automobiles were famous all over the world, and at that time in Chinese schools, there was a Japanese electronic watch or tape walkman, which was a capital that could be flaunted for a year.
However, the upstream of the electronics industry chain has always been in the hands of the Panda Group, no matter how powerful the Japanese manufacturing industry is, it is useless, with the gradual opening of China's cheap labor market, the global manufacturing industry will be absorbed by China and become the new world factory.
Chen Xu only needs to launch more advanced hardware and hand over the right to manufacture to the foundries of European and American countries, and the overextended electronics companies in Japan will soon go bankrupt, and the production lines will be cheaply bought by Chinese companies and then transferred to China, making a wedding dress for China.
When Chen Xu decided to introduce the nuclear industry, he already had a plan in his heart, so he asked Westinghouse to call a representative of IBM to come to China together, although Westinghouse did not understand the meaning of calling a computer company for nuclear negotiations, but still met the other party's request.
Bart had a one-sided relationship with Chen Xu at the Tokyo Industrial Fair, which became his capital to show off, and after returning to the United States, he advertised everywhere how familiar he was with Chen Xu. It just so happens that the new IBM desktop computer developed by this product has achieved excellent results, and the position has been promoted from a salesman to the manager of the company's personal computer department, with an annual salary of more than one million dollars, and has entered the upper class of the United States. So this time in China, Bart became the best person, and the IBM board of directors expected him to get more access to technology from Panda, such as the panda 2.0 system that was about to go public.
Bart didn't know what was going to happen when he came to China, and even when he sat down, he chose the most remote seat, and he didn't think he could join the negotiations.
When the negotiations entered a critical moment, when he saw with his own eyes that Westinghouse had received China's $50 billion nuclear power plant construction project, Bart's blood boiled, and he was proud to be able to participate in this level of business negotiations, even if he was just a bystander.
Unexpectedly, in an instant, this bystander of his own actually became a party to the negotiation, and until now Bart didn't know what Chen Xu was going to talk to him about, without the slightest preparation, he was very nervous.
"Mr. Bart, if you could decisively buy out the patent rights of the Panda 1.0 system for $3 billion at the Expo two years ago, you would probably be a member of IBM's board of directors by now. I must regret missing an opportunity once! Now God has given you a second chance, I hope you can grasp the ......" Chen Xu shrugged his eyebrows and seduced Bart.
Bart swallowed his saliva and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Chen, please don't do this, I feel like I'm going to pee my pants!" ”
"Is IBM interested in supercomputer technology, intelligent systems, and microelectronics technology?" Speaking of business, Chen Xu couldn't help but straighten his back, and the expression on his face became serious.
"Supercomputers and intelligent systems are our company's main business, and the world's commercial supercomputers are manufactured by IBM. Intelligent systems have always been a key research and development project of our company," Bart said, and his proud look could not be concealed.
"How fast is the supercomputer that IBM is working on right now?" Chen Xu asked.
"This is a trade secret, please forgive me for not being able to tell me." Bart was sensitive to the question, and hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that he could not say anything about it.
"If you don't say it, I can guess it, at most, 10 trillion times per second, it won't be higher than this!" Chen Xu pursed his lips disdainfully, as if in his eyes, IBM's supercomputer was garbage.
"Mr. Chen, what do you mean? Let's make it clear! Bart swallowed, because what Chen Xu said was very accurate, the supercomputer of IBM Labs has just completed 10 trillion experiments, which is very advanced, and this supercomputer has broken through ten trillion level calculations.
"Our Panda Group has also been developing supercomputers recently, but the company's limited resources can no longer continue to invest heavily in research and development, so I want to transfer this technology to IBM, I don't know if you are interested." The expression in Chen Xu's eyes did not change, as if he was talking about something unimportant.
At this time, the negotiators on the Chinese side were all short of breath, because with Chen Xu's habits, the next sentence would definitely be to throw a nuclear bomb, which would definitely blow up the Yankees on the other side.
Even Chen Weiguo was curious, he guessed that there might really be a big force behind his younger brother who was providing him with technical support, after all, as one of the founders of Panda Group, Chen Weiguo knew very well that there was no supercomputer project in the company, and even this name was the first time he had heard of it!
"Ah...... This is not necessary, our company's supercomputer projects are among the best in the world, and there is no need to introduce technology from other companies. Bart picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip of water to hide his embarrassment, after all, not everyone has the courage to reject Chen Xu's good intentions.
"Really? I'm talking about the technology transfer of petaflops of supercomputers! Chen Xu clasped his arms with his hands and said expressionlessly.
"Poof......" Bart squirted out a mouthful of water, but he didn't dare to spray it on Chen Xu on the other side, so he lowered his head and sprayed it all on his clothes. (To be continued.) )