Carpenter Electronics' "first" transistor computers had a huge impact on many people. The most influential of these was William Shockley, the man who witnessed firsthand how Alex created this miracle.

In the computer industry, no one knows who designed this "first generation". Even though there are all kinds of rumors, Carpenter Electronics has not come out to confirm it.

Some of the rumors are dramatic, such as one that says, "Carpenter Electronics got the transistors invented by William Shockley and put them in a warehouse and put them with the tubes." There was a recent graduate engineer who was assembling a computer, and he didn't recognize transistors and electron tubes, so he used them by mistake. What I didn't expect was that this transistor computer that had been accidentally hit could actually run. ”

As soon as this rumor came out, someone immediately retorted: "How is that possible, not to mention the question of whether it can run, just look at the new design of the 'first generation', which has nothing to do with the previous computer at all." ”

So someone came out to supplement this rumor, saying: "That's right, after the transistor computer that was assembled by mistake was reported, they planned to redesign a transistor computer." But what I didn't expect was that after only one part, all the related things had to be replaced, and more and more were replaced, and finally the machine we see now was formed. ”

Shockley had also heard the rumor, which, in his opinion, was complete nonsense. Computer experts who have seen the "first generation" are struck by the design of the machine's completely new structure. It was an epoch-making machine, a computer with a mature architecture. This computer alone has given Carpenter Electronics hundreds of key patents. How can so many new patents be created by an engineer who doesn't understand anything?

"Are all other scientists dead?" As Shockley said this, Alex's face flashed through his mind. He had a deep understanding of Alex's skills, and he wondered if the computer was designed by Alex.

I was skeptical, but there was no evidence. However, he has been attracted by the huge development prospects of computers, and in fact, he has been aroused by the amazing profits of computers. As soon as the "first" computer of Carpenter Electronics was introduced, it occupied the market for other tube computers.

The huge profits made others unbearable, and many companies bought a "first-generation" computer to go back. They were going to take it apart and see what was inside. They also want to make such a machine, and this market cannot be monopolized by the Carpenters.

It was not easy to replicate a "first-generation" computer, and people of this era knew very little about such a novelty as transistor computers. Not to mention, Alex's computer uses many later things, including ROMs, disks, buses, encrypted programs, and so on.

Due to the technical constraints of the times, many things are replaced by other devices. For example, the "disk" is not the disk that Alex is familiar with, but has a turntable structure, with a magnetic record and a magnetic read head for data storage, and is the size of a wardrobe. These are all made by the engineers under the guidance of Alex.

It is also possible for the "first" generation of computers to be copied, and it is important that there must be a patent that goes around the past. Alex's machine has more than 120 invention patents. Other companies that want to make transistor computers bypass these patents. One of the strongest patents is the "integrated circuit board" patent. It's like a huge wall, keeping other companies out.

Companies that don't have patents for "integrated circuit boards" have no way to make computers that can rival the "first generation". They had no choice but to obtain the patent, and even wanted the government to declare the patent invalid.

In the face of menacing major companies, Bart and they are helpless. After persevering for the first few years, they finally compromised and let the patent license go away. No one has a monopoly on the computer market, not even Carpenter Electronics with strong patents.

Since then, other companies that want to produce computers can also use integrated circuit boards, even if they have to pay a lot of patent fees, which is not a problem at all for a million-dollar computer.

Of course, patents are not released all at once, but targeted licensing. Some companies, no matter how jubilant they are, Carpenter Electronics will not authorize them.

Shockley was the first to get it, and he and the Carpenter family were old friends, and it didn't take much effort to let Bart relent.

The reason why he wanted this patent was because he wanted to develop his own semiconductor products. In other words, he also wants to leave Bell Labs and go to the sea to start an industry on his own. It's just that he lacks start-up capital now, and he has to find someone to invest a sum of money in him to get started.

This time, Shockley didn't look for Bart again. He knew that Bart also had a research room of the same nature, and if he ran up to ask for money, it would be the same as a competitor running over to ask for funds, and Bart would definitely refuse.

Shockley quickly figured out what to do, and he found Alex.

"You mean, you're going to sing the Semiconductor Labs?" Alex was a little surprised, he didn't expect Shockley to be a lonely person.

"Yes, but I don't have the funds, so I'd like to ask you for some."

"A little? How much? What's in it for me! ”

"$1 million, 40% of the shares." Shockley replied quickly, he had already thought of it.

Alex now has money in his hands, but the money is not blown by the wind, and he gave $1 million to account for 40% of the shares, isn't this a fool for him. He said bluntly: "No! Your heart is too dark! “

Shockley hurriedly said, "Then how much do you want!" ”

"How much money do you spend in a research lab? Giving you $400,000 is enough to toss you for years! $400,000, 50% of the shares! Alex replied.

Shockley thought for a moment and said, "No, I can only give you 40% at most!" ”

Alex didn't want to dwell on that either, and he wasn't very optimistic about Shockley, so he said, "Okay, $400,000, 40% of the shares." ”

After receiving Alex's investment, Dr. Shockley happily left Bell Labs and returned to his hometown of Santa Clara. This is the time when Silicon Valley is on the rise. Santa Clara is an important constituent city in Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley can develop, and there is a professor who has to mention, and this is the respected Professor Teman. At the end of the 30s, he became the vice president of Stanford University, and he made bold decisions to lease land, attract investment, transfer technology, and develop results!

Professor Terman is full of confidence and looks forward to the emergence of a high-tech "Stanford Industrial Park" in the Palo Altome grove.

The return of Dr. Shockley is exactly what Professor Terman is aiming for, and he uses Shockley as a signboard to recruit talents from all over the world.

At this time, electronic scientists all over the world were anxiously concerned about Shockley's whereabouts, and when the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory was announced, the cover letter flew to Shockley's desk like snowflakes. The title of "Father of Transistors" is not vegetarian, but it can make many young people with dreams come to them.

It's just that this doesn't work for Alex. He had to ask Shockley to come up with $200,000 and buy a large piece of land in Silicon Valley. At this time, the land in Santa Clara was very cheap, and $200,000 could buy tens of thousands of square meters.

"You're crazy!" Shockley was upset, he needed a place to stay, but he hadn't thought about buying such a large piece of land to build a house. At first, he wanted to rent a small floor.

"Well, you're not willing to spend that $200,000. Then I'll pay for it! However, in this way, the land is mine. ”

Alex wanted to buy this land in order to increase its value in the future, and no matter how ignorant he was, he would not be ignorant of the name of "Silicon Valley". Now that there are preferential policies, then hurry up and occupy the territory first.

However, what he didn't expect was that as soon as he revealed his meaning, the people over there were ecstatic. They hurriedly asked if they wanted more land.

Can you buy more land? Alex was taken aback, he didn't expect the land in "Silicon Valley" to be so cheap, as if it couldn't be sold, and everyone was eager to sell their land.

In the end, Alex spent $1 million to buy land in Silicon Valley. This kind of nouveau riche behavior made those people stunned. Shockley looked at Alex with a strange look in his eyes, and he wondered if Alex in front of him had been hit in the head. How could anyone spend so much money to buy such worthless land now?

But it is precisely because of this investment that Alex not only did not lose the money he invested in Shockley, but also made a lot of money.

Shockley's name was so loud that he carefully singled out eight young scientists among his many cover letters.

Eight young scientists, led by N. Noyce and G. Moore, have joined the Shockley Laboratory one after another, all of them are under the age of 30, and they are in the prime of their studies, and they are at the peak of their creative ability.

It is believed that sooner or later Shockley will win the Nobel Prize. The same is true of the young scientists, who are ambitious and want to make a career under the leadership of Shockley, a future Nobel laureate.

Alex also met the eight young men, and he also thought that there was a kind of light in them that could not be ignored.

In the face of Alex, who was younger than them, at first, those people didn't know what he did. They thought that Alex was Shockley's son or relative, but when they saw that Shockley also attached great importance to Alex's opinion, they were surprised.

It took some time for them to learn from a drunken Shockley that Alex was an investor in their lab. When they were also the inventors of the bipolar transistor, they all felt that the world was not very real.

"Didn't you invent the transistor, Doctor?" Noyce asked with some clarity.

Shockley shook his head and said, "I invented the transistor, but the bipolar transistor was the first to be made by that kid." Although I also applied for patents for two bipolar transistors, they were inspired by him. ”

The young people were taken aback, they didn't expect that there were people who were even more geniuses than the geniuses in their minds. Shockley is undoubtedly the person they respect the most, and his genius is also praised by many. If Shockley hadn't told them personally, they wouldn't have believed it.

"Is that kid named Alex that good? So what have we never heard of? More asks a key question.

This made Shockley sober up, and he knew that he had said a few more words, and he would not usually talk nonsense to people. Alex also asked him to keep it a secret, not wanting anyone else to know about it.

"Ha Lu Ha, drink! Drinking, this kind of wine has a lot of stamina! Shockley drank and suddenly fell down. Let those young people look at each other, and they don't know whether what Xiao Dao said just now is true or false.

"Maybe it's the Doctor, he's drunk, talking nonsense?" There is a man who makes his own guess.

This statement is the most acceptable, and they are all relieved and no longer take this matter to heart. However, they also paid more attention to Alex's affairs because of this, which opened their eyes. They found out that Alex turned out to be a famous writer, singer, etc.

Also outside, there are rumors that the bipolar transistor was invented by Alex, but it is not taken seriously by many people.

After recruiting all the staff, Shockley ordered the lab to produce transistors in large quantities to reduce the cost to 5 cents each. He was ambitious and tried to make huge profits by capturing the transistor production market at a low cost. It's just that Alex thinks that he is a good scientist, not necessarily a good business manager.

After dealing with Shocklila's investment, Alex turned his attention to filming "The Sound of Music", which he had been preparing for several years.

From convincing parents and getting their first money, to investing in hula hoops to make money, as well as buying film companies, forming DreamWorks, and more. In such a long time, he has done so many things with only one purpose, and that is to make his first movie.

Now that the goal is getting closer, he has to focus on everything he does, including the seemingly simple thing of casting. Unexpectedly, it is not difficult to choose the hero and heroine of the movie, but the difficult thing is that there is a problem with the selection of supporting actresses.