ARK was founded quietly and almost no one in the industry knew about it.

Alex pursues the idea that devils enter the village, don't shoot guns, and like to do stuffy things and make a fortune.

Although this ARK company is newly established, some of the rules and regulations in it are very perfect. This is a direct reference to many IT companies in later generations, and the incentive policy for employees is very attractive.

For these eight founders, Alex certainly does not divide all the shares of the company at once, he uses the option system to distribute the shares. In addition, Alex also provided them with a generous salary and bonuses, as long as there are results, shares and bonuses will definitely not be disadvantaged to them.

As for options and shares, the eight young people still had some questions at first, and Noyce asked on the spot: "This option is the shares given to us, right?" If we don't get it in place all at once, we will definitely not leave the company halfway. ”

Alex looked at them with a smile and replied, "I know you won't, but I can't guarantee that the people who come in behind you will think the same way." It is important to know that a system must be implemented from top to bottom, and there must be no privileges, otherwise it will be difficult to do so in the future. Since you all feel like you're definitely going to be able to get those shares, what's the difference between a little earlier and a little later? ”

After hearing this, the young people felt that Alex's consideration was quite reasonable, so they stopped dwelling on this one. It's just that I didn't expect that this practice would really tie them to the ARK company, and if they left the company halfway. It's a big loss for them.

For the personnel framework of ARK company, he has already thought about it, and directly selected some people from the CPT company to form it. Of course, he couldn't hand over the entire company to these young people, and he had to install his own people in it.

Of course, these may be redundant, after all, for Alex, who has superpowers, he knows at a glance who is capable and who is loyal to the company. This is just a matter of preparing for a rainy day, so that nothing can happen to you.

"I'm very optimistic about you!"

Alex looked at the young men very seriously, although he was younger than them, but when he said such things. But there is nothing wrong with it. Everyone takes it for granted. Very useful.

The young men didn't speak, because they knew that Alex must have something to say next. Sure enough, Alex said: "The era in the future must be the era of computers!" I want everyone in the world to have a personal computer! ”

"Pcs? One for everyone? ”

The young men were frightened by Alex's wishful words. It is important to know that computers are still available only to government departments and large enterprises. Replace it with a smaller company. I don't even know what a computer looks like.

Although these young people are also veterans in the industry, they have only seen rare items such as computers. Not very familiar. It would be unimaginable if someone told them that one day you would own a computer yourself.

Alex was pleased to see their reactions, and he nodded, "Yes, the reason why I say to you about computers, not computers, is to allow you to distinguish between them. The computers that you know are the kind of bulky, expensive electronics. Most of their functions are not for personal use, and I don't say the same as personal computers. ”

Moore hurriedly asked, "What's the difference?" Literally, computers and computers are the same thing. As for the personal computer, is that just a superficial one? ”

"Ha Lu Ha! Of course, the functions of personal computers are completely different from those supercomputers, and of course they cannot be generalized. I wanted to design a computer that was inexpensive, small, and more functionally relevant to people's needs. For example, we all need word processing when we work or handle personal matters. Then at this time, if there is a personal computer to help, then the efficiency will be greatly improved, and it will be more convenient and faster. ”

After hearing this, Noyce, Moore and the others pondered one after another, and for ordinary people, they might just forget it. But for smart people in the industry like them, it simply opened the door for them to see a new world of the world.

"That's right! Not only word processing, but also entertainment, such as listening to music, watching movies, television, videos, etc. Someone immediately reflected and shouted excitedly.

"And financial processing, this kind of feature is needed by many people!"

"yes, I also want a personal computer to help with the calculations."

"But the price of such a computer should be very expensive, can anyone afford it?"

Some people feel that this idea is not very reliable, after all, the high price must be a huge threshold, and few people can afford it.

Alex was prepared for this question, saying, "That's why we were founded as an ARK company. We need to reduce the cost of making computers so that they are affordable for everyone. Judging from the speed of technological development, the price of computers will be greatly reduced in the near future. What we have to do is to run ahead of everyone else to get ahead of the curve, so that the company can grow. ”

Moore thought for a moment and agreed with the idea: "Indeed, when the car came out, Mr. Ford also said that he wanted every family to have a car. At the time, it was an incredible idea, but in the end, Ford made it happen. ”

Ford's words and the development of Ford are both successful examples. Young people feel that like Ford, they will become a historical figure that will be praised by future generations.

Alex struck while the iron was hot and continued: "According to the data I have collected, the development of integrated circuit boards is very rapid and fast. When the price remains the same, the number of transistors that can fit on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every 18 months. Performance will also be doubled. In other words, every dollar that can buy a computer more than doubles every 18 months. ”

This sentence was like dropping a bomb in calm water, and it immediately provoked a violent reaction from the youth.

"What? It's absolutely impossible! ”

"How can it be so fast, if there is really such a fast development speed, it will not take more than ten years for the first generation of computers to be able to fit into a small box."

"That's an exaggeration, isn't it?"

"Even if I die, I don't believe it will develop so fast. According to this theory, people will soon have a personal computer as powerful as a supercomputer in their hands. ”

The eight young people are all very pragmatic researchers, and that's why they are. It's hard to believe Alex's exaggerated inference.

Alex smiled. He gave an example: "You can compare your existing computers and see if what I'm saying is correct." Far from it, let's just say that the first generation of computers was far cheaper to manufacture than tube computers, and then its performance was more than ten times higher. Then there's the Cray I-type computer. It costs less than the first generation of computers. The performance is also more than ten times higher! ”

Such words immediately silenced the youth. They quickly went through the data about the computer in their heads, and found that it matched Alex's statement. It's just that they still don't dare to believe it, thinking that it's just a coincidence. It can't always be like this.

Seeing that they were all somewhat receptive, Alex stopped talking about the topic, saying, "No matter what, you can't deny that computers are developing very fast. In this case, the personal computer will definitely become a reality, but it is just a matter of one day earlier and one day later. If we want it to come sooner, we need all of us to work together. ”

After hearing this, Noyce, Moore and the others nodded yes. They began to think that Alex's idea of a personal computer was very likely, and it was up to them when it would be realized.

After unifying everyone's minds, Alex felt the need to further explain the direction of the company's development. He believes that this is crucial, and the previous words are all about making everyone work in this direction.

As for the direction of development, it simply covers all aspects, as long as it is related to computers, ARK will invest money and manpower to develop it.

"First of all, there are three main problems that we need to solve."

Alex asks his bodyguards to bring him a document with his position on the future direction of ARK. He waited for the young people to read it before continuing: "CPU, memory ROM and hard disk are the three main directions of our research, and there are other things that are also very important, such as monitors and graphics cards. You can take a look at the above and then say what you think. ”

The more they watched, the more surprised they became, it was very different from what they had imagined. Originally, they only vaguely thought that they were going to study semiconductor components, but what they didn't expect was that Alex had already subdivided those things. After reading this document, they were originally in the fog, and they immediately found that the fog around them had been swept away.

Seeing that their path was becoming clearer and clearer, they couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts, and they all began to think about the direction they would go in the future.

"I'm going to study the CPU!" Before he could finish reading the Mohr papers, he immediately shouted.

"I want it too!"

"Me too!"

Immediately, several people expressed their desire to pounce on this sweet-looking big cake, they had followed Shockley for so long, and of course they knew that the CPU in this area was the most technical and profitable. Even if you don't value profits, you have to look at reputation, and if you can get the CPU of the CPU, you will feel that your face will shine when you say it in the future.

As for the issue of personnel allocation, Alex felt that it was better not to mix, and he left it up to the young people to decide who did what and who did not do it. Anyway, the stage has been set up, and it is enough for the eight of them to toss on it, and there should not be all kinds of friction like the "fairy child" in history.

In the end, they decided that Noyce and Mohr would work together on the CPU, and the other six would each choose a research direction to work on. Alex is very confident in the research and development ability of these young people, after all, they are all famous figures in history, how can it be without two brushes.

After he asked the eight young people to choose their own choices, he immediately allocated funds and personnel to them, some more and some less according to the difficulty of the project they studied. These were all done quickly, and there was no need for Alex to worry about it, and there was a special person to supervise and manage it.

ARK has a very large spread, and hundreds of employees have been recruited at once, most of whom are recent college graduates, graduate students and master's students. However, with the leadership of the old employees from the CPT company and Noyce and others, the research work is carried out in an intense and orderly manner.

The inclusion of Noyce, Moore and others, and the establishment of an ARK company, means that the historical "Fairchild" company and "Intel Corporation" no longer exist. In its place, Alex invested in ARK, and history changed dramatically.

Even if Alex did it unknowingly, his actions actually couldn't hide from some people with intentions.

IBM, in particular, was initially attracted by CPT's $500 million investment. However, it was difficult to get the news out there, after all, there were troops stationed and a large number of security guards guarding them, and it was difficult for even Soviet agents to infiltrate them.

As for ARK, it was much easier, as soon as the company was founded, it immediately attracted people from IBM to investigate. Soon they learned that Alex had invested another 100 million yuan, which was nothing for a giant like them.

It's only 100 million funds, if you choose the wrong direction, you may not even be able to lose it. IBM is dismissive, but Alex is too capable to make people pay attention to his every move. So IBM immediately organized personnel to study the matter of ARK, wanting to analyze what Alex's intentions were.

For the development of personal computers, Alex did not think about secrecy, he asked for secrecy of the details of those research and development directions. IBM soon learned of Alex's ambition: "to make it possible for everyone in the world to have a personal computer." ”

Hearing this statement is incredulous to many people, especially the top management of IBM. They all know how much computers cost and millions of dollars of products, and it's a joke to want individuals to buy them.

The founder of IBM, Watson Sr., once said that only five computers are enough in this world.

Obviously, the people at IBM are also very sympathetic to this idea, although they think that 5 units is a bit less, 50 units or 500 units or even 5000 units are about the same. As for one computer per person, isn't Alex's brain really burned?

"You think he's joking?" Little Watson's first reaction was also unbelievable, but he had suffered too much from Alex, and immediately studied it seriously. (To be continued......)