After dealing with the affairs of Hong Kong Island, Zhang Zhonghua took a plane to San Francisco again, and after a night's rest, he drove to Silicon Valley.

This time he came to America, Zhang Zhonghua's mood was also quite excited, because after more than a year of research and development, the 8008 microprocessor finally came out, and this chip is known as Intel's pioneering chip dynasty and is a milestone product.

The 8008 microprocessor is the world's first eight-bit processor, with 3,500 transistors and a speed of 200Khz, which is twice as powerful as the 4004 microprocessor.

Zhang Zhonghua personally developed the instruction set for the 8008 microprocessor, and laid a good foundation for the development of the X86 series microprocessor instruction set in the future, not only the intellectual property rights of the instruction technology belong to Zhang Zhonghua, but also the 8008 microprocessor-related patents also belong to Zhang Zhonghua.

The next generation of the 8008 microprocessor is the 8080 microprocessor, which is also an epoch-making processor, and if it continues to develop like this, Intel will completely become a shell company.

The processing power of the 8080 microprocessor is 10 times that of the 8008 microprocessor, which can execute 290,000 instructions per second and run at a speed of 2MHz, which is also of epoch-making significance for the development of computers.

Even the 8008 microprocessor, which has been successfully developed, can be used on personal computers completely, but Zhang Zhonghua has no plans to develop computers.

8008 is also a good choice for arcade machines, of course, it can also be used in discosmic ball lights, although a bit overkill, but the profit is much higher than the arcade machine.

Zhang Zhonghua really wants to thank Intel Corporation, a 4004 microprocessor for the Jade Emperor Group to bring calculators, cash registers and arcade three ace products, Jade Emperor Electric is also at the top level in the market field of calculators and cash registers.

Nowadays, the calculator has sold more than millions of mosquitoes in the world, and the profits brought to Yuhuang Electric have exceeded more than one billion Daole, although the sales of cash registers and arcade machines are relatively small, but there is no problem in bringing two or three billion Daole profits to Zhang Zhonghua in a year.

When Zhang Zhonghua arrived in Santa Clara, he was still very surprised by the changes here, and now there are many more technology companies in Silicon Valley, and it is no longer the desolate orchard it used to be.

Coming to the door of the company's headquarters, Zhang Zhonghua looked at the Intel company opposite, now Intel is no longer the small building it used to be, and the area of the factory is more than 500 acres.

After Zhang Zhonghua arranged for someone to take a stake in Intel Corporation, Jade Emperor Bank also provided Intel with a loan of up to 16 million Daole to help Intel through the most difficult period of development.

Intel has also made a profit of more than 40 million on the 4004 chip, and it can be said that Intel is almost supported by Zhang Zhonghua, of course, Zhang Zhonghua has also received a huge return from Intel.

In the previous life, Intel went public in October this year, and the market value at that time was only about 10 million Daole, and it was not even qualified to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Intel's peak period was the 90s and the beginning of the 21st century, when Intel was the world's chip hegemon, beating all chip peers.

It's a pity that after 2010, Intel was surpassed by almost all its peers, Amd, ARm, TSMC, Qualcomm, etc., Nvidia's market value is several times that of Intel, and Intel's market value is not even a fraction of Apple's.

Zhang Zhonghua thought of the future Intel with great emotion, the future Intel is stubbornly guarding the field of PC chips, perfectly missing the field of mobile chips and artificial intelligence chips, which is a bit similar to the decline of Nokia.

With Zhang Zhonghua in this life, Intel may really become an unknown, if Zhang Zhonghua's shares are not diluted in the future, Intel can be considered, but if the shares are not diluted, they can only give up Intel.

After all, you want to kick me out, what am I going to do to save you? After Zhang Zhonghua entered the company building, he went directly to the theater company, which is a copy of Atari and is currently mainly developing video game consoles.

"Boss, welcome back Americaka, this is our home game console improved with 8008 microprocessor, with 8008 now our game smoothness has improved a lot." Dimitri Zverev said excitedly.

"Okay, then I'll try." Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile. Zhang Zhonghua sat in front of the TV, held the joystick of the game console in his hand, operated it, played the game "Ping Pong", and then tried the newly developed game.

"Yes, the performance has really improved a lot now, and I think this home game console will definitely become the star product of next year's electronics show." Zhang Zhonghua praised.

The future Atari 2600 home game consoles have sold more than 30 million units worldwide, and a 4Kb capacity game disc costs up to 25 knives each, a proper super cash cow.

Later, Atari could not afford the huge development expenses, and was acquired by Warner for 28 million in cash, and then in just one year, the Atari 2600 game console brought Warner a huge profit of 2 billion in Knife.

The home game console industry is as high as 100 billion knife music, and game companies can consider developing pSp when the time comes, and by the way, Nintendo handheld consoles can also be developed, so there is no problem for game companies to account for half of the global market.

Nintendo and Taidong want to enter the arcade field, but also to obtain the patent authorization of the Jade Emperor Game Company on Hong Kong Island; If Nintendo, Sony, Sega and other companies want to enter the field of home game consoles, they must also get patent authorization from the game company on Ameri's side.

The main reason for the failure of Atari in the previous life was that there were too many games developed, and Nintendo basically launched high-quality games, and there was also a great royalty system.

Zhang Zhonghua couldn't help but be a little excited when he thought of the huge market of the game industry, and as long as Nintendo and Sony were restricted in the future, he would be able to sit back and relax.

Again, the best that peers do their best may not be as good as the Jade Emperor Group.

"We are also thinking of directly launching 8008 chip products, and Intel's production capacity can also be supplied at that time." Dimitri Zverev said with a smile.

"I only have one requirement, the games developed must have a high level of satisfaction, and at the same time, the number of games developed must be limited. We can't afford to be fooled by the huge market for game boards, because the proliferation of inferior games will destroy the huge market for consoles, and then we will lose more than we gain. We have to build the impact of high-quality games, and no matter how bad the games produced by other companies are, it will not affect the impact of our games. Zhang Zhonghua advised.

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind." Hearing Zhang Zhonghua's arrangement, Dimitri Zverev seemed a little weak-hearted, he has many former colleagues who want to make a lot of money by selling game boards, and a game console must not be equipped with more than a dozen tapes.

"Boss, when are we going to open up the permissions and allow other software companies to enter?" Dimitri Zverev asked.

"We have invested a huge amount of money to develop new products, and we must enjoy the dividends of the market first, and then allow other companies to enter. We can also make rules for a long time, and we also have to make requirements for those software companies...... "8008 microprocessor brought a huge surprise to Zhang Zhonghua, Intel's research and development capabilities are really good, and suddenly something attracted Zhang Zhonghua's attention.

"What's this box?" Zhang Zhonghua looked at the box next to the computer and was very curious, which company invented a new product?

"Boss, this is a single-chip universal asynchronous transceiver transmitter UARt invented by Western Digital this year, which is used to allow two digital devices to communicate one bit at a time through a serial interface without interfering with the main processor and details of the device." Dimitri Zverev explained.

"Oh, I see." Zhang Zhonghua said. Western Digital Future is a giant in the global data storage field, second only to Seagate's hard disk manufacturer, Zhang Zhonghua bought Western Digital hard disk when he was in college.

This year, IBM launched its first floppy disk device, the IBM 23Fd, which has a diameter of 20 centimeters and a storage capacity of only 80Kb, and is also read-only mode.

In a little more than a year, IBM will also launch a hard disk with a storage capacity of 30m, which is the famous Winchester hard disk, which is also the ancestor of modern hard disk in the true sense.

Zhang Zhonghua remembered that the current storage conditions were a little helpless, and the video games developed by game companies were all below 4Kb, and the simplicity of the games could be imagined.

"Boss, Israeli engineers have invented a computer memory chip that can retain data even after a power outage - EpRom, which is a set of floating-gate transistors, which is also very good for programming. Now there are still big limitations, once the programming is complete, the EpRom can only be erased with strong UV irradiation...... "explains Dimitri Zverev.

"Well, it seems that the storage industry is also going to enter a stage of rapid development, and now floppy disks, hard disks, flash memory and other technologies are also progressing, and the computer industry is less and less restricted." Zhang Zhonghua said.

"Boss, should we start developing personal computers, now there are more and more companies that America chooses to enter the field of personal computers." Dimitri Zverev asked Zhang Zhonghua.

"Yes, we can use the 8008 microprocessor for personal computers, but at present, we only provide computer products for ourselves, and we will not sell them to the outside world for the time being." Zhang Zhonghua explained.

Zhang Zhonghua didn't want to enter the computer field too early, a few years ago a dEc computer cost more than 10,000 Daole, and now the price of a computer is about 6 or 7,000 Daole.

Apple's first-generation computer can't be called e-waste, but it's also a mess, Apple's second-generation computer was only launched in 1977, and Atari is not even established now.

Throughout the 70s, the competition for personal computers was also very fierce, and the various systems on the market were also incompatible with each other, making a mess.

After IBM formulated computer standards, computer companies in the market basically went bankrupt by more than 80%, and even dEc and ctc did not escape the fate of bankruptcy.

As for Microsoft's Bill Gates? He said that he dropped out of school in the middle of school, and what was a small company in the early stage, but he was not an ordinary person, his mother was a director of IBM, and his grandfather was the president of the National Bank of America.

Can IBM not give face, without these relationships, Microsoft would have been killed early. As for the UNIX system developed by YH Software and various universities and giants, it can only be used on industrial computers, and the current storage conditions of personal computers are completely unable to carry this system.

Now Bill Gates is also 16 years old, and will be admitted to Harvard University in two years, and in four years he will establish Microsoft with his friend Allen, and in nine years he will reach a cooperation with IBM to develop IBM's PC development operating system.

Microsoft's rise is unstoppable, and America will not allow IBM to hand over to Zhang Zhonghua to develop the operating system.

The PC market can't accommodate a third system, software development companies don't develop so many versions of software, and computers are updated at a rapid pace in the 90s.

"Boss, what type of computer are we developing?" Dimitri Zverev asked.

"We don't have to study computers, we can study the monitor first, and make the display the best, the current personal computer is very inconvenient for banks, finance and other staff, and the monitor can also be made larger. Now the compatibility of the computer market is very poor, and it is necessary to use it with industrial machines, and the demand of the Jade Emperor Group is not small, and the demand of the Jade Emperor Group alone can support a small computer company. Zhang Zhonghua explained.

"No problem, the 8008 microprocessor also has this advantage, and it is still very suitable for financial personnel, and we will increase investment in this area." Dimitri Zverev nodded and said.

"You usually pay more attention to the new technologies of giant companies such as IBM, after all, most of the computer patents are also in their hands, and the personal computer market will still rely on IBM to lead the development of technology in the future." Zhang Zhonghua quipped.

"IBM's technology is indeed very advanced, and the technology they eliminated in industrial calculators is also the most advanced if it is applied to personal computers, but now IBM does not look at the small market of personal computers, and it is estimated that it will take some time for them to enter the personal computer market. In addition, IBM is still entangled in anti-monopoly lawsuits, and it cannot easily enter the personal computer market. Dimitri Zverev quipped.

"IBM is really too powerful, and IBM will be broken up sooner or later, but it won't do much. You see, Standard Oil is not also split into 21 oil companies, they still have a monopoly on the global oil industry. Antitrust can't change the nature of the matter, and the giant companies on the Hollywood side don't have a monopoly on Americaka's film market, and they don't see what Peanut Heap is doing to them. Zhang Zhonghua joked with a smile.

There are many companies that will be split in the future, such as Microsoft, will it not be split in the future, the operating system is bound to office office software first, and the software is bound more and more, which directly makes some competitors cool.