"Elder Ni, welcome, welcome." Qin Feng looked at the familiar person coming over with a smile on his face.

The strength of the country depends on industry and high-tech enterprises, in the future, because of the backwardness of the chip industry, which leads to being controlled by others everywhere, now it is different, we are already the boss in general-purpose processors!

If it weren't for the huge cost of investing in the magic capital to build a factory, this year's chip industry would definitely contribute huge profits to Pacific Group.

However, this is only a matter of time, and when the factory in Modu is put into production, the profits in chips will roll in.

"Mr. Qin, congratulations." Ni Lao said with a smile: "When I was your age, I was still studying, and you even had children." ”

Qin Feng was a little embarrassed, he originally planned to play for a few more years, but he didn't expect Zhao Jiao to be in a hurry, and the result was ......

"Old Ni, how is the development of Loongson No. 2?" Qin Feng changed the subject.

It's like a New Year's greeting, if you ask your little nephew how he is studying, the little nephew will ask you about your work, how your income is, whether you have a girlfriend and so on.

Qin Feng simply asked Old Ni as well.

"It is being developed intensively, but fortunately, our 0.5 micron process has been matured." Ni Lao is a person who is not afraid of exams, because he can hand in satisfactory answers: "After the construction of the chip factory over there in the magic capital, our Loongson No. 2 will be taped out, just with the 0.5 micron process over there, so as to reach the world's top level, but ......"

"But what?"

"Intel is also in a hurry, a few months ago, it came up with a 486DX processor, and recently it is said to be sprinting to a new 586 processor, which is several times more powerful than the 486."

There is Moore's Law in the field of chips, even if there is no competition, the process will be continuously improved, not to mention that the competition is extremely fierce now, so Intel is working hard to make more advanced processors.

"DX processors? They're starting to play multipliers too? Qin Feng asked.

Elder Ni nodded: "That's right." ”

"That is, they infringe our patents?"

"Yes."

This frequency doubling technology is the first of Loongson to come out, the external frequency is low, the main frequency is high, the frequency of the main frequency is several times that of the external frequency, and the problem of frequency contradiction between inside and outside is solved at once, and this technology of course was quickly registered as a patent.

However, Intel is anxious to see that the technology is lagging behind, and since the frequency doubling route is the most suitable, then of course they will also use this technology.

You can use it, but you can't pay us patent fees!

"Send a special team to the courts in the United States to sue them for infringement!" Qin Feng said.

"Mr. Qin, we have also considered that although the Yankees shout every day to protect intellectual property rights, but ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to win this lawsuit. ”

"Whether we can win or not is the result, whether we can fight or not is an attitude, we want the world to know that Intel infringes on our intellectual property rights, and our technology is the world's first."

Ni Lao nodded: "Okay." ”

The so-called intellectual property protection is nothing but a monopoly of the first entrant to the latecomer, just like the automatic transmission of a car.

In fact, we can produce it, but as long as we do, we will be sued for infringement, because they have registered all the relevant patents, and then they can monopolize the world and harvest other countries by charging royalties.

When our technology is strong and a large number of patents are registered, they should not recognize it, and there will even be shameless politicians who openly advocate asking the court to invalidate these patents.

The so-called patent protection is nothing more than protection that they can make money lying down, not that others can make their money lying down.

"The new 586 processor, tell me again, is Intel so fast?"

Generally speaking, it takes a few years to develop a processor, and the speed of Intel's product replacement is also three or five generations, and the 486 processor has only been released for a long time, and there is actually 586?

"This time I forced Intel to be anxious, I heard that the technical staff of their company, all eat and live in the company, every day when they open their eyes is work, until late at night to sleep, just a few hours a day."

Qin Feng finds it even more interesting, what about the trade union? What about their powerful unions? Shouldn't their unions take care of such violations of labor laws?

Intel has indeed been cornered.

Back then, when Intel was just started, it relied on memory chips, but when the island's domestic memory rose, it soon knocked Intel's memory down, to be precise, the entire chip industry in the United States.

Because the island countries are more technologically advanced and have lower costs, they are playing a price war, and no company in the United States is an opponent.

Later, Intel decided to abandon the memory business and focus on developing general-purpose processors, which gave rise to a new life.

And now, general-purpose processors are also in great danger, can they throw them again? Throw this away and they'll have nothing!

There is no way back for Intel!

Across the ocean, Silicon Valley.

Grove stood in the R&D center, watching the technicians at work, their right hands slowly moving the mouse, their eyes fixed on the computer screen, on which there were dense lines, and they wanted to make sure that each line was correct.

"Great engineers, your efforts are worth it." Grove inspires them with a distinctive Hungarian accent: "Our 486DX processor has started to grow by leaps and bounds through frequency doubling technology, and it can already reach the same frequency as Loongson processors!" ”

The frequency doubling technology is so easy to use that they can easily break through the frequency limit, even if the outer frequency is only 25, and the quadruple frequency can make the processor run up to 100 megahertz!

What does Loongson rely on? But is it the frequency doubling technology that gives the head start in the frequency race?

"But we don't just have to catch up with Loongson processors, we have to surpass! Our 586 processor is born to surpass the Loongson processor! Grove said, "You have completed three years of work in half a year!" When 586 goes on sale at Christmas, I'll give each of you a week's vacation and three months' salary as a bonus! ”

Although everyone was exhausted, when they heard about the bonus, they regained their strength.

For the bonus, fight!

Just then, Moore hurried in.

"Grove, we're in trouble again!"

"What's the trouble?"

"Loongson filed a patent lawsuit in a Silicon Valley court, alleging infringement of our frequency doubling technology."

"Hmph, what kind of infringement, they can do frequency doubling, we can do it, they engage in processors, they are infringing on us!" "The courts won't support them!" Grove said. ”

"Yes, the courts will not support them, but what about public opinion? Our Intel company blatantly infringed and finally won the lawsuit, so is our patent in the field of science and technology still counted? What will the media think of us? ”

"Our patents, even if they are, their patents, don't count, what else is there to say." Grove said: "Do we want to admit the infringement, compensate them for the infringement losses, and pay them patent fees for every piece of our processor in the future?" So how can we compete with them? ”

The lethality of this patent is too great! This is the only route after the development of all processors, if this patent is held by others and constantly asks for royalties, then other processor companies will be doomed.

Not only will Intel ignore them, AMD in Silicon Valley, Cyrix founded last year, etc., all companies that produce processors will not recognize this patent of Loongson!

When the time comes, see what they do!

Moore nodded, now it can only be done like this, if you give Loongson a patent fee, then you will never be able to turn over in the future!

"What we have to do now is defeat them!" Grove said: "As long as our 586 processor is developed, it will surpass the processor of the Oriental in terms of performance, and the global processor market will still be ours in the future. ”

After Grove finished speaking, he looked at the people who were busy around him: "Where is our hope for Intel to defeat Loongson, our 586 processor, must surpass Loongson in performance!" ”

At this moment, the people who were still exhausted just now were full of energy again, and they had to fight!

"Grove, do we need to think about something else?" Moore spoke: "From 8086 to 486, there are countless manufacturers copying, producing the same processors as us, hanging the same name, I think, we should change a trademark, so that they can't imitate the kind." ”

Grove's eyes lit up: "That's right, it's time for us to change the logo, this is a new beginning, how about our 586 named Pentium?" ”

Pentium is the Latin meaning of five, this Pentium is the 586 processor, and at the same time, as long as the name is registered, then no one else can use it in the future!

Hearing Grove say this, Moore's eyes lit up: "That's right, just use this name!" Let's sign up now! ”

Christmas, the most joyous holiday in the whole West, has an even greater significance for Intel!

But......

As the day wore on, Grove received a message that was hard for him to accept.

"Mr. Grove, our 586 processor has not yet finished its final design."

If you want to design a brand new processor, it takes a long time, they Intel usually take four or five years to complete, now, it's only a few months, how is it possible!

Even if they worked overtime and sacrificed all their holidays, they still couldn't design this processor, let alone tape out!

"Damn, we're going to have to release this processor on Christmas Day!" "This is about the future of Intel Corporation!" ”

The technician's eyes were suspicious, not designed out, and still released?

So how do you publish it?

"Let's start with a sample of the processor." Grove said: "On the production line, a brand new processor is built, and by the way, isn't our processor socket going to transition to socket 5? Let's make such a processor out! ”

Everyone present was stunned.

What is Grove going to do?

He's going to spread false information to the whole world! No one has ever done it since the birth of Intel Corporation!

But......

Everyone's nerves are tense, and until now, if they don't change something, I'm afraid there really will be nothing!

Loongson is constantly occupying the market, their share is getting smaller and smaller, and their stock price is also decreasing, so they urgently need to launch new processors to boost the confidence of the market!

"What are you waiting for, do it!" Grove shouted.

The subordinates had no choice but to run out in stride.

Christmas in the West is very lively, the trees on the street are decorated with light strips, the white-bearded Santa Claus in red and white clothes walks around the streets, and he will hand out candy to the children.

In the banquet hall of the Hilton Hotel in Silicon Valley, countless scientific and technological elites, media reporters, etc. gathered together, and countless cameras and video recorders were aimed at the rostrum in front.

Intel Corporation is releasing a new generation of processors!

Glowing by the lights, Grove stepped onto the podium.

"Guys, we had no choice but to release a new processor today, as we had a plan to release the next generation of processing in three years."

Grove does not hide the huge competitive pressure that Intel is subjected to, and only when there is pressure can there be motivation.

"However, the emergence of the Loongson No. 1 processor has broken our R&D laws, and we know that if we don't come up with cross-era products, our Intel company will fall behind, so our technicians have burst out with great potential, and in a short period of time, we have completed the research and development of a new 586 processor, and we have given it a new name, Pentium!"

"We hope that this processor will be able to go global and become a trend all over the world! Now, let me introduce its technology! ”

"First of all, this processor uses a new socket 2 interface!"

The previous processors were directly soldered to the motherboard,If it is broken, the whole is replaced,It was not until the 486 era that the processor began to use the way of seizure,Intel released the 486 processor,It is the first time to install it with a professional processor socket that can be disassembled。

This kind of interface is called socket1, and it adopts the ZIF design, that is, zero plugging and unplugging force, as long as you toggle the handle on the side, you can easily plug and unplug the processor, and it has become popular since then.

In the era of the 486 processor, this socket is also constantly changing, the original socket 1, only 169 pins, to socket 4, has risen to 273. To the 586 processor, it was replaced with socket5, which increased to 320 pins.

But now, the interval between 486 and 586 is too short, so just evolved to socket2, it is already a 320-pin 586 processor.

"This interface has 320 pins, and these pins represent the rapid development of processor technology!" Grove said: "In this field, we are the first! Now, I'm going to move on to the other features of the processor, and in terms of clock speeds, the first ones to be launched were 60 and 66 megahertz! ”

Where is the applause?

The following are all surprises.

What did you say? With this computing speed, dare to say that it is cross-era? Are you kidding! You processors are just here to be funny! Renjia Loongson No. 1, when it was just released, the main frequency was 100 megahertz!

"It's just a doubling, we're going to be able to come out with two and four quadruple versions soon, guys, even if it's just two times, we can get 120 megahertz processors, and if it's quadruple, the highest version will be 266 megahertz!"

Of course, Grove knew what the people below were struggling with, he actually wanted to suppress first and then rise, and sure enough, in the next second, the audience erupted in warm applause.

In this battle for frequency, they finally got the first place!

Loongson was the first to break through 100 megahertz, and their processor was the first to break through 200 megahertz.

"And there's a new benefit to our processor, which doesn't lock the multiplier!"

The people below are a little curious, the frequency doubling thing is still a new thing, what is going on with this lock frequency doubling?

"We know that when the Loongson processor leaves the factory, the frequency multiplier data is prescribed, our processor, the frequency multiplier can be designed on the motherboard, if you are lucky, the processor can run on a higher frequency multiplier, such as five times, six times, of course, this requires a super heat sink ......"

The following is even more sensational.

At present, Loongson is in a lawsuit with Intel, and Intel has not only used it in a big way, but also improved it and played new tricks!

They already have a hunch that this processor will sell well!

"Excuse me, when will this processor be available?" Someone below couldn't help but ask.

"The exact time is kept secret, I can only tell you, soon, soon!"

After Grove finished speaking, he walked to the table on the side: "Now, let's witness this processor together!" ”

So, the reporters stopped asking questions, and looked at the table, and the cameras and camcorders were also pointed there, and Glover jerked open the red silk cloth on it, revealing a glass case inside, and he opened the box and took out the new LGA package processor from it.

"Look, this is our Pentium processor!"

The gold-plated stitches below sparkle in the light, and the world's most advanced technology is hidden inside the small square above!

Click, click!

Countless flashes are running fast, cameras are running, and reporters are holding microphones and starting to report.

On this day, the focus of the entire Western world is in the United States, in Silicon Valley, in Intel Corporation!

After a short period of failure, Intel finally came up with a more advanced 586 processor, and achieved an all-round suppression effect in performance!

Speaking of high technology, the West is the first, and when it comes to general-purpose processors, Intel is the industry leader, after all, the world's first microprocessor 4004 is what they did!