Chapter 943: The easiest way
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Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord
- Qian's Feather
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- 2021-01-30 08:02:34
The "Midoor" alliance, as the name suggests, is a personal computer that uses the "MIPS" CPU architecture system and the "iDoor" desktop operating system. The initiator is of course the "Matrix" laboratory, and the most determined and core companies are MIPS, SGI, Cisco and iDoorsoft are formed. Companies that have entered into strategic alliances include Japanese Toshiba, Sony, and British ARM. Cooperative software companies include Adobe, Dassault Systèmes, and some small and medium software developers and individual software studios. A large list of the original X86 personal compatible computer manufacturers are still in a wait-and-see state of "high-profile talks about cooperation but no actual actions."
Tan Zhenhua’s summary was recognized by everyone in the house, and the conclusion was quickly deduced: the debate in court is not the point. Eliminate the adverse effects of these two lawsuits on the "Midoor" alliance and dispel the new personal computer manufacturer. The worries about joining the league are things that should be done immediately.
"Except for the Japanese Toshiba, which has reached a comprehensive strategic partnership with us and obtained the authorization of the MIPS architecture, many companies have already had more in-depth contact with us, including four pure chip manufacturers, namely AMD Chaowei Semiconductor Company, NSC National Semiconductor Company, ZILOG Zhilu Company and MOS Technology Company; In addition, there are personal computer manufacturers such as DEC, Compaq, HP, Dell, Sony, Fujitsu, NEC, ARM, Gateway, Wangan Computer, etc. We negotiated the procurement of our CPU to produce "iDesk" compatible computers." Yu Youcheng took the initiative to introduce the current status of the "Midoor" alliance to everyone. As the person in charge of this project, he knows this well.
Tan Zhenhua pondered for a while and frowned and asked, "Tony, I didn't hear IBM."
Yu Youcheng replied with some embarrassment: "Yes, Eric, without IBM, they haven't contacted us. I don't think they are likely to be our first partners, so I haven't taken the initiative to find them."
"This strategy needs to be adjusted immediately." Tan Zhenhua said with a sullen expression: "Tony, from today and now, you are handing over the communication work of other customers to others. You are working IBM and you must reach an agreement with them, even if they are not willing to immediately Abandon the X86 architecture, at least let them launch a personal computer compatible with the MIPS architecture. This is the bottom line!"
"but……"
"It's nothing, this is an order, it must be executed to the full!"
Yu Youcheng didn't expect that Tan Zhenhua, who had always spoken in a gentle manner, was uncharacteristically, and spoke to him with a very serious command tone. This was the first time in his memory.
Perhaps seeing Yu Youcheng’s expression a little ugly, Tan Zhenhua slowed down and explained: "Tony, you came from Intel and worked in the special CPU industry in the semiconductor industry for so many years. Position in the industry, right?"
Yu Youcheng couldn't help but nodded.
IBM, and International Business Machines Corporation, was founded by Thomas Watson in New York in 1911. Today, it has grown into the world's largest information technology and business solutions company with operations in more than 160 countries and regions and more than 20 employees worldwide. Ten thousand people, like the nickname people give it, is a true "blue giant".
As early as the 1920s, IBM was involved in the computing field and designed and manufactured a series of punch card statistical machines. By 1935, its punch card statistical machine products had occupied 85.7% of the U.S. market. Because the successful sales of these products have accumulated strong financial resources, strong sales and service capabilities, and intertwined government relations, these have laid an important foundation for this company to become the master of the computer field in the future.
During World War II, the Allied forces led by the United States widely used equipment produced by IBM for military calculation, logistics and other munitions; when the "Manhattan Project" developed the atomic bomb, the IBM punch card machine was used to do a large number of complex calculations; During the war, IBM built HarvardMarkI for the US Navy, which was the first large-scale automatic digital computer in the US.
In 1944, IBM and Harvard University began to cooperate, and successively made the electronic tube computer MARK-1 and MARK-2, and then made the electronic tube relay hybrid large computer SSEC.
When the semiconductor era came and the transistor computer appeared, IBM took the lead in developing a small data processing computer IBM1401, which adopted advanced technologies such as transistor circuits, magnetic core memory, and printed circuit boards, which greatly reduced the size of the mainframe and completely replaced perforations. The card statistics machine also established IBM's leading position in the computer industry. In 1975, IBM produced four times the number of computers produced by all other computer manufacturers in the world, and became a joint enterprise integrating scientific research, production, sales, technical services, and education and training.
It can be said that IBM is the undoubted industry leader in the computer industry.
This dominance also extends to the field of personal computers.
Although everyone agrees that the "Otto", which was born at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center in 1973, is the originator of personal computers, but it is the "APPLE" of "Apple" that really promoted this type of equipment. And IBM.
Although IBM only launched personal computers in 1981, five years later than Apple, with its strong sales channels and brand influence, IBM quickly occupied most of the personal computer market. The two companies were able to grow rapidly.
One is of course Intel, which provides CPUs, and the other is Microsoft, which provides operating systems.
Of course, compared to IBM, Intel and Microsoft at that time were both small and junior, and IBM was never a fuel-efficient lamp. So, under its strong pressure, Intel had to authorize its CPU architecture. Give it to several companies, such as AMD, so that IBM can enjoy the low cost brought about by bidding.
This is the beginning of AMD's X86 architecture authorization. Of course, it is not only AMD who obtained X86 authorization in the same period, but also National Semiconductor, ZILOG Zhilu Company and MOS Technology Company. Ability, importance, etc. are not the same, so that in another time and space, in the desktop field, in the end, Intel's true opponent is only one AMD.
As for Microsoft, as mentioned in the previous article, Mr. Bill Gates bought the copyright and source code of 86-DOS from Tim Patterson for US$50,000, changed the copyright information and sold it to IBM. , Made a fortune ever since...
With the hot sales of IBM personal computers in the market, a large number of companies have also taken a fancy to this emerging market, and most of them have chosen the same technology path-100% compatible with IBM, so that the market Except for "Apple", most personal computers have a common name-IBM compatible computers.
In other words, most of the personal computer manufacturers are looking forward to IBM.
Yu Youcheng’s original idea was to first strive for a few smaller-scale complete machine manufacturers to join the camp, and then slowly expand its influence and then find ways to contact IBM. In his opinion, this is slow to work. But the victory is relatively easy to operate-the difficulty of convincing a startup company like Compaq to persuade an established monopoly giant like IBM is obviously not in the same order of magnitude.
But Tan Zhenhua's thinking is obviously different from his.
"Tony, actually, you have the easiest way to get IBM."
"any solution?"
"Union Intel."
"what?!"