Chapter 944: Yes vote

"My idea is like this."
In order to clarify his own countermeasures, Tan Zhenhua explained: "Although Intel and Microsoft are attacking us at the same time, we have to face two lawsuits at the same time, but the two are still somewhat different. In my opinion, Intel is something we can fight for. Object, and Microsoft is the opponent that must be hit."
Looking at the confused eyes of Yu Youcheng and McGregor, he further explained: "Intel is a typical semiconductor company with R&D and production of semiconductor chips as its main business. Currently, its product line is mainly composed of two parts. DRAM and CPU, at least so far, none of their product lines have gained a monopoly-in other words, non-monopoly operations are not unacceptable within their companies. They care more about the production Can the chip be sold at a higher profit in the market? Tony, you have worked at Intel for a long time, and you should have a deep understanding of this. I heard that in fact, Intel’s internal choice of CPU technology is not One piece of iron, right?"
Yu Youcheng nodded again and approved Tan Zhenhua's statement, because he knew it was a fact.
"Yes, Eric, you are right. Since 1983, Intel has had major differences in the choice of CPU technology route, which is to choose to continue the complex instruction set CISC path or the simplified instruction set RISC. In order to balance the power of the two factions, the company has established two R&D groups. As far as I know, the two R&D groups have achieved results. The final result of the CISC path is 80386, and RISC The path is the infamous i960."
"I960? Haven't heard of it?" McGregor asked casually.
"It's normal if I haven't heard of it, because Intel has not made up the determination to bring this CPU to the market. After all, this CPU is completely incompatible with the 80286 that they have achieved good sales in the market before." Yu Youcheng explained Said: "In fact, the i960 was successfully developed as early as 1984, slightly earlier than the 80386. Its internal design is based on the Berkeley RISC 32-bit superscalar design concept. The external bus is 16 bits and the basic operating frequency is 10 MHz. The initial package is Embedded, it supports up to 4MB of memory."
"From this we can also see that Intel has doubts about continuing to advance the CISC architecture, and this is what we can take advantage of." Tan Zhenhua said: "The reason why they have successfully developed a CPU with a RISC architecture has not The most fundamental reason for its large-scale market launch is to take into account the inertia of personal compatible computer manufacturers led by IBM-on the one hand, it is necessary to protect the investment of the whole machine manufacturer in the production line of various parts of the original structure, on the other hand, It is necessary to consider the various software and usage habits that the end customer runs on the computer."
Yu Youcheng understood Tan Zhenhua’s thoughts a bit. He thought about it and said,
Eric, do you mean that if Intel is willing to cooperate with us, we can not only give them the authorization of the MIPS structure, but also promise to give up? IBM, the biggest customer, let them use their long-term cooperative relationship to indirectly impress IBM to join our camp?"
"This is just a part, Tony, we can also exchange i960CPU authorizations with them, introduce part of their design and instruction set, and in the next version of the CPU design, they will be compatible with each other, so as to reduce a part of what they need to pay. The licensing fee attracts them to join the "Midoor" alliance and completely isolate Microsoft."
Yu Youcheng pondered again for a while before hesitatingly said: "Eric, I have to admit that we have offered very generous terms, but I always feel that these terms alone may not necessarily convince Intel."
Tan Zhenhua nodded and said: "I think so too, so you can tell them that if they join other semiconductor companies in the U.S. to ask Congress to initiate a 301 investigation on the semiconductor manufacturing industry in Japan, we will vote in favor."
"Ah... Then isn't our Japanese ally?"
"Tony, don't worry about that, I have my own opinion."
"Eric, after listening to your analysis and countermeasures just now, I somewhat understand why you want to get Intel to join our alliance, but I still don't understand why you have such a defensive heart against Microsoft-- Don’t you just want to give me a sigh? Honestly, Eric, since the CES show, my resentment towards Microsoft has almost disappeared."
It must be McGregor, the former Microsoft employee who was swept out by Bill Gates and the former leader of the "Windows" project.
"Of course it is one aspect to export evil for you." Tan Zhenhua joked: "But this is not the main reason-well, not even the secondary reason. In fact, I am targeting Microsoft because I think the operating system is the personal computer. Among the most core components, this involves some very important issues-the end user's habits, data accumulation and the richness of third-party applications."
"That's why you made the "iDoor" system free, and insisted on adding "iStore" to it, right?" McGregor asked thoughtfully.
"Yes Mike, with the "iDoor" system and the "iOffice" office software package, we have established a preliminary application environment, which can meet most of the basic office needs, at least, with higher efficiency Instead of typewriters, the "iStore" third-party application software warehouse can help us quickly establish a compatible ecological environment. As "iStore" becomes more and more abundant, there will be more and more third-party application software developers and We are tightly integrated, and the stickiness of users will become higher and higher. This is the value and significance of the existence of the "Midoor" alliance. In fact, it is also the goal that Microsoft wants to achieve. Therefore, at this point, we are It is completely consistent, but this is where the contradictions between the two of us cannot be reconciled. This is a struggle between systems. There is no other."
McGregor thought for a while and said: "Eric, I agree with your opinion, but to say a little off topic, the current "iStore" is still too troublesome to use, and the user feedback is not too good, good Well, this is actually the most criticized part of our "iDoor" system. Users have to go to our upgrade outlets every quarter to copy the latest version and go back to upgrade and install. In order to maintain these outlets, we need to invest a lot of money. ."
Tan Zhenhua laughed loudly: "Mike, you don't have to worry about this problem at all, because at least for now, we are the only company that can push the latest application software information to all users. As for the small troubles you mentioned, I think, with With technological advancement, it will only take another 3-5 years before this problem will no longer be a problem, and we no longer need to maintain the hugely expensive outlets scattered all over the country."
McGregor's mind flashed, and he said happily: "Eric, you're talking about the Internet..."
"Yes, Mike, this is why our Cisco company is so important, because these services will be gradually migrated online in the future, and at that time, you will see the real power of "iStore". I promise, that will become " iDoorsoft "The company's biggest source of income!"
There was a glimmer of hope in McGregor’s eyes, but he immediately returned to reality. He said: "Eric, I can probably imagine that kind of grand occasion, but before that goal is achieved, we still need to solve the current situation. Question-how to deal with Microsoft."
"You're right, Mike, the future is very good, but first we have to pass the current level, but don't worry about it. Our beautiful Jessica Barrister has a solution, right?"