Chapter 2937: IBM Corporation

IBM Corporation.
When most people think of it, they will think that IBM is a company that produces personal computers. Then, this company was bought by L. In fact, the personal computer business is just a small business of IBM. This company is mainly The server has a longer history.
This company first started with the production of paper tape punching machines. Later, it continued to improve. Moreover, its technology was almost ahead of the entire world. For example, in the Cold War era, it first built an integrated system for the Eagle State Air Force. The air defense network, in banks and other departments, almost all use its servers.
The most glorious thing was in the 1970s. For example, in 1975, IBM produced four times the number of computers produced by all other computer manufacturers in the world. It became a company integrating scientific research, production, sales, technical services, and education and training. Joint enterprise.
However, in the 1980s, IBM was rapidly declining because of the rise of Hanxin Technology.
In the early years, there was a big difference between servers and personal computers. This does not refer to the shape of the chassis. Most servers are blade servers, which can be directly plugged into the cabinet or even a lot of them. More importantly It is the internal structure.
The server cannot make any mistakes. A mistake can cause significant losses to the user. For example, can the data on the bank's server be confused? If there is a problem with the funds deposited by the depositor, who will bear the loss?
Therefore, it has a lot of measures. For example, the hard disk that stores data uses a special array format to back up each other. If one hard disk is broken, the data is directly restored from the other hard disk. Another example is its memory stick. Special ECC check, so as not to make a mistake during data transmission, for example, its motherboard and power supply must be absolutely stable, because once the server is turned on, it may not be turned off until the end of its life. .
Hanxin Technology Co., Ltd. suddenly emerged and began to engage in their servers. Soon, it had a great impact on IBM. At the beginning, IBM was very angry. These laymen actually used personal computers. The processor is used on the server, and the two are originally different.
Yes, in the 1970s and 1980s, the processor of a server was completely different from that of a personal computer, but nowadays, great changes have taken place, and the Chinese have blended them together.
Originally, they were ridiculed in anger, until Hanxin Technology used more powerful server performance to squeeze out their market share. At that time, they were surprised. The Han people actually did it. , And did it successfully?
As a result, IBM can only transform amidst difficulties. They began to use Intel processors to make server chips, and they found the benefits, at least greatly saving their research and development costs.
Moreover, there is another advantage, which is the distrust of the government.
After all, it is no problem to purchase a batch of high-performance personal computers in the private market at a high price. It is a personal choice. However, for government agencies, especially the military, it is absolutely impossible to let this kind of market open. For foreign companies, Hanxin Technology's servers can be used by some companies, but in terms of government and military, it is still IBM's world.
That's all. IBM wants to regain its lost market share. It is destined to be very difficult. They are cold on Hanxin Technology, but have nothing to do.
Until now, the government is going to conduct an antitrust investigation against Hanxin Technology, which makes them very happy to see this result.
"Huh, let Han people know that they can't do whatever they want. We are against trusts." A senior executive said with a sneer: "What we suffered back then, now let Hanxin Technology suffer it again."
That’s right, the IBM company at that time was also a victim of it. The success of IBM in the mid-sixties led the Eagle Country Justice Department to investigate IBM’s antitrust violations. After all, at that time IBM almost monopolized the entire computer airport. Article 2 of the Act monopolizes or attempts to monopolize the market for general-purpose digital electronic computer systems, especially commercially designed computers. The lawsuit lasted until 1983, when Hanxin Technology began to penetrate the international market, they abandoned the investigation.
This kind of protracted anti-monopoly investigation can be seen. Of course, it is an investigation against their domestic company. If it is against a foreign company, the trial will take several months.
"However, we got a news that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has begun to manufacture Hanxin-3 processors for them, and the production capacity is very high." At this moment, someone also said such a news.
Samsung Electronics? IBM has also used Samsung's memory, and is very familiar with this company. How can such a company with beliefs and R&D capabilities suddenly become a part-time worker?
"Really? What about them themselves?" someone asked.
"Their own company may no longer produce Hanxin-3 processors."
"In other words, they are going to produce the Hanxin 4 chip with all their strength?" At this moment, a voice was incredulous: "In this case, the price of the Hanxin 4 chip will also come down?"
The economy of the entire world conforms to the laws of the market. When the quantity of a product is huge, the price of this product will inevitably fall. The supply and demand relationship in the market determines the price of the product, which is naturally a normal thing.
"It seems that Hanxin is conducting a tit-for-tat arrangement against our anti-monopoly investigation. What effect does this arrangement have on us?"
For a company, it is necessary to analyze the national policy and how it is beneficial to them. Now, they faintly see another business opportunity.
Hanxin Technology Co., Ltd. does not intend to take the high-end route. They are resisting in their own way. This resistance is to distribute goods in large quantities, and then lower the market price, and then continue to occupy the Eagle Country market, even if it is smuggled. Way, there will certainly be many companies taking risks, after all, Intel is not up to date.
In this way, Intel intends to strive for more market share after the antitrust investigation, which has become a joke. If you can choose, who will not choose the better performance? The price used to be high, but now the price has been lowered, so they will naturally choose Hanxin products.
So what about us?
Even if it is a competitor, this good opportunity must be used. After all, the performance of Hanxin 4 is too sturdy, and the main frequency is directly increased to 2GHZ!
Such high-speed computing capabilities are quite good for servers. Especially, one chip comes with two cores. It can be said that one such chip is enough for the lowest-level server.
"We have to do it too, to develop a super server that uses Hanxin's No. 4 chip as a processor. Then, before the antitrust investigation is pronounced, we can purchase as many chips as we can, and at least meet our production needs for one or two years!"