1991 Starting from the core

"Shan, I don't agree with this."

After dinner, Gao Xiaodi expressed his rare objection to Su Yuanshan's attitude towards Yuanxin's future 64-bit architecture: "We have suffered too much from the X86 architecture. If the X64 architecture continues to be compatible with X86, then this tone is inappropriate. Who's going out?"

In Su Yuanshan's office, Gao Xiaodi stared at Su Yuanshan and said seriously: "If we start directly with the server and business system, we may not be able to seize the opportunity and let out a bad breath."

Su Yuanshan was a little stunned when he heard this, and it took him a long time before he burst into laughter.

He thought about the future of CPU development for a long time, and finally felt that for Yuanxin's desktop processors to truly rise and become truly competitive, it is far from enough to rely solely on leadership in process and microarchitecture - let alone The manufacturing process may not be able to reach the leading level.

Therefore, he decided to start from three aspects - to put it bluntly, he wanted to comprehensively study the AMD strategy of that year.

At the beginning, AMD faced Intel's dominance and directly used three moves.

First of all, it is constantly competing with Intel for the highest frequency of processors, and is the first to release the Thunderbird processor that reaches 1G. In that... or in this era where processor core frequency means execution efficiency, whoever can push the frequency higher means that whose technology is "better" - at least in the eyes of consumers. .

Secondly, it decisively launched the X86-compatible, 32-bit AMD-64 instruction set, thereby achieving a seamless upgrade from software to hardware. Intel, on the other hand, doesn't know what's wrong with their brains - maybe they think they are so powerful in the processor market that they can do whatever they want - in short, they teamed up with HP to launch IA64, Itanium, which is completely incompatible with 32-bit architecture. , used to enter the server market.

Finally, AMD took the lead in launching a dual-core processor—a design that integrates two cores in a single chip ring, ushering in the multi-core era of processors.

Well, Intel also made a dual-core, but they put two cores together, which is known as "glue dual-core" in history.

Under these three measures, Intel's market was quickly eroded by AMD. At its peak, the two even reached an even tie.

Even AMD was successful back then, but Su Yuanshan didn't think that... he could be any worse off if he could imitate others.

It's just... Gao Xiaodi now actually wants to learn from Intel?

I really don’t know how to die...

…

Seeing Su Yuanshan's weird smile, Gao Xiaodi became a little unconvinced: "Why are you laughing..."

"Brother, I don't agree."

"..."

"It's precisely because we spent a lot of effort to get the X86 tickets that we can't give up easily." Su Yuanshan smiled and said seriously: "I know what you want to say, yes, the server market is a good place, even As long as we do this, with the influence of our National Day and Yuanxin, we will be able to maintain a certain market in the country. But does it make sense if we only focus on the country?"

"It makes no sense. Our goal has always been to face the world. And have you ever thought about why personal computers can't use 64-bit processors and systems?"

"Then the server market is no longer needed?" Gao Xiaodi said unconvinced.

"Yes, of course we do. But we won't fight for it now. Our technical foundation is already weak - Senior Brother, please touch your chest and say, without the Cyrix team, would our Tenglong be able to soar?"

Gao Xiaodi opened his mouth, but finally closed it tightly.

He is the overall person in charge of the current CPU team and the actual executor of the Tamron processor. Of course, he knows everything about the birth of the Tamron processor.

It can be said that the original CPU team did all "outsourcing" work.

But after thinking about it, Gao Xiaodi still defended: "It's different now, the team has grown up - it's just a matter of brainstorming, who is afraid of whom? You said this in front of the president."

Su Yuanshan felt happy when he saw this guy blocking himself with his own words: "Then we have to fight on the right path! We finally have some technology and talent reserves, so we should go into the fields we are already familiar with. What kind of independent X64 Architecture, don’t think about it.”

After saying this, Su Yuanshan became serious and said solemnly: "Brother, I assure you with my technical foresight and market acumen, this road will not work."

Seeing Su Yuanshan's rare seriousness, Gao Xiaodi also gave up his struggle: "Then... okay, you have the final say."

"No, technology has the final say - I have to hide it in front of other people. Have I ever hidden it in front of you?" Su Yuanshan said and stared at Gao Xiaodi: "I am the kind of person who shoots without aim. What?"

After hearing this, Gao Xiaodi was shocked!

Yes, Su Yuanshan can do it in any situation, even within Yuanxin and in front of Mr. Xi. He has always been very modest and never admitted that he was a "genius".

But in front of him, Gao Xiaodi... Although Su Yuanshan would not claim to be a genius, he had always done things that only geniuses could do - no, I'm afraid it was work that even geniuses couldn't do!

The deeper his understanding of processor architecture, the more Gao Xiaodi knows how great a talent it takes to independently design an excellent architecture.

As for Su Yuanshan, he completed it in less than 20 years - and almost brought out the current CPU design team step by step.

These people also include Gao Xiaodi himself.

Thinking of this, Gao Xiaodi took a deep breath and slammed his head: "Shan, you're right, damn, I'm a little drifting."

"...Uh, senior brother..." Su Yuanshan saw Gao Xiaodi's real temper. He shook his head and smiled: "It's okay. If the server has a chance, let's do it step by step. Isn't it Intel? One day we will fight Their faces were full of peach blossoms... Only then did they know why the flowers were so red."

…

After spending two days clarifying the future direction for several groups in the processor department, Su Yuanshan also began to prepare his thesis. He wanted to design a framework for the 64-bit architecture.

As the temperature gradually rises, the calendar quickly turns to March.

After entering April, Su Yuanshan suddenly felt that there was not enough time - on the one hand, he had to prepare a thesis, on the other hand, he had to keep an eye on the progress of mobile phone mass production, and he also had to prepare to select graduate students to enter the laboratory.

At the same time, he has to prepare to return to Yuanxin headquarters.

Just when he was looking at several student files and hesitating, there was a sudden noise outside the office.

Seeing Su Yuanshan frowning, Wen Xiaoqian, who was unable to help him, stood up quickly: "I'll go take a look."

"Um."

Unexpectedly, just as Su Yuanshan nodded, the office door was pushed open.

A sturdy man stood at the door, followed by two sturdy men.

Su Yuanshan was shocked when he saw the person coming.

"Brother Fu? What are you doing?"

"Mr. Chen asked me to come here and give it a try." Fu Zhenhua smiled innocently, and then became serious: "Mr. Shan, we are here to protect you."

"What are you doing?"