Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 123 The Pursuit of the CPU

The current president of Sharp, Asahi Saeki, is the second-generation management core who took over from the founder Hayakawa Tokuji, and took office in 1970.

In the same year, Sharp changed its name from Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd. to Sharp Corporation, and established a comprehensive development center in Tenri City, Nara Prefecture, and began to produce large-scale integrated circuits.

A visit of Tang Huan's level naturally had to be received by Sharp's president in person.

Saeki Asahi, who was born in 1917, entered Sharp as early as 1931. He has climbed step by step from an apprentice to today's high-ranking position. He is an absolute veteran and has a high prestige.

The future third-generation president, Tsuji Haruo, and the fourth-generation president, Machida Katsuhiko, are related to Saeki Asahi, respectively, while the father of the fifth-generation president, Mikio Katayama, is his best friend.

Therefore, although Sharp’s successive presidents have different surnames, in fact it is still a “family management” structure similar to inbreeding.In the previous life, the survival crisis that Sharp encountered in the second decade of the 21st century may not have nothing to do with the resulting disease of large enterprises.

However, this also has an advantage. It will be relatively easier for Tang Huan to deal with Sharp. Anyway, the other party will have to wait decades later, so he doesn't have to worry about being dragged down.

RB people are very efficient in their work, and Tang Huan was unambiguous. After exchanging pleasantries, he immediately started to visit.

This process is also an opportunity for Sharp to show its own strength, but it can't stop Tang Huan. No matter how powerful you are, the electronic products you produce can't compare with the integration level of smartphones. The business pit had a sad phase of losing billions of dollars.

But it is undeniable that Sharp, which has a civilian background, has developed step by step, which is worth learning from.

Its earliest products can be traced back to the metal belt buckle invented by Hayakawa Tokuji - the Tokuo button, and then the mechanical pencil. The trademark is from here.

The Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 destroyed Tokuji Hayakawa's foundation, but he finally made a comeback and started producing radios, televisions, microwave ovens, calculators, solar cells and silicon photoelectric conversion elements, liquid crystal displays, semiconductors step by step. Large-scale integrated circuits, etc., can be said to be getting taller and taller. It is no problem to manufacture digital fax machines and optimize them.

Sasaki, who was kind to Sun Zhengyi and supported his invention of the electronic translator, was also among the accompanying people. Tang Huan specially chatted with him. RB is a society of personal relationships. Some seemingly insignificant interpersonal relationships, maybe Can play an unexpected role.

After visiting the TV production line, Tang Huan brought up the topic of cooperating with Saeki to produce CRT monitors during the break. He hoped that his second-generation Fangyuan computer could be equipped with the standard output device of the previous generation.

Under Tang Huan's description, the seasoned Zuo Boxu found that this was a big job, and immediately called a technician to discuss it. However, there are still many differences between CRT monitors and TVs, and it will not be possible to get an exact result for a while.

Tang Huan is not in a hurry, as long as the two parties have an intention, they will send someone over to discuss in detail when the time comes, and the second purpose of this trip - cooperation on the CRT monitor project will be achieved.

Over time, Tang Huan visited Sharp's comprehensive development center, the focus of the trip, and gained a more intuitive and all-round understanding of its semiconductor technology. He was quite satisfied and could continue to tilt his purchasing in this direction.

Tang Huan has always wanted to design and produce a general-purpose CPU in the East that is completely in his own hands. At this stage, RB is almost the only one that meets the technical requirements.

So Tang Huan brought up the third purpose of this trip, but was disappointed when he inquired. At present, Sharp is only at the level of a calculator in terms of chip design.

In this way, the official business here in Osaka is basically done.

During World War II, Osaka gathered a large number of munitions factories, so it was repeatedly attacked by the US military. The whole city was turned into a sea of ​​flames and almost turned into ruins. Many historical buildings disappeared. Although there are some imitations, Tang Huan feels boring , I plan to go directly to Kyoto, and revisit the old place after I went to Nintendo to dig people last time.

Of course, he also has a work schedule. If conditions permit, he will meet with Kyocera founder Kazuo Inamori.

Seeing that Tang Huan, the shining god of wealth in Silicon Valley, was about to leave, Saeki Asahi immediately became anxious. The significance of the CPU was self-evident. Although Sharp's current technology could not keep up, it could reach a cooperation intention first. After all, We already have a pretty good relationship.

So Asahi Saeki tried his best to stay. You are not satisfied with the scenery in Osaka, but there are many other interesting things.

Your Excellency is so young, don't you plan to enjoy the exotic style and find a RB soft girl to accompany you?

What, you already have beauty with you.

It doesn’t matter, there’s still delicious food. There is a popular saying in RB, "Kyoto is bankrupt for clothes, Osaka is bankrupt for food." We can satisfy your appetite.

Tang Huan smiled and declined politely. We all cooperated fairly closely and it was inevitable to interact with each other. Let’s talk about it next time.

Farewell, Zuo Boxu hurriedly continued to persuade him to stay, he murmured in his heart, the business opportunity is fleeting, seeing you speak so eloquently about the CPU, maybe when you come next time, you have already sat with another company and won him home.

Sharp attaches so much importance to Tang Huan that the founder, Tokuji Hayakawa, who is over 80 years old this year, has come forward in person. According to the historical trajectory, he returned to the West in June this year, and his physical condition can be imagined. I have to say that RB people are really hardworking.

Tokuji Hayakawa was born in a small fruit vendor family in 1893. At that time, RB had not gone through the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War and rapidly promoted its own industrial revolution. The people at the bottom lived in poverty, just like the Hayakawa family.

Due to his meager income, Tokuji Hayakawa, who was over 1 year old, was given to others as an adopted son, and even entered a factory when he was under 10 years old to work.

The Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 not only destroyed the industry that Hayakawa Tokuji had worked hard to accumulate, but also severely damaged his family.

RB There were three famous women in the Taisho era: Kujo Takeko, Yanagihara Hakuren, and Eki Xinxin, known as the Three Taisho Beauties.

It is said that the well-known Shimbashi geisha Eki Xinxin in the social circle is the older sister of Hayakawa Tokuji.

When shaking hands with Hayakawa Tokuji, Tang Huan looked at the other person curiously. If he had not come to this time and space, he would not have had this archaeological opportunity to see the real person. It is difficult to imagine the hardships and glory that this old man has experienced.

Tokuji Hayakawa, the founder of Sharp, can even be described as stubborn in his pursuit of advanced technology.
This attitude has already affected every high-level executive of Sharp. Correspondingly, Sharp as a whole is inevitably inflexible in market operations. The crisis brought about by the LCD industry in the future can reflect this phenomenon from the side.

Now that he has appeared, it means that Sharp's pursuit of CPUs has reached its highest point.

Compared with Tang Huan, who only had Hideaki Yasukawa as his follower, Sharp's movements were much greater, and the top management was mobilized to follow Hayakawa Tokuji obediently.

Seeing this situation, Tang Huan thought in his heart. As the founder of the country, Tokuji Hayakawa, the decisions he made naturally had supreme authority. In addition, the second-generation president Xu Saeki was also enthusiastic about the semiconductor industry. Even Tokuji Hayakawa If you leave in a few months, you can also ensure that sufficient resources are mobilized to develop and produce CPUs, so you don't have to worry about giving up halfway.

Since the other party's gesture was so sufficient, Tang Huan naturally had to show that he was worthy of such courtesy. Compared with the previous discussion of CPUs, what he said now was much more in-depth, and even discussed the latest designs that had just emerged. The concept - Reduced Instruction Set, or RISC, was explained in detail, which made everyone at Sharp shine like little stars of gold in their eyes.

It turns out that in that time and space, the Godson developed by the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences belonged to RISC. All the patents, bus and instruction set authorization of its processor came from MIPS Technologies, which is MIPS Technology Co., Ltd., and the MIPS architecture appeared as early as 1981. Naturally, Tang Huan would not make it more beautiful than before.

Looking at the aging Hayakawa Tokuji, Tang Huan finally said slowly: "As long as the resources are sufficient, the prototype of the microprocessor I designed should be ready within a year. Under the current production process, the finished product Execution efficiency is enough to stand out from the crowd."

Of course, brother's compiler and other system software are also needed to support it. Tang Huan will not talk about this as a last resort.

"You may have a question, why is this technology not directly implemented in Silicon Valley? I say bluntly, because its execution efficiency is enough to trigger various regulations brought about by political factors. I don't want my heart to become a politician. The price we negotiated, that's why we need to find a partner in the East." Tang Huanru said.

"I can assure you that we will provide enough resources to develop this CPU. I hope that Mr. Tang will stay in Osaka for a few more days, and we will discuss in detail." Hayakawa Tokuji's face is full of eagerness.

"Senior Hayakawa, who is highly respected and respected, has spoken, how dare I not know how to compliment him, and I just happened to taste the delicious food in Osaka." Tang Huan readily agreed, and naturally he couldn't go to Kyoto.

Sharp's thoughtful hospitality made Tang Huan's life very comfortable, and soon it was February 2th, which was the 13th of the twelfth lunar month.

Zhao Yazhi didn't dare to stay with her anymore, she had accumulated a lot of things at work and at home, and if she didn't return to Xiangjiang, she would be scolded.

"You're in a hurry, I've already bought your ticket, and I'll take you on the plane tomorrow." Tang Huan sat on the sofa, looking at the information, and teased.

"Then you didn't say it sooner, the delay made me feel like grass grew in my heart." Zhao Yazhi, who was packing the suitcase, gave Tang Huan a supercilious look.

"It's fun to tease you." As soon as Tang Huan finished speaking, Zhao Yazhi threw the newly bought underwear on Tang Huan's head with a smile.

The two were flirting and flirting, when the phone rang, Tang Huan picked it up, and it turned out that it was Zhou Mi calling, "Boss Huo has taken a fancy to a project in your hands, you should go back to Xiangjiang and have a face-to-face talk. "

"He's building a house, and I'm selling computers. It doesn't matter. Is there any project that will arouse his interest?" Tang Huan couldn't help being stunned.

"It's just about building a house in the United States. You can discuss it in detail when you come back. I'm about to meet a retail investor who has Wharf stocks in his hands. Let's do this for now." Zhou Mi hurriedly hung up the phone.

(End of this chapter)