Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 444 Supercomputer Performance Achievement
As Tang Huan expected, Rich Skrenta became a hot potato.

No matter how prosperous COMDEX is, its influence is only limited to the industry. It can't compare to the splendor of a high school student tossing a big company in a hurry.

What's more, Rich Skrenta's sabotage and Tang Huan's solution have been described by the media as a legendary fighting story.

Under the circumstances of this much-anticipated situation, it can be said that it is not acceptable to beat or scold this brat, Rich Skrenta. If he is handed over to the police, many outsiders think it is too harsh; But the little money he carried with him was quite stretched to survive until his parents came to pick it up.

What's even more bizarre is that Rich Skrenta has already regarded Tang Huan as a technical idol. In the past few days in Las Vegas, besides visiting various IT products at various exhibitions with great interest, he is also relying on apprenticeship.

Seeing that the "Advanced Assembly Language Skills" that Rich Skrenta took out by himself had been turned upside down, Tang Huan waved his hands dumbfounded, and asked his subordinates to bring this curious baby to Cupidi in Silicon Valley. No, the tour there should settle him down and keep his ears clean before his parents arrive.

In addition to Fangyuan Computer’s booth being disrupted by a kid, there were a lot of other tidbits of news at this COMDEX.

For example, IBM harshly accused Compaq's portable personal computer of infringement, while Compaq, a newcomer, was very calm, insisting that it was a product developed on the basis of the public part of IBM-PC technical specifications.

The dark horse of COMDEX this year is undoubtedly Lotus. The outstanding performance of Lotus 1-2-3 has attracted a steady stream of orders, making similar products such as VisiCalc, MultiPlan, SuperGrid, etc. a formidable enemy. Microsoft is even more like a widower.

At this time, MS-DOS has launched version 2.0 in conjunction with the launch of IBM-PC/XT, which eliminated a large number of original bugs, added many practical functions, and received positive reviews.However, a low-level operating system such as DOS can't stop Lotus1-2-3 from killing all directions.

Tang Huan sent special personnel to watch the developments of Compaq Computer and Lotus Software, so as to assess the extent to which their addition would boost IBM-PC and their impact on the market share of personal computers. He himself turned his attention to Fangyuan Computer. listing preparations.

John Chambers, the CEO and president of Fangyuan Computer, led the team and spent a day reporting all the work results to Tang Huan.

This prevented Tang Huan from running around for the next month or so. He needed to stay in the United States honestly and attend intensive public relations activities.

EA was listed on NASDAQ through a back door, while Fangyuan Computer chose the New York Stock Exchange, which has a higher threshold.

In order to catch up with the boom of the second-generation video game consoles, the former is undoubtedly the most suitable way to go public through a backdoor listing on NASDAQ, which has a strong entrepreneurial flavor, while the latter, after more than three years of accumulation, has the capital to embark on a more glamorous stage.

"The New York Stock Exchange invites you to ring the New Year's opening bell, which represents Wall Street's most direct affirmation of the value of Yuan Computer." John Chambers said proudly.

Tang Huan no longer needed to deliberately show off to gain reputation, so his reaction was relatively dull. After pondering for a while, he asked, "Have you heard that Liu Ogbrecht, the chief engineer of IBM's personal computer department, was fired?" something?"

John Chambers shook his head in surprise, "It may be because I'm too busy, I didn't notice this news."

Tang Huan told the story, and finally concluded: "We treat employees, and the material conditions we provide can definitely rank among the forefront of American companies, but the spiritual level may not necessarily be the case. This belongs to the category of corporate culture. People like us It is impossible for a young company to succeed overnight, so it can only be done slowly. I plan to select a few outstanding employees to ring the listing bell of Fangyuan Computer, and share the honor brought by the company's rapid growth in this way."

"This is not in line with the convention." John Chambers showed hesitation.

Tang Huan smiled slightly, "Don't forget, we are a Silicon Valley company, eclectic and innovative are in our DNA, and those conventions are reserved for us to break."

John Chambers, who was immediately persuaded, lifted his spirits, "Okay, I'll handle this matter."

Looking at the complicated content in the document that related to the functions he needed to perform, Tang Huan rubbed his eyebrows and smiled at John Chambers: "I am so lazy and have to do so many things, which shows how hard you are working. "

"You want to coordinate the overall situation." John Chambers laughed, "You don't know, witnessing Fangyuan Computer's growth step by step, my heart is filled with a sense of accomplishment."

"Then you have to pay attention to the combination of work and rest, one piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and martial arts." Tang Huan thought for a while and said, "After we finish this busy period, let's go on vacation together."

John Chambers readily agreed, and after he finished his business, he casually chatted about a light-hearted gossip topic, "Ricky Skrenta is still young, but he has become the focus of recent media mentions. Gaining enough exposure for myself, it is estimated that this little guy will brag to his companions after returning."

Rich Skrenta, who had seen all kinds of novel technological gadgets in Cupertino, was finally picked up by his father.Before parting, this bear kid also vowed to promise that he must come to California to go to college.

"Our good intentions are finally rewarded. In addition to avoiding getting a lot of trouble, we were also praised by the media." Tang Huan shook his head slightly, "However, we still use the method of releasing the fastest supercomputer in the world. To increase attention in such a way is considered dignified."

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The supercomputer department of Fangyuan Computer continued to use multi-processors and launched a supercomputer code-named "Tai Chi". It can perform 11 billion floating-point operations per second, or 1.1 GFLOPS, and is truly the world's king of supercomputer performance. .

You know, 1 GFLOPS is a very iconic threshold, like the Cray X-MP/4, which is being developed by Cray, a pioneer in this field, it is said that the operating speed has reached 0.941 GFLOPS, which is very close to 1 GFLOPS, but it is a pity that after all Without reaching 1 GFLOPS, this laurels can only belong to the Tai Chi supercomputer of Fangyuan Computer.

When this news was released, the outside world was shocked and inevitably raised a voice of doubt. Could this be a gimmick created by Fangyuan Computer for the IPO?

But in any case, relevant departments of the US government, Boeing Company, and other large institutions and companies sent representatives to attend the press conference to see the true face of Lushan.

(End of this chapter)