Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 458 Routers and the Internet

In order to meet the requirements of the U.S. Department of Commerce for high-end products purchased by the government, Tang Huan built FAB1 and FAB2 in Boston, Massachusetts, and Mountain View, Silicon Valley, California, in accordance with the standards of the French FAB3 semiconductor factory.

The wafers used in these two semiconductor factories have a diameter specification of 100 mm and a process of 1.5 microns, making the manufacturing level the most advanced in the world.It is worth mentioning that Philips' lithography machine has contributed a considerable technical force.

The FAB2 semiconductor factory in Boston has been officially put into production for several months.Tang Huan came to inspect this time, mainly to ensure the production capacity of his own special chips, so as not to hinder Fangyuan's plan to double the annual sales of personal computers.

The consumer product attributes of personal computers determine that it is fundamentally different from the market operation methods of high-end products such as supercomputers, servers, and workstations.

The latter belongs to "three years without opening, and three years after opening", while the former must rely on rapid capital and product circulation to effectively guarantee profits.

In particular, IBM is preparing enough components for the personal computer base in Boca Raton, Florida, to produce 100 million IBM-PCs. Of course, Fangyuan Computer Company cannot lose the chain.

Under the circumstances of such fierce competition, Tang Huan increasingly needs his bases all over the world under his name, as well as partners, to cooperate in step to ensure the advantage of product cost.

IBM established an organization called the Satellite Business Service Department early on to provide high-quality long-distance data transmission circuits, and Tang Huancai just cooperated with Wal-Mart to launch a communication satellite, and obviously still needs to make great strides to catch up in terms of background.

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After inspecting FAB2 in Boston, Tang Huan saw that there was still time to spare, so he stopped by Harvard University to see Zhuang Menghua and his junior sister Cai Meier.

The academic excellence of the two girls shows how hard this minority group of Chinese Americans works.

Tang Huan put down his coffee and joked with Zhuang Menghua, who was planning to study for an MBA, with a smile, "Work hard, and when you graduate, I will arrange for you to be the president."

"Don't coax me with things that will happen in a few years. If you are sincere, support me in practicing now." Zhuang Menghua pursed his lips and smiled, irritating Tang Huan.

As she grew up, Zhuang Menghua's mischievousness has subsided a lot, and she doesn't quarrel with Tang Huan very much.

"Okay, I'll give you $50 to accumulate practical experience." Tang Huan nodded, "In the current American financial world, leveraged buyouts are everywhere, and junk bonds are flying everywhere. Be careful not to lose everything in the blink of an eye."

"Are you using your distrust of me to cover up your stinginess?" Zhuang Menghua was a little dissatisfied, "You are a majestic billionaire, and you actually sent me 50 dollars."

"You girl, your heart is really wild." Tang Huan shook his head with a smile, "I want to do something big now? Well, then prove your ability to me."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan looked around, then pointed to a copy of "Guinness World Records" on the bar counter - "Guinness World Records" and said: "I am very interested in the operation method of this world record, you Give me a practical implementation plan."

"Then do you plan to start a new business, or do you just want to get the authorization to operate the market, or simply buy it completely?" Zhuang Menghua did not hesitate at all, and asked clearly.

"You come up with a plan. Whether the conditions are suitable or not, I need you to convince me." Tang Huan shrugged indifferently.

"Okay, it's a deal," Zhuang Menghua heroically stretched out Bai Shengsheng's little hand, and gave Tang Huan a high-five.

After Tang Huan bid farewell and left, Zhuang Menghua patted Cai Meier's arm and teased, "Stop staring at your idol, he's gone long ago."

Cai Meier smiled embarrassedly, "My senior brother has grown up so fast, thinking about seeing him a few years ago, I can't believe it."

"Then let's work hard, and you come to provide me with legal support." Zhuang Menghua eagerly began to recruit soldiers.

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When Tang Huan returned to New York, the press conference had already been set up, and Internet technology elites such as David Boggs and Radia Perlman were also ready to explain, just waiting for the moment when they appeared on the stage.

This freshly baked product is of great significance to the Internet, and it is a router.

In an era when technologies and products such as cloud services, big data, and mobile terminals were popular in time and space, the concept of the Internet was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But the Internet that people understood during this period, conceptually speaking, is actually the World Wide Web—the World Wide Web, which is not the same as the Internet—the Internet.

It is just one of the many services that the Internet can provide, and it must rely on the Internet to operate.

However, the services that the Internet can provide now are only limited to newsgroups, BBS, etc. with text content.

In 1983, that is, this year, the development of the Internet ushered in a turning point.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPAnet), which belongs to the main body from the current point of view and belongs to the predecessor from the future point of view, has made major changes.

ARPAnet, which was officially put into operation at the end of 1969, decided to split into two parts and become two independent parts: MILNET for military and defense departments-military network and ARPAnet version for civilian use.

And starting from January 1983, 1, the old Network Control Protocol - Network Control Protocol (NCP) was banned, and TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol was corrected and became the general protocol of ARPAnet.

When in 1975, ARPAnet was transferred to the Defense Department Communicationg Agency - the United States Department of Defense Communications Service, it was no longer experimental and unique, in the United States alone, there were a large number of new networks in the 1970s Start to appear.

For example, Computer Science Research Network—CSNET, Canadian Network—Canadian Network, CDnet, Because Its Time Network—BITNET, National Science Foundation Network—NSFnet, etc. .

In this context, the defect that ARPAnet cannot communicate with individual computer networks has aroused researchers' thinking.

In order to connect ARPAnet and SAT NET - satellite network, and ALOHA NET based on packet wireless service in Hawaii, Robert Kahn - Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf - Vinton Cerf jointly developed TCP/IP.

It can be said that TCP/IP and routers are the two legs of the development of the Internet, and Tang Huan once again stepped on the drumbeat of technological development.

(End of this chapter)