Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 476 Launch 286 Computer Immediately
Not to mention that Louis Gerstner was shocked, even Tang Huan is now very dizzy, thinking that the semiconductor factory he invested alone in order to avoid the Intel EEPROM patent dispute has actually appeared to help IBM-PC with hardware optimization. Wolves", which is really ironic.

However, after Tang Huan thought about it, he was relieved.

No matter which industry has unlimited business opportunities, there will be a trend of technological copycats due to the disturbance of the current flow of interests.Gordon Campbell and his group just happened to be at the right time.

You know, there are a lot of capable people in Silicon Valley, even if Gordon Campbell and his gang don’t do it, it’s inevitable that other people will take this step under the same flash of inspiration in their minds,
It can be said that this trend of copycats is accidental at the micro level, but inevitable at the macro level. It just depends on who owns it.

It is widely recognized that there are only two companies doing the best in the personal computer industry—Fangyuan Computer and IBM.

Because the so-called technical threshold of the personal computer industry is low, it is compared with mature minicomputers and mainframes. In fact, not everyone can make such "simple" products well--produced by small workshops. Things certainly cannot compete with big factories in terms of commercial maturity.

For example, the compatibility and consistency between the previous generation of products and the current flagship product, as well as the next generation of products, as well as bus-based scalability and so on.

It is no easy task to get a design scheme that truly takes care of the overall situation and has a smooth transition.

Just like Apple's Apple II, Apple III, Lisa computer, and MAC, they are separated from each other and fight on their own.

Another example is Commodore, which is killing all sides in the field of cheap personal computers. There are often incompatibilities at the system level between products of different models of each generation and the same generation.

Liu Gebrecht summed up the experience of various personal computers before, and absorbed the successes including BIOS before launching the IBM-PC.

Although it is not the best, its mediocrity hits a just right balance point. Coupled with Big Blue's golden signature, it is quickly recognized by the market.

It's just that Fangyuan's personal computer design and manufacturing ideas are more condescending and overall, so IBM-PC has to take the second place.

It is precisely because of this market disadvantage that Don Estridge, the head of IBM-PC, took up the double-edged sword of publishing IBM-PC technical specifications.

At the beginning, industry participants did follow Don Estrich's ideas and use these technologies to launch functional expansion cards on the IBM-PC platform.

But when Compaq Computer opened the door to IBM-PC compatible machines, everyone suddenly realized that we don't need to be so pure, and we can use this free technology licensing method to earn more.

Now, Gordon Campbell and his group are trying to replace IBM-PC's own chip with the same function with a more streamlined chip design, which will undoubtedly completely defeat IBM-PC in terms of cost.

Of course, Tang Huan was happy to see the Big Blue shoot himself in the foot, but once this wind of imitation blows up, it is bound to greatly increase the market share of the IBM-PC standard, which is what he does not want to see.

Undoubtedly, under comprehensive consideration, this tiger must be kept in a cage as much as possible.It will eventually come out, but for as long as it can.

In this way, I can more or less buy a buffer time, so that the Intel 80286 and multimedia models of Fangyuan PC can occupy a favorable position in the market as much as possible, and squeeze the living space of cheap IBM-PC compatibles in advance.

All in all, if you can't beat your opponent, then try to reshuffle the cards, change the rules of the game, and devalue this integrated chip based on Intel 8088.

However, this is only a stopgap measure. Once the Pandora's box of non-authorized compatible machines is opened, it will be out of control. IBM-PC/AT with Intel 80286 will definitely be the next target of copycats.

Tang Huan can only come up with a rough outline of the overall layout now, and the details still need to be perfected.

"Don Esterlich, I guess you are still in the dark. You don't know that IBM-PC is going to encounter the biggest trouble from within the camp. No matter how much IBM-PC compatible machines are sold, the money will not go into IBM." In your pocket. You simply made a mistake for yourself and others, and I had to wipe your butt for you."

Tang Huan looked at the time, murmured, and picked up the phone to call Louis Gerstner, asking him to keep Gordon Campbell and his group, as well as the integrated chip idea, within the scope of Seeq as much as possible. ; At the same time, John Chambers was notified to launch the Intel 80286 model of Fangyuan Computer immediately, and do not wait until the opening of COMDEX this spring.

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Figures like Gordon Campbell who have great opportunities of the times are by no means a minority, and Wang Jing in Xiangjiang is also one of them.

The movie "Hua_Xin Da Shao" directed by him recently won over 900 million box office at the DreamWorks theaters. Although it did not break through the iconic figure of 1000 million, it must be considered how much filming cost and production time he spent. The ability to absorb money really attracts the attention of investors.

In stark contrast to this, although Xu Ke also achieved outstanding results in "Legend of Shushan Heroes", with a box office approaching 2000 million and even creating a new type of film, but we also need to see how much he spent on special effects. It is not something that ordinary bosses can support.

However, Wang Jing's outstanding performance also made Shaw Brothers restless.

In addition to Zhong Chuhong, the cast of Gein's "The Young Master" includes Fu Sheng, Xie Xian, Chen Baixiang, and Liu Xuehua, all from Shaw Brothers.

Comparing the movies he produced in the past two years, which often ended at the local box office of 300 million in Hong Kong, the box office of "Hua_Xin Da Shao" at least shows the fact that this old film company has a problem with the mechanism of using artists. .

Compared with the dismal management of the film business, Jin Yong's martial arts drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" produced by Wang Tianlin achieved unprecedented success after its premiere on TVB, breaking the ratings record set by the TV series "Family Change" in 1977.

All of a sudden, Wang Tianlin and Wang Jing's achievements in TV dramas and movies complement each other, and it has become a good story in the circle.

But Wang Jing didn't have time to enjoy such compliments. At this moment, he was busying himself in his Jing Dynasty office. Gein Tang Huan handed him a big production, so big that he didn't dare to take it lightly.

(End of this chapter)