Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 505 Intel's 32-bit CPU Road
The reason why Tang Huan wanted PeopleSoft to become an IT service company independently from a department of Zheru was to achieve the goal of "focusing on business" so as to compete with industry pioneers such as IBM in government departments, the military, banks, and large enterprises. Large customers such as enterprises and scientific research institutes.

In addition, PeopleSoft's departure from philosophy and Confucianism can also isolate the increasingly prominent mechanism differences between the two in terms of operating models.

Zheru is the earliest company established by Tang Huan, and it has been five years now.

This incubator, and the many "IT babies" born from it, increasingly need the link of "corporate culture" to connect each other, and then ensure that they can keep the country after they have established it, rather than just a flash. meteors passing by, wedding dresses made for others.

In other words, philosophers and Confucians should sort out a set of "Philosophy and Confucianism" that suits them just like HP who has polished a set of "Hewlett-Packard Way".

This kind of retreat is difficult for the bottom layer to understand thoroughly, but the top layer has to sum up and implement it on thin ice.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of contacting Arthur Young Accounting Firm, Tang Huan held a Zerone Seminar in Cupertino, specially inviting these executives, as well as professors in the field of business management from various universities on the west coast of the United States, Come and talk.

While listening carefully to the lecture, Tang Huan planned to keep this activity permanent. On the one hand, he helped himself sort out a set of practical "way of governing the country", and on the other hand, he wanted to let the outside world know about his company.

After sending these experts away one by one, the subordinates came to report to Tang Huan, and the Intel giants Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove jointly visited.

"Why are these three so idle?" After muttering to himself, Tang Huan hurriedly came forward to receive each other.

Since Japanese semiconductor manufacturers organized a group to encircle their American counterparts, Intel, which was originally a pioneer in the industry, was stunned by the price war and could not adapt to the rapid changes in the market environment.

And as far as technology is concerned, 256 KB DRAM has been launched in the memory field, and only Motorola has kept up with this wave of market in the United States. Intel has fallen behind, which is incredible.

In order to cope with the crisis of life and death, Robert Noyce, who has a high reputation in the industry, is using his influence to run around, unite with American semiconductor manufacturers, and try to use the strength of the entire industry to resist the Japanese counterparts who are supported by the state. Offensive, while lobbying the federal government to come forward to save the US semiconductor industry.

Therefore, Robert Noyce was unusually busy, but Tang Huan was naturally a little surprised that he came to Cupertino today.

After all, it is enough for Andy Grove to be responsible for the official exchanges between the two parties. There is no need for Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore and other entrepreneurial veterans who have retreated behind the scenes to personally participate in the battle.

After the greetings, Andy Grove took the lead in getting down to business, "Currently, high-end models of Fangyuan personal computers and Fangyuan workstations all use 32-bit CPUs, but among the CISC types, there is only one processor architecture, the Motorola MC68000 series. I don't know if you are interested in another option?"

"Of course." Tang Huan nodded with a smile, he had already vaguely guessed what the other party was going to say next.

In addition to the Intel 8080, Intel 8086, and Intel 80286 series of Intel CPUs, there is another Intel iAPX 1975 of the same CISC type that started in 432. The iAPX is Intel Advanced Performance Architecture——Intel High Performance Architecture meaning.

The two are incompatible with each other and belong to two independent product lines developed in parallel, and the design of Intel iAPX 432 is much more advanced.

Intel's first 32-bit microprocessor was the Intel iAPX 432, not the famous Intel 80386 that was launched a few years later in the original time and space.However, since Intel iAPX 432 has become a complete commercial failure project, Intel is ashamed to mention it, and has been covering it up, trying to let it naturally be submerged in the dust of history.

After all, the myth of Silicon Valley also needs to be operated, just like when the iPhone became popular all over the world, Apple, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street were very resistant to the media's excessive publicity of Jobs' secondary behavior when he was young, such as Hollywood biographical movies, so as not to affect the idol effect and make a fortune plan.

As Tang Huan expected, Andy Grove immediately showed this card, "Our Intel iAPX 432 project is ready to produce results. This time, I would like to invite Tang to visit and evaluate it in person, so that Can achieve cooperation like Intel 8086 and Intel 80286."

"What's the reaction from IBM?" Tang Huan asked casually, "I have no other intentions, just pay attention as usual, after all, the competition is fierce."

"We came to you right away. After all, IBM has a lot of processor projects. If we really want to talk about cooperation, it may be more time-consuming and labor-intensive." Andy Grove replied frankly.

Tang Huan pretended not to understand Intel iAPX 432, and asked for some information. Andy Grove answered them one by one, and kindly invited him to visit Intel tomorrow.

In the original time and space, the failure of Intel iAPX 432 is inevitable. I believe that in this time and space, Intel still cannot avoid such an ending, but Tang Huan still showed great interest, rather than a cold face.

You know, from a certain perspective, failure experience is a very valuable asset.

Intel's new microprocessor projects Intel i1990 and Intel Pentium Pro in the 960s absorbed important experience from the failure of the Intel iAPX 1980 project in the 432s, but the expensive tuition fees really made Intel extremely heartbroken. .

For Tang Huan, he doesn't mind being a supporting role and consuming some tuition-related resources, just like when he knew that Apple's Apple III and Lisa computers had a worrisome future, but as long as the other party came to ask for software cooperation, he would give a positive response .

After Andy Grove and Tang Huan had almost talked about the topic of Intel iAPX 432, Robert Noyce coughed lightly and said, "Don, I personally want to talk about another matter during this visit. "

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PS: I wish you all a happy New Year's Day.

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