Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 550 follow my standards
From a purely businessman's point of view, the birth of the Soviet M-13 is undoubtedly a great thing for the supercomputer market.

It firstly stimulated the demand of major customers, and secondly, it also made it possible to relax the sales restrictions of the top model products that were previously listed as strategic resources.

However, the specific impact needs to wait for the reactions of all parties before further evaluation. I believe that the United States does not want the Soviet Union to jump out to steal the limelight on the eve of the opening of the Los Angeles Olympics.

In fact, the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States in the computer field is not just reflected in the high-level field of supercomputers.

For example, when the White House in the United States used the BBS system provided by Zheru, and the media praised the improvement in office efficiency brought about by it, the Soviet Union also implemented a similar BBS system in the Kremlin this year.

The small BBS system hides the research and development and application results of network technology in this era, and the meaning is not that simple.

China is also developing the application of this kind of network technology, but because the level of infrastructure construction is still very backward, the scope of implementation is mainly limited to scientific research institutes and key universities such as Peking University and Tsinghua University.

Tang Huan is lobbying Chinese officials to build a large-scale network through channels such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Science and Technology Commission, and the Education Commission. Publicly speaking, he can keep up with the pace of the world, and privately speaking, he can bring huge orders for his own IT products.

Before Tang Huan could finish understanding the latest developments in this aspect of the layout, Zhou Weikun came to report on the attacks from IBM and other old rivals encountered in the bidding process of ICBC's computer equipment purchase orders.

Since the People's Bank of China began to exclusively perform the functions of the central bank, its branch commercial banks began to separate and become the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China on January 1 this year. Another big change, and the pattern of the four major state-owned commercial banks was formed.

Now that everyone lives separately, it is natural to buy a set of pots and pans, so it is conceivable how profitable the orders generated are.With the further deepening of Sino-US commercial relations, a series of computer products from high-end to low-end, even including Apple Computer's latest MAC, are listed on the list allowed to enter the mainland market, and competition is inevitably intensified.

This time, IBM's public relations were in line with the national conditions, which caused a lot of pressure in the competition process. Zhou Weikun was worried that the hard work would affect the network established in the mainland.

"Don't worry, every inch of land is worth fighting for." Tang Huan, who was reluctant to roll up his sleeves to appear on the stage in person, issued clear instructions to this subordinate, "IBM has a deep foundation, we only have an absolute advantage in the field of personal computers, and our profits are even greater." In the high-end enterprise-level market, each other wins and loses, and the share must be accumulated bit by bit.”

"IBM, HP, DEC and other old computer companies, after digesting the Hanka technology patents obtained from us, the threshold of user interface disappeared, which made everyone's products stand on the same starting line again. The word-of-mouth accumulated over the past ten years has really won the trust and favor of many people." Zhou Weikun pointed out a focal issue that needs to be faced at the moment.

"We need to look at the situation from an overall perspective. Let competitors obtain the Hanka technology patent, that is, let them admit that our solution is the industry standard. In the final analysis, this road is drawn by us. If we lose our lead just because of authorization advantage, that can only show that we are too lazy and deserve this end." Tang Huan's firm tone revealed unshakable confidence.

"The most important point is that although IBM's products have begun to support Chinese, the shortcomings of acclimatization are still very obvious when compared with us."

"For example, China was lobbied by foreign agents to import a machine that claims to be the most advanced in the world, but in actual use, it often breaks down because the machine is too delicate and cannot adapt to the harsh environment; or because it consumes too much fuel. The cost of using electricity is too high, which is not as cost-effective as the backward labor."

Tang Huan stared at Zhou Weikun and smiled slightly, "There are many examples like this. You can attack their products in a targeted manner, which is definitely targeted."

"Understood, I asked the marketing department to join the service and technical departments to sort out a set of materials." Zhou Weikun nodded understandingly.

"Go and visit Minister Jiang of the Ministry of Electronics Industry. When he was the director of the Import, Export and Foreign Investment Committee, he noticed the phenomenon of advanced labels but not practical in the process of introducing foreign products."

Tang Huan wrote a text message and handed it to Zhou Weikun, solemnly explaining, "Our products are not inferior to others, and we have been working hard in the mainland market for several years. Now it is time to start to gain something, and we must not give up the land to others. other people."

Zhou Weikun carefully kept the letter of introduction, while solemnly promising, "I will not let you down, boss."

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After Zhou Weikun left, Tang Huan drew a few lines on the paper and thought, "When the 32-bit personal computer is launched, it will inevitably have an impact on the traditional 32-bit mainframe and minicomputer market. At that time, Only then has the opportunity to shake the foundation of IBM."

Tang Huan was measuring the possible critical time when Li Jingwei from Jianlibao ran over and wanted to invite him to attend the ceremony of sponsoring the sports delegation for the Los Angeles Olympics.

"Jianlibao is developing well now, so I don't need my support." Tang Huan shook his head and refused with a smile.

Li Jingwei showed disappointment, but he didn't dare to force Tang Huan, so he used the report as an excuse to stay and consolidate their relationship.

The development of Jianlibao is largely due to eyeball marketing. Through cooperation with sports, CCTV and other departments and the media, it quickly opened up its popularity, especially with the help of Xiangjiang’s TV station and the appearance of AFC conferences. In addition to the high-end brand image, people have begun to recognize that drinking Jianlibao is a very fashionable and face-saving consumption.

As the saying goes, Muxiu is bound to be destroyed by the forest wind. Li Jingwei, whose social status has risen rapidly, is proud of it, but also endures various criticisms during the system reform period. Although he shows himself as a tough guy, he is still under great pressure. , Instinctively want to get closer to Tang Huan, the Bole who promoted him at the beginning.

Hearing Li Jingwei talk about the employment opportunities provided by Jianlibao, which he was interested in, Tang Huan joked: "Preferential policies are being introduced in various places now, and companies can get corresponding tax reductions and exemptions for as many jobs as they can solve for unemployed young people. Zhongguancun Many companies here have started to make opportunistic tricks, using 20 yuan to buy heads to avoid taxation. In fact, the unemployed young people still stay at home and have nothing to do. You guys are also playing this trick.”

"I can't say it doesn't happen, but it's just a very rare phenomenon. In fact, it's mainly caused by the greetings from some leaders and other related parties." Unexpectedly, the big boss was so clear about the situation in mainland China. Li Jingwei blushed and panicked. Explain carefully, for fear that if you follow the other person's preferences, they will be misunderstood as fraud.

"Jianlibao's marketing personnel have to go to department stores in various cities and counties, and supply and marketing cooperatives in cities and towns to sell drinks, so there is a great demand for manpower." Li Jingwei patted his chest and assured, "As long as you are not afraid of hardship or tiredness, there are many job opportunities for Jianlibao. , after all, it is far away from being promoted to the whole country.”

"If the water is clear, there will be no fish. I'm not so picky and unreasonable." Tang Huan waved his hand to comfort Li Jingwei. "

Speaking of this, Tang Huan pondered for a while, "Jianlibao's current operating model is still very extensive, but it is enough to maintain development in China. However, quality management and product research and development cannot also be extensive. Drinks must be drunk to the stomach. We must not be sorry for customers' trust in national brands. Otherwise, it will be replaced by brands such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi sooner or later."

"I have never dared to relax on quality and scientific research. When I was selling wine, I realized a truth. The taste of wine and sales are inseparable." Li Jingwei replied with great emotion.

Seeing that Li Jingwei was on his way, Tang Huan greatly appreciated him, "I will be leaving Yanjing soon, and there will be a reception before that, you should come to attend too."

Li Jingwei was overjoyed when he got this invitation. Tang Huan's reception must be of high standard. Although he didn't invite the big boss to attend the signing ceremony to boost Jianlibao's momentum, he could use this opportunity to further expand his network.

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The reception carried the meaning of farewell, and it was an announcement that Tang Huan had officially ended his trip to Yanjing.And after he finished socializing, he also planned to leave for Treasure Island.

However, as the news that the Soviet Union took the lead in the field of supercomputers fermented, the United States, which advocated the "Star Wars" plan, finally made a statement that there would be a new supercomputer research and development plan.Japan, rich and powerful, also came to join in the fun.A new round of supercomputer international competition has been formed.

These fierce reactions are easy to understand. The Soviet M-13 doubled its performance, and the possible danger in cryptanalysis alone made opponents sleepless.

Although the Chinese government did not make any specific statements, the activities in the scientific and technological circles were very active. Peking University organized a seminar for this purpose and kindly invited Tang Huan, a Ph.D. in computer science, to attend.

Tang Huan, who was unprepared, couldn't get in the way of affection, so he reluctantly went through as a scholar.

On December 12 last year, the Yinhe-22, which has a computing speed of 100 million times, or 1 MFLOPS, was successfully developed, declaring that China has made a breakthrough in this field with its own intellectual property rights.

Therefore, the seminar first invited Ci Yungui, the chief commander and chief designer of the Yinhe-1 project development, to give a relevant introduction.

There is no doubt that China is lagging behind in this field.Tang Huan introduced the Fangyuan supercomputer in mainland China before, and its calculation speed reached 300 MFLOPS. Later, the "Tai Chi" supercomputer launched by Fangyuan Computer Company has a calculation speed of more than 1 GFLOPS, which is 1000 MFLOPS. The M -13, even reached 2.4 GFLOPS.

These intuitive numerical comparisons are enough to illustrate the huge gap between the high and low levels of technology.

The participants were all aware of this fact, so they didn't talk about those empty-headed things, and went straight to the topic. After Ci Yungui introduced Yinhe-1, he invited Tang Huan, who is closest to the top technology field of supercomputers, to The doctor speaks.

To be honest, Tang Huan has his own selfish motives.

Take the Chinese character computer information technology represented by Hanka as an example. Mainland China, which has a weak foundation, has adopted it in its entirety, but only changed a name, which directly squeezed out the plan summed up from Japan.

Under this general framework, some people in mainland China also imitated Zheru and Fangyuan's products, and developed competing products such as Chinese cards and Chinese character input methods, and survived by relying on lower prices.

Tang Huan just turned a blind eye to this. After all, it is impossible for a family to monopolize all the benefits. As long as you follow my standards and play in the circle of rules defined by "Tangma", he doesn't mind giving up the low-end market. go out.

On the contrary, Baodao, which has a fairly basic foundation, is trying to get rid of "Tangma" and independently develop a set of "Big5" standards, and develop Chinese character input methods on this basis, as well as word processing, spreadsheets, etc. Tang Huan couldn't bear the "five major Chinese kits".So he secretly instructed his subordinates to carry out various suppressions, making it impossible to gain a foothold.

It can be said that Tang Huan did this with peace of mind, because he thinks that his technology is the best solution in this era, saving the resources of "infighting" and using it to move in the right direction is better than anything else .

Tang Huan, who thinks he is on the side of justice, also wants to extend this model to the supercomputer field in mainland China.

He did not risk technical barriers to restrict, directly talking about supercomputer technology, but also introduced his own supercomputer products as an example, explaining the technical concept behind Fangyuan supercomputer, the previous world champion.

Unlike the giant in the field of supercomputers, Cray, which currently relies on vector processors in terms of architecture, Fangyuan supercomputer has pushed the "parallel" design concept to the CPU level since the beginning of research and development, using a large number of RISC processors Yipeng/Holder and coprocessor to process data.

The Yipeng branch authorization of this kind of CPU has spread to Japan and Singapore. With these two precedents, Zheru Xiangjiang Company logically brought it into mainland China.

The introduction Tang Huan is making now is invisibly praising the advanced nature of his own products, lobbying the experts present, and developing the next generation of supercomputers. The most suitable solution is the Fangyuan supercomputer compatible machine, which saves time and effort. Can take into account the need for independent intellectual property rights to a certain extent.

(End of this chapter)