Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 568 Two Deficiencies and One Penetration

While the Digital-1 system was enthusiastically pursued by major TV organizations at the user level, it also caused a huge sensation in the IT industry.

First of all, the value and prospects of Fangyuan Computer Architecture have been verified once again, thus further enhancing the confidence of all members of the alliance.

It can be said that from the Fangyuan personal computer to the Fangyuan workstation and Fangyuan server, the entire product line has a natural continuity in technology.

This flexible mechanism provides veteran alliance members who have been working on Fangyuan personal computers for a long time with an opportunity to enter the high-end application field with greater profits. Let’s say they have a hope; For new members of the category, the relatively low threshold brought by Fangyuan personal computers, which are becoming more and more componentized, just meets the needs of rapid expansion of its existing brands.

Take Hewlett-Packard as an example, the Fangyuan PC compatible machine manufactured by it, as a cheap terminal for existing IT solutions, fills the gap in the low-end product line well; Finally, it also moved to try.

Samsung Electronics is a successful example of the second situation. The manufacturing of Fangyuan personal computers is not difficult for it. It just allows its brand to quickly enter the computer field from the home appliance industry, and it has a high-tech spirit.

Secondly, the Digital-1 system integrated in technology is a very successful IT solution, which has further pointed out the direction for the industry - faster processor performance, larger memory capacity, stronger software functions, That's how it should be!
Finally, the Digital-1 system has brought some subtle but not negligible influences on the industrial structure.

For example, in the field of RISC, the Holder processor has become the most successful representative. Another variant of it, "Yipeng", is being widely used in Asia, Japan, Singapore and other regions in the form of a license, and it is logically introduced by Tang Huan. into China.

IBM is definitely the pioneer of RISC. The IBM1970 project in the 801s is a good example, but Big Blue has not been able to make a fortune with RISC processors like Tang Huan until now.

John Hennessy's team at Stanford University designed MIPS as early as 1981.The "Godson" of the 21st century in the original time and space was designed according to its authorization.But MIPS has not yet produced actual commercial profits.

Only Tang Huan's Holder processor has made great strides in Fangyuan workstations, Fangyuan servers, and even Fangyuan supercomputers, becoming a model for commercial applications.

This success further stimulated the upsurge of RISC research and development, and companies large and small have launched their own plans. For example, SUN, which currently manufactures workstations with Motorola's processor MC68000, has a SPARC project.

Another emerging field is the digital signal processor, which also plays an important role in the Digital-1 system. Its success has directly hurt Texas Instruments.

In the previous price war for cheap PCs and the collapse of the home video game console market in North America, the company lost out to Commodore, posting its biggest loss ever.

For this reason, Texas Instruments, eager to stop losses, had no choice but to cut off its strength and announce its withdrawal from this field.

It needs to find a new product immediately to get rid of the current predicament. The TMS32010 launched last year was a breakthrough in the field of digital signal processors. Unfortunately, it encountered fierce obstacles.

In fact, Tang Huan cannot be blamed for this. He didn't do it on purpose, but it was caused by his rapid development.

Tang Huan, who has mastered information asymmetry, used spreadsheet software to mine the first pot of gold, and after gaining a foothold in the IT industry, he often encountered two interesting "lack of" problems.

The first "deficiency" is the lack of infrastructure.

For example, Tang Huan has always been striving to manufacture computers with better performance. The various chips he needs are bound to be limited by the semiconductor industry level of this era.

In order to be ahead of the times and "create" semiconductors that meet the requirements, Tang Huan, who has accumulated enough resources, will inevitably do it himself to "invent" the required chemicals, machinery and technology, etc. that did not exist before. tool.

FAB1, FAB2. FAB3, as well as several other semiconductor factories included in the construction plan, are the results of this "invention".

The second "deficiency" is the lack of use market.

Tang Huan has produced a computer with better performance, but it does not mean that customers will rush to buy it.

In fact, many excellent inventions are shelved because of the small market demand.The most obvious example in the computer field should be the mouse.

Douglas Engelbart came up with this invention as early as 1968, but because there was no widespread demand for graphical user interface software at that time, it never brought considerable patent income to the inventor.

The Digital-1 system is Tang Huan's solution to "stimulate consumption" for high-end user groups such as radio and television organizations in order to solve the lack of "use".

This kind of "infiltration" downward and upward in order to solve the two "deficiencies" of "infrastructure" and "use market" will inevitably affect the enterprises that originally made a living in this field.

Texas Instruments is just one of them, and there are more similar sufferers, such as Sony is another one.

However, there is also a difference between the two, that is, Sony can recover its losses through cooperation with Tang Huan, while Texas Instruments can only knock out its teeth and swallow it in its stomach.

This also pointed out a clear path for those beings who stood in the way of Tang Huan's progress. If they didn't want to lose their fortunes, they could either quit with a broken wrist, or hold their thighs and drink the soup.

Tang Huan's infiltrations in the upper and lower directions, some are powerful, some moisten things silently, some are very purposeful and go straight to the key points, and some are purely passing by.

The penetration into the sensor realm, caused by dance mats, imager components of cameras, is a hybrid of all approaches.

Tang Huan has already occupied a place in the "brain" field of processors, and now it is time to grab a piece of land in the "sensory" field of sensors.

Putting down the acquisition proposal document submitted by the investment department, Tang Huan rubbed his brows and weighed the various benefits and losses in his mind, probably because the targets involved some American defense and military contractors.

Established companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, and Texas Instruments all have such an identity.With the development of Tang Huan's career, he naturally extended his tentacles to this application field.

However, the bigger and more delicious the cake, the more attention should be paid to the rules drawn by those with vested interests. Tang Huan doesn't want to be that ugly thorn yet.

Unable to make up his mind for a while, he decided to let the consultant team discuss it for a while, and he planned to start his Asian itinerary-visiting Korea, returning to China with his aunt Tang Yun to worship ancestors, and so on.

At this time, a cheerful James Cameron came to see him.After accumulating a lot, this old man finally made his mark in Hollywood. The movie "The Ultimate" directed by him became a blockbuster.

In this year's American summer vacation, the second part of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" written by George Lucas and directed by Spielberg - "Legend of the Temple of Doom" preemptively launched a four-day event at the end of May. Over the weekend, it raked in nearly $3400 million at the box office.

Paramount's "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock," the third installment in the "Star Trek" series, "Stone Breaker," also performed well, taking in more than $1600 million at the weekend box office.

The big winner, though, was Columbia Pictures' horror-comedy "Ghostbusters," which held the No. [-] spot for several weekends in a row.

The characters in this movie, the computer special effects with blue eyes, left an extremely deep impression on the audience.Tang Huan's computer special effects company D2 provided special effects support for him.

In the summer file, where there are as many strong players as ever, "Terminator", which is also supported by D2's special effects, made its debut as a big dark horse.

Compared with the original time and space, James Cameron, who made great contributions to the development of D2's special effects, received twice the investment from Tang Huan, and the budget exceeded 1500 million US dollars, so the quality of the film is more guaranteed.

In the end, "Terminator" won a box office of 7500 million US dollars in the summer file, and it is not a big problem to rank in the top ten of the year.

The evaluation of this film mainly focuses on the degree of violence. Even if James Cameron restrained himself according to the suggestion in advance, he still cannot avoid such criticism.

However, the positive comments of professional film critics and the popularity of the audience are also closely related to this element, because there are enough and skilled sci-fi noir techniques in the film to satisfy fans of action movies.

Undoubtedly, D2's special effects once again showed their power, bringing the gorgeous "cool" needed by "Terminator" to the fullest.The hearty fighting of the ultimate, the image of the robot exposed by the destruction of the human appearance camouflage, and the scene of being burned and crushed, made the audience full of excitement in a state of panic with chills on the spine.

In addition to its commercial and cultural success, "Terminator" also fulfilled three people.

Jodie Foster, who plays the heroine Sarah Connor, has stepped out of the haze caused by the assassination of Reagan, and at the same time, she has added a valuable qualification for her transformation from a child star.

The T-800 Terminator played by Arnold Schwarzenegger continued the "cool" he showed in the movie "Conan the Barbarian" released in 1982, which gave him a more widely known big-screen image.You know, if an actor wants to get a classic in his career, he can meet but not seek.

Of course, the person who has benefited the most is James Cameron.With the proof of "Terminator", he is no longer the crappy little director who is looked down upon.

This "carp leaping over the dragon's gate" experience also made James Cameron very grateful to Tang Huan, who has always supported him.This time he ran over, naturally because of the movie.

Now that "Terminator" has been a great success, it is natural to consider the issue of shooting a sequel.Taking advantage of the power of a big victory, desperately squeezing the commercial value of successful themes is a consistent method no matter in Xiangjiang or Hollywood.

James Cameron is confident that, relying on the friendship he has known and accumulated with Tang Huan since 1979, and the real commercial benefits brought by "Terminator", he should be able to apply for the various resources needed for the sequel. very smooth.What's more, he had the idea of ​​a sequel very early on.

However, the problem is that James Cameron's brain hole is a bit big this time. He designed a robot that is more advanced than the T-800 in "The Terminator"-T-1000.

"Like the T-800, the T-1000 has a human appearance and can perfectly imitate anyone's voice; the difference is that its body is made of liquid metal controlled by its own consciousness, and it can restore itself after being destroyed. It can be regenerated, and after being injured or shot, it will automatically close the wound and restore its ability to liquid metal body."

James Cameron picked up the folder on the table, gestured, and explained, "T-1000 can change between liquid and solid at will. This allows it to flow in a liquid state all over its body, or pass through iron bars. When traveling, turn part of the body into a liquid state, and return to a solid state after the time travel.”

"For another example, the T-1000 can become a puddle of 'water' that merges with the ground, thus avoiding the detection of ordinary people, and can also undergo overall deformation to simulate anyone it has touched, or transform any part of its body A sharp metal weapon like a knife."

Because he was talking too vigorously, James Cameron, who was a little carried away, poured the water in the cup on the folder to demonstrate the idea he came up with.

However, he came to his senses immediately, and quickly wiped it off with his sleeve, adding: "As for the way to destroy T-1000, it is to put it into a steelmaking furnace to dissolve it."

Tang Huan listened with interest and nodded from time to time. In addition to being a successful commercial film, "Terminator" also brings a cultural effect, that is, it makes people talk about the threat that artificial intelligence may pose to human beings. It is really a good topic at the moment.That's a big reason why he keeps paying attention.

"Since the idea is so perfect, let's start the project." Tang Huan smiled lightly, "But you ran to me and explained it for a long time. You must have discovered that your brain is too big, and you don't know what to do with computer special effects."

(End of this chapter)