Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 607 Chain Reaction of New Product Launch
It turned out that Stephen Hawking had recently visited CERN and had developed severe pneumonia, to the point where he had to be on life support.

For this scientist, Tang Huan has mixed feelings.It can largely satisfy my unknown origin's incomparable curiosity about the mysterious existence of the universe; while the other party is quite lonely due to physical reasons, and to a certain extent, he is a good keeper of secrets.

As long as possible, the richest man does not want to lose such a rare friend.

When Tang Huan saw Stephen Hawking in the intensive care unit, his condition had stabilized, but he needed a tracheotomy to help him breathe.

But in this way, the scientist, who already had difficulty speaking, will lose another ability - vocalization.

After letting his wife Jane Wilder hand over the last part of "A Brief History of Time" to Tang Huan, Stephen Hawking said with difficulty: "Although I am already a scientist, I still want to be a popular science writer .”

This may be the last time I heard Stephen Hawking take the initiative to speak. Tang Huan sighed secretly, nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "I will arrange the publication and distribution."

Stephen Hawking smiled in relief and closed his eyes tiredly.

"Ma'am, do you have any difficulties here? Please don't be polite and tell me immediately." Tang Huan asked Jie En Wilder privately, "You also know that with my financial resources, many problems can be solved. "

After expressing her sincere thanks, Jenn Wilder introduced the current medical situation, "The British National Health Service can pay the fee, and we can still handle it ourselves for the time being."

The British National Health Service, whose funds mainly come from the national central taxation, is responsible for providing a series of health care services to the public. Anyone who legally lives in the UK can enjoy most of the services for free. This is often the case for studying in the UK. A place where students relish.

A world-renowned scientist such as Stephen Hawking naturally cannot be ignored under the British medical welfare system.

"That's good." Tang Huan nodded, "Madam, if you have difficulties in the future, you can also find me. I cherish this friend Hawking very much."

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Stephen Hawking would continue to stay in the intensive care unit. Tang Huan stopped bothering him after his visit, said goodbye and left, and then personally arranged for the publication of "A Brief History of Time".

In the meantime, Chelsea manager Brian Mills approached him to find out the tone of the future.

After the tragedy at the Heysel Stadium in the UEFA Champions League final on May 5 this year, the British Football Association preemptively banned Liverpool Club from participating in European competitions indefinitely in order to relieve UEFA's severe punishment. At the same time banned from participating in European competitions for 29 years.

As expected, UEFA banned English clubs from participating in all European competitions indefinitely. This was of course just a gesture. The ban was later reduced to 5 years, while Liverpool Club was sentenced to an additional 3 years.

Even so, the impact is huge, especially for the Chelsea club, which has developed rapidly since being promoted to the top league. It won the best record in league No.4 this year, but it will not be able to participate in European competitions next year because of this. It can be said that the waist is not light.

Due to the special origin, the relationship between Chelsea Club and AC Milan Club has become very close, and a large number of warm-up matches of different levels are held between the two every year.

Looking at the AC Milan club, which won the league runner-up this year, and won the favor of the queen of ships, Christina, and then gearing up for a big fight, the management of clubs like Brian Mills can't help but feel a little uneasy. Football depends on attracting bosses to keep pouring money into it. The richest man will not lose his patience and lose interest in Chelsea, right?
In fact, Tang Huan is still satisfied with the current results. After all, Chelsea Club did not have any deep foundation before.

He directly stated: "Although there will be no chances for the European war in the next five years, the Chelsea team is taking a new journey in the top league. I am still waiting for you and Alex Ferguson to win the championship. I Let’s put the ugliness in front of me, Chelsea is my face in the UK, if anyone loses the chain, I will definitely not agree.”

Brian Mills happily promised to live up to the trust in his heart. He was not afraid of the boss's harsh words, but he was afraid of the kind of indifference and indifference.

Tang Huan's original itinerary inevitably became tense when such unexpected trifles happened in the middle.After appeasing the management of the Chelsea club, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean and came to New York, USA, preparing to attend the global conference of the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer.

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On Thursday, June 1985, 6, the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer, which had received a lot of attention through a series of previous successful campaigns, finally officially met with users.

32-bit personal computer, 32-bit operating system, 32-bit application software, 32-bit network space... Tang Huan gave a passionate speech on this theme.

In fact, due to a large number of media reports, information about the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer has almost become popular, and people pay more attention to its practicality and price. This situation was reflected in the media Q&A session later.

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"Don, after the MAC was released last year, except for a few programs developed by Apple itself, almost no third-party software developers provided applications for it, which seriously affected its practicability. Excuse me, the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal How are computers prepared to overcome this?"

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"With each generation of our Fangyuan PC, we strive to maintain backward compatibility to protect users' original IT investment, and the 32-bit fourth generation of Fangyuan PC is no exception."

"For example, the expansion card on the third-generation Fangyuan personal computer can basically be inserted into the slot of the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer to continue working."

"The latest version of FreeDOS that comes with the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer can also allow most of the original applications to run normally without modifying the code, or with minor adjustments."

"As for the GUI operating system studioOS in the new environment, because the programming model needs time to adapt, the product launch of third-party software developers will inevitably be slightly delayed, but the application software of software companies such as Zheru, Adobe, Autodesk, etc. can already be used in studioOS. It runs on the Internet, allowing users to experience the convenience of a new operation mode."

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"Don, I noticed that even the most basic model of the fourth generation of Fangyuan PCs is priced at close to $7000. Do you think that compared to other products that are cheaper, including the second and third generations of the Fangyuan PC family, Do users have enough reasons to buy it?"

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"Of course, the performance of the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer has improved several times compared to the previous generation. You can take spreadsheet software as an example. On a 32-bit platform, CGrid can process large spreadsheet files faster, and the accuracy of the data has been significantly improved. Definitely worth the money.”

"The overall IT expenditure cost of an enterprise does not depend entirely on equipment purchases, and the impact of daily maintenance cannot be ignored. We have developed a new network management software for this purpose. Business users will find that the new generation of PCs with four generations of Fangyuan PCs as terminals IT solutions will make their business processes smoother."

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"Since you are so confident in the fourth generation of Fangyuan PC, when do you think it will replace the existing products."

"I think it is necessary to correct your question. You should say when the 32-bit personal computer platform will become the mainstream of the market."

"The rapid development of the computer industry in the past few years is obvious to all. I think it will become the mainstream of the market in about two years. The sooner users embrace this product, the more they can benefit their work. .”

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"Tang, you have emphasized more than once that the fourth generation of Fangyuan personal computers will lay the cornerstone of the IT application landscape in the next 20 years. The outside world has different interpretations of this. Can you formally explain the meaning?"

"I am very happy to explain this issue. As we all know, the 32-bit platform represented by IBM's mainframe and DEC's minicomputer VAX has always been on top; the fourth generation of Fangyuan personal computers has sent it to more users."

"In my opinion, the 32-bit personal computer platform can basically meet the space required by developers to develop their wisdom in the next 20 years. With this relatively stable foundation, everyone can focus more on how to When developing more interesting applications, users will also experience more powerful functions in multimedia, network and other aspects.”

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"Tang, since you are comparing the 32-bit IBM mainframe and DEC minicomputer, how do you think their products will perform in the market under the impact of the 32-bit Fangyuan PC?"

"That's up to the user, I don't count." Tang Huan smiled playfully.He didn't want to sow hatred too blatantly.Whether competitors are dead or alive, it is up to consumers to vote with their feet.

It is not difficult to imagine that after the release of such a heavyweight new product as the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer, it will naturally trigger a series of chain reactions.

The most eye-catching thing is that IBM's market value fell below 600 billion U.S. dollars, and its new CEO, John Akers, deliberately sold 20.00% of Intel shares to change the cash flow data on the financial statements. But still did not escape the blow from the stock market.

This can only be blamed on the ineffectiveness of IBM's own products. After launching the System/1960 in the 360s, it monopolized the mainframe market; and then launched the System/1970 in the 370s; but after entering the 1980s, there was no new successor Appeared, just tinkering with some new models.

Not to mention the threat from the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer, the 32-bit minicomputer VAX released earlier by DEC is already encroaching on this enterprise market.

It has to be said that IBM's conservative genes can avoid market risks to the greatest extent, but they often become a stubborn force holding back the company.In the original time and space, its slow response in the cloud computing era once again confirms this point.

Established companies like Big Blue have a very overbearing profit model. After launching sufficiently leading products, they divide product lines and use strong methods to maintain profits and product cycles. In the end, they often become obstacles to progress.

It is also under this hegemonic culture that there is a cultural soil for the birth of personal computers, which represent personalities.

According to the inertial thinking of these established companies, Fangyuan Computer Company has been compressing the product cycle of personal computers to two years. The four-generation Fangyuan personal computer with a single bit may be a key point of transformation.

This brand-new product can certainly threaten competitors' 32-bit mainframes and minicomputers, but the Fangyuan workstations and Fangyuan servers of Fangyuan Computer Company can't be immune to it, right?Let's see how you shoot yourself in the foot!
As a result, the expected chaos did not happen, and the product line of Fangyuan Computer Company - from low-end to high-end, was still in order, which attracted many people to use it as a business case study.

In addition, Fangyuan Computer Company and other companies in the supply chain have obviously won the favor of investors.

For example, Motorola, which also belongs to an established company, has benefited a lot from the CPU business. Its 32-bit microprocessor MC68000 series has become the most powerful microprocessor at this stage, and its products include Fangyuan personal computer, Fangyuan workstation, SUN workstation, Apple The adoption of MAC, game consoles, laser printers and many other products can be described as a mess.

In fact, Motorola's glorious era has come. In addition to the unique and popular microprocessor products, the mobile communication products it has worked on for many years have also blossomed.

Intel saw this situation, not to mention how jealous and anxious, but fortunately its first 32-bit microprocessor Intel80386 is also ready to go.

With the marketing promotion of the four-generation Fangyuan personal computer in full swing, Intel announced the release of this new product in July.

Tang Huan, the shareholder, was also very generous, and asked Fangyuan Computer Company to cooperate in giving the factory schedule of the Intel 80386 branch models of the fourth generation of Fangyuan personal computers.

In fact, Intel's current ability to manufacture Intel80386 is very poor. The high-end CPUs with a running frequency above 20Mhz required by the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computers are basically provided by Tang Huan's own semiconductor factories FAB2 and FAB3, as well as FAB4 and FAB5 under construction. Production.

Even though the production capacity was stretched, Intel still had the idea of ​​eating alone. Its CEO Andy Grove ran to Tang Huan to test whether the requirement for the second supplier could be abolished.

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