Rebirth in America

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The matter of forming your own secret army can only be put aside for now. [; first release] There are still important things that need to be done. Alex wants to solve the offensive between ib company and General Electric first. Even if it cannot be solved, at least the losses must be minimized.

"For competition issues in electrical products such as radios, we must take appropriate price reduction measures and try to ensure that we do not lose too much market share. At least we must persist until new products are launched. Even if we cannot make money, we must first maintain the market." Alex took a defensive approach to deal with external attacks. He also added: "The prerequisite is that we do not lose money!"

"Okay! I will let people further refine this plan before executing it!"

After listening to this, Lao Qiao knew that they had no other better way. Unless they can immediately come up with the most advanced electronic products to suppress the other party's new products, they can only rely on price cuts and original sales channels to ensure that market share will not be lost too much.

"Then what about our supercomputer?" Seymour Clay pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then said: "IB not only launched a better supercomputer, but also grabbed many of our orders. I think the only way to speed up Computer R\u0026D speed is what matters! Alex, you’d better come over and do R\u0026D work with me!”

Alex shook his head and refused: "If it were normal times, maybe I would still have free time, but under the current circumstances, I can't just rush into the research room!"

"Then what you mean is that we give up the supercomputer market first and watch ib seize our orders?"

"This is the only way! After all, they have invested 5 billion US dollars and spent 4 years on research and development!"

Seymour Clay hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "How did I hear that you formed AR (Ark) for what purpose? Can they come up with products now? At least they have to compete with ib's offensive. !”

Alex thought for a while and decided to tell the truth: "When I heard that ib company invested a lot of money to develop the Dragon Slayer series of computers, I knew that this day would happen."

"So you asked Noyce and the others to form an AR company? In other words, you were already prepared?"

Seymour's words made Lao Qiao, a man who was not interested in high technology, concentrate. They stared at Alex, wanting to hear the results of what the other party had planned for several years.

Alex nodded. He replied: "Yes, originally I wanted to press it again. After all, it is still a bit early to take out the PC, and it has not reached the level I want at all."

"PC?p?"

Seymour immediately remembered what Alex had told him. Once, Alex asked him if he wanted to develop a personal computer. As a result, Seymour rejected it because his ideal was to develop the most advanced and fastest supercomputer in the world.

"Can the p computer compete with ib's Dragon-Slaying series of computers? I have some doubts about this!"

Seymour naturally didn't believe it. He believes that judging from the kind of personal computer Alex described, this kind of computer is small in size, and its functions such as p, memory, and motherboard will naturally not be as powerful as a supercomputer.

Alex smiled, knowing that many people would doubt this. After all, in this era, computers are still a high-tech product that can only be used for scientific research, military and other purposes. It has not yet been able to become an electronic device for small units such as individuals and families, and no one has thought about how big the market will be once it is developed, as well as multiple related peripheral industry chains.

Originally, Alex planned to wait another five years. Before releasing something like p, he had to research and mature all products such as p, Internet, and p accessories before launching it in one fell swoop, allowing other companies to dominate the market before they had time to react.

It is estimated that by that time, AR will be able to create a personal computer with performance close to that of the early 1980s. And it can also initially create a simple regional network.

Now that the situation is urgent, we can only throw out the ar products first to block the attack. As for Seymour's worries, Alex had already thought about it. He was going to use his spear to attack his shield. He would defeat ib no matter how he won.

"How do you think ib won users this time?" Alex asked.

Seymour replied without hesitation: "Compatibility! It is precisely because ib is compatible with their previous computers that it attracted all the original users!"

Yes, it is this compatibility that has driven away the users of "Cray i" computers. After all, these users have all bought computers produced by ib company, and more or less still have one or two ib computers in hand. Used in.

"Compatibility" is a great concept change. The technological progress it brought to the development of modern computers still played a huge role until Alex's time travel and rebirth.

Regarding such a powerful advantage, it is not that Alex and the others have not seen it. The new models of pt company also adopt compatibility. It is just because their company is not as deep as ib company that it has not had a big impact.

However, this has advantages and disadvantages, because pt company produces very few models, so in terms of compatibility, they do a better job than ib company. The computer being developed by Seymour Clay is also backward compatible, but it is a pity that it cannot be launched immediately, otherwise it will not be afraid of ib company's Dragon Tu series computers.

"But even if our computers have better compatibility, there is no way to compare users with ib. Their computers have been sold for so many years, and their users are all over the world, and the number is huge!" Seymour still doesn't understand. I think Alex’s method is a bit unreliable!

"We will have more users than them, believe me! As long as our computers are compatible with the computers sold, and can be connected to the Internet to exchange data and information, then you will be able to see its power. Already!"

After Alex finished speaking, he saw that Seymour still looked a little unbelievable, and felt that it was necessary to take him to Silicon Valley to see the work results of these eight young talents such as Noyce and Moore in order to convince Seymour. Morgan accepts this new perspective and looks at the future development of computers from a new perspective.

"Are you going to Silicon Valley too? Old Qiao!"

Alex turned his gaze to Old Qiao, who had been silent, and saw the other party immediately waved his hand and said: "No, I have to go back and arrange work with the people below! You go, I have a headache with high technology like computers. !”

Seymour shrugged and did not force Old Joe to go with him. He and Alex took a private plane and quickly arrived in Silicon Valley. This plane belongs to TWA, which is controlled by the Carpenter family. The plane is decorated comfortably and there are dedicated flight attendants to serve them.

It seemed that this was Seymour Clay's first time flying on a private jet. He used to fly on passenger planes with other people. He was very interested in this kind of private jet. He looked around and found some wine and snacks to eat.

"How about you go buy one too!"

Alex suggested to him that with the money Seymour had, buying a private jet was not very expensive. After all, he has worked for PT Company for so many years and brought such huge profits. Based on Alex's character, he is not shy about sharing success with his people.

Over the years, Seymour also gained great fame from the "Cray I" computer, as well as generous rewards, stock options, etc.

Seymour shook his head and sighed: "It's useless for me to buy it. My job requires me to stay at the institute twenty-four hours a day. Even if I have a plane, I don't have time to enjoy it."

"That's right!" Alex nodded, agreeing with his idea.

"However," Seymour suddenly said: "If I retire, I will definitely buy one. Then I will fly around the world and travel everywhere!"

"Nice plan, I really envy you!" Alex sighed.

Hearing this, Seymour felt strange. He felt that Alex's sigh was unreasonable: "You can also do this! If you feel tired, go traveling!"

Alex could only smile and nodded without saying anything. He was a little envious of Seymour's life. Although Seymour did not have as much money as him, and his power, prestige, and popularity were not as good as his, his life was sufficient and pleasant.

As the saying goes, the more you gain, the more you lose.

If you want to become a master, you have to endure hardships. After thinking about this, Alex felt a little more balanced. If he still wants to have greater influence on the world, he must grit his teeth and persist, and cannot let those people successfully threaten him and the Carpenter family.

After the plane arrived at its destination, Alex and the others drove directly to ar's headquarters in Silicon Valley, UU reading www. uukａnshu.netNoyes and the others have been working hard there for several years.

They expressed surprise at Alex's arrival.

But soon some of them guessed that Alex's visit this time was related to ib company's big move, and maybe they would be pushed to the front desk soon.

ar company was not affected by this crisis. When Alex recruited these eight young people to establish ar company, it did not attract other attention. After all, these few of them were researchers who had just worked with Shockley for a few years, and were not famous and successful people.

In the original history, one of the reasons why the "Rebel Eight" became famous was that they succeeded quickly after betraying Shockley. Shockley was deeply disgusted with the departure of these eight young people and publicized it everywhere, which later became a famous historical event in the history of computing.

Things are different now. Alex first used various means to smooth over Shockley, then brought eight young people together to form an AR company, and hid them for almost four years.

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