Rebirth in America

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These young people originally wanted to achieve results quickly, but after Alex proposed the concept of personal computer P, they were immediately attracted by the idea. [; first release]

More importantly, what Alex gave was very detailed, and at first glance it was a very feasible design plan. According to his description, in the near future, everyone will have a PC, at least one in every family.

Moreover, these PCs can also be connected through telephone lines and optical fiber networks, entering a virtual world called the "Internet", where they can interact with information, voice chat, watch videos, search for information, etc.

If another person had said this to them, they might still have doubts for a while, but Alex who said this had given them 100 million US dollars for their research and use. Could someone use so much money to deceive them? These eight young people did not believe that such a thing would happen.

These eight young people were separated by Alex. One person was responsible for the department to research one direction. They were not subordinate to each other, but they had to cooperate with each other in research and development. Some are responsible for PC, some are responsible for system software, and some are responsible for the research and development of motherboards or other software and hardware. They are independent departments, but the things they develop must eventually be combined into a whole.

For ambitious people like them, the stage of ar company is big enough to accommodate all of them to work together and dance on the same stage.

Naturally, Alex still has to hold the company firmly in his hands, such as the financial department, human resources department, etc. These big parts cannot be easily left to these young people to manage.

On the one hand, it is to prevent their ambitions from expanding as their power increases, and on the other hand, because these young people are inexperienced in this area after all, Alex does not want to pay tuition for their mistakes.

The headquarters of ar company is built on the vacant land next to Shockley Laboratory. This land was bought for a small amount of money. On the one hand, it was purchased early, and on the other hand, the local people were interested in Shockley's reputation. Low price given. After all, it is not always possible to attract a Nobel Prize winner.

Alex paid extra for the land, so naturally it still belongs to him in the end, after he gets the land. There was no rush to develop, but only one building was built for Shockley to use as a laboratory. Wait until ar is established. Alex then put this land to use and continued to build higher and larger floors.

This building is not a conventional building, not a boxy, box-like building. It is a group of arc-shaped buildings. When viewed from the air, its shape is like a crescent moon, lying flat on the ground.

The curved surface is the front of the building, which is like a giant with open arms. We welcome guests from all over. There is a beautiful garden in front of it, and there is an artificial lake in the forest. The road leading to the lake is composed of white cobblestones, with many flowers and plants planted on the roadside, and beyond is a flat grassland.

Many ar employees like this garden very much. During my breaks from work, I would run here and lie down on the grass to rest.

Both the ar building and the garden were designed by Alex. When he insisted on building the Ark headquarters like this, people didn't quite understand it. Think this is a pure waste of money. There is absolutely no need to build any gardens, lakes, lawns, etc., let alone that strange-shaped building.

However, after those people worked here for a period of time, they finally experienced what it means to combine work and leisure. Many AR employees are so satisfied with their working environment that they are reluctant to go home immediately after work and spend a lot of time walking in the garden.

There was a similar example once. It is said that there is a lake next to Seattle University, and teachers and students all like the scenery here. Although the salary of professors at Seattle University is 20% lower than that of other universities, they are willing to pay the price in order to have a beautiful working environment.

When Seattle planned to build a building next to a lake and destroy this beautiful environment, not only university professors but also students objected. In the end, the matter was dismissed. From now on, we can see how much a good environment affects and unites people's hearts.

Noyce and others did not understand it at first, but soon they were in awe of Alex's design. Some people also speculated that the reason why the building was designed like this was because it looked like the side of a ship. Lying on the ground, is it a metaphor for the name ar (Ark)?

Actually, not entirely true. Those people were partly right. In Alex's design, the building had not yet been completely completed, and the building complex would need to be slowly expanded over the next ten years or so. The final completed shape should be like a Chinese Hakka earth building, which is surrounded by arc-shaped buildings to form a whole.

Inside it, gardens, lakes, etc. will eventually form an ecological environment, fully embodying the harmony between man and nature.

But it's not necessary yet. AR has not yet reached the stage of massive expansion. Even if so many buildings are built, they are still vacant and wasted. It will take several more years, or even more than ten years, to be fully completed.

At that time, people will be deeply impressed by the strangeness and ingenuity of Alex's design and his foresight.

The arrival of Seymour Clay and Alex quickly alarmed Noyce, Moore and others. They admired Seymour very much. After all, Seymour is now considered the number one supercomputer designer in the world. people.

Even though the Dragon-Slaying series computers launched by ib have surpassed the "Cray I", the framework of that series of computers is actually borrowed from the "Cray I". From this aspect, Seymour is still better than others. .

"Mr. Clay! Hello, I really didn't expect you to come here!"

Noyce, who has a big nose, is still the leader among the eight young people. He is the oldest among the eight and the most mature in thought and behavior. When they went to Shockley, they were all under 30 years old, in their prime, accomplished in their studies, and at the peak of their creative abilities.

Now these eight people have been held captive by Alex for several years, and they are already ready to take action. They know how much impact what they do will have on the world. As long as Alex lets go, they will soon be able to completely change people's lives.

Seeing the arrival of Seymour and Alex. They immediately thought of one thing: "Is the time ripe? Their success is about to come!"

"I didn't expect to come here. Alex asked for it!"

Seymour looked at the eight excited faces in front of him. Although their expressions are different, from their eyes. You can feel their passion like fire.

After hearing Seymour's words, their eyes suddenly focused on Alex, as if they were just waiting for his order to immediately take up their weapons and charge into the battle.

Nearly 4 years later, they still have not been able to make a name for themselves in the semiconductor field. If you include the time spent in Shockley Laboratory, it was almost 6 years. There are not many 6 years in life.

among them. There were people with double doctorate degrees, engineers from large companies, and researchers and professors from famous universities. This was a large gathering of talents that had never been seen in the western United States at that time.

Noyce is the eldest among the eight. He was also the most determined person to defect to Shockley. The first thing he did when he flew to San Francisco was to spend all his money to buy himself a residence and decided to settle down permanently, without taking into account the working environment, conditions and treatment. The other seven young people’s experiences in coming to Silicon Valley were largely similar to Noyce’s.

but. He was also the most determined person to "defect". Seeing that Shockley was incompetent in command and management, he had no choice but to take the lead and lead the other seven people to find another way out. In the original history, they found a New York photographic equipment company to invest in their business. The "Fairy Child" company was established.

Now Alex takes the lead and recruits them all to establish ar company. If he hadn't been able to suppress these ambitious young heroes, they would have found another way out.

But looking at their appearance, Alex knew that the patience of these young people had been worn out. Although it is a bit early at this time, the p developed by ar is relatively mature and can be taken out for a try.

Thinking of this, Alex smiled and said to them: "First show Seymour the success you have developed in the past few years and let him see it before talking!"

"Okay! Okay! Okay!"

They immediately led the way in person, majestic and high-spirited, just like soldiers about to go to the battlefield. At the beginning, they did not connect this matter with the ib company's attack, but after this period of time, they already had a vague idea in their minds, and they became more and more excited.

Among them, Eugene was among the others and asked quietly: "Do you think it is..."

"Shh! Don't make wild guesses. If you get it wrong, you will be really embarrassed!" Moore quickly interrupted Eugene, glanced at Seymour and the two carefully, and then explained: "I guess IB Company has forced If it goes too far, then they want to push us out!"

"That's fine. If we continue to develop it, I'm afraid we will all become old men!"

"Keep your voice down and stop talking!"

They came to a large, bright and spacious room with bright white walls. There are many busy workers here. They are sitting on chairs, focusing on the screen in front of them, and typing on the keyboard.

"Unit No. 1 passed the test, and the p speed reached the predetermined ideal value..."

"Unit No. 2 has discovered several b's and needs to be dealt with as soon as possible!"

"Unit No. x! Unit No. x, did you receive the message I sent?"

"xx software passed the test, all basic functions are running normally, only a few small bs were found..."

The employees in the room were staring at the screen, communicating with their partners, and working intensely and orderly. At first, Seymour thought it was quite interesting, but soon he discovered a strange problem, that is, each of them seemed to have his own computer.

Yes, that computer was placed under their desk, like an upright black box, with the indicator lights on it flashing constantly.

Thinking of the personal computer p concept that Alex introduced to him on the road, and then seeing the scene before him, he couldn't help but get excited: "Ai, Alex! Is this the p you told me? Could it be that ar Already made it?"

Alex and the other eight young people looked at each other and smiled. This was a smile of success: "Yes, we have built P! What you see are individual computers, and now the AR staff are testing them. Function, fix b and improve performance. The p function here is versatile. In addition to being able to network, it can also share some of the computer's work."

The Internet that Alex talked about was actually just a local area network in later generations, but if they had enough funds, they would be able to build the Internet right away.

In the past few years, under the guidance of Alex, ar company has not embarked on the path of history, but has gone straight to personal p with a very clear purpose. Among them, any of the patented inventions they have come up with can make ar company famous.

However, in order to keep it secret and not attract the attention of companies like ib, Alex asked Noyce and others to wait until the product was fully mature before announcing it to the outside world. According to Alex's standards, he wanted the P performance to reach the late 1970s, and the P performance was not announced to the public until the early 1980s.

But now that things are urgent, we can only launch the already basically mature p products on hand first. I believe it will immediately attract the attention of the world and bring back those hesitant users.

"The design of our computer is completely developed based on the needs of individuals and families, such as graphical operation interfaces, word processing software, music and audio processing, image processing, etc. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net can be used in many ways. It can be achieved at a small cost. In other words, as long as you buy a PC, you can do what you need to buy a supercomputer to do now."

As he walked, Noyce introduced the functions of the PC to Seymour, and sometimes stopped to let the AR staff demonstrate some functions to him. Seeing such a user-friendly and versatile PC, Seymour's heart was already in turmoil.

"Yes, as long as the person or family who buys the PC does not need to use it to calculate complex problems such as weather forecasts." Moore also said something beside him and introduced it enthusiastically.

"That kind of supercomputer is used by large companies, but they sometimes need to use printing functions, word processing, etc. At this time, if they still use supercomputers to complete it, it would be a waste of computer resources. They only need to buy a A computer produced by Taiwan AR Company can complete most of the work of a computer." Noyce continued to explain.

"Not only that, our PCs also have unparalleled compatibility!" Alex once again emphasized the "compatibility" function. He believed that if you want to beat ib company, you have to rely on the compatibility of PCs. .

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