Rebirth of the Tech Madman

The key now is not to argue which of the two technologies, thermal foam and piezoelectric, is better, but the market timing of inkjet printers.

Tang Huan shook his head, Dot matrix printers have inherent limitations, so they must give way to inkjet printers. Canon has already achieved first-mover advantages in Japan and HP in the United States. When we develop piezoelectric inkjet printers There are signs, this market has already been divided up by others, just like now we dominate the dot matrix printer market and other peers are in a passive competitive position.”

Then we accept Canon's conditions? Hideaki Yaskawa was a little unwilling.

Being ripped off by Canon, we can make up for it in the stock market. We have completed the layout of the inkjet printer. Investors will not fail to understand the meaning. Canon must have seen this, which is why it is so popular. Set us.

Tang Huan waved his hand, For this deal, let's follow his mind. In addition, since everyone is interested in the technology research and development of piezoelectric inkjet printers, we can't live up to this enthusiasm. Maybe Canon will reflect on this aspect in the future. Come and beg us.

Seeing that the big boss made a final decision, Yaskawa Hideaki and others obeyed the arrangement and unified internal understanding for operation.

Next, Tang Huan began to inspect Epson's product line, especially the 24-pin lq-2400 series printer with font library, which is currently the main product.

Driven by Tang Huan waving a whip, Epson's dot matrix printers have been upgrading non-stop. Its development path is somewhat similar to that of the CPU in the original time and space. At first, it simply emphasized the main frequency, and then turned to the multi-core and parallel road. . Its print head pin count quickly changed from 7 pins. Increase to 9 stitches, 12 stitches, 16 stitches. Even the current 24 pins.

After climbing to the top vertically, the technology of Epson dot matrix printers began to develop horizontally, such as built-in font system, faster printing speed, higher printing resolution and so on.

The lq-2400 is designed and produced with the goal of lq-1600k, the most successful dot matrix printer model of Epson in the original time and space, with a sales volume of more than one million units.

This year, Epson's dot matrix printers accounted for more than 80% of the Japanese market, making it the jaw-dropping absolute leader.

You must know that Japanese companies now attach great importance to product market share, which has almost reached the level of paranoia. The achievements of Epson dot matrix printers can be regarded as attracting countless heroes.

Ever since, Epson paid homage to the development blueprint planned by Tang Huan from top to bottom, and had long forgotten the previous owner, the Hattori family.

With such enthusiasm,

For being ripped off by Canon on inkjet printers, Epson naturally has a lot of resentment, and has a great ambition to start a new stove and develop piezoelectric inkjet printers.

Of course, Tang Huan would not waste the subjective initiative of the Japanese, but he still remained sober in his heart.

In the original time and space. Epson has achieved unprecedented success in the field of dot matrix printers, and as a result, it has gone all the way in this direction. As a result, I missed the best time to enter the inkjet printer, and when I woke up, I was already quite passive.

If it weren't for catching up and succeeding in the development of piezoelectric inkjet printers, Epson might have to be removed from the printer field.

Therefore, Tang Huan insisted that Epson make compromises in front of Canon. Who made them work hard in the field of printers and made breakthroughs in inkjet printers? Even cheap laser printers are the same, and HP has to learn from teachers. Pay tuition.

In addition, Epson’s unfavorable performance in the market cannot continue like this. The peers have begun to flood into the market while being surprised and envious, and the lq-2400 series printers are the biggest barrier for Epson to maintain its position in the industry .

In addition to printers, Epson also included scanners and fax machines in its product line.

Most importantly, Tang Huan also handed over the R\u0026D and manufacturing of CD players and CD drives to Epson, which was completely in control.

When we go public next year, we will expand our business scope. Tang Huan revealed his plan to Yaskawa Hideaki with a smile.

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Tang Huan couldn't help frowning after seeing Sun Zhengyi, who was brilliant in the financing field, Are you overworked? Why do you look a little haggard? Doesn't your body matter?

In front of Tang Huan, Sun Zhengyi stretched his body as much as possible and lay down on the sofa without putting on airs. As soon as my nerves relax, I really feel a little tired.

Sun Zhengyi's working method is a bit similar to the passionate type of pyramid schemes. Now he is so lazy, it can be seen that he is really tired, but it is precisely because Sun Zhengyi's lobbying is extremely contagious that he can achieve such success. Amazing results.

However, Tang Huan also learned more or less the mentality of the current Japanese funders from his own financing channels, that is, they are obsessed with American assets, not to mention the good meat of AT\u0026T.

To some extent, Sun Zhengyi is taking advantage of the situation.

Then you can take a good rest. I will meet with the representatives of the Fangyuan computer compatible machine manufacturer first, and then we will go to the United States together. Some worried about the health of Sun Zhengyi, a workaholic, so Tang Huan made a special arrangement.

For the partners of Fangyuan Computer such as Sharp and Sony, Tang Huan can be said to be benevolent. After the authorization license was issued, he even helped him on the horse and sent a technical specialist to give advice.

These Japanese did not disappoint Tang Huan either. The prototypes will be unveiled collectively in this month's website, and it is estimated that there will be a whirlwind of Fangyuan computer standards.

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Eastern United States, Armonk, New York, in the conference room of the IBM headquarters, Don Estridge, who was frowning with thick brows, waited anxiously for the meeting to start.

Don, you're here so early. The person in charge of the chess project, Bill Lovo, who has now been promoted, came over and patted Don Estridge's shoulder affectionately, It seems that you are in a relatively good mood. Oops.

It was on the strong recommendation of Bill Lovo that Don Estridge was able to overcome the other senior team members of the chess program to succeed Bill Lovo. Be in charge. Then he was promoted to the director of the current personal computer department.

therefore. The relationship between the two is pretty good, and Don Estridge naturally didn't need to hide his thoughts, so he replied frankly, There are many troublesome things, and I don't know where to start at the moment.

Then just say it casually. Bill Lovo, who was proud of his workplace, laughed.

In order to obtain Zheru's Chinese information technology authorization, the headquarters actually withdrew the ibm-patent lawsuit against the second-generation Fangyuan computer. Didn't the previous efforts come to naught.

Don Estridge couldn't help complaining gloomily, Now the bus of ibm- and the bus of the second-generation Fangyuan computer are both called isa. But they are in the first-mover advantage, making us seem to be plagiarizing. What's the matter? thing.

Bill Lovo, who has already jumped out of the circle of personal computers, can't be like Don Estridge to ibm, who is concerned about the country and the people. He said in a routine way: The headquarters will naturally have higher-level considerations. After all, ibm Lots of products.

Yes, for IBM, the personal computer department is just a very ordinary department. Product sales seem to be booming, but the profit is inevitably limited.

Don Estridge sighed self-pityingly. Maybe it's the connection between the PC business and the company's life and death that makes Apple Computer and Fangyuan Computer perform so well.

Don't underestimate yourself. The management committee is still very satisfied with the performance of the personal computer department. Isn't the monthly sales volume already exceeding 8,000 units?

Bill Lovo patted Don Estridge's shoulder again, According to this trend, the personal computer department should end this year with a monthly sales of 10,000 units, which is absolutely outstanding. In my In my impression, the product has only been launched to the market for more than half a year, and it has achieved such a high sales volume, which IBM has never achieved before.

But the monthly sales of Apple computers have exceeded 30,000 units, and the monthly sales of the second-generation Fangyuan computers... Don Estridge shook his head unwillingly, It's okay not to say.

IBM is a giant, and it can be called a self-contained kingdom internally. Apart from personal computers, Bill Lovo and Don Estridge still have a lot of workplace information that can be exchanged, but it didn't take long before the meeting began.

The fiscal year from 1980 to 1981 has ended. As a listed company, IBM naturally has to prepare an annual report. Many topics of this meeting are to discuss various financial figures.

The incumbent of IBM made Microsoft hug the thigh of Big Blue and became the nobleman of Gates——John Opel frowned, pointed to a column on the report and asked, How did the performance in the Far East decline so obviously?

The main reason is that in addition to Wang An Computer Company, there is another more difficult competitor, Fangyuan Computer Company. Their products have done a good job in language localization in the Far East, which greatly squeezed the living space of our products. .” The corresponding person in charge talked eloquently.

Fangyuan Computer Company? Is it the personal computer company in Silicon Valley? After receiving an affirmative answer, John Opel moved his eyes, and finally found Don Estridge, who had an inconspicuous position in the crowd, Personal Computer The department has performed well this year, do you have any new plans?

We have two new plans for the development of ibm-follow-up products. Don Estridge, who got the opportunity to speak, cheered up and talked about his ideas.

The first plan is to optimize and improve the current ibm-, and launch a new ibm-, its main feature is to be equipped with a hard disk. The second plan is to use Intel's next-generation microprocessor 80286 to develop a new model ibm- -.

Next year, will IBM-'s monthly shipments reach the current 30,000 Apple computers? A member of the management committee asked a question.

Gentlemen, I want to reiterate that the real opponent of ibm is not the rotten Apple that is showing off its power in the market, but Fangyuan Computer, which hides behind it and conquers the mid-to-high-end PC market. Apple armed with Zheru software Computers have become the thugs of Fangyuan Computers, stalking IBM in the low-end personal computer market, which involves our energy. Don Estridge did not give a positive answer, but introduced the personal computer market The overall pattern of the situation has improved to the suggestion that I failed to pass twice before.

According to the latest intelligence analysis I have received, the current monthly shipments of the second-generation Fangyuan computers should have exceeded 12,000 units. This figure seems to be overshadowed by Apple's 30,000 units, but don't forget that the current The basic model of the second-generation Fangyuan computer is also close to 3,000 US dollars, twice that. Therefore, Fangyuan computer is the de facto leader in the current personal computer market.”

Don Estridge hadn't been able to list such detailed data at the meeting before, but this time he was more fully prepared. Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, everyone in the meeting gasped.

How did Fangyuan Computer's performance reach such a level? Someone immediately asked instinctively.

It depends on the software. Don Estridge replied with a heavy tone, When customers buy Fangyuan computers, they often get corresponding industry application solutions. Zheru Software has an ERP department with at least a thousand employees. All of them are practitioners with rich industry experience, who are responsible for the consulting, implementation, training and service of the project.

How did you get this information? Seeing Don Estridge speak so eloquently, it naturally aroused some people's curiosity.

Don Estridge pondered for a while, Gates from Microsoft told me that he often haunts Apple and Zheru in Cupertino. According to his observation, Zheru's project management level is no worse than that of IBM. , otherwise it would not be so efficient in product innovation.”

Speaking of this, Don Estridge raised his tone, Now Fangyuan Computer has authorized the production of compatible machines to many companies including HP, this move is undoubtedly to make the product standard of Fangyuan Computer a fact of the personal computer industry. Standards, ibm- must not sit idly by, and should take a step forward, publicize ibm-'s specifications, and break Fangyuan Computer's attempt.

As soon as Don Estridge finished speaking, the conference room immediately started to discuss again, and the voice of opposition was endless.

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After all, why did you come back to this again? I remember you suggested this twice before. Why did IBM release its research results for free? What's more, the sales of IBM- are so promising now.

That is, if IBM really wants to do this, how will others discuss it? Are you afraid, or can't afford to flip the table?

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Don Estridge took over the conversation with a serious face, That's right, ibm-is going to flip the table. (To be continued...)

Chapter 0355 ibm-p to lift the table:

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