Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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This is the decision of the meeting I attended just now. Andy Grove touched his ear subconsciously while looking at Tang Huan.

When he was four years old, scarlet fever broke out in Budapest, Hungary, and Andy Grove was also infected. Although he did not die, he also suffered hearing loss and had to rely on hearing aids on weekdays.

He was afraid that Tang Huan would speak too fast in his anger and miss important information.

Intel's morality is simply broken. Tang Huan shook his head with a sarcastic smile on his face.

Although it was inevitable for him to be annoyed, it was not to the point of being furious. Isn't it the way to fight in the game in Shang Hai?

Moreover, the trick released by IBM can be regarded as an upright conspiracy, and it has not lost the airs of the blue giant.

What's more, Tang Huan had already left behind, he would never put all his eggs in one basket.

Moreover, this kind of competition, like the group army fighting on the plain battlefield, is open and closed, very enjoyable, and brings a different kind of excitement to the world's richest man.

It's just that Tang Huan is quite disdainful of Intel's flimsy wall grass that goes with the wind, but after thinking about it, he feels relieved,...←...←...←...←, m.∽♀mIntel is just a company at this stage Although successful but still ordinary semiconductor suppliers, they have not yet had the energy to consolidate their position in the industry by creating myths.

Silicon Valley where elites gather, heroes gather together, and heroes emerge in large numbers, but there are very few people who can obtain wealth, prestige, and achievements at the same time, and reach the state of the Trinity Dzogchen. Not even Tang Huan, his wealth and prestige are enough. But there is still an obvious shortcoming in terms of achievement.

If one had to be selected to meet such a standard, it would be Robert Noyce, who has outstanding achievements in science and business.

1966. Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce were awarded the Ballantine Medal by the Franklin Institute at the same time, the most coveted American scientific and technological personnel.

Jack Kilby is known as the inventor of the first integrated circuit, and Robert Noyce is known as the person who proposed the theory of integrated circuits suitable for industrial production.

In 1969, the U.S. federal court finally legally recognized the integrated circuit as a simultaneous invention.

In addition to this scientific achievement,

Robert Noyce also participated in the founding of two companies with very special status in Silicon Valley, namely Fairchild, the cradle of the semiconductor industry, and Intel, which led the successful industrialization of semiconductor memory.

On wealth. Robert Noyce's net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars is of course not comparable to Tang Huan's net worth of tens of billions of dollars, but when it comes to reputation and achievements, Robert Noyce has a much deeper background than Tang Huan.

It is a pity that the golden body of Robert Noyce, the saint, was broken by the extramarital affair scandal that he fell into as a man of 41 flowers in the early 1970s.

During the divorce, the California court ruled that Robert Noyce's huge property should be divided into half of his ex-wife. The negative impact on Intel can be imagined. Robert Noyce quickly passed on Gordon Moore. relation.

Just because Robert Noyce's achievements are too brilliant. Based on the unspoken social and ecological rules that big people will be tolerated as informal even if their personal morals are bad, relevant parties have carried out selective amnesia.

Since Intel at this stage does not have a godhead, it is not surprising that it is driven by others because of its livelihood.

Andy Grove, of course, knows his own family better. He pretended not to hear Tang Huan's sarcasm, and explained frankly: IBM owns 20% of Intel's shares, so some decisions depend on It may seem unbelievable, but it actually makes sense.”

Really? Tang Huan smiled meaningfully. But why do you always issue such offending notices, instead of Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore? Could it be that they are the only ones who care about reputation, but you don't care?

This kind of official business, of course, is done by me. Regarding Tang Huan's heartbreaking words of sowing discord. Andy Grove was in a hurry to deal with it, and Gein was also complaining in his heart, What the hell is going on here?

In fact, Andy Grove has a long history of scapegoating in the workplace.

After fleeing to the United States from Hungary in the 1950s. Andy Grove was deeply attracted by the United States in the Eisenhower era, but it was not so easy to integrate into the mainstream society of the United States.

Like Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Paramount boss Charles Bludorn who died this year, Andy Grove's unique Hungarian English accent often provoked ridicule from the outside world.

Yes, Andy Grove obtained a bachelor's degree and a doctor's degree step by step under the pressure of hunger to survive, and thus obtained a pass to enter mainstream American society.

After entering Fairchild Semiconductor Company, Andy Grove's work task was mainly to develop product prototypes and establish production process. As a process developer, he has to pick out those unsafe designs and prototype products that seem to be impossible to reproduce.

Andy Grove in this period was completely unknown. Only when the R\u0026D department produced unrealistic products and traced the reason, others would notice him and become the object of venting their anger.

After so much tempering, Andy Grove's psychological quality of being a scapegoat has naturally grown extremely strong.

Tang Huan saw that Andy Grove was willing to take the scapegoat's task, so he changed the subject: I heard from inside Intel that there are a lot of complaints about your management style. Don't you feel like you're being pissed off at both ends?

There is no such thing. Andy Grove blushed immediately and denied it thickly.

After Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded Intel, Andy Grove became the third employee, which is definitely a treasure.

Even in 1968, Andy Grove did not complete his goal of transforming himself into a standard American.

The incomprehensible English accent, a pair of hearing aids on the head... It looks clumsy and clumsy, and it can be judged as a product made in Eastern Europe at first glance.

In order to survive in the workplace, Andy Grove not only has the same enthusiasm for work as a Russian miner, but also has an increasingly persistent and tough style of work.

Robert Noyce is Intel's diplomat and industry hero, and Gordon Moore is a genius in Intel's technology research. Both of them lacked something necessary to be the top manager of the company, that is, ruthless and tough management ability and persistent and rigorous work style.

Fight when you need to, and scold when you need to. This is the management principle that any large company will adopt. Andy Grove can just play the role of this black-faced hardliner.

When the world was at peace, Andy Grove gave people the impression. It's more annoying, but when the world is in chaos, it can show its value to the entire company.

For example, in the current semiconductor war between Japan and the United States, in order to cope with the difficulties encountered by Intel, Andy Grove launched the 15% solution in 1980, which required employees to exert higher efficiency in order to defeat the aggressive Japanese people.

The famous late registration form started at this time. The company stipulated that employees had to work at 10 o'clock every day, and all those who went to work after 8:10 in the morning. All have to sign.

A reporter from the New York Times came to interview and saw that Andy Grove had also signed his name that morning.

It is undeniable that the 15% solution made Intel a sweatshop, so some engineers vented their dissatisfaction by tying cloth strips around their heads.

Everyone lives on an acre of land in Silicon Valley. There are some things that can't be denied. Otherwise, why would Intel's chief scientist, Ted Hoff, leave Intel and go to Atari? Tang Huan said unhurriedly with.

Seeing Tang Huan bring up this example, Andy Grove was immediately speechless. Gein's two important contributors to the successful development of Intel 4004 - Ted Hoff and Federico Fagin, have left Intel one after another, and they are indeed related to him.

At the beginning, Federico Fagin was dissatisfied with Andy Grove's one-size-fits-all management style, and his patent was registered by the department head in the name of Intel Corporation, so he submitted his resignation and left angrily.

Andy Grove became furious after his persuasion failed. Shouting at Federico Fagin, If you leave Intel, what else can you do? You will leave no legacy to your children, your name will be forgotten, and you will achieve nothing.

As a result, Federico Fagin turned around and founded the company. Z80, the king of performance among the 8-bit microprocessors, was developed, and the intel 8080, which is compatible with instructions, has no power to fight back. It almost swells Andy Grove's face.

Ted Hoff has been at ease at Intel, and in 1980 was appointed to the company's highest technical position - chief scientist. But he finally chose to leave Intel last year and switch to Atari.

It is a pity that Atari was severely injured by the collapse of the North American home video game market, and it was precarious, and it could no longer continue to invest resources in the field of personal computers.

When Tang Huan was helping Steve Ross deal with Atari, which was a deadlock for Warner, he recruited Ted Hoff, who was useless, into Zheru R\u0026D without taking any legal risks and moral accusations. center.

Tang Huan cited this example mainly to sow discord between Andy Grove and other high-level Intel executives. Therefore, he did not mention Ted Hoff's current whereabouts, so as to avoid counterproductive effects.

No one thinks that the departure of Ted Hoff and Federico Fagin is the greatest negation of Andy Grove's management style, and Andy Grove can only mutter to himself to find a way for himself , Intel is a memory company, and they have different development ideas for processors, which cannot be implemented within the company's structure, so of course they had to choose to leave.

Tang Huan smiled slightly, not to break Andy Grove's excuse to find a way for himself, and followed the other party's words: I agree with you, the memory business is already a weak point for Intel, and the processor business That's the future of Intel.

Hearing this, Andy Grove couldn't help but cheer up, I hope this incident will not affect the cooperation with Intel iap 4.

Don't worry, I can still keep my word, and I will try my best to help intel iap 4 optimize the ada language compiler. Tang Huan snorted.

Andy Grove was a tyrant within Intel, but in front of Tang Huan, he could only obediently listen to cynicism.

Since the two sides are working together, I hope that Intel will send two people to participate. Tang Huan said to himself, Their names are Craig Barrett and Paul Otellini.

Andy Grove recalled the information of the two people in his mind, and asked suspiciously, Why did you choose them?

During normal business dealings, my subordinates speak highly of Craig Barrett and Paul Otellini. In addition, they are both from San Francisco. One has a background in technology and the other has a background in operations. They are highly complementary and can work together. Be tacit.

Tang Huan explained calmly, but sneered in his heart. In order to make Intel more obedient, I don't mind helping to train the fourth and fifth employees.

But this is only a long-term prospect. In order to teach Intel a lesson, it will continue to destroy its internal power structure.

Andy, do you think Charles Simeone is doing well with me? Tang Huan intentionally mentioned Andy Grove's Hungarian fellow in Silicon Valley.

It must be. Andy Grove said enviously: He has only been away for a few years, and now he has a net worth of tens of millions of dollars. He is a formidable future.

What about you? You are a scapegoat in Intel, playing a bad face, and the processor business that you attach great importance to is obviously the best choice for Intel to get out of the predicament, and it is not supported by the board of directors? Tang Huan asked with a smile: Especially you Intel's '15% solution' has caused complaints within Intel, but it does not help at all to resist the attack of Japanese memory manufacturers, it is nothing more than lingering for a while.

Seeing Tang Huan always provoking himself so unceremoniously, Andy Grove couldn't bear it anymore, and asked with a sullen face: Since Tang Huan is so concerned about Intel's internal affairs, then you can give me a suggestion.

It's very simple. By developing the processor business, you can achieve your dream of making great achievements. Tang Huan emphasized, The processor business is the achievement of Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore. Nothing to do. What the two of them are thinking at the moment may not be in your interest, and the same is true for Intel.

Tang Huantu's words made Andy Grove's face change immediately, and his heart began to be overwhelmed.

After Andy Grove regained his composure, Tang Huan asked casually, By the way, who was present at your meeting just now?

Andy Grove hesitated for a moment, and finally replied: In addition to Arthur Locke, the major shareholder, there is also Don Estridge of IBM.

Arthur Locke? Tang Huan frowned slightly. (To be continued.)