Rebirth of the Tech Madman

At this time, Tang Huan was holding several documents, one of which was related to the emerging mobile communication industry. Look

At present, Tang Wenmao, who has been appointed, is purchasing cellular phone operating licenses all over the United States in the form of the Tang family business, and establishing a mobile communication company.

Although the commercial profit model of this business is still immature, and many giants in the communications industry, including AT\u0026T, still hold a wait-and-see attitude, some business adventurers have already begun to try.

Therefore, Tang Wenmao's acquisition process is not smooth and smooth, but will encounter opponents from time to time, especially Craig McCaw, a fellow from Seattle Gates, Washington State, who is the most active and decisive.

The cellular phone operating license issued by the FCC is somewhat similar to the operating license of cable TV, which has already established a monopoly structure and was ruled by princes earlier. It represents hundreds of different districts, and the specific value is determined by the number of people in the district.

Craig McCaw, as well as his father's entire McCaw family, relied on the great opportunity of the rapid development of the US cable TV industry from scratch, and accumulated a substantial fortune.

With this kind of family background, Craig McCaw has a deep understanding of cell phone, a field that is new but has a lot in common with cable TV.

It is true that Craig McCaw's family can't beat Tang Huan in terms of financial resources, but acquiring a cellular phone operating license is a very skillful job.

If the whole of the United States is described as a checkers board, then the various cellular phone system operating regions divided by the Federal Communications Commission are grids. The newly established mobile communication company naturally hopes that its jurisdictions will be connected as one, so that the chess pieces can jump all the way unimpeded.

But this is the crux of the game between all parties. As the saying goes, more success than failure, those speculators who can’t afford to acquire a large number of licenses specifically choose those key cellular phone system operating areas to compete for in the future.

Craig McCaw has fought against Tang Wenmao several times in this way, each winning or losing. Then the opponent inevitably draws some good cards.

Tang Huan had expected this kind of food-grabbing chaos for a long time, and didn't pay much attention to it. After all, he was optimistic about the application prospects of cellular phones and was willing to take risks and invest in the initial stage. He can't be the only one.

In fact, the indicator for considering the cost of acquiring a cellular phone operating license mainly depends on the average price per person. The sharp rise in prices caused by certain districts is nothing when divided by a huge base.

According to Tang Huan's assessment conclusion. It is also very profitable to see that the average price of a head exceeds 80 US dollars,

And the average price per person in the cell phone operating areas that have been won is not even 60 US dollars.

With the results of this calculation in front of him, Tang Huan naturally didn't need to pay too much attention to the troubles of Craig McCaw and others.

Furthermore, Mr. Fu has recently made a large sum of money, and his financial resources are incomparably sufficient. Leaving aside the recent box office blockbuster movies during the summer vacation, the few investments in previous years alone reported hundreds of millions of dollars.

For example, the shares of Coca-Cola that Tang Huan bought for less than US$11 per share have risen to tens of US dollars. The reason is that the Coca-Cola Company, which had diversified operations before and bought Columbia Pictures, felt the threat of competition and had to start to take heart. The business focus was shifted to beverages of the old bank, and the results were remarkable, which greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of investors.

Another example is American Express, benefiting from the many conveniences brought about by the vigorous development of IT and communication technology, its credit card business has been very successful, which has led to a strong rise in its stock price.

Such bright and dark investment reports made Tang Huan, who had spent a lot of money, still full of pockets, and he was too lazy to care about the petty intrigue in the process of acquiring a cellular phone business license; with that effort, he might find several more Business opportunity.

but. Tang Huan frowned at the impact of the booming mobile communication business on Motorola.

Seeing the more lucrative business opportunity created by the cellular phone system, Motorola, an established company, looked down on the microprocessor business a bit. As a result, the movements of developing the next-generation m68oo have become lazy.

Ten years later, this contemptuous attitude would seem unbelievable, even ridiculous, but now it happens naturally.

Gein Compared with the fiercely competitive microprocessor field, Motorola has a more obvious advantage in the field of mobile communications by virtue of years of hard work. And it's easier to make money too.

Tang Huan complained endlessly about this. The current analog mobile phone system, that is, the more well-known first-generation mobile communication technology, 1G, is just a foreshadowing for the digital 2G. At that time, regardless of the front-end terminal or the back-end equipment, the role of the microprocessor will only become more important. Motorola's absent-mindedness is simply too short-sighted.

Moreover, Tang Huan is very satisfied with the effect achieved by Fangyuan PC's two-winged strategy in the use of pu. He hopes that Motorola will continue to play the role of one of the wings. But now it seems that there seems to be some kind of uncertainty.

In addition, the documents submitted by the subordinates also mentioned the latest progress in the US-Japan semiconductor industry negotiations. Japanese semiconductor companies will certainly not be able to continue the current wayward product dumping.

In other words, in the next one or two years, the price of memory may increase. This is the second uncertain factor for the promotion of the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer.

If the 32-bit platform wants to exert its power, the memory must have at least 1mB higher-capacity storage, which is beneficial for programmers to insert more functions into the operating system and application software.

If there is a shortage of memory supply, the harm it will cause to the growth of the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer market share is far greater than the uncertain factors on pu.

It was at this time that Intel CEO Andy Grove came to see Tang Huan, who was busy calculating unexpected factors, and proposed that Intel did not intend to continue to implement the second supplier system on Intel18o386.

Seeing that the pu with both wings flying together was about to appear uncertain, Tang Huan subconsciously rubbed the center of his brows.

After more than 10 years of development, the pattern in the field of microprocessors has been formed.

Among them, the 8-bit and 16-bit microprocessors are the most mature. Not counting those second suppliers, there are many companies such as Motorola, Intel, Texas Instruments, Zilog, mosTeology, d, National Semiconductor, etc., which have completely their own architecture. And technology.

As for the latest 32-bit microprocessor, in addition to Motorola and Intel continuing to follow up, competitors such as National Semiconductor and AT\u0026T Western Electronics are not far behind. Zilog will also launch its own 32-bit product Z8oooo.

And this kind of situation where all the heroes come together is completely foreseeable without including the RIsbsp; which has already shined brilliantly in practical applications. In the next few years, there will definitely be a life-and-death processor war in this market.

Tang Huan, who is a latecomer in the field of general-purpose microprocessors, currently holds two PU factions that are entirely his own. One is the Ho1der series of RIs-based microprocessors used in communication equipment and mid-to-high-end microcomputer products. . The other is a low-energy microprocessor that is still in the research and development stage. It is developed by Wang Xuehong's team and bsp; If a mature company plays well, they can get a share of the money anyway, so there is no need to fight on the front line in person.

But now it seems. Motorola and Intel are not very safe due to changes in the relationship between interests.

For a while, Tang Huan couldn't figure out whether this change was good or bad, so he could only act according to his feeling for the time being, and asked in silence: Then how does Intel guarantee the supply of Intel18o386?

We plan to completely withdraw from the memory field, focus on the development of the microprocessor business, build new factories, and fully expand production capacity. At that time, we will not even need the help of Tang's semiconductor factory foundry. Andy Grove's words are not surprising Another piece of news broke out.

Hearing this, Tang Huan frowned even tighter. I was already worried that the price of memory would increase in the future. As a result, Intel dropped the pick and quit, which is simply adding fuel to the fire.

Under the active efforts of Robert Noyce, the U.S. federal government is finally willing to negotiate for the U.S. semiconductor industry, and favorable results will soon be determined. But Intel is going to completely withdraw from the memory field at this time. Robert Noyce Wouldn’t His busyness become a wedding dress for others? Isn’t it good that Intel takes care of microprocessors and memory together like before?” Tang Huan was curious about what the other party thought before making such a radical decision .

Originally, Gordon Moore and I also wanted to maintain this model, but after the U.S. semiconductor industry slump, the situation is different after all. There are many contradictions in how to allocate resources between the memory and the microprocessor. The contribution of the microprocessor department More than half of the profit, but less than one-third of the resource investment, it is inevitable to feel dissatisfied; the memory department, which regards itself as the boss, complains that it has not received full support in resources, which has hindered the development of new products. Difficult. It’s better to make a clean break as soon as possible. Moreover, even if the U.S.-Japan negotiations achieve a result that is beneficial to the U.S. semiconductor industry, it will be difficult to compete in the memory business, which has few advantages in terms of technology, cost, and quality. The counterparts in the United States, and even the current users, are only habitually maintaining a relationship with Intel.

After Andy Grove explained, he said with a wry smile: Although this decision is painful, we have no choice. I hope that Don can support our ideas on the board of directors.

Tang Huan thought for a moment, and realized that this is really the case. Although Intel will not have to worry about dumping products from its Japanese counterparts in the future, it does not have a decisive advantage in the memory field, so that until now it has not come up with 256kB DRAM.

It's not that Intel engineers are stupid and have poor technical ability, but that the implementation methods are different, which makes the manufacturing plan too difficult and has been delayed for a long time.

Or, it would be more appropriate to describe Intel's memory business at this stage as going too far on an unpredictable fork in the road.

Tang Huan nodded slightly, and accepted Andy Grove's explanation, No matter what, since I promised to support you, I won't break my promise.

However Tang Huan asked playfully: I remember that in order to resist the massive attack from Japanese semiconductor companies, in the industrial alliance advocated by Robert Noyce, Intel reached a patent cross agreement with amd very early to avoid both parties. Repeated investment in research and development resources. Now that Intel has decided to master Intel18o386 alone and not distribute the license to the second supplier, strictly speaking, it is a breach of trust, so how to deal with amd's response?

Andy Grove coughed lightly, blushing, and then answered coldly: Intel is in a life-and-death situation where it has to transform, and it can't care so much. If it really can't be negotiated, then get ready for legal confrontation .Anyway, the longer the time drags on, the better the situation will be for Intel.”

That's ruthless! Tang Huan murmured in his heart, and praised him loudly: That's right, Andy, in the highly competitive IT industry, Intel needs a decisive leader like you.

With Tang Huan's affirmation, Andy Grove lifted his spirits, and quickly put forward a specific request for support, In addition to asking Tang to stand on my side on the board of directors, I also hope that Fangyuan PC will increase the number of Intel pus. Usage amount.

This is a reasonable thing. Tang Huan nodded and agreed, With the release of the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer, the old products including the third-generation Fangyuan personal computer and their various compatible machines will inevitably give up their mainstream status. Going to the low end will stimulate shipments and increase the demand for Intel18o286 and Intel18o86. In addition, other terminal equipment including printers will generally be the same. As for Intel18o386, it depends on the specific output. But Fangyuan Computer, Zheru software will help build momentum, and even provide the implementation of the third-generation Fangyuan personal computer equipped with a low-frequency model Intel18o386. After all, even if the 32-bit feature of Intel18o386 is not used, its performance improvement in a 16-bit environment is commendable to ease the yield of Intel18o386 pressure.

When Tang Huan talked about his support, Andy Grove was overjoyed. The specific extent of these measures has exceeded his expectations, and he cannot be dissatisfied.

But Tang Huan's straightforwardness also made it difficult for Andy Grove to say, Tang, once Intel announces that it will change its main business and withdraw from the memory market that has been in business for more than ten years, it will inevitably arouse investors' doubts. From memory The transition period from the company to the microprocessor company will inevitably be turbulent. Please help me resist these external pressures.

Andy, you just need to concentrate on your job as CEO. If Gordon Moore can't protect you from the wind and rain. Tang Huan pointed at himself, Then you come to me.

Andy Grove, who received Olympic aid, felt a lot lighter. After chatting for a while and expressing his loyalty, he left and quit, just in time to see a very enchanting young girl wearing sunglasses waiting outside .

Andy Grove was not surprised at all. After all, Tang Huan's identity was very complicated. For example, besides the leader of the IT industry, he was also a Hollywood tycoon. Naturally, there were all kinds of visitors.

After a glance, he left quickly, while the other party quickly stood up and walked into Tang Huan's office.

(To be continued.)

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