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Rebirth capital madman - Chapter 944

Published at 17th of March 2022 07:11:47 PM


Chapter 944

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Gao Xian still admires little Watson's unconventional spirit. He is in his seventies and can still fly a plane across all time zones in the East and west of the Soviet Union, which is comparable to the 90 year old Bush skydiving in the "old script".

Little Watson was lucky. His luxury extreme game was successfully completed. Seeing him safely out of the cabin, his family was relieved, IBM executives were elated, and Sir Gao applauded warmly with the accompanying personnel of the Soviet Union.

As for the journalists, they will try their best to capture this rare moment. I believe that soon, reports such as the easing of us Soviet relations, the immortality of little Watson, and IBM's popularity in the Soviet market will be filled with various media for a while.

After little Watson had a good rest, Gao Xian came to leave. He had seen the feat and settled the matter with IBM. It would be a waste of time to stay any longer.

Little Watson is talking about the interview with people from Fortune magazine. He has learned from IBM CEO John Akers that the relationship between Gaoyi series I and IBM has officially warmed up. Naturally, he is very happy and holds Gao Xian's hand to ensure that IBM will actively participate in the development plan of Xiangjiang's International Digital Center and digital highway.

Sir Gao smiled and thanked, but there was another idea in his heart. Now IBM can count on little Watson's superficial efforts to fly across all time zones in the East and west of the Soviet Union to maintain its bright appearance.

In Gao Xian's view, IBM's problem now is that it was so successful in the past that this success has become a stumbling block.

It is most intuitive to use products for comparison. IBM's core business - mainframe computers, after upgrading from system360 to system370 in the 1970s, can not be described as standing still for such a long time now. For example, the processor is still 32 bits.

You know, now 32 IBM-PC compatible products are ready to come out.

Of course, in terms of performance comparison, with 32 bits, the data throughput of IBM-PC compatible computers is certainly not as good as that of IBM mainframe computers, because the computer system is an integrated system, and the performance is determined by more than the processor.

But this phenomenon is enough to show that IBM mainframe computers have really entered the old age.

In this case, IBM also wants to create a "unified product architecture" to integrate the patent closed new technology standard IBM-PC in the foreground and IBM mainframe in the background.

In fact, the idea of building a "unified product architecture" is not wrong, but there are serious problems with the integration. IBM mainframe computers have entered the countdown to elimination. It is useless to take it as the main body and engage in product line integration.

Similar problems also exist in Intel. After Gao Xian arrived in the United States from Europe, he gave priority to meeting Gordon Moore and Andy Grove.

Because Gao Xian has a long hand in the field of personal computers, companies such as IBM, Intel and Microsoft still have some differences compared with the situation in the "old script".

Take Intel as an example. Its operating difficulties are even more serious. In the fourth quarter of last year, Intel released the 32-bit microprocessor intel80386, but the release is different from the official listing and large supply. It can be said that it has basically made no substantive financial contribution.

Goyimi received about 20% of the shares from IBM. In addition, it casually scratched on the stock market and sucked in some Intel shares at a low price, with a total shareholding ratio of nearly 25%. It is truly the largest shareholder of Intel. William Miller first served as chairman of Intel's board of directors to stabilize external confidence in Intel, The other two senior positions - CEO and President - are the founders Gordon Moore and Andy Grove.

In fact, Robert Noyce ranks first in Intel in terms of entrepreneurial qualifications. No one will have an opinion.

However, due to the exposure of extramarital affairs and office relationships, Robert Noyce completely left Intel's senior management and board of directors in the late 1970s. The court ruled that half of his property was distributed to his ex-wife. Fortunately, the remaining part was also more than 100 million assets and still lived a very moist life.

Although Robert Noyce left Intel, he was not completely silent. He was very active in recent years. He represented the semiconductor industry and lobbied the US government to protect the domestic semiconductor industry in the face of a large-scale attack on semiconductors.

Now, the US Japan Semiconductor Trade Agreement has been signed, and Robert Noyce is famous again.

However, the signing of the US Japan Semiconductor Trade Agreement will not bring immediate improvement to Intel. If it can't survive the current difficult period, it will still be a bankruptcy.

When Gordon Moore and Andy Grove arrived, Gao Xian was reading the report compiled by goyimi. Intel was expected to lose as much as $173 million this year.

Compared with the figures in the financial statements, Intel is still in a serious internal tear.

At the beginning of its founding, intel was positioned as a semiconductor memory manufacturer. The product successfully launched for the market is static memory. This identity positioning has continued until now.

But the problem is that in the semiconductor memory industry, one book has not only caught up with the United States, but also surpassed the United States. Intel's product technology lags behind its peers. It can't compete with competitors for cost advantage. It can be said that it is losing more and more.

Intel's success in semiconductor memory products has now become a stumbling block to finding another way out and transforming itself into a microprocessor supplier.

As the main business, Intel has seven semiconductor memory factories. Together with the employees at all levels around these factories, it has formed vested interest groups that can not be ignored. Even Andy Grove, a strong leader, is a little afraid when facing them.

Gordon Moore and Andy Grove are old acquaintances, so when they arrived, Gao Xian raised his hand and motioned them to sit down directly and directly enter the theme. "I also agree that Intel's current way out is only transformation. After all, there are too many competitors entangled with semiconductor memory, and only a few microprocessor manufacturers with original ability."

"But how did I hear that there are great differences within Intel on the company's transformation? Have you decided and how to deal with it?"

Andy Grove replied fiercely, "now there is only one solution left. Forcibly close the seven semiconductor memory factories and lay off at least 3000 people, so that the saved resources can be invested in the mass production and marketing of Intel 80386."

Gao Xian patted the documents on the table in front of him, "have you calculated the loss caused by such a forced push, not to mention the bad impact and dull face?"

Andy Grove glanced at Gordon Moore and was speechless.

"I don't think so." Gao Xian said his purpose, "Intel has separated the semiconductor memory business. Anyway, now the semiconductor memory technology is not difficult to monopolize. It's better to make great efforts in cost and move to Asia."

"Intel already has a factory in Malaya. This is the foundation, and it can further refine the operation, such as packaging the chip and putting it in Xiangjiang, which has more advantages."




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