1991 Starting from the core

The two looked at Carter and Tang Wenjie again.

Carter gently extended his hand and introduced himself: "My name is Carter, I work for AT\u0026T, and this is Dr. Tang from Texas Instruments."

"Oh! My name is Leonard." The young man wearing glasses shook hands with him and introduced himself.

Both of them are undergraduates at Stanford next door. The one wearing glasses is Leonard Galchik, and the one wearing a baseball cap is named Rajesh Nayyar.

As Leonard said before, they are not only the administrators of SPC, but also two of the four founders of the SPC Forum.

"Because we are good at computer technology, many people usually ask which PCs are more suitable for recommendation...so we wanted to create a special section for recommendations."

Following Leonard's introduction, more and more people were watching and wandering around. Carter waved to the shopping guide outside the crowd and continued to ask: "Then you developed the test tool?"

"Yes." Seeing that the people around him noticed him and kept gathering around him, Leonard said with increasing interest: "The first thing we value is the computing power of the notebook. Through conversion, we can also compare across platforms—— The processor used in this notebook YX is even equal to the Mobile Pentium II that was launched just last month. My God - that is the most advanced process product using a 0.25 micron process!"

At this time, Rajesh reminded: "The YX architecture currently uses Deyuan's 0.35 micron process."

"Yes!" Leonard nodded heavily: "This means that the Xbook's processor uses design to make up for the lagging behind in technology. Their design team is too strong."

After Leonard said this, he obviously didn't notice the weird smile on Tang Wenjie's face beside him - that's no nonsense, it was a group led by his senior brother Qin Weimin himself, and gathered the wisdom of all the disciples of Academician Su Xinghe. product. For example, he contributed "trivial wisdom" to improving the cache hit rate!

I won’t talk about the complex instruction set architecture of X86, but the streamlined instruction set architecture... Yuanxin dares to say that it is second, but no one dares to say that it is first.

In Yuanxin Technology Park, even if the baseband chip department is assigned to communication technology, Qin Weimin's YX architecture department is also one of the largest departments, with more than thousands of outstanding chip engineers from all over the world, and also cooperates with many international Well-known companies are engaged in cross-border cooperation.

For example, Texas Instruments, Apple, Sony, NEC, Fujitsu, Huaju, MediaTek, Samsung... and so on.

These companies have sent teams of varying sizes to Yuanxin to obtain technical support related to YX architecture and make progress together.

The saying in the industry that "YX architecture designers account for half of the reduced instruction set" is not a joke, it is a fact.

However, because the YX architecture series processors have always played the role of "behind-the-scenes heroes" and are active in various digital industrial control equipment and mobile phones as ASICs, they are not well known to the world. Even if a series of notebooks with YX architecture were launched before, they were still in the "trial" stage, and they could not compete with giants like IBM in terms of configurations and highlights.

But this time... Yuanxin obviously held back a big move and came up with a monster that completely surpassed IBM in terms of hardware and could be called the industry's top configuration.

What's more, it's beautiful.

…

"So? Is it worth buying?" Carter patiently listened to Leonard's chatter, and asked after listening to what the other party said about the processor, the latest SDRAM memory used, and then the advantages of solid-state drives in random data access.

Leonard glanced at Carter again, noticed Carter's watch and smiled: "If you don't mind its high price, then of course I recommend buying it."

At this time, an uncle with a beard behind the crowd laughed: "Yuanxin, this little bastard, how can you find cheap products? I bought their most expensive Vidoo5M two years ago, but yesterday my daughter told me that Vidoo5M should have been sold long ago. eliminated……"

The uncle's words caused a burst of laughter from everyone.

Indeed, Yuanxin's products are good everywhere, but they are a bit expensive.

And they seem to be afraid that users will use the same product for a long time, so every year they will provide various technologies and highlights on new products to "force" you to upgrade...

It's completely different from some companies or even well-known international companies, where a mobile phone becomes a new product once the case, appearance and pricing are changed.

"Thank you very much. Your recommendation is very meaningful." Carter smiled and nodded to Leonard again.

…

Provincial capital, Jiangdu Building.

Due to the acceleration of urban construction and development, the title of the tallest building in Jiangdu Building has long been replaced by other skyscrapers that have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. The location has become no longer "golden". Although it is not deserted, it is still compared to what it was a few years ago. Prosperity is naturally inferior.

Especially with the rise of the Moziqiao PC and digital market, businesses on the first floor of Jiangdu Building that were selling computers, paging phones and other equipment have moved out.

Even for Zhiyuan EDA upstairs, it is said that next year only one mechanical CAD R\u0026D department will be retained here, and other departments will be moved to the industrial area, adjacent to the software park.

After all, this is an urban area, and there is really no way to satisfy Zhiyuan EDA's request for two hundred acres of land to build a headquarters building.

As a result, only some businesses selling electrical appliances are left in the once glorious Jiangdu Building.

——In order to revitalize the electrical appliance market, Jiangdu Building has spent a lot of effort... In addition to providing discounts to merchants, it also introduced policies in conjunction with the district government and formulated a plan for the home appliance plaza. After several activities, it was barely able to recover. Popularity.

But today, there were obviously more people entering and leaving Jiangdu Building.

"I was standing right here at the counter."

After getting out of the car, He Wei put her hands behind her back, looked up at the slightly older Jiangdu Building in front of her, and expressed emotion to Cao Xiaoliang.

"That side used to be a bicycle shed, but now it has been turned into a parking lot..." He Wei said and looked at the right-hand side: "At that time, it was said that Mr. Shan came here every day riding a broken bicycle with the pedal off. You You said it doesn’t have a pedal, so isn’t it just two sticks?”

"Haha, yes! Those two sticks are still rolling under the feet..." Cao Xiaoliang laughed and stretched out his hand to signal He Wei to go first.

The two of them naturally went to the market today to check the situation.

The two of them had inspected the directly-operated store in Digital Plaza earlier. When they passed by here, He Wei suggested that they come to Jiangdu Building to have a look.

She knew that this place had special meaning for Yuan Xin. Moreover, Su Yuanshan's uncle, Mr. Zhang, is also a bit superstitious... He believes that this is the place where Yuan Xin and his "Longxing" are founded. So no matter how the business here is, Mr. Zhang must keep it.

It is said that Mr. Zhang also plans to buy Jiangdu Building.

…

The two walked into Jiangdu Building. As expected, almost more than half of the crowd gathered in the middle.

And Cao Xiaoliang noticed that every few steps there was a beautifully made billboard. In addition to the renderings of Yuanxin's latest concept machine, there were also arrow marks.

I didn’t know, I thought this was a sign of a safe passage.

Seeing Cao Xiaoliang raise his head, He Wei pursed his lips and smiled: "Hang up this guidance billboard... it is a seven-year-old rule, and I hung it myself at the time. And I remember that Mr. Zhang also said that this plan will continue. "

"Oh? Is it Mr. Zhang's plan?" Cao Xiaoliang heard that this was a marketing strategy from seven years ago. His eyes suddenly lit up and he praised: "No wonder Huayuan is developing so fast."

"No, that was what Mr. Shan thought when Yuanxin launched Chinese paging."

"..."

While talking, the two walked to the center of the first floor. Four horizontal signs were hung on the ceiling, highlighting the domineering status of the shop in the center.

The four words "Yuanxin Communications" above are even more impressive, fully demonstrating its status and history.

After all, it is the first store of Yuanxin. It once shared finance with Yuanxin and witnessed and supported the birth of a large chain of electrical appliances shopping malls with annual sales of tens of billions.

"I was working here at the time." He Wei passed the customers behind her and looked at the young salesman whom she didn't recognize at all with a smile. After listening to a few words, she turned to Cao Xiaoliang and said: "It seems that there are still elites here."

Cao Xiaoliang nodded with a smile.

Naturally, he can see the extraordinary nature of these sales from the details at a glance.

After all, it is the land of Longxing.

"Little girl, I heard that this thing can connect to the Internet. How do I get on it?"

Near the counter, a middle-aged man who looked like a successful man with a briefcase under his arm was holding a brand-new Yidoo mobile phone and looking at it over and over.

"Sir, it's very simple. Just click on the browser icon here. Of course, because accessing the Internet requires the support of a base station, it may not work in some places." said a young salesperson in his early twenties from the counter. He took out a stacked map.

"This map will come with you. It is the area where GPRS Internet services are supported in this province and major cities across the country as of last month. As long as you are in these areas, you can get online - Forget it, let me demonstrate it for you. Let’s change our mobile phone cards first.”

The salesperson quickly took out a mobile phone card from his pocket and inserted it into the phone.

After turning it on, she picked up the stylus and clicked on the screen: "Wait a moment, you see... you are now connected to the Internet. In addition to browsing news, you can also view stock information, chat, and listen to music. Play games – you even treat it like a computer.”

"Also, our Yidoo is not only a mobile phone, but also a digital camera. You can also use it to take photos..."

Not far away, He Wei paid attention to every move of the middle-aged man, suddenly smiled and said softly: "This man doesn't know how to buy it."

"Why?" Cao Xiaoliang was slightly startled, but he felt that this person should have purchasing power.

"It's very simple. This person is just joining in the fun."

"..."

Sure enough, after the salesperson's demonstration, the middle-aged man still said he would take a look again.

"Okay, sir, please go slowly." The salesperson nodded with a smile, his expression unchanged, and quickly greeted the next customer.

But this customer is much more difficult.

When he came up, he complained together, saying that Yuanxin boasted that it was the best in the world in terms of chips and artificial intelligence, but its mobile phones were not sold at high prices abroad. Instead, the exchange rate calculated was the same as domestic prices... and they were stingy as hell.

In short, it is said that Yuanxin mobile phone is disgusting to dogs.

"This person wants to buy it." Cao Xiaoliang laughed.

He Wei also nodded with a smile.

This man was still holding the West China Metropolis Daily in his hand. The front page headline published the news of FarCore Blue Star's 2:0 victory over IBM Deep Blue.

Sure enough, even though he was cursing, the boss still happily took out a pile of cash.

He Wei looked around and saw scenes like this everywhere in this small shop.

Obviously, with the honor of winning the AI ​​war, at least some people in China are still willing to pay for Yidoo.

…

Half a month later.

The Provincial Development Zone Management Committee welcomed a special guest.

"Mr. Gates, please come this way."

The director of the management committee accompanied Gates as he visited the newly completed science and technology building.

This brand-new commercial office building has a total of 22 floors and is one of the core plans of the software park. The lower three floors will be the commercial area, and the upper floors will be all office floors for rent and sale.

Based on the thirty or forty employees of a small and medium-sized enterprise, it can accommodate hundreds of such enterprises.

But no matter how many small and medium-sized enterprises there are... they can't be as affordable and influential as Microsoft's presence.

"Our software park has the most efficient Internet infrastructure in China. As you can see from the plan, our data center has also entered the final deployment - by then, it will be one of the largest data centers in Asia. , can provide internationally leading hosting services. Of course, we also welcome companies to manage servers and databases themselves, and we will also provide excellent energy, security, and cooling solutions."

As he spoke, he got on the elevator.

After leaving the house, Zeng Peng had accompanied Gates to the top floor.

Because it is still a newly built rough house, it looks desolate, but this way you can clearly see the layout of the top floor.

Gates first walked around the middle of the top floor, nodded with satisfaction after planning in his mind, and then walked to the window.

The view here is extremely broad.

Through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, Gates could even see the slightly old office building across the street... and the glass sunroom upstairs.

"Across the street is Yuanxin." Zeng Peng followed Gates' gaze and introduced with a smile.

"Yes, I will live there today." Gates smiled and nodded: "Mr. Zeng, thank you for your reception. Tomorrow, Microsoft's mainland president will come to sign the contract. Do you think this is okay?"

"Of course, of course!"

…

Gates and his party went downstairs again. At this time, the sky suddenly darkened, and it was about to rain heavily. He quickly said goodbye to Zeng Peng and others and got into the car.

Before the car even drove out of the software park, there was a crash, and raindrops like hail fell all over the place, hitting the glass with a crackling sound.

Gates asked the entourage and the driver, and found that no one had an umbrella. He smiled narrowly and dialed Su Yuanshan's number.

Five minutes later, the car crossed the street and drove into the gate of Yuanxin Technology Park in the pouring rain.

Downstairs in the administration building, Su Yuanshan held an umbrella in one hand and stood with Wen Xiaoqian at the door, taking some time to relax.

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