bloom america

Chapter 167 The Great Programmer

In addition to Motorola, there is also Sony to deal with.

In a sense, Sony is in more trouble than Motorola.

Sony basically represents the interests of the entire Japanese industry, and after that, the entire Japanese national power is supporting them.

Sony is the company that originally created the Trinitron display tube. God knows what kind of chemical reaction they will have with Motorola.

If they deal with other Japanese companies, Catherine might have a headache for a long time, but since the opponent is Sony, Catherine doesn't have to worry.

Sony has always been losing money. "Historically" it was because of the creation of Trinitron display tubes that it turned a profit. But now, this technology is controlled by Catherine, and it is also combined with three-gun technology. No matter how much Sony researches

It is almost impossible to surpass the new picture tube.

Catherine's only worry is that Japanese companies will join forces again.

Just when Catherine was about to flex her muscles, the order for the Microsoft II computer suffered a setback.

To be precise, it is not a setback, but that Dazzling Display has received a cold reception.

Catherine has a headache.

She immediately realized that she had made a big mistake: today's computers can only display 32 colors. Even an ordinary monitor can fully handle it. Why do you need a dazzling monitor?

Of course, there are also a few people who are attracted to Dazzling, mainly because of the flat screen.

Now only Catherine's TVs and monitors can achieve flat screens. Because of this, some relatively wealthy people simply sell dazzling monitors.

Demand, it won’t work at all without demand.

Without experience, users will not have demand. Since there is no demand, it is natural that your products cannot be sold.

But just when Catherine was considering whether to suspend the production of Dazzling Displays, a large number of orders came one after another, and they were all group purchases.

Curious Catherine immediately went to check the whole story, only to find that most of these orders came from the manufacturing industry.

Soon, a keyword appeared frequently in the article—computer graphics?

Computer graphics?

Are you kidding me? In this era when there are not even 16-bit CPUs, there is actually computer graphics?

Catherine immediately went to look through the information, and then she was surprised to find that computer graphics appeared earlier than she thought - in the 1950s.

Even in the early 1960s, CAD surface patch technology had appeared, and even commercial CAD drawing equipment had appeared.

The Microsoft II computer has not yet been released, but many people have already obtained the product in advance, and most of them are software vendors that may appear in the future.

But Catherine didn't expect that even something as cruel as computer-aided design would be created.

They connected the device to a Microsoft II computer through the cassette socket, and then used Catherine's flat-screen monitor to achieve relatively perfect drawing work.

Even earlier, such equipment already existed. This was in an era when integrated circuits were not used much... but it was actually commercialized.

The "programmers of the 1950s" are a magical species. They were able to create the miraculous thing of computer graphics in an era when even programs had to be punched to enter, and when there was no mouse.

Catherine suddenly thought of a plot like a legendary story she had heard before: an officer who had never received higher education designed a set of circuits - it was an era before computers, but that set of circuits

It can perform some functions of 90s-level computer programs.

Catherine didn't believe it at first, but when she discovered a brand new species of "50s programmers", she could be said to be completely convinced of this fact.

Catherine continued to look through it, and then found another cruel thing——.

The emergence of CNC machine tools means the emergence of CNC machine tools. There were CNC machine tools in the 1960s?

Catherine didn't believe it, but the cruel thing was that it was completely true.

The inventor of CAD is the same as CAD, both from MIT.

It should have been written in the programming language apt for processing parts of CNC machine tools developed in 1950. In 1952, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States first developed a CNC milling machine. The characteristic of CNC is that the machine tool is controlled by program instructions encoded on perforated paper tape. Since then,

A series of CNC machine tools were developed, including multi-functional machine tools called "machining centers".

"So cruel..."

Catherine really couldn't think of any other words to describe her mood at this moment.

All the students from Midea University are monsters and monsters.

Catherine complained secretly.

In fact, there are indeed many technologies that can be realized without relying on complex integrated circuit processing.

For example, the mirv missile at this time can change orbit in orbit and release warheads at different locations. Moreover, the mx warhead can also change orbit during the re-entry stage. Sometimes the missile throws real warheads and fake warheads.

bait.

This kind of missile is basically unstoppable by 21st century anti-missile means.

——And all of this is achieved by relying on traditional circuits, not integrated circuits.

Catherine thought about it carefully and found that the problem seemed to be caused by basic research being faster than applied technology.

Later, Nintendo compressed "Resident Evil", which required 700MB on PS consoles and PCs, to 64MB. Only the quality of the CG dropped, but the quality of the characters even improved.

Another example is Microsoft's 360 from the original time and space. The configuration is obviously lower than that of many PCs, but the graphics of the 360 ​​are still better than those of the same game on the PC. This is because the manufacturer has specially optimized the 360. On a home computer,

Due to the different models of graphics cards and CPUs, updates are faster than game consoles, so there are not many companies that can do optimization. Of course, it is not impossible. Historically, Blizzard has been an insurmountable mountain in terms of optimization.

For another example, the games released in the early stage of PS2 and the games released in the later period also have one sky and one underground, all for this reason.

"Should I set up a dedicated senior software research group?" Catherine thought to herself.

Specializes in software optimization to achieve the highest possible level of game requirements with the lowest possible configuration.

This idea was a bit early and unrealistic. Catherine struggled with it for a long time, and finally could only temporarily record the matter in her notebook.

After all, a set of software has a set of procedures. If you don’t understand those procedures, how can you optimize it? But if you want to understand those procedures, isn’t this repetitive work?

As for our own Blizzard company, there is no need to mention it. After all, the z80 is our own product. Even if we optimize the dual-processor system, it is not impossible.

However, precisely because of this small episode, Catherine discovered that she seemed to have more and more third-party software. The increase in third-party software meant that she was moving towards victory step by step.

On the other side, exciting results have also been achieved. Although Catherine barely makes any money on the console. However, she can use the "future" method to make money back on the game.

Super Mario is so beloved that it has sold millions of copies, and even the expensive cartridge version of Mario is still selling well.

One of the keys to dealing with Motorola is user experience.

Their product isn't on the market yet, and Catherine has plenty of time to make arrangements.

As long as the vcd appears, everything will be no problem.

The only issue that Catherine is worried about now is whether Motorola is attacking itself from semiconductors or other places under the guise of attacking in the east.

Catherine's VCDs are different from those in history. Although one video requires two discs, the overall price is very advantageous compared to laser discs. Unless IBM uses loss-making methods, it will not be Catherine's opponent at all.

However, research cannot be done in a hurry. Although VCD has great advantages, if you try to encourage it, it will only be counterproductive in the end.

When it comes to dealing with Sony, the key word is: drag.

As long as it can bring down Sony, that's fine.

The matter of building a factory in Taiwan has almost been discussed. As long as the factory in Taiwan is built, we will have a great advantage in cost and gain enough initiative.

Sony has been losing money for a long time, and they can't afford it.

But at this time, IBM and Philips announced that they would cooperate with Motorola's new standard TV set and use the RGB input standard as one of the input standards for laser discs.

As for laser discs, they will be promoted into the market in early 1968.

Is IBM so fast?

What Catherine didn't expect was that IBM would also join forces with Motorola.

However, Catherine was only shocked.

Because laser discs were not originally successful in the United States, there is no need to worry too much.

But IBM actually started cooperating with Motorola, which made things a little more troublesome. However, Motorola's intention is also very obvious. They are preparing to block Ark in the field of televisions.

But Catherine was unambiguous. After receiving the notice, she immediately informed Sanders to put the supercomputer on sale.

Ark's foundation is far inferior to that of Motorola and IBM, so if it drags on for a long time, it will be detrimental to itself. At that time, it will become "Sony".

This should be a resolute counterattack, in which the opponent should be severely beaten and crippled.

Just as Japanese companies defeated Motorola in history, Catherine will do the same.