bloom america

Chapter 184 For Oil

CG seems to be impossible, but Catherine has a sudden idea: using two-dimensional animation... seems to be possible?

Animation production is very mature now, so it seems that it would be better if animation was used to produce this film?

After all, when the functions are limited, the capacity of the game itself cannot be very large. If you don't put some CG, it is simply sorry for the large capacity of the CD.

In addition to animation, maybe real people can also be used?

Catherine thought, if this were the case, would the cost increase a lot?

If there is indeed CG, the digital decoding chip will increase the cost of the game console a lot.

She has a headache.

Is it possible for digital storage and analog storage to exist on optical discs at the same time?

Is this... possible?

Catherine wasn't sure, but she still wrote it down in her notebook.

The notebook that Catherine carries with her will record her temporary inspirations, which is of great help to Catherine.

With the launch of the VCD, Catherine finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At least in this aspect, it is one step ahead of IBM. Then, as long as it can maintain its position, it will be impossible for IBM to shake its own market.

After entering October, it gradually became cooler and the hot summer was over.

"What is this?" Bruce was shocked when he saw the pile of documents handed over by Catherine.

"I have everything planned for the future development of the umbrella company."

It took Catherine half a month to get it all done.

"Umbrella development? Kate, are you sure?"

Bruce asked suspiciously, but picked up the file.

"Yes, I have been thinking about this issue recently. The most likely way for our company to go global is not Intel, but the umbrella."

Yes, a country can be without computers, but a country cannot be without arms dealers, nor can it be without an army.

"Security company?"

There's something strange about Bruce.

He took a brief look at Catherine's documents.

But in fact, Bruce had a similar plan in the company, but Catherine's plan... was really beyond his imagination.

"We can completely accept retired Vietnam War veterans and place them in the Philippines, Vietnam and other places... We don't have to appear as mercenaries. We can set up a security company, just like we did in Japan."

The more Catherine talked, the more excited she became.

"Moreover, we can also send military advisors to those small countries. For example, in Africa, we can exchange military training for mining rights and the like..."

"Kate, Africa is very dangerous. Except for South Africa, other places are in chaos."

Bruce had to start reminding his daughter, but Catherine shook her head.

"No, Africa is rich, even as rich as the Middle East."

Catherine has been crazy about money recently. She has already found a company to evaluate her company. She is planning to go to the Middle East to speculate in the oil market.

"But Kate, are you sure you can compete with the big conglomerates in Europe?"

"Well……"

Catherine opened her mouth, but no words came out.

Indeed, Africa has always been a European colony, and it was not until a few years ago that it became independent.

However, Europe's control over Africa is still very strong. Especially Britain and France, who can be said to have monopolized almost all the resources and economic lifeline of Africa.

If it were one of the top ten financial groups in the United States, such as Morgan and others, they might still be able to get a share of the pie. As for myself... I guess it is a typical case of failure.

"But if you just recruit members of the umbrella... it's not impossible. Recently I discovered that the security market in Southeast Asia is huge. And they are all keen on hiring retired Americans."

After hearing this, Catherine became happy.

"That's great, Dad~"

There is nothing more joyful than this.

"Okay, I will be responsible for the specific matters, Kate, there is no need for you to interfere here."

Catherine nodded, and then asked: "Dad, do you know any great financial experts?"

"Finance? What are you going to do?"

"That's right, I think the situation in the Middle East is getting more and more dangerous, so I want to speculate in oil."

"oil?"

Bruce was confused for a moment, and then reacted randomly.

"Recently, the situation in the Middle East is indeed very delicate..."

"But would the Arabs really start a war?"

Bruce still had some doubts.

"No, it's Israel," Catherine vowed.

"Israel?"

The look on Bruce's face was a little strange. After all, Jewish blood also flowed in their family.

At 7:45 in the morning on June 5, 1967, Israel dispatched almost all its air forces and carried out lightning attacks on all airports in Egypt, Syria and Iraq. Half an hour after the air strike, Israeli ground forces also launched an attack, and Arab countries

They began to resist vigorously. By the end of the Ten-Day War, the Arab countries failed. This was the Third Middle East War, also known as the "Six-Fifth War" or the "Six-Day War".

In the six-day war, the three Arab countries of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria suffered serious losses, with more than 60,000 casualties and prisoners, while Israel only died 983 people. Through this war, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

The Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, the Old City of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights in Syria cover a total of 65,000 square kilometers of land.

After the war broke out, Arab countries took up "oil weapons." Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other countries announced an oil embargo against the United States.

Because of this, the price of oil has been soaring. Coupled with Israel's aggressive appearance, oil prices have remained high.

But the Arabs lost the war this time, and the oil-rich Sinai Peninsula was occupied by Israel.

Only then did oil prices stabilize.

The Sinai Peninsula is the fastest way to read books] The small piece of land on the right side of the Suez Canal in Egypt is rich in oil resources. Until 1973, Egypt launched the October War and destroyed Israel's "Palestine"

Lev's Defense Line" and then recaptured this area.

Maybe...as a person of Jewish descent, can I still help Israel?

Catherine was thinking wildly in her mind, but in front of her father, her analysis was not ambiguous at all.

"Israel has a very powerful military force and is absolutely unrivaled in the Middle East. I think this war will almost confirm Israel's dominance in the Middle East."

"Kate, Israel is strong because of our donations. If the war cannot be ended in a short time, Israel will be unable to continue. It will be a bad time."

Bruce also donated his wealth to Israel, although the amount was small.

Catherine tilted her head.

To be honest, she has never cared about her own ancestry at all. Although she has a quarter of Jewish ancestry, she has never considered herself to be Jewish, but her father seems to be a little different.

"The war will end soon." This is the fact. The Six-Day War caused tragedy to Arab countries for six years.

"In short, I don't think a large-scale war will break out in the Middle East. The Israelis will not risk the destruction of their country by invading other countries in the Middle East. But if you really need a financial expert, I will find a way to help

You look for it."

Although Bruce kept saying he didn't agree, he finally agreed to help, which made Catherine breathe a sigh of relief.

After settling this matter, Catherine will arrive at the company.

The bit error rate of optical discs is still the most troublesome problem today.

On the other hand, Catherine is also preparing to integrate all her wireless communication business into America Mobile. At the same time, she has established a laboratory under America Mobile. This "Rama Laboratory" is where Catherine is working for Heidi Lamar.

Ma prepared it.

Catherine has further improved her industrial chain and already has strong vitality in the electronics industry.

However, these industries have not yet been fully formed. Catherine is also preparing to develop graphics cards. In some aspects, GPU processing programs with floating point computing capabilities are better than CPUs. For example, in Catherine's world, there is Nvidia's CUDA

Technology can allow the graphics card to also take on part of the work of the central processor to achieve better processing results.

GPUs are as important as CPUs. Today's computers that only have PPUs are not qualified at all.

Catherine predicts that she will launch her own graphics card system on the third generation personal computer, also known as the "Pentium Computer".

In the market, there are already many compatible hardware for Microsoft II computers.

In particular, a man named Nolan Bushnell founded a company called Atari. Their company actually developed a piece of hardware that allows a Microsoft II computer to simulate the operation of an Xbox through his hardware.

environment.

Later, Catherine found out after checking that Nolan actually integrated two co-processors on a cassette, and then enhanced the computer's operating functions through his own program, and simulated the Xbox operating environment - the Xbox architecture

It's very similar to the Microsoft Model II computer, so this is easy - thus achieving the effect of running Xbox games.

In this way, after buying Catherine's computer, many people will buy such game hardware to realize gaming and office all-in-one machines instead of buying an Xbox.

Catherine was a little stunned when she heard the news.

But if you sue the other party, it is likely to affect the enthusiasm of the third party. But if you do nothing, Xbox sales will become a problem.

"Atari..."

Catherine really has a headache with this company.

After the company grew bigger, various problems followed. Catherine knew that this matter must be dealt with no matter what...