Giant of the times

The International Consumer Electronics Show, or CES for short, is a window for major electronics companies around the world to publish product information, showcase high-tech levels, and advocate future lifestyles.

Products developed by companies under Li Zetian's name often participate in CES and become star products at the exhibition.

This year, Sun Computer Systems will exhibit the Sun 1.0 graphics workstation using the ARM1 processor, as well as Intel's new processor Intel-80826.

Li Zetian is looking forward to the performance of Sun 1.0 graphics workstations. You must know that the profits of workstations, servers, and supercomputers are very high, and Sun Computer Systems is used to compete in these fields. In addition, Li Zetian has been studying artificial intelligence, and he will definitely need to develop supercomputers in the future! In 1997, IBM's supercomputer "Deep Blue" defeated the chess king Kasparov, causing a sensation around the world. However, since Li Zetian is here, he will naturally grab such an honor!

On Friday this week, Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin went to Las Vegas to attend CES.

CES has been held for 15 years since it was held in 1967. It has become more and more influential, with more than 100,000 visitors and more than 300 manufacturers.

The scene was crowded and lively.

In addition to paying attention to his own booth, Li Zetian is also paying attention to the product booths of other companies in order to infer the development of current technology from these products. After all, there is a butterfly effect, and Li Zetian cannot completely follow the memory of his previous life.

Many booths at CES already have ShowGirls wearing revealing and sexy clothes. When these girls see Li Zetian, they all ogle, sway, and show off, hoping to attract the attention of billionaires.

Li Zetian had no ill intentions towards them, at most he was just addicted to them. Dongfang Yuqin didn't have a good look on them and stared at them coldly as a warning.

When the company leaders at each booth saw Li Zetian coming, they would definitely step forward and introduce their company's products.

The CES exhibition is really dazzling and full of technology. It is the best place to understand the current situation of consumer electronics.

Japanese manufacturers such as Sony, Panasonic, and Hitachi came in large numbers, and their booths attracted a lot of attention, which really made Japanese companies unparalleled!

Li Zetian shook his head and sighed, and left calmly.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Japan's economy developed rapidly, and Japanese companies were indeed very powerful. This is undisputed. Especially in automobiles, electrical appliances, and electronic products, they almost beat the United States. During this period, the United States had no idea how many products it produced. A car company went bankrupt, and how many TV companies went bankrupt... Especially the car city "Detroit" in the United States almost became the "City of Death"!

Li Zetian continued shopping, and after a while, he discovered something interesting - a graphics workstation also displayed on the SGI booth. However, the performance is much worse than the Sun1.0 graphics workstation, and no one cares about it.

Li Zetian knows SGI quite well. It was established in 1982 in his previous life. However, it may be due to the butterfly effect that the establishment time is slightly earlier, but not too early.

The founder of the company is Dr. Jim Clark!

This man is awesome. Li Zetian has seen a lot of news about him in his previous life. He is not only the founder of SGI, but also the founder of "Netscape Browser" and Healtheom. Many people commented that he is "the best person to be born in the next 20 years." One of the most influential people in Silicon Valley," many engineers call him a great legend.

In fact, what really attracted Li Zetian was not the graphics workstation product on the booth, but Dr. Jim Clark standing next to the booth. Li Zetian believes that as long as he is given enough funds, engineers and time, SGI will soon become Sun Computer Systems' strongest competitor under the leadership of Dr. Jim Clark!

In its previous life, SGI was an important provider of high-performance computing systems, complex data management and visualization products in the industry. It offers the world's finest line of servers and visual workstations with supercomputing capabilities. For five years, SGI's average growth rate was 40-50%, making it the fastest-growing computer company in the world.

It is a pity that Dr. Jim Clark, as a scientist, was eventually pushed out of the company, and the legend of SGI also fell! Then, he founded Netscape and started another legend...

Li Zetian smiled slightly, already planning to conquer Dr. Jim Clark and make him a general under his command!

Dr. Jim Clark has been depressed for a long time. Sun Computer Systems also came to CES, and Sun's Sun1.0 graphics workstation is much more powerful than the graphics workstation developed by SGI, and is almost not on the same level.

Of course, this is a "crime other than war." It's not that Dr. Jim Clark's skills are incompetent, but that the other party is not fighting alone.

The SGI graphics workstation was developed by Dr. Jim Clark and several engineers, and the research and development conditions were limited. The Sun1.0 workstation was developed by hundreds of senior engineers, and also uses the high-performance processor ARM1 designed and developed by ARM based on the RISC reduced instruction set.

How can this compare?

In fact, when it comes to research on graphics workstations, Dr. Jim Clark is definitely a top figure in the industry. Starting in 1974, he received a doctorate in computer science from the University of Utah and began to think about how to enable engineers to use three-dimensional graphics computing functions.

It's a pity that I met a pervert like Li Zetian at the wrong time.

Therefore, at the CES display, the SGI graphics workstation was overshadowed.

At this moment, Dr. Jim Clark looked very surprised when he saw Li Zetian walking towards him.

"Hello, Mr. Li!" Dr. Jim Clark came over and greeted him proactively.

"Who are you?" Li Zetian asked deliberately pretending not to know.

"I am Dr. Jim Clark, founder and CEO of SGI."

"Hello, Dr. Jim Clark, nice to meet you. This is the SGI graphics workstation developed by your company..." As he said that, Li Zetian deliberately turned his head to look at the workstation on the booth. He can't just say, "Hey, Dr. Jim Clark, stop doing this and hang out with me!" This is too abrupt. First, he has to take a look at their company's products, then praise the products as good, and then continue Recruiting Dr. Jim Clark is the correct way to recruit talents.

Dr. Jim Clark blushed because he knew that the SGI graphics workstation was far from the Sun 1.0 workstation developed by Sun Computer Systems Company under the name of Li Zetian.

Li Zetian looked at the above data introduction, and then went into the battle to operate it. Finally, he turned around and smiled: "Dr. Jim Clark, if there were no Sun1.0, this SGI graphics workstation would definitely be the highlight of this CES. !”

Dr. Jim Clark smiled bitterly: "Maybe..."

"Dr. Jim Clark, is SGI a new company?" Li Zetian asked.

"Um."

"It's amazing that a new company can develop such a product! Dr. Jim Clark, on behalf of Sun Computer Systems, I formally extend an acquisition invitation to SGI!"

Dr. Jim Clark frowned and said: "Mr. Li, compared with the Sun1.0 graphics workstation, the SGI graphics workstation is absolutely useless. Why do you want to acquire SGI?"

Li Zetian smiled and said: "Dr. Jim Clark, because you are here, I want to acquire SGI Europe. I very much hope you can join Sun Computer Systems Company and create glory with us!!!"

Dr. Jim Clark was extremely moved.

If an ordinary company CEO said this, Dr. Jim Clark might not care much. However, when these words came from Li Zetian, they were different. Who was Li Zetian? He was a super genius, a billionaire, and had created countless business legends. How could Dr. Jim Clark not be moved by such a person who looked at him differently?

Acquire a company for just one person!

This is enough to show Li Zetian's sincerity.

Dr. Jim Clark was moved.

At this time, Li Zetian continued: "Dr. Jim Clark, Sun Computer Systems has an equity incentive mechanism. With your ability, you will definitely get generous rewards!"

Dr. Jim Clark glanced at his colleagues. They all looked at him excitedly, waiting for his decision.

"Mr. Li, I have decided to sell SGI to Sun Computer Systems!" Dr. Jim Clark pondered for a moment, then looked at Li Zetian and replied.

Li Zetian was overjoyed, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "Dr. Jim Clark, welcome to Sun Computer Systems!" Then he shook hands with several other SGI employees and could not ignore them.

Subsequently, the two parties reached an agreement. Sun Computer Systems invested US$1 million to buy SGI. The employees of SGI were automatically transferred to Sun employees. The agreement specifically stipulated that Dr. Jim Clark must stay at Sun Computer Systems. , it will take at least 5 years before you can resign, and you will not be able to engage in related work after you resign. As compensation, Li Zetian made him the company's chief technology officer and provided him with a very high salary.

Then, Li Zetian asked Dongfang Yuqin to draft the agreement, and the two parties signed the contract on the spot to avoid long nights and nightmares. After all, many people saw Li Zetian in contact with Dr. Jim Clark and the others. It would be bad if someone played tricks on them.

After the contract was signed, Li Zetian took Dr. Jim Clark and several others to the Sun Computer Systems booth, introduced them to Jobs and Wozniak, and talked about the acquisition of SGI.

After that, Li Zetian asked Dr. Jim Clark: "How did you come up with the idea of ​​creating SGI?"

Dr. Jim Clark said with a smile: "The reason is quite funny. I watched several students from Stanford University, such as Andy Beckettson and Scott Marconi, drop out of school to start Moon Microsystems. I couldn't help but feel very happy. I was envious, so I decided to leave Stanford University and start SGI!" After a pause, Dr. Jim Clark smiled and said, "As far as I know, they probably came to participate in the CES exhibition..."

"Ahem..."

Li Zetian couldn't help coughing several times when he heard this. Andy Beckettson and Scott Marconi were the founders of Sun in their previous life...

"Dr. Jim Clark, do you know where their booth is? I'd like to check it out..."

In fact, Li Zetian didn't finish what he said. It should be followed by this sentence: "By the way, catch them all in one catch!"

In the graphics workstation market, SGI and... Moon Microsystems will be the two most powerful competitors of Sun Computer Systems. Since SGI has been acquired, why not also acquire Moon Microsystems, firstly to enhance technical strength, and secondly? Monopolize the market!

Dr. Jim Clark smiled, obviously having guessed Li Zetian's plan: "Mr. Li, please come with me, I know where they are!"