Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 275 179. The hateful and shameless Qing Zhiyuan!

At this moment, Huang Renxun only had one question in his mind——

Why Nvidia and not AMD, Trident and S3?

However, Lao Huang wisely did not ask this question.

Partners have come to visit them. You don’t care how they know about NVIDIA. What if they introduce their competitors or industry leaders to the big boss of Neon after asking this question?

Huang Renxun just silently evaluated whether the functions requested by Qing Zhiyuan could be realized.

It's hard.

This is Huang Renxun's first judgment, and then...

If it can be done, it will be very promising.

"Jiansen, if you want to develop this chip, my suggestion is to independently make it have certain high-frequency computing capabilities." Qing Zhiyuan said.

A raster display system is inseparable from the graphics processor. The graphics processor is an important component of the graphics system structure and is the link between the computer and the display terminal.

It should be said that as long as there is a display system, there is a graphics processor, commonly known as a graphics card.

However, early graphics cards only contained simple memory and frame buffers. They actually only played a role in storing and transmitting graphics, and all operations must be controlled by the CPU.

This is enough for text and some simple graphics, but when it comes to processing complex scenes, especially some realistic three-dimensional scenes, this system alone cannot complete the task.

"It not only stores graphics, but also can complete most graphics functions, which can greatly reduce the burden on the CPU and improve display capabilities and display speed." Qing Zhiyuan said, "Graphics Processing Unit."

Independent graphics processor.

Here Qing Zhiyuan uses the standard English name of GPU instead of the current mainstream Graphic Adapter (the latter is called a graphics adapter)

The word GPU was actually invented by Huang Renxun himself.

There is no real independent graphics card yet, because NVIDIA has not thought about developing in this direction. The world's first GPU, a chip that is independent of the CPU and used to process image functions, was developed by NVIDIA.

Therefore, Jen-Hsun Huang is also known as the father of the GPU. Before he created the GPU, the graphics cards on the market today were actually graphics processors that relied on the CPU to perform calculations.

…

Qing Zhiyuan's words suddenly activated Huang Renxun's brain, and his whole body seemed to be struck by lightning.

yes!

Why rely on the CPU as a graphics adapter? Why not make a separate chip that has high-frequency computing capabilities, but is more focused on processing graphics alone?

If the CPU is equivalent to the brain in the computer, then the GPU mentioned by Qing Zhiyuan just now is equivalent to a second brain connected to the body.

The two brains share different tasks to achieve professional and efficient computing and processing.

This is so smart!

Huang Renxun's eyes when he looked at Qing Zhiyuan were not only frightened, but also a little more admiring.

But he also thought that this was probably the intuition of a gamer. It was precisely because the neon game developer in front of him had a full understanding of the game that he could come up with more reasonable solutions based on the problems he encountered. plan.

Although this plan is a bit [unconstrained]

But aren’t game makers good at dreaming?

"Great, this idea is really great. Make an independent graphics processing core to free up the CPU. At the same time, it can store and process images more efficiently and use its own proprietary channel.

Maybe this thing will become a very important organ in PC in the future. "

Huang Renxun sighed.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but laugh.

Lao Huang is really prescient, because after the independent graphics card developed by NVIDIA came out, this thing became a very important core unit in the computer after the CPU.

Even in the future world, graphics cards are more important than CPUs.

…

It has been two years since Lao Huang founded NVIDIA in 1995. They have been studying it carefully and launched their first graphics card - NV1 in March this year.

This graphics card actually follows the traditional integrated graphics idea, which allows the graphics processor to be mounted on the motherboard and use the CPU to perform calculations and processing.

Relatively speaking, Nvidia's NV1 graphics card does not have any advantages.

So sales so far are also very bleak.

However, according to the normal historical trajectory.

NV1 is not unappreciated, at least Sega took a fancy to them, and they provided a lot of money to Nvidia.

It can be said that Sega supported Nvidia at the time. They didn't know what kind of terrible demon they helped. This demon would rule the entire world with a set of unparalleled sword skills in the future.

Other companies are not just a freeloader. This year, s3 Virge and voodoo (Voodoo graphics card) were launched, and no matter how you look at it, NV1 cannot be ranked.

Voodoo graphics card has a very important place in the history of graphics cards. At least it represents the peak of the 2D graphics card era and opened a new era of 3D.

Voodoo adopts the form of a daughter card and is used in conjunction with the 2D display of the main card. The specialized 3D chip can provide better 3D performance at the same development cost.

It is precisely because of the success of Voodoo that it brought users into the "3D world", making it a shining example of 3D acceleration equipment in the PC field, laying a solid foundation for the vigorous development of 3D accelerator cards in the future, thus ushering in a 3Dfx dynasty .

It can only be said that Huang Renxun was able to survive and fight his way out after that with some luck.

…

Now, the emergence of Qing Zhiyuan has given Nvidia a spring in hand, aiming to make their historical process go faster.

More importantly, Qing Zhiyuan is preparing to replace Sega's historical role in Nvidia.

"Everyone, in addition to the demand we just mentioned, we also have a very important wish when we come to the United States this time."

Several Nvidia partners raised their heads and looked at Qing Zhiyuan with eager eyes.

The latter raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said with a smile, "Developing chips actually requires a lot of money. We are worried that Nvidia may not have enough financial ability to support the development of this 3D graphics card in the future.

So we want to directly inject $100 million into NVIDIA to buy 30% of your equity. At the same time, this money should help you successfully develop your products. "

Walter? !

The three founders of Nvidia, Jen-Hsun Huang, Prim and Malachowski, felt their hearts beat heavily at the same time.

The expression on his face was extreme shock.

What happened today will definitely become a crucial day in their future memories.

Regardless of whether Qing Zhiyuan's capital injection is successful, everyone understands that Qing Zhiyuan's arrival today will affect the future direction of Nvidia.

At least everyone understood what Qing Zhiyuan wanted just now.

3D independent GPU, Huang Renxun was already thinking about how to do it after being inspired by Qing Zhiyuan.

But as Qing Zhiyuan said, Nvidia needs money now.

The company only had 30,000 US dollars when it was founded, and it has not made much money until now. If the sales of NV1 are not good, it is difficult to say whether there will be the next NV2.

Qing Zhiyuan's willingness to find them at this time and invest such a huge amount of US$100 million is tantamount to providing help in a timely manner.

but……

They have not thought about financing until now.

What's more, I always feel like something is not quite right.

Lao Huang and Lao Yang from Yahoo had similar reactions.

The first reaction was, Damn, that’s a lot of money!

The second reaction was that there was something fishy about this person giving so much when they first met, right?

After calming down and thinking about it, although the money given is a lot, it is a bit painful to take away 30% of the equity at once.

Is it worth it? That is the question.

…

Qing Zhiyuan also learned this move from the senior Sun Zhengyi.

If you like it, you should spend a lot of money to buy it.

And if we invest 100 million now, Nvidia will be a behemoth with a market value of trillions in the future, so there is nothing to be reluctant to part with.

Graphics card research and development inherently requires money.

"Well... Mr. Qing, I think the suggestions you gave are quite attractive and constructive, especially the idea of ​​GPU, which really inspired us.

And now NVIDIA does need money. However, if it takes away 30% of the equity for such a large amount at once, we will definitely not be able to give an immediate answer. We must be given some time to discuss it.

However, I want to say that no matter what the final outcome of the negotiation is, we are very willing to become pokeni's partner, and we are also very interested and interested in developing the GPU product.

So can you please give us some time? "

"sure."

Qing Zhiyuan is a reasonable person. He just smiled and said, "How long do you think it will take?"

"Well... Well, it's hard to say," Lao Huang and the other two people looked at each other, exchanged glances, and gritted their teeth and responded, "Mr. Qing, you can go back to Neon first, and we will discuss the result as soon as possible. We will definitely discuss it in I will communicate with you as soon as possible.”

Qing Zhiyuan didn't care and smiled lightly.

"No problem. You can think about it slowly."

Then the conversation changed.

"However, we also have our own difficulties. Game development may not be able to wait too long."

"If you don't accept it and it takes too long to consider, then we will invest in 3dfx Interactive. Before we came here, we heard that they are developing 3D graphics cards. They may be more suitable for us than you."

Ah this...

Huang Renxun felt as if he had been stabbed, and his heart ached so much.

The young president in front of him who was about the same age as himself was too scary. Huang Renxun felt that he was not facing a human being, but a cunning evil wolf.

How could he be so shameless and downplay his threats?

…

Yes, that's right.

This trick was also learned from Masayoshi Son.

Although there is an element of threat in it, Qing Zhiyuan believes from the bottom of his heart that investing in 3DFX is also a good choice.

After all, 3dfx is the company that developed the Voodoo graphics card, which can be regarded as the first in the history of 3D graphics cards.

Sometimes history is made.

As long as there is sufficient capital and Qing Zhiyuan's control of the direction, 3DFX may not be able to stand on the top of the future graphics card king.

…

Huang Renxun was so anxious that he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I understand.

Please give us a week, and we will definitely give pokeni a reply within a week. "

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