Rebirth of the Evil Life

Gordon Moore's ambitions were once again aroused because of the disapproval of several major shareholders of Intel. For Gordon Moore, this life is actually very perfect. He started his own business from scratch. After several twists and turns, he finally established a dominant position in the microprocessor industry, and then retired and returned to his hometown. This life is perfect, and he even... There is a "Moore's Law" that he doesn't like to hear, but it is really awesome.

It can be said that before Lin Feng went to find Gordon Moore, Moore was the big winner in life. But this big winner in life was humiliated because he lost to Lin Feng in fishing and introduced Lin Feng to the board of directors of Intel. They despise him for being old and ask him to stop interfering in Intel affairs. Have these bastards forgotten that without him, Intel would not be what it is today? If it weren't for him, 'Intel' would have collapsed in 1976!

Now he is considered old and nosy, which is something Gordon Moore can't stand. At that time, he changed jobs many times, from William Shockley Semiconductor Company to Fairchild Semiconductor Company, and then later formed Intel. There was only one reason for this. Gordon Moore liked a dominant position. He has a strong nature and desires to be the best in everything he does. After Intel became the best microprocessor company in the world, he felt that there was nothing more to pursue. The company was developing on the existing stable road, so he left Intel and left the world to young people. Old man, go and enjoy life.

However, now Intel is treating him like a founder who single-handedly led Intel to glory, which makes Gordon Moore very angry. Of course, he's not going to rant. I won’t curse. Not even going to complain. That is the behavior of the weak, that is the behavior of useless people. For him, he would never choose such a way to fight back against those who looked down on him.

Successful people will only have facts to fight back against the opponent!

"Mr. Lin, I think that instead of acquiring Intel, you should acquire another company! In this way, from a market perspective, you will not be involved in a monopoly!" Gordon Moore's eyes were shining.

"What company?" Lin Feng was curious.

"William Shockley's Semiconductor Company!" said Gordon Moore.

Lin Feng was stunned. Regarding this, Lin Feng had heard of such a company when he got to know Gordon Moore, but what it was actually like, Lin Feng didn't know.

"Mr. Lin, William Shockley, is the most annoying person. One of the most annoying people in my life is him!" Gordon Moore mentioned this person with disgust on his face. But at the end, he also showed admiration, "But the smartest person I have ever seen in my life is him!"

Lin Feng looked surprised. When Gordon Moore saw this, he sighed helplessly and told about William Shockley.

William Shockley,

in solid-state physics from MIT and a bachelor's degree from Caltech. Founded the William Shockley Semiconductor Company named after him. To say that his greatest achievement is the invention of the transistor.

Transistor is a solid semiconductor device with multiple functions such as detection, rectification, amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, and signal modulation. The transistor acts as a variable current switch that controls the output current based on the input voltage. Different from ordinary mechanical switches, transistors use electrical signals to control their opening and closing, and the switching speed can be very fast. The switching speed in the laboratory can reach more than 100ghz.

It can be said that without the invention of the transistor, there would not be today's televisions, let alone computers and other cross-generational products. It can be said that William Shockley changed the world. Because previous computers all used electron tubes, which had high energy consumption and were large in size. As a result, they could only be used as expensive products by national government departments or large enterprises. It was the emergence of transistors that made it possible for all these electronic products to enter the folk market.

"At the beginning, after Robert Noyce and I helped William Shockley invent the transistor, we left this hateful stubborn guy and founded Fairchild Semiconductor, and Noyce invented the integrated circuit during this period. Circuit blocks, and then we left Fairchild Semiconductor together to create what is now Intel, and I created the microprocessor." Gordon Moore said with a proud face.

He can say that one person has personally witnessed the birth of three era-changing products. The first one is the transistor, which makes computers, TVs, and mobile phones available in thousands of households. The second one is the integrated circuit block, which makes everything smaller, faster, and more energy-saving. The third one is the microprocessor, which makes the world The real difference is that computers truly become the most important tool for mankind!

"The computer industry is currently at a bottleneck. Not only the CPU, but also the hard disk and memory have reached the bottleneck. The CPU, the processor speed, has reached its limit. What can be improved now is just a little speed, and there is no Revolutionary progress, and hard drives have reached their bottleneck early. Current companies can only apply memory technology to hard drives and propose solid-state drives. This is not a real solution. As for memory, currently, it is still It has not reached the ceiling, but it is not far away. And this is all related to semiconductor technology! We need to go further and develop a new generation of semiconductors! And currently, William Shockley Company has this technology! Gordon Moore said, "It's a pity that they currently lack funds and management talents! But many of the things he left behind are of infinite value!"

Lin Feng blinked.

"If this is the case, why is no company willing to acquire it?" Lin Feng asked.

"This has to be blamed on William Shockley. This guy is too arrogant and stubborn. In Shockley Company, he is the only one who has the final say. He does not allow others to express any opinions. He is indeed a genius and is the one I think The most genius person I have ever met, but he is the worst company manager. He should be leading a laboratory, not a company! He is the person who made Silicon Valley truly famous, but he also led to his company. It is notorious in Silicon Valley. After the eight of us left Shockley, no one wanted to leave over the years. Therefore, although William Shockley invented the transistor and became a multimillionaire because of it (thousands of people in the 1960s). millionaire), it is a pity that his arrogance, his stubbornness, and his self-centeredness have caused the company to decline since his death. Today, no one remembers Shockley Semiconductor Company except for its former glory! The processor era," quipped Gordon Moore.

In terms of genius, William Shockley puts him to shame. It's a pity that genius does not necessarily mean that you can manage a company, but he led 'Intel' to true glory. It can even be said that he led to the launch of transistors, integrated circuit blocks, and microprocessors.

"Then, what's the use of our acquisition?" Lin Feng asked.

"I am very interested in some of the notes left by Shockley. As you know, today's semiconductors are in trouble. Current semiconductors use silicon as raw materials, but the physical and chemical properties of the silicon element cause its speed to be only It may be so fast. Nowadays, it is said that computers are slow and cannot be improved, but the core of a computer is a microprocessor, and the core of a microprocessor is a transistor, and the core of a transistor is a semiconductor. Those are all very illusory things. Currently, many semiconductor companies want to change the material of semiconductors, such as using gallium nitride to replace silicon. However, I think that both silicon and gallium nitride have their limitations. We If you want real innovation, you must create a superconductor!" William Shockley's eyes flashed with enthusiasm.

superconductor! Lin Feng curled his lips.

"Mr. Moore, although I am not a scientist or a physicist, I do know what a superconductor is. The so-called superconductor means that when the temperature of a conductive material is close to absolute zero, the resistance of the material approaches 0 due to the thermal motion of the object's molecules. Properties. "Superconductor" refers to a conductive material capable of superconducting transmission. Zero resistance and diamagnetic properties are indeed the best materials for various electronic products. That is, the first premise of this is 'absolute zero'. Not only must it reach 'absolute zero', it must at least be close to 'absolute zero' in order to have this characteristic. How can it be achieved at normal temperature?" Lin Feng curled his lips.

Gordon Moore chuckled.

"Naturally, according to current scientific knowledge, superconductors do not exist. However, the news I got from an unclear source is that before William Shockley passed away, he had been studying superconductors at room temperature, and This depleted the company's liquidity, and the copyright he had for inventing the transistor expired a few years ago, so the company went from bad to worse. This was an excellent opportunity to acquire Shockley Semiconductor, and I could get him. Maybe we can make a breakthrough!" Gordon Moore said with sharp eyes, "And our cooperation is that Mr. Lin will acquire Shockley Semiconductor Company and become the boss, and I will become a shareholder, at least the amount of equity will be determined by Mr. Lin looked at it. And my only request is that the company must be controlled by me!" Gordon Moore showed his ambition, "I want to create a miracle again, a miracle that even Intel can look up to!"

"Deal!" Lin Feng stretched out his hand. To be continued. .

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