Rebirth of the Tech Madman

The 1980s were destined to be an era of competition among computer hardware platforms, personal computers and supercomputers.

On the macro level, the United States used to be the only one, but now competitors such as the Soviet Union and Japan have launched an impact on the throne of "the fastest supercomputer in the world."

At the micro level, the face-to-face competition between companies must be more specific and fierce.

In the 1960s, ibm invested huge resources in system/360, but compared with the 6600 and 7600 developed by the data control company cray and Seymour Cray in the same period, the performance was still three points inferior.

However, the success of product technology does not necessarily mean the success of the company's operations. The subsequent product development cannot support the two solutions, so Seymour Cray left and founded cray-Cray Corporation, and launched cray in 1976. -1, with a calculation speed of 250, it has become the fastest supercomputer in the world.

At the same time, with the vigorous development of minicomputers, many newcomers have entered the field of supercomputers one after another. Tang Huan is one of them, and the industry competition brought by it has naturally become more fierce.

For example, this year's fastest supercomputer computing speed-400. It appeared in many places around the world.

The mystery of the powerful performance of supercomputers mainly comes from parallel processing, that is, complex tasks are subdivided into tasks that can be processed at the same time and distributed on different processors.

At present, the CPUs used in personal computers are all scalar processors, that is, only one piece of data is processed at the same time, which is specifically expressed as data-single instruction stream and single data stream, ie.

As early as the 1970s, supercomputers like cray-1 used vector processors, that is, they could directly manipulate one-dimensional arrays. One of the specific manifestations is data-single instruction stream and multiple data streams, ie.

According to the historical trajectory, general-purpose microprocessor manufacturers, such as Intel. Will continue to add high-end features to their own cpu, parallel processing, and mmx, sse is the specific means to achieve.

But at this stage, the two types of processors are still very distinct in design.

DBS One using Yipeng/processor, in terms of parallelism. Going a little bit ahead can be roughly described as a pile of "nodes" composed of Yipeng/processors, coprocessors, and memory.

The obvious advantages of this scheme are that it is relatively easy to manufacture, has excellent stability, and has many disadvantages, such as complex software implementation and high power consumption.

But in any case, the successful development of DBS One proves that Tang Huan's plan can be implemented without any problems at this stage. And this precedent can also allow Fangyuan Computer Company to gain a foothold in the most high-end field of supercomputers, comparable to traditional powerhouses such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and others.

From now on, when the name of Fangyuan Computer Company is mentioned again, if anyone wants to say condescendingly, "It's not the company that produces toy computers," then he will wait to be beaten in the face.

Although the performance of DBS One is not the best in the world, it is already excellent enough, which is in line with Tang Huan's positioning of himself as a latecomer.

From Singapore's point of view, the most important thing is that DBS One has "enough performance". I participated in the research and development process and mastered the technology, which is of great significance and I gained face.

To this. In addition to congratulating Tang Huan, he did not point out the stakes in it.

In the original time and space, China’s “Tianhe 2” has been self-reliant as much as possible. For example, the operating system is useless, but the os-Kirin operating system developed by itself, but its processor and co-processor are Intel’s. e5-2692 and.

DBS One uses Yipeng/processor and Vientiane operating system. The key technology is obviously farther away from self-reliance.

In the next few years, the battle for the top technology of supercomputers will inevitably focus on how to break through the computing speed of 1, and then some existing technologies will continue to advance. Singapore's technical team will inevitably struggle.

After DBS One was checked and accepted, the first program officially operated was the data analysis of weather forecasts. The results of scientific research can be described as immediate results, and both parties are very happy.

The next location was switched to the Mandarin Hotel, and Singapore had a feast to celebrate.

This event is mainly to reward the people who participated in the specific parties, such as Tang Huan's level of people, after finishing the face-saving work such as speeches, they naturally divert their attention and take advantage of the rare opportunity to communicate with the senior leaders in Singapore.

"How has the plan to acquire Pacific Bell progressed?" Premier Li asked this topic enthusiastically.

As high-end products such as telecom program-controlled switches and Fangyuan personal workstations, network servers, and supercomputers emerged one by one, Tang Huan not only expanded his wealth and strength, but also made his investment vision more convincing.

As one of the funding providers of Pacific Bell's acquisition plan, Premier Li's interest is growing.

A trial line set up by Singapore Telecom has achieved a data transmission rate of 1200bps. With the successful example of DBS One, Tang Huan’s idea of ​​a new profit model for telecommunications is undoubtedly more credible.

“For the assets that are destined to be split, AT&T is reluctant to realize it and kicks it into his pocket.” Tang Huan smiled lightly. “Possible obstacles at the policy level have been removed by Goldman Sachs. At present, they Details are being discussed and results are expected in December."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan glanced at several other senior executives, "This time, I also want to invite higher-level representatives to go to the United States as an observer."

"No problem." Premier Li nodded. "The Singapore Government Investment Company, which was established this year, intends to start business in North America. You, the richest man in the United States, might as well give some suggestions."

Tang Huan thought for a moment, in the original time and space. During Reagan's presidency, the United States changed from the world's largest creditor nation to the world's largest debtor nation in a big turn. Under such a general trend. If you want to invest in the U.S., it is natural that you will not refuse treatment.

"I can only say that it is not difficult to take a close look at the high-tech industry and make a profit." Tang Huan hit a haha. "Of course, the investment risk is also very high, it may conflict with your strategy."

"It's okay, we have you, a trustworthy friend." Premier Li's words and demeanor can be described as close.

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After further agreement with the Singaporean benefactor, Tang Huan set off for the treasure island.

It has entered November at this time, and 1981 is heading to an end at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After arriving at Treasure Island, Tang Huan first asked about the situation of the already full-fledged DreamWorks participating in the Golden Horse Awards.

This year's Golden Horse Awards is the eighteenth. One significant change is that the venue left Taiwan for the first time and came to Kaohsiung in the southwest of the island.

In order to continue to attract the attention of the international media and expand its influence, the Golden Horse Awards invited Elizabeth Taylor as the guest of honor the year before, and this year Charles Bronson from Hollywood, USA, and Alan Bronson from France. Delong, Mifune Toshiro of Japan.

However, it is said that Charles Bronson and Alan DeLong had a feud, refused to take a photo, and finally awarded the prize separately to solve the embarrassment.

It's a bit intriguing. After Hong Kong film professionals expressed dissatisfaction with last year's Golden Horse Awards, this year's Hong Kong film tycoon Shaw Shaw personally acted as the best film presenter to support the Golden Horse Awards with his actions.

Seeing this, Tang Huan couldn't help raising his brows. Based on this inference, next year's first Hong Kong Golden Statue Award may really be as cold as the original time and space.

The best director was won by Xu Ke with "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing", and DreamWorks was a worthwhile trip.

After seeing Deng Lijun's three movie songs appearing at the Golden Horse Awards this year, Tang Huan stopped paying attention to news such as Alan Tan and Zhang Aijia who won the best actor and actress, and put down the newspaper. Picked up company documents.

Not long after, Shi Chongtang came to report to Tang Huan and mentioned one thing by the way, “The Information Council is studying a new Chinese internal code program, which is called, and also plans to introduce word processing, word processing, etc. on this basis. Five Chinese software packages including spreadsheets, databases, network communications, and graphics."

The Information Industry Policy Association, a consortium, was established to promote the development of information technology on Treasure Island. It can be regarded as a think tank in this field. It is deeply involved in the formulation of relevant policies and laws. Its research projects have a certain official color. Tang Huan is naturally familiar with it.

"The philosopher's Tang code, ebase, ebase, in East Asia and Southeast Asia have become a unified trend, it is not clear whether the financial policy will be unclear." Tang Huan raised his brows, "So moving against the trend, the financial policy committee What do you want?"

"It should be related to your increasing investment in the mainland." Shi Chongtang smiled slightly. "Perhaps the CSC thinks that giving the ubiquitous Fangyuan Computer and Philosophy Software a base draw will give you more say in the industry."

"In business and business, the treasure island enterprises are restricted and unable to invest in the mainland to make money, but my financial path is unreasonably blocked." Tang Huan shook his head helplessly, "It's really an act of ignorance of the so-called internal friction. ."

"I'm just reporting this incident." Shi Chongtang shrugged lightly, "In my opinion, the Information Management Association is doing this, and it's a bit like a car."

...

At the banquet held by the Wang family later, after Tang Huan mentioned this incident, Jian Mingren smiled disapprovingly, "The officials are a little taken for granted, and some technicians are too eager to make contributions and don’t understand us at all. What is the dominant position of the product in the market."

Zheru, Fangyuan Computer, and ea's products are sold on Baodao mainly through the popular computer companies of Jian Mingren and Wang Xueling. Jian Mingren naturally has the most say in the local market structure of Baodao.

"Don't take it too lightly, just watch it carefully." Tang Huan nodded, letting go of the conversation, anyway, everyone's interests are the same, and he doesn't need to worry about that too much.

The Wang family is also one of the funding providers of Pacific Bell’s acquisition plan. Although it can’t compare with Singapore’s at least one billion U.S. dollar quota, they have a very positive attitude. Of course, Tang Huan is always willing to come.

In the original time and space, after Wang Yongqing's death, the media disclosed that he had an estimated US$20 billion in assets in the United States.

It is not difficult to see how this treasure island "God of Management" maintains wealth.

In addition to continuing to communicate on investment, Tang Huan also talks about another cooperation project, namely, the development and production of CD-ROMs.

Tang Huan absolutely hates the current capacity of personal computer storage devices up to a dozen meters, so he spares no effort to promote the cd data storage solution.

...

There is no doubt that Japan is the biggest benefactor. And Sun Zhengyi's activity ability made Tang Huan amazed. He drew nearly one billion U.S. dollars in funds, which shows how well his eloquence is.

When Tang Huan carried out activities through Epson, Sharp and other channels, after all, he was still holding the title of a billionaire, while Sun Zhengyi was just a businessman with a wealth of money. If he wanted to impress investors, he had only one mouth.

Seeing that more and more participants were bound to the chariot that was about to drive to the Internet, Tang Huan couldn't help but snickered.

Tang Huan wanted to go to the Women’s Volleyball World Cup~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to witness the first five consecutive championships of Chinese women’s volleyball team. However, the affairs on the Japanese side are a bit complicated, and the venues are scattered in various cities, so he can only Regrettably gave up.

After getting rid of the control of the Hattori family, Epson's listing was put on the agenda.

Due to the absolute dominance of dot matrix printers in the Japanese market this year, Epson has aroused great interest from investors, and the prospects for listing are widely optimistic.

However, Epson encountered setbacks in the development of inkjet printers, and negotiations with Canon fell into a stalemate.

In the field of inkjet printers, Epson is a latecomer. In order to catch up with the market, Tang Huan decided to introduce the authorization of "foam" inkjet printers from Canon, a pioneer.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese companies that have held a group abroad are not polite to their counterparts, and Canon's conditions are relatively harsh.

In this regard, there was a disagreement within Epson, and there was a voice that simply turned to develop its own piezoelectric inkjet printer. (To be continued.)

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