giants of the era

Chapter 100 "China Cube" is popular all over the world

Apple-ll is already a classic in the current personal computer field, and it is difficult to surpass it.

When IBM enters the personal computer, it must first face Apple-ll.

So, it's not easy for IBM.

A big company has the dignity of a big company, especially the hegemony of the computer industry like IBM. If it doesn't make a name, it will be a blockbuster. If the computer it develops is worse than Apple-ll, IBM can't afford to lose that face!Therefore, before developing a personal computer, we will do a very detailed market research and analysis, then design countless solutions, and then discuss which solution is suitable, and then carry out design and development. It is necessary to overthrow the previous design, so the development cycle of a product is usually much longer than that of ordinary companies!

In addition, the larger the company, the more processes, the slower the efficiency, but it is not as fast as the small company, unless the matter has reached the point of imminence. Obviously, IBM's personal computer business has not yet reached this level of urgency.With December now approaching, IBM's busiest period, planning for its PC business won't begin until next year.

No matter how efficient IBM's business is, in short, Apple is undoubtedly in big trouble.

However, Li Zetian is not afraid of IBM. If he wants to fight, he will fight. He just wants to step on the stepping stone of IBM to reach the top of the computer industry!
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If the personal computer market is changing, then the microprocessor market is even more so!
Intel Corporation officially launched a new cheap version of the microprocessor on November 11, the Intel-20, which is forward compatible with the Intel-8085. It has lower hardware support requirements, so manufacturers can produce Cheaper and simpler personal computers.In addition, its price is also very cheap, 8080 US dollars a piece.

Intel hoped that Intel-8085 could save Intel's market for personal computer microprocessors, but the reality was cruel. Li Zetian learned of this situation and immediately authorized Mos-6502 to more manufacturers, and lowered the price. The microprocessor sells for $25.

House seemingly endless rain.

The price reduction of Mos6502 has just caused great harm to Intel8085. In early December, a company named Zilog launched the Z12 microprocessor chip. The price is also very cheap, 80 dollars a piece, and its performance is even stronger than Mos30.

Zilog was founded in 1974 by two engineers who resigned from Intel. The Z80 microprocessor can be said to be an improved product of Intel8080. It supports 158 assembly instructions and is very flexible in application, while Intel8080 only supports 72 assembly instructions!
Mos6502 is designed on the basis of Motorala6800, and Z80 is designed on the basis of Intel8080. These two microprocessors can be regarded as the best microprocessors at present.

Some people are used to using the Motorala bus, so they like Mos6502.

Some people prefer the Intel bus, so they like the Z80.

Intel8085 is TM embarrassing, it is also based on Intel8080, but both price and performance are crushed by Z80! ! !

This is the same root, why is it too urgent!
Li Zetian couldn't help feeling sad for Intel!

However, Intel is Intel, with a strong background. The 16-bit microprocessor Intel8086, which is still under development, is very powerful. It is the originator of the x86 architecture. Send Intel Corporation into the world's Fortune 16! Fortune magazine named Intel one of the "Most Successful Companies of the 70s"!

Li Zetian was sitting in the office, with a strange light flashing in his eyes. After this blow, Intel will give up the Intel microprocessor division?

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As Christmas approaches, Sunbird has started to make big moves. On December 12th, Sunbird Company held a product conference and announced the Game-Watch handheld game console. For a while, the entire game industry couldn't help but feel a sensation!

Its genius-like creativity makes everyone dumbfounded!

On Christmas Day the next day, Game-Watch was launched across the United States. Early in the morning, there was a long queue of dozens of meters outside the store, causing countless players to rush to buy it!

Among them, the Game-Watch version of "China Cube" was the most popular, with 20 units sold on the same day.

The sales of the other three Game-Watc consoles are more than 9.5. Among them, "Pac-Man" sold 7.7 units, "Super Brick Breaker" sold 5.5 units, and "Donkey Kong" sold [-] units. [-] units were released.

That night, Sunbird Company announced the sales volume, and all the game companies were shocked!
Although they speculated that Game-Watch would be very popular, they never expected it to be so popular!
In fact, this was unexpected and reasonable.

There are very few games in this era, and they are rubbish, yes, they are rubbish!
Imagine that a simple and rough game like the Ping-Pong game console developed by Atari can be popular all over the world, not to mention "Chinese Tetris", "Pac-Man"... such phenomenal games!Especially "China Tetris" is very suitable for porting to handheld devices. To be precise, it was born for handheld devices! ! !
The "Los Angeles Times" said: "If you are a senior game player, you may not know Atari or Sunbird, but you cannot know "China Tetris"! Because it is really It's too hot!!!"

"New York Daily" said: "Sunbird's Game-Watch is shocking, "China Tetris" sold 20 units a day, becoming the hottest game in the history of the world!!!"

A game player was interviewed by a reporter from ABC TV and said excitedly: "Game-Watch developed by Sunbird Company has created a new game mode, which can be called a milestone in the history of world games! I played "Chinese Cubes" on Apple-ll. ", I was deeply fascinated by it at the time, but when it was transplanted to the Game-Watch, I realized that the degree of my fascination at that time was far from enough..."

Apple-ll is too expensive, and the copy of "China Tetris" is also very expensive, so many people have never been in contact with "China Tetris", so "China Tetris" is not as popular as Li Zetian imagined.The price of the Game-Watch is only 150 US dollars, which is still affordable for many families in the United States. In addition, playing "China Tetris" on a handheld phone is more exciting and exciting, and then some easter eggs are added to attract players. , thus making "China Tetris" popular all over the United States and even the whole world at a rocket-like speed!

At this moment, even the Chinese media have reported on "China Tetris".

"Sunbird Company launched a game called "China Cube", which became popular all over the world and sold 20 units on the day it was released, breaking the record in the history of world games. This game was developed by Chronos Li, a Chinese-American. , this is the pride of all of us Chinese!!!”

Chinese people all over the world, no matter they are poor or rich, can't help feeling proud and proud when they see the reports about "China Tetris"!
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