giants of the era

Chapter 193 Resurrection!

At present, holding state-owned assets is a prerequisite for entering China. Foreign auto companies must abide by this if they want to make money in China.For the SAIC-Rolls-Royce Motors joint venture, SAIC did not contribute anything. They also contributed money, technology, land, workshops and workers, as well as SAIC’s large-scale raw material acquisition and sales channels.

Raw materials are purchased in a unified manner, and the scale is large, so the premium ability is naturally strong.

In addition, there is no need to say how difficult it is to establish channels. The brands of foreign companies can quickly open up the market in China and increase brand awareness, largely relying on the sales channels of Chinese auto companies.

Although the outside media has always believed that the Rolls-Royce Motor Company has fallen, it is not.SAIC-Rolls-Royce Motor Company develops and designs a new brand car. As for the brand name, Li Zetian suggested to name it "Veyron". This "Veyron" is naturally not Bugatti Veyron.The dragon is a Chinese totem and belief, and the Chinese have always claimed to be the descendants of the dragon. Therefore, the name "Weilong" is very localized, imposing, and easy to remember.

SAIC Group agrees with this name very much.

In addition, Li Zetian also thought of a slogan for the new "Veyron" brand: "China's Rolls-Royce!!!"

The slogan not only promoted the Veyron brand, but also promoted Rolls-Royce, letting people know that Rolls-Royce is the top luxury car in the world. These four words symbolize the supreme glory of the automobile industry! ! !

Frankly speaking, China at this time is a bit fawning on foreign countries. They always feel that foreign countries have a rounder moon and a good face. Even if the Veyron is a low-end car, they still think it is the Rolls-Royce of low-end cars. The best quality car in the low class!

Sitting in such a car is more face-saving! !
What brand is the Santana car?Can there be a Veyron crane?

No matter how much Santana brags, he can't brag about the word "Rolls-Royce"!
If the prices of the two are comparable, with the face-saving character of the Chinese people, most of them will choose Veyron!

Rolls-Royce Motor Company sent more than 20 technicians to the joint venture company to guide the work. If it is purely hand-made, the level of craftsmanship is naturally higher, but Veyron does not need to do so well, what is needed is automotive technology and theoretical guidance , and then carry out large-scale production through machinery and equipment.As for the development time of the new car, it is expected to take one or two years, that is to say, it is possible to launch the product in 1983.

Li Zetian has been researching artificial intelligence and robots, and the entry point of robots is industrial robots, because industrial robots can make money, but developing other robots may not be profitable for a long time.While developing industrial robots, it happens to accumulate a lot of technology and experience.

As long as he thinks of RB's FANUC company, Li Zetian feels that this company is incredibly powerful.Since the advent of FANUC's first robot in 1974, FANUC has been committed to the leadership and innovation of robot technology, and is the only company in the world that uses robots to make robots.There are as many as 240 types of FANUC robot product series, with a load ranging from 0.5 kg to 1.35 tons, which are widely used in different production processes such as assembly, handling, welding, casting, spraying, and palletizing.Moreover, FANUC's numerical control system occupies 70% of the global market share, and it is a well-deserved reputation as the world's number one, firmly sitting on the top spot of the four major families of industrial robots.

Now, Li Zetian has bought Rolls-Royce Motors and established a joint venture company in China, so an industrial robot company has also been put on the agenda!In addition, the scale of the ant factory is growing day by day, requiring a lot of machinery and equipment. Instead of cheap RB manufacturers, it is better to develop it yourself!
Li Zetian's crazy money making is to a large extent to build a top robot company with a high degree of artificial intelligence!This is a very expensive and extremely difficult goal!
However, since the previous crazy acquisitions have cost him a lot of money, the robot company's plan can only be delayed for a while.

When Li Zetian accompanied Yu Jingqiu at home, on March 1981, 3, AMR company led by Wei Xiuping finally developed the ARM3 processor, which has powerful performance and is very suitable for workstations and servers.Therefore, Sun Computer Systems immediately replaced the original Intel1 processor with the ARM1 processor, which greatly increased the performance of Sun graphics workstations. Only Industrial Light and Magic has placed an order for 8086 workstations with Sun Computer Systems.

Once the ARM1 processor was released, it attracted great attention in the industry and became a rookie in the processor company!

Originally, the discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of the RISC reduced instruction set and the CISC complex instruction set has entered a heated stage. As soon as the ARM1 processor came out, the media, scholars, and university research institutions immediately favored the RISC simplistic instruction set, mocking the CISC complex instruction set.However, Intel's 8086 and 8088 processors developed based on CISC complex instruction sets have been invincible in the personal computer market!
The ARM1 processor is not suitable for use in personal computers, and it is only useful in high-performance computers at present!

People are admirable for Intel Corporation. Both RISC and CISC have to grasp, and both have succeeded!

When the "Wall Street Journal" reported on Intel, it even used the word "horror" to describe it.

Li Zetian put down the newspaper and couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, Intel is really scary!"

Dongfang Yuqin said: "Mr. Li, IBM is also making every effort to develop a processor based on the RISC simple instruction set, and the father of the RISC architecture, John Koch, is an employee of IBM..."

Leaving this aside, Li Zetian felt a little headache when he said this. John Koch was the top architect of RISC. Can't dig.Due to his outstanding contributions to RISC and compiler optimization, John Koch later won the highest honor in computing - the Turing Award.

"No way, let's compete at worst!" Li Zetian comforted himself. It was this person who led IBM to develop the famous POWER processor.

To be honest, Intel is not afraid of anything in chip design, even IBM is not its opponent.

IBM is big and miscellaneous, involved in everything; while Intel is big and sophisticated, specializing in research on chips.

Sit down!

"By the way, Mr. Li, I just heard about the acquisition. Apple is in contact with Warner Bros. to acquire Sunbird. Warner Bros. lowered the original offer of 20 billion US dollars to 6.5 million US dollars..." Dongfang Yuqin said , "Apple wants to quickly develop new game consoles and supporting game software with the help of Sunbird's development capabilities. The most important point is that Apple can develop products that are compatible with the Atari 2600, so that , as soon as the new game console is released, there will be a large number of original game players, because the game cartridges in their hands can be played on the new console!"

"Hey, Apple wants to play big!" Li Zetian said in surprise, "Where did they get so much money?!"

"With the support of the Rockefeller Foundation and the California Foundation, Apple borrowed 7 million dollars from the bank..." Dongfang Yuqin explained.

Li Zetian frowned. Apple's actions did pose a great threat to Flamingo.

Spicy next door, the consortium has bank support, which is awesome!
PS: Update a chapter first, lest everyone can't wait.

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