giants of the era

Chapter 74 The Father of Microprocessors
The next day, when Apple employees learned about the sales of Apple-ll, they all cheered. On the first day, 5700 Apple-ll were sold. It seems that this year is expected to sell 5 machines.

For a time, everyone was united and full of fighting spirit!
"For the goal of 5 yuan, for the bonus, I have worked hard in the past six months!!!"

"Yes, we fought!"

"..."

At this moment, even Li Zetian is full of confidence in selling 5 Apple-lls this year, and even the sales are expected to exceed 10! ! !
Turn on the TV, and the morning news of many TV stations in the United States have focused on the grand occasion of Apple's flagship store yesterday.

ABC TV station: "Apple-ll personal computers are like a hurricane sweeping across the United States, and Apple-ll can be seen in major retail stores across the United States. This is a picture taken by a reporter from ABC TV station yesterday. As soon as the Apple flagship store in Los Angeles opened , Hundreds of people flocked to the store, the store was crowded with people, and there was a line of dozens of meters outside the store. The scene was so hot that it was jaw-dropping!!!”

NBC TV: "Apple has once again led the personal computer revolution. The Apple-ll personal computer has become the most successful product in history, attracting customers to buy it like crazy. The following is the video shot by reporter Tom Steve at the Apple flagship store in Los Angeles..."

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And the phone in the office keeps ringing, and the other end of the phone is mostly companies from all over the world, and they want to seek cooperation with Apple!In addition, many people came to visit directly.As Li Zetian said, Apple has become busier, and the threshold is about to be broken...

Three days later, Apple-ll sales exceeded [-]!
The CEO of "Time" magazine personally called Apple and said that the 1975 annual cover was reserved for Apple-ll.

When Li Zetian heard about this, he couldn't help laughing, "Sure enough, this society is a snobbish society. You are unknown, and others don't care about you. When you become famous, others take the initiative to find you! When Apple-l was promoted, a small "Times" The editor of "The Weekly" "shot" Apple-l, and now the CEO of "Time" personally called and asked Apple to allow them to publish the Apple-ll personal computer!!! Hehe..."

Of course, Li Zetian did not refuse the invitation of "Time Magazine" on a whim. After all, Apple-ll's inclusion in "Time Magazine" is recognized by the world's authoritative magazines, which can greatly increase the popularity of Apple and Apple-ll personal computers.

There is no doubt that Apple-ll is completely on fire! ! !

As the saying goes, some people are happy, some people are sad!
All the other PC companies are bleak, and now, their PCs are basically unsellable.

Engineers need 8 expansion slots!

White-collar workers need Excel spreadsheet office software!

The general public wants PCs that can play games!
The only thing these personal computer companies can do right now is to cut prices, and it is a big price cut at a loss!The other is to immediately develop a personal computer similar to Apple-ll, but obviously, with their strength, it will take a long time to develop such a computer.During this period, Apple-ll has already occupied the market!
In addition, Intel and Motorola are also suffering.

Mos Technology Company is simply a spoiler in the microprocessor industry, which has lowered the price of the original high-priced processor to an extremely low price. The Mos40 microprocessor, which sells for only US$6502, immediately won the favor of most personal computer companies, causing Intel Corporation Motorola and Motorola suffered heavy losses and had to cut prices one after another, but their prices are still not as low as Mos6502, and they still cannot restore the fallen market.

Intel Corporation Headquarters.

Gordon Moore looked around the meeting room with a sullen face, and said in a deep voice, "Mos Technology's Mos6502 has driven our 8080 out of the personal computer market. Do you have any countermeasures?"

Carlos Stephen, head of Intel's microprocessor, said: "Mr. Moore, since Intel8080 can no longer stop Mos6502, then I think Intel should develop a cheap version of the microprocessor as soon as possible in order to quickly regain the market!"

Gordon Moore pushed his glasses and said, "Well, that's the only way!"

As a result, the cheap version of the model Intel8085 processor became a straw for Intel to save personal computer microprocessors.

It is a pity that Li Zetian is determined to suppress Intel's processors. When Intel8085 is released, the price of Mos6502 will be reduced again.In fact, the Mos6502 costs less than $20, having sold for $25 in a previous life. Mos Technology sells it for $40, which is already very expensive!
The reason why Li Zetian went to great lengths to crack down on Intel's processor was actually to get it! ! !

Intel's main business now is memory, and microprocessors don't make much money, so Intel doesn't pay much attention to the microprocessor development department.Once Intel Corporation feels that it has no future in the microprocessor market, then Li Zetian uses the name of Umbrella Corporation to acquire Intel Corporation's microprocessor development department, and the possibility of success is extremely high!

In fact, Li Zetian has already made two-handed preparations.If you can't buy Intel's processor development department, then poach people!Even the target to be dug, Li Zetian has already chosen, he is the famous father of the microprocessor in the IT field - Ted Hoff! ! !
As we all know, the two most important things in a personal computer are the operating system and the microprocessor.

The father of the DOS operating system - Gary Kildare has already belonged to Li Zetian's command. It makes no sense for the father of the microprocessor to waste his talent outside! !

However, people don't pay much attention to microprocessors at present.Therefore, Ted Hoff's reputation is not obvious.But when people realized the importance of microprocessors in the future, the famous "Economist" magazine immediately called Ted Hoff "one of the 7 most influential scientists since World War II"!
Li Zetian, who came to this era, found that collecting talented people seems to be a kind of fun, which is much more interesting than buying companies!
At this time, "Father of Video Games" (Khan...) Nolan Bushnell came to Sunbird Company.

The four games developed by Sunbird Company caused [-] points of damage to Atari, but the shrewd Nolan Bushnell knew that if Sunbird Company ported the games to home consoles, then Atari Company would be damaged by [-] points. It will be very profitable!

Therefore, his purpose is to come to lobby Sunbird Company.

When he walked into the Sunbird CEO's office, he was shocked because he saw that the intern who used to work in his company suddenly became the CEO of Sunbird.

"Surprised, aren't you? Mr. Nolan Bushnell?" Li Zetian asked with a slight smile.

"Yes, very surprised!"

Nolan Bushnell nodded, and couldn't help sighing: "Unexpectedly, Sunbird Company was founded by an intern from Atari. If I knew you had such outstanding talent, I would never have let you go!! !"

Hey, if you don't let me go, I won't let you go!Atari Corporation was sold to Warner Corporation for $1976 million in 2600. As a result, laymen led experts, and your talent in the game industry was taken away, causing Atari Corporation to go bankrupt.Therefore, Atari will sell to Sunbird from now on!Nolan Bushnell, just work for me honestly!
Li Zetian had a smile on his face, but in his heart he was thinking about how to raise funds to swallow up Atari! ! !

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