Siheyuan starts from the stationmaster

In November [-], the term "personal computer" appeared for the first time in a report in the New York Times.

In 9100, Hewlett-Packard advertised its product "HP1A" as a personal computer.But the first personal computer recognized in the world was the Kenbak™ [-] launched by Kenbak Corporation in [-].

[-] was a remarkable year for the early personal computer.In this year, Apple released the Apple II, a computer that left a strong mark in the history of personal computers, successfully incorporating shadow brush circuit boards, advanced graphics, game sticks and computer games.

The birth of Apple II made personal computers popular for the first time, and then more and more companies began to enter the PC field.

Early personal computers were also very simple, and before the development of office software, the main function of personal computers was only to play games. In 3000, Atari Corporation launched a computer whose main function was to be used as a game console, and sold more than [-] million units.

Therefore, the current personal computer does not have many technical patent barriers like the later generations. Although it is a bit technical, it is not too difficult to develop and manufacture a personal computer.

The most important thing is that personal computers and home game consoles have a lot in common. Perhaps the only big difference is that personal computers have an additional operating system.

At the beginning of the 80s, the biggest competitor of Atari's home game consoles was the game computer released by Atari. Even Texas Instruments was greedy for this part of the profit. It took less than a month for the company's R&D department to develop a A low-end computer enters the fray.

Bai Zirui plans to develop a personal computer. Although Ni Guangnan, Shen Wangfu and the upcoming Zhu Bangfu have joined him, what makes him helpless is that Dingtian Computer still lacks R&D personnel.

It is not an easy task to develop a personal computer from scratch. Although the current computers are relatively simple and low-tech, the basic technology also involves all aspects.

When Intel puts all its energy on semiconductors, with their powerful R&D capabilities, the gap with Dingtian will widen. Even if Dingtian develops a simplified instruction set (TRM), it may be difficult Go the old way of ARM.

He invested a huge amount of money to support Professor Yao Zhaoming's research on the reduced instruction set (TRM). Although there are certain results, there is still a certain distance from his expectations.

The reason why Bai Zirui develops personal computers is not only the core of the terminal products of the electronic industry in the future, but also the main purpose is to drive the development of chip technology of Dingtian Company.

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The current chip technology has just begun to mature, and everyone's level can be said to be about the same, not as heavy as the technical barriers of later generations.

So buying a company with a certain foundation can save you from detours. When Bai Zirui asked Professor Yao Zhaoming to study the simplified instruction (TRM) architecture, he remembered Acorn (Acorn), not only because of personal computers, but also chip technology.

Bai Zirui changed his thinking a bit. Although we are not of our race, our hearts must be different, but we have to face up to the gap between us and the West in all aspects. If we want to realize Bai Zirui's expectations, we must rely on the research and development strength of the West.

Acorn's agreement to be acquired was both unexpected and unexpected to him.But actually hearing that Acorn had agreed to be bought gave him a burst of joy.

In 1985, Intel was on the verge of bankruptcy. In order to survive, Intel chose to give up memory chips that could not gain an advantage in cost and focus on the CPU market.

To be honest, with the current technical level and talent base of Xiangjiang, Wanwan, and even the mainland, if everyone can’t keep up in the initial stage when everyone’s technical level is not much different, it will be difficult to catch up in the future, and it will even be like later generations. Form a technology generation gap.

However, Bai Zirui still underestimated the difficulty of chip technology development, and at the same time underestimated the shortage of chip talents in Xiangjiang and Wanwan in this era.

Arriving outside the Governor's Mansion, Bai Zirui hugged and parted with Shen Bi and Gao Shidun successively. When parting with Deng Liyun, he also subconsciously hugged her, but happened to be photographed by a reporter and made the headlines of the newspaper.

Bai Zirui thought too well, thinking that with the strength of the Chinese, he would be able to develop the technology with sufficient funds.

Bai Zirui smiled and said, "Thank you Sir Gao for your great help. I will arrange for a general manager to go to John Country to contact Acorn and invite Standard Chartered Bank to be the financial advisor for this merger."

Dingtian company is also using the 6502 processor as the cpu to develop its own personal computer.If Acorn is acquired, mature products can be obtained directly.That's why he entrusted Standard Chartered Bank to inquire about the feasibility of Acorn's acquisition.

Time gave Intel the answer, and this choice will allow Intel to become a leader in the global semiconductor market for more than [-] years.

The Acorn personal computer is an imitated Apple computer, using a MOS6502 processor, with 2KB of memory, and a keyboard all-in-one with a cassette tape drive.

However, it can still be seen from the lessons of later generations that anything in the West can only be used and cannot be relied on, and some things must be in their own hands, so they cannot stop investing in their own research and development.

After Apple's Apple computer came out, there were at least hundreds of various microcomputers developed by imitating it all over the world, and the Acorn computer was one of them.

When they were walking outside the Governor's Mansion, several people met Deng Liyun, Xu Jingli pulled her very affectionately, and walked out together talking about her daughter's private room.

In the early 80s, electronic technology had just entered a period of rapid development, and technical exchanges were fairly normal.

On the second day, Bai Zirui came to the company to convene a meeting of the management to arrange the acquisition of Acorn to John Chambers.

John Chambers asked: "Boss, what kind of company is this Acorn company? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Bai Zirui replied: "Acorn is a computer company in the country of John. It was founded in 1978. The company is located in Cambridge, England. They have been developing in the country of John. The strength of Acorn is very strong. In terms of R&D strength, it is a very good supplement to our company.”

Xu Zhihao asked, "Bai Sheng, do you have detailed information on Acorn?"

Bai Zirui sent the Acorn company's information collected by Standard Chartered Bank to the company's executives.He said: "This is the basic information on Acorn that I entrusted Standard Chartered Bank to collect. Let's take a look. Since you want to acquire Acorn, you must know yourself and the enemy."