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Chapter 340 Visiting Aikon Company
Wang Huageng asked suspiciously, "Why?"

Bai Zirui said confidently: "Because our company has strong funds! Chris Curry and his team have strong technical strength and a high level of research and development. After our company, how much R&D funding support can we give them.

I'm really going to hand over to Chris Currie the company's project to skip 16-bit and go straight to 32-bit personal computers. "

Wang Huageng asked curiously: "Bai Sheng, is the research and development of the reduced instruction set architecture in the semiconductor laboratory that our company cooperates with Professor Yao Zhaoming of Xiangjiang University almost successful?"

Bai Zirui sighed helplessly, and said: "No, there are too few science talents in Xiangjiang, so after the successful acquisition of Acorn this time, I decided to introduce the scientific research and technical personnel of Acorn to join this project." project."

Wang Huageng could understand Bai Zirui's helplessness. After all, Bai Zirui insisted that such an important project be developed by Chinese technicians, because he was afraid that the company's technology would leak out.

Bai Zirui said with emotion: "I was narrow-minded before, and I was always worried about our company's foreign employees. Now that I think about it, this is a sign of lack of self-confidence. It is necessary to be defensive, but you can't be too suspicious.

If our Dingtian company wants to become an international multinational company, it is impossible to only hire all Chinese employees. Sometimes Chinese employees will betray the company, depending on how attractive our competitors are.

Therefore, our company will change its thinking in the future, not only to cultivate talents, but also to accept more foreign scientific researchers. We have to admit that their technical capabilities are indeed relatively strong.In order to become an international multinational group company, it is necessary to absorb all kinds of foreign elite talents. In short, the development of the company has a long way to go. "

Bai Zirui was emotional, and his thoughts returned to the acquisition of Acorn, and asked: "Hua Geng, is the meeting with Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper arranged? "

Acorn Company is the first company in John Country to realize internal computer networking. After Andy Hopper joined Acorn Company, he immediately started to build a dedicated local area network for the company, named eco.

Bai Zirui smiled and said: "No problem, we just happened to be able to visit Acorn company by the way, what time is the appointment?"

Andy Hopper is the inventor of Acorn's local area network technology, which originated from the CambridgeRing network system he invented during his Ph.D. at Cambridge University.Acorn and he co-founded a new company called Orbis to develop the network technology.

This made Bai Zirui have to sigh, no wonder the later generations of Acorn can develop and become famous all over the world. It can be seen from the strong pride of the company's leaders in their own company, not to mention their own A group of very outstanding technical R&D personnel.

Wang Huageng said: "Tomorrow morning at 9:00."

Bai Zirui and Hermann Hauser met in his office. Unlike Curry, who is slightly fatter, Hauser is a handsome gentleman from John. He very enthusiastically led Bai Zirui and him to visit Acorn )company.

Later, Acorn acquired Orbis and replaced Hopper's Orbis shares with Acorn's shares, so Hopper became the third largest shareholder of Acorn .

The next step for Bai Zirui is to meet Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper, partners of Acorn.

While Bai Zirui was having a pleasant conversation with Hermann Hauser, Andy Hopper walked in wearing a flight suit of the Royal Air Force of John Kingdom during World War II.He is a flying enthusiast and has just returned to the company after taking a pilot training course in a screw-frame aircraft.

Relying on the low price, this System1 has been sought after by many business computer enthusiasts as soon as it debuted, and Acorn has grabbed the first pot of gold.

But even though it was such a simple office, Hermann Hauser still led Bai Zirui and the two of them to visit carefully, not at all embarrassed but very proud.

The System2 and System3 launched by Herman Hauser while the iron was hot did not cause too many splashes, so he looked down on the Acorn personal computer developed by Chris Currie, and turned to the development of system software.

The next day, Bai Zirui and Wang Huageng arrived at Acorn Company on time. The address of Acorn Company is located near Market Hill in the center of Cambridge Town. The office space of the entire company is the upper floor of a two-story shop along the street. attic.

Bai Zirui nodded and said, "Okay! Let's go back then! Take a good rest and recharge your batteries. Tomorrow will be another verbal battle."

Bai Zirui originally wanted to take a good look at the famous Acorn company in later generations, but there was nothing to visit in Acorn company just a few offices.

Hermann Hauser pointed to a small and exquisite computer in the window with a smile, and said proudly: "This is the first computer system1 developed by our company, and it is the first prototype I made by myself. !"

Acorn's computer production is outsourced to a cooperative factory. The real core of the company is more than [-] R&D technicians. Hermann Hauser finally brought Bai Zirui to his general manager's office.

Wang Huageng replied: "Bai Sheng, they agreed to meet with you, but they will meet you at Acorn's company."

If it was in China in the later generations, such an office location would damage the company's image for a scientific research and innovation company, but it did not have such an impact in the small town of Cambridge. Even in the center of the town, it was still very quiet.

There is a row of display cabinets against the wall of the office, displaying all the signal computers developed by Acorn since its establishment.

Although the appearance of the System1 is not beautiful at all, it is cheap. When Acorn launched this computer, the bulk price of the computer was 65 pounds, and the assembled finished product only cost 75 pounds.

Small and exquisite is Bai Zirui's modification of this computer, which is actually an 8-bit microcomputer that is too simple.The whole computer is composed of two bare boards, one board includes LED display, keyboard and tape interface, and the other board includes CPU and other computer components.

Herman Hauser introduced: "Mr. Bai, let me introduce you. This is Andy Hopper, another partner of our firm."

Bai Zirui said enthusiastically: "Hello! Mr. Hopper, I am Zirui Bai from Xiangjiang Dingtian Company."

Andy Hopper: "Mr. Bai, hello! Are you the rich man in the East who wants to invest in our company?"

Bai Zirui smiled and said: "That's right! I have already learned about your company's technical strength, which makes me more willing to invest in your company! You are a group of very talented technical personnel, and you should not be buried because of lack of funds." Your talents."

(End of this chapter)