Military Industry of Great Powers: Build the Strongest Flanker.

Chapter 255 Standards, or a battle over standards

VIA has covered the mid-to-high-end market, while 102 has swept away the low-end market. It can be seen from the visible shipments that the computers in stock in the North American market have been swept away.

These computers are all equipped with Linux operating system.

The Silicon Valley Times randomly surveyed a thousand microcomputer users, and they were surprised to find that on the Windows operating system, the number of new users of Linux has exceeded that of Windows, reaching 53%.

This number makes Mr. Bill, the president of Microsoft, breathless, because the Silicon Valley Times drew a market share curve. Microsoft’s advantage in the entire user share is no longer obvious. What makes Bill even more uncomfortable is that these are like works of art. The same computer, they not only have an operating system installed...

There are also CAD, WPS, an instant messaging software called QQ, Carl drawing, Xiaomi decoding video...

Paul said: "The Linux system has launched a service called the software mall. All software developed based on the Linux system can be sold to the world through the software mall. The profits will be shared with Linux, and all of these profits will be used for open source. System research and development..."

"Paul, I feel that not only our system is lagging behind, but Microsoft's marketing is also lagging behind!" Bill was helpless. This software mall is so shocking...

After Microsoft's system is released, it is a one-time deal. After the customer buys the system, there are only some upgrades or bug fixes. As for developing software in the Windows environment, Microsoft does not receive a penny.

Linux is an open source system, and all source codes are public. In fact, Bill didn't feel threatened at all at first.

Shea said: "What does Linux hope to achieve?"

Linux systems with a large audience around the world mean a massive market.

And the second thing is, of course, money.

This avoids the impact of independent development of the kernel.

This is a huge contradiction.

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Open source means no money, and the development and maintenance of huge systems require massive funds.

You must know that open source systems have existed for at least twenty years since the birth of operating systems.

Neil shook his head and said: "Dollar dollars, no company doesn't need dollars, right? For every piece of software you sell, Linux will take 20% of the sales!"

People all over the world develop the Linux kernel, but there is only one official version, and that is the version released by the Linux Open Source Alliance, a subsidiary of Sinocom, which is the officially upgraded version.

Neil said: "If you join Linux, Linux will promote your software all over the world. This is a good opportunity!"

Now, another problem has been solved, and Linux systems can make money.

But Linux seems to have solved this thorny problem.

Loose open source alliances often make the operating system bloated, and each person works independently, resulting in too many system versions that are even incompatible with each other.

Oracle Business Manager Shay Fache talks with Neil Daines of the Linux System Open Source Alliance.

But why can't it develop?

"All Linux systems around the world will be installed on the software mall, and your software will be promoted around the world on the software mall..."

They save advertising fees, legal affairs, manpower, and strange investments. They just need to develop their own software.

Some people are willing to join, such as Oracle, while some people are unwilling to join. Even if there is no software mall, they can still sell their software through traditional methods. Linux's unusual marketing gave Bill a headache.

The system does not cost money, but the platform does. You must know that once the Linux system can maintain balance, the disaster has already begun for Microsoft.

Paul said: "Bill, have you seen the Linux announcement? They have financial incentives for people around the world who develop Linux kernel components. Any kernel components adopted by them will receive rewards from the Linux Open Source System Alliance..."

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Linux has conquered the city, but for IBM and Intel, this is not the most pressing issue.

Processors aside, NAND memory is new to the world.

Of course, they are no strangers either. NAND storage was proposed thirty years ago. Three years ago, the Japanese proposed a structural patent for commercialization. Now, the Chinese have commercialized the product for the first time.

The maximum capacity is 120M. Although IBM's giant magnetic resistance mechanical hard drive has now reached 3G capacity, the significance of NAND storage is not in terms of capacity.

"This is the first time that the Chinese have launched their own storage standards. They have not cooperated with other manufacturers to launch their own storage standards, although their patents were purchased from the Japanese..."

IBM technical director Jane Nelson shook his head and said: "Not only that, VIA has launched the DDR double-rate memory standard through the Memory Standards Association. Their ARMv6+ processor will support DDR memory, up to 400MHz. They are a cooperation with Zhongxun partner!"

"More than that, ARM has just launched the PCI system bus together with Linux, Zhongxun, and VIA to redefine serial data."

What ARM introduced is the SATA serial bus, which uses embedded clock signals and has stronger error correction capabilities.

Compared with the past, its biggest difference is that it can check the transmission instructions (not just data), and automatically correct if errors are found, which greatly improves the reliability of data transmission.

The serial interface also has the advantages of simple structure and hot-swappable support. Compared with parallel ATA, SATA has greater advantages.

Serial ATA transmits data in a continuous serial manner and can use a higher operating frequency with a smaller bit width to increase the bandwidth of data transmission.

Serial ATA only transmits 1 bit of data at a time, which can reduce the number of pins in the SATA interface, reduce the number of connecting cables, and be more efficient.

Jane Nelson said: "As long as IBM does not support the SATA interface, they cannot define the standard to mechanical hard drives."

Assistant Sly Moore said: "It is a pity that Western Digital announced that it supports the SATA interface, and Seagate also relented..."

"Forehead……"

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The American Semiconductor Alliance is not as powerful as imagined. The concept of a country is simply... nonexistent. Their biggest concern is the U.S. dollar.

Shencheng, International Friendship Hotel.

Ramostein, chairman of the Bellite Foundation, is accepting hospitality from Teacher Xiao Zhao as a foreign guest.

Ramosta is not tall and has gray hair. He is a somewhat thin old man with bright brown eyes.

Ramostein said: "Belite Fund has invested a total of 50 billion U.S. dollars in Silicon Valley high-tech stocks. Six months ago, we already had a profit of ten times the market value, but now, their market value is less than 30 billion U.S. dollars... "

The market value of 500 billion US dollars has now shrunk by 470 billion US dollars. Even a large investor like Bellite Fund is a heavy loss that is difficult to bear.

(End of this chapter)