Rebirth of the Tech Madman

"The key now is not to argue about the advantages of thermal bubble and piezoelectric technologies, but the timing of the market for inkjet printers."

Tang Huan shook his head, "Dollar printers have inherent limitations and must give way to inkjet printers. Canon in Japan and Hewlett-Packard in the United States have achieved first-mover advantages respectively. Waiting for us to develop piezoelectric inkjet printers. There are eyebrows, this market has long been divided up by others, just as we dominate the dot matrix printer market and other peers are in a passive competitive position."

"Then we accept Canon's terms?" Hideaki Yaskawa was a little unwilling.

"It was knocked off by Canon, and it can be made up in the stock market. We have put together the inkjet printers. Investors will not fail to understand the meaning. Canon must have seen this, and this is how it is. Order us."

Tang Huan waved his hand, "This deal, just follow other people's minds. In addition, since everyone is interested in the technical research and development of piezoelectric inkjet printers, they can't live up to this enthusiasm. Maybe Canon will continue to oppose this aspect in the future. Come and beg us."

Seeing that the big boss made a decision, Hideaki Yaskawa and others obeyed the arrangement and unified their internal understanding to operate.

Tang Huan then began to inspect Epson's product line, especially the 24-pin lq-2400 series printer with font library.

Driven by Tang Huan’s whip, Epson’s stylus printer’s technical upgrades can be described as non-stop, and its development route is a bit similar to that of the original cpu in time and space. It began to emphasize the main frequency only, and then turned to pursue a multi-core and parallel path. . Its print head needle count rapidly changes from 7 needles. Increased to 9-pin, 12-pin, and 16-pin. Even the current 24 needles.

After climbing to the top in the vertical direction, Epson dot matrix printer technology began to develop horizontally, such as its own font system, speeding up printing, and increasing printing resolution.

The lq-2400 is designed and produced with the goal of Epson’s most successful stylus printer model and the lq-1600k with a sales volume of over one million units in the original time and space.

This year, Epson dot matrix printers accounted for more than 80% of the Japanese market, becoming the jaw-dropping absolute overlord.

You know, Japanese companies now attach great importance to product market share to a level of paranoia. The achievements of Epson dot matrix printers can be said to have attracted countless heroes.

Ever since, Epson paid homage to the development blueprint planned by Tang Huan from top to bottom, and had long forgotten the previous host Hattori family.

With such high spirits, Epson naturally had a lot of resentment for being ripped off by Canon on inkjet printers, and had a new start to develop piezoelectric inkjet printers.

Of course Tang Huan would not waste the subjective initiative of the Japanese, but he still remained sober in his heart.

In the original time and space. Epson achieved unprecedented success in the field of dot matrix printers, and as a result, it went all the way to the black in this direction. As a result, I missed the best time to enter the inkjet printer, and when I woke up, I was already quite passive.

If it weren't for catching up and succeeding in the development of piezoelectric inkjet printers, Epson might have to be removed from the printer field.

Therefore, Tang Huan insisted that Epson be complacent in the face of Canon. Who would let him work hard in the field of printers and made breakthrough progress in inkjet printers? Even cheap laser printers are the same. HP has to learn from teachers. Pay tuition.

In addition, Epson’s performance in the market cannot be so sustained. The peers have begun to flood the market while being surprised and envied. The lq-2400 series printers are the biggest barrier for Epson to maintain its position in the industry. .

In addition to printers, Epson also included scanners and fax machines into its product line.

Most importantly, Tang Huan also handed over the development and manufacturing of cd players and cd drives to Epson, who was in full control.

"We will expand our business scope when it goes public next year." Tang Huan smiled and confided his plans to Yaskawa Hideaki.

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After seeing Sun Zhengyi who shines in the financing field, Tang Huan can't help frowning, "Are you overworked? Why do you look a little haggard, your body is okay?"

In front of Tang Huan, Sun Zhengyi didn't have to stretch himself, stretched his body as much as possible, and lay on the sofa, "As soon as my nerves relax, I really feel a little tired."

Sun Zhengyi’s working method is a bit similar to that of MLM. He is so lazy now that he is really tired, but it is precisely because Sun Zhengyi’s lobbying is very contagious that he can achieve this. Breathtaking results.

However, Tang Huan also learned more or less about the mentality of the current Japanese financial owners from his own financing channels, that is, they have a fascination with American assets, not to mention the good meat of AT&T.

To a certain extent, Sun Zhengyi is taking advantage of the situation.

"Then you can take a good rest. I will first meet with representatives of Fangyuan computer compatible computer manufacturers, and then we will go to the United States together." Some worried about the health of Sun Zhengyi, a workaholic, so Tang Huan made special arrangements.

For the collaborators of Fangyuan Computer such as Sharp and Sony, Tang Huan can be said to have done his best. After issuing the authorization license, he helped him to send a ride and sent a technical specialist to give instructions.

These Japanese did not disappoint Tang Huan. The prototype will be unveiled at this month's Shanghai, and it is estimated that a whirlwind of Fangyuan computer standards will be blown by then.

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In the conference room of the ibm headquarters in Armonk, New York, eastern United States, Don Estelitch frowned, a little anxiously awaiting the meeting.

"Tang, come so early." The person in charge of the chess project, Bill Lowo, who has now been promoted, walked over and patted Don Estelic on the shoulder affectionately, "It seems that you are in a more moody mood. bad."

It was under Billowo's strong recommendation that the Don Esteli Wizards were able to defeat the other senior team members of the chess project and succeed Billowo. Become the person in charge. He was then promoted to the current head of the personal computer department.

therefore. The relationship between the two is quite good. Don Estelitch naturally didn't have to conceal his thoughts, so he answered calmly, "There are more troublesome things, and I don't know where to start at the moment."

"Then just talk about it." Bill Lowo smiled proudly in the workplace.

"In order to obtain the Chinese information technology authorization of Zheru, the headquarters even withdrew the ibm-patent lawsuit against the second-generation Fangyuan computer. Didn't all the previous efforts come to nothing."

Don Estelic couldn't help but spit out depressed, "Now the ibm-bus and the second-generation Fangyuan computer bus are called isa. But people have the first-mover advantage, which makes us seem to be plagiarism. How is this? It's something."

Bill Lovo, who has jumped out of the circle of personal computers, cannot be like Don Estelic to worry about the country and the people like Don Estelitch. He routinely enlightened: "The headquarters will naturally have higher-level considerations. After all, ibm There are many products."

"Yes, for ibm, the personal computer department is just a very ordinary department. Product sales seem to be prosperous, but the profits are inevitably limited."

Don Estelitch sighed with regret. "Perhaps it is the personal computer business and the company's life-and-death relationship, that Apple Computer and Fangyuan Computer will perform so well."

"Don't be underestimated. The management committee is still very satisfied with the performance of the personal computer department. Now the monthly sales volume has exceeded 8,000 units."

Billowo patted Don Estelic on the shoulder again, "According to this trend, the personal computer department should end this year with a monthly sales of 10,000 units, which is absolutely outstanding. In my opinion, In my impression, it has only been more than half a year for the product to reach the market, and it has been able to reach such a high sales volume. ibm has not had it before."

"But the monthly sales of Apple computers have exceeded 30,000 units, and the monthly sales of the second-generation Fangyuan computers..." Don Estelitch shook his head unwillingly, "Never say it."

ibm is a giant, and it can be called its own kingdom inside. In addition to personal computers, Billowo and Don Estelic still have a lot of workplace information to interact with, but it didn't take long before the meeting began.

The fiscal year from 1980 to 1981 has ended. As a listed company, ibm naturally has to prepare an annual report. Many topics of this meeting are to discuss various financial figures.

The current ibm position made Microsoft embrace the thighs of the blue giant and become the nobleman of Gates-John Opel frowned, pointed to a column on the report and asked, "How did the performance of the Far East decline so significantly?"

"The main reason is that in addition to Wangan Computer Company, the competitors have added a more difficult Fangyuan Computer Company. Their products have done a good job in the localization of languages ​​in the Far East, which greatly squeezed the living space of our products. ." The corresponding person in charge talked freely.

"Fangyuan Computer Company? Is that the personal computer company in Silicon Valley?" After getting the affirmative answer, John Opel's eyes moved, and finally he found the unremarkable Don Estrich among the crowd, "Personal Computer The department performed well this year, do you have any new plans?"

"In the ibm-follow-up product development, we have two new plans." Don Estelich, who was given the opportunity to speak, cheered up and talked about his ideas.

"The first plan is to optimize and improve the current ibm-, launch a new product ibm-, the main feature of which is to be equipped with a hard disk. The second plan is to use Intel’s next-generation microprocessor 80286 to develop a new model ibm -."

"Next year, the monthly shipment of ibm- can reach the current 30,000 Apple computers?" A member of the management committee raised a question.

"Gentlemen, I want to reiterate that the real rival of ibm- is not the rotten apple on the market, but the Fangyuan computer that is hiding behind it to conquer the mid-to-high-end personal computer market. Apple is armed by philosopher software. Computers have now become the thugs of Fangyuan Computers. The stalking of ibm- in the low-end and mid-range personal computer markets involves our energy." Don Estelich did not give a positive answer, but introduced the personal computer market. It’s better to turn to the suggestion that I didn’t pass twice before.

"According to the latest intelligence analysis I have obtained, the current monthly shipments of the second-generation Fangyuan computers should have exceeded 12,000 units. This figure is hidden under the 30,000 units of Apple computers, and it seems to be overshadowed, but don’t forget that at present The basic model of the second-generation Fangyuan computer is also close to $3,000, which is twice that. Therefore, the Fangyuan computer is the de facto leader in the current personal computer market."

In the past, Don Estelich had not been able to list such detailed data at the meeting, but this time he was more fully prepared, and sure enough, as soon as the voice fell, everyone in the congregation took a breath.

"How did Fangyuan Computer achieve this level of performance?" someone immediately asked instinctively.

"It relies on software." Don Estelich replied with a heavy tone, "When customers buy Fangyuan computers, they often get corresponding industry application solutions. Zheru Software has an erp department with at least a thousand employees. All of them are practitioners with extensive industry experience, who are responsible for project consulting, implementation, training and services."

"How did you get this information from?" Seeing that Don Estelitch said so with nose and eyes, it naturally aroused some people's curiosity.

Don Estelich pondered a little, "Microsoft's Gates told me that he often haunts Apple and Zheru in Cupertino. According to his observations, Zheru's project management level is no worse than that of ibm. , Otherwise it would not be so efficient for product innovation."

Speaking of this, Don Estelitch raised his tone, "Now Fangyuan Computer has licensed the production of compatible computers to many companies including Hewlett-Packard. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is undoubtedly trying to make Fangyuan Computer's products. The standard has become the de facto standard of the personal computer industry. ibm- will definitely not wait to die, and we should go a step further and disclose the ibm- standard to break Fangyuan Computer’s attempt."

As soon as Don Estelitch finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion in the meeting room, and the voice of opposition was endless.

…

"Speaking of, why did you get around here again? I remember you suggested it twice before. Why did ibm publish its research results for free? Besides, ibm-'s sales are so promising now."

"That's right, ibm-how will others talk about it if it really wants to do this? Is it scared, or can't it be played?"

…

Don Estelitch took the stubbornly with a serious face, "Yes, ibm-is going to lift the table." (To be continued...)

Chapter 0355 ibm-p to lift the table:

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