My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 575 I really didn't want to fight this war

Even if Wei Dong used the 6502 chip from ten years ago, he could still barely put together a computer that was on par with the Famicom.

The console only costs a few hundred yuan; in essence, it's just a game console disguised as a computer.

The game was simply replaced with some simpler programs.

It's not very clear yet.

In a world after the 386 or 486, how is that possible!

Even a slight generational difference, or a few months' difference in chips, can lead to drastic changes!
The 6800 chip used in Apple computers is essentially a deluxe version of this chip, with no fundamental difference.

Steve Jobs dared to sell phones for nearly three thousand dollars, which is similar to some big shots who later boasted about being the world's top leading mobile phones, but in reality, they were selling second-rate chips.

By packaging hype and exaggerating the surrounding camera lenses, precision, glass and stainless steel appearance, or vague things like the feel of operation, they increase the added value and sell the product in a deceptive and misleading way.

In reality, it's easily exposed when compared to some true flagship phones.

In 1986, there was no comparison, because computers were still in a very rudimentary stage.

The computational pressure we can handle isn't that high yet.

Wei Dong is now an "industry giant" with a large group of scientific research experts. At least in terms of the R&D personnel in the Xishan Electronics Building and the scale of the Xishan Computer Industry Cluster, it can rank among the top ten in the world.

Even if the gap with the previous ones is as large as Mount Everest, there are only a handful of countries in the world that have been able to advance to this level of research and development.

Therefore, Wei Dong could confidently warn: "Once personal computers start adding hard drives, it means that the things computers can do will expand explosively. In this situation, the computing power of computer hardware that was previously hidden will be completely amplified. Do you have the ability to produce and use more powerful chips? If you don't have better and faster chips, what can others do? When Apple can't do it, it will be completely defeated!"

Apple's stock price is sure to skyrocket this July.

The stock price, which was over $20 when it went public, had already fallen to $18 last year, then soared to $29, and now it's $43 after a year!
Steve has doubled his billionaire fortune.

Now, however, a chilling fear lingers: "For example?"

Let Wei Dong give the example he actually knows.

Didn't Grandma Shi help Old Shi achieve his performance targets by using the computer-based tax system?

Wei Dong remembers that in the mid-to-late 1990s, the bureau started to have several computers, which were definitely used seriously during the day.

In the evenings, young men would go to the computer center to watch DVDs on computers; the regulations weren't that strict in this small place.

The results were quite ironic: the Intel computer played smoothly, while the generic one lagged terribly, leaving a lasting negative impression on everyone in the tax compound.

"For example, our next step is definitely to make some color games, right? Game operation consumes the most computing power. If a game runs smoothly on an IBM computer, but struggles or even crashes on an Apple computer, do you think the current situation will completely collapse?"

Previously, we were restricted to using 1.2M or 1.44M floppy disks to drive the games. This meant that the computing power required for the games couldn't be too high. Games that were several megabytes or tens of megabytes, well, games that would easily cost tens of gigabytes in later generations, were something we couldn't even imagine back then.

A game that's only a few megabytes in size can completely crash your computer.

Steve was stunned. In the end, he wasn't a technical genius; he was a genius at selling things. He knew what consumers wanted and how to persuade them. He squeezed out the founding father of Apple and the inventor of the Macintosh system, which meant that he was just living off his past achievements in both hardware and software.

What Wei Dong might not know is that without him, Steve Jobs might have been stripped of his military power in 1985, eventually selling all his shares and leaving Apple in anger. Perhaps this was the true nature of the incident.

No matter how much Steve hypes it up, as long as the core of the product remains unchanged, he can no longer beautify the product and sell it at a high price.

He made enemies everywhere within the company, vying for power and profit. In reality, it's like a company that's on the decline that starts checking attendance.

The problem stemmed from a flawed product, which he was unable to salvage, leading to the current outcome.

This is an unsolvable problem. Steve would have lost even if he had stayed, not because he hadn't gone abroad for further studies and avoided the fierce competition in the computer industry for more than a decade.

They will definitely be overwhelmed by the series of combined punches that follow 286.

Last year, Wei Dong only managed to stay afloat by reading novels, playing games, and catering to a differentiated consumer group.

This is the last wave this year.

If Steve doesn't work on improving the hardware, the seemingly impressive situation will inevitably end in failure!

Steve fell silent, remaining silent for a long time on the other end of the phone.

Wei Dong was told to wait quietly, and Qin Yuye didn't dare to say anything.

I felt both proud and apprehensive.

This is exactly the situation she fears most.

Qin Zhiming could always produce such a dazzling display of talent every now and then, but it could never last long before it collapsed.

She was so devastated that she almost developed a personality disorder. This devastation lasted from a few years old until she reached adulthood at seventeen or eighteen; such a family background is truly tragic.

But she could see Steve sitting in his office chair, deep in thought, on an open hands-free phone.

So she quietly asked in a low voice, "Is it really that cruel?"

He just bought a house, started a few companies, and signed a foundation agreement with a law firm. He was even thinking of going back to Hong Kong to buy a bunch of other things.

Is this gone?

Wei Dong casually explained, "Computers are like the barrel theory..."

Actually, after the expert explained it to him, he felt that the barrel theory mentioned online was simpler: "The main chip processor, memory, storage, and system are like the planks that make up a barrel. The performance of a computer is determined by the shortest plank. In the past, the storage was the shortest, so the other components, such as the main chip, have not developed for ten years and have not yet shown any problems. When the storage is improved and the chip has problems, it will not be easy to catch up in a short time."

What he didn't say was that, to his knowledge, there was also the issue of graphics cards and video memory.

In short, computers are indeed still in a very rudimentary stage.

Many chips and motherboards can be built by hand, operating systems are only tens of kilobytes, and games are only a few hundred kilobytes. It's very simple.

"But the next phase of computer development will be one of rapid advancement. We will be able to do many things on computers, requiring more powerful chips and stronger computing capabilities. This IBM machine may not seem like much, but it is actually ahead of its time..."

The essence of this statement is that IBM is on the right track. Once on this track, it's only a matter of time before the 286 becomes the 386, and then the 486, and finally the 586, which will dominate the market.

Actually, it's not a big problem for Apple; they can just follow suit and use the new chips.

But Wei Dong exaggeratedly described this bleak and terrifying prospect of being led by the nose.

The goal, of course, is to participate in the research and development and production of our own main chips!

Sure enough, Steve just glanced up, and Qin Yuye quickly conveyed the barrel theory and his views on IBM computers to him.

Wei Dong added more details: "The original Macintosh computer had 128K of memory, which was upgraded to 512K last year, and this year the standard configuration is 1M of memory. The main chip has not changed, while IBM has upgraded its main chip three times in the past three years, and the memory is now 4M. Right now, it is all thanks to your sales skills that the Macintosh computer is being held together. Once this hardware gap is widened to the point that it cannot be covered up, your reputation and image will collapse."

It has been said that the difference between excellence and brilliance lies in the latter's ability to accurately grasp the future while doing everything well in the present.

Having foresight is the fundamental skill that makes a leader a leader.

If no one can correctly point out the direction for the future, even the most benevolent and magnanimous lord will be devoured by his own people.

Isn't this precisely what Wei Dong excels at?

He doesn't actually understand the details of computers, so he doesn't get bogged down in certain details and goes straight to the point.

Steve finally whispered, "I've noticed this problem too. The Motorola main chips they're supplying us with don't have any more advanced next-generation products, and I don't see any complete chip development plans from them. Right now, they've shifted their focus to that damn mobile communication device..."

Qin Yuye must have asked again and again what chip company it was, and what was translated to Rang Weidong was: "Car Voice chip? My Dyna is that brand."

Wei Dong asked twice before he finally laughed out loud, "What 'Car Voice'? It's just Motorola, a brand name product!"
That's right. When this brand first started before World War II, it was defined as a car radio, and the name itself refers to the sound of a car. So the entire R&D approach followed the path of moving sound waves.

He made portable televisions in the 1940s, and by the time the semiconductor industry exploded in the 1960s and 70s, he had become an industry leader.

However, their main business is still related to mobile electronics. They invented the pager in the 1950s and lunar communications in the late 1960s.

Wei Dong was stunned. "Ah, are we going to enter the mobile phone war of the Warring States period ahead of schedule at this time?"
There are no mobile phones in mainland China yet, but Hong Kong does.

Motorola is undoubtedly the inventor and original creator of the mobile phone.

At this critical juncture, the strategy of pioneering the world of mobile communications probably has no time to focus on computer chips.

Wei Dong never even realized that Steve was the future "father" of smartphones, the "goat god" who ushered in the entire smartphone era.

He responded instinctively, "Of course! Mobile phones will definitely be the most important product of the future. What else can they make, like computer processors? Their attention will definitely shift."

They're just ignorant.

If Steve hadn't said it, Wei Dong wouldn't have known that Motorola actually produced computer CPUs.

But to Steve, this was genius among geniuses.

Having barely used a mobile phone, he could immediately recognize its importance and then confidently predict the strategic direction of a super-corporation like Motorola.

So Steve took a deep breath and actually said, "How about... we acquire Motorola's chip division?"

This made Wei Dong's scalp tingle. You really dare to think that way!

(End of this chapter)