Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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Even in the Internet era of the new century in the original time and space, desktop applications and portable applications accounted for half of the output value of the entire microprocessor industry, but in terms of the number of sales, these two areas actually only consume 02 of all CPUs.

Pushing forward for another ten years, the microprocessor market pattern in the 1990s has taken shape. Those cpu architectures that are not competitive in the market have retired. Intel and Microsoft have reached an alliance to make the x86 architecture dominate, and 32-bit microprocessors are used completely mature.

But among all the CPUs in the world, products with 32-bit and above architecture account for less than 10 shares. Among all 32-bit CPUs sold, only about 2 have entered the personal computer field.

Take 1997 as a specific example. In that year, 2 billion 8-bit CPUs were sold globally, accounting for 55 of all microprocessors.

Since the advent of the microprocessor in the early 1970s, its biggest application in the civilian field has been the prosperous personal computer.

To make an analogy, the former is equivalent to the sands, while the latter gathers the sands into gold bricks, and the right to speak is self-evident. Tang Huan now intends to use his foresight on the application to expand the layout in embedded micro-control processing.

Gein is not a omnipotent general-purpose microprocessor, and now he has begun to show his dissatisfaction with Tang Huan.

For example, the laser printers and the universal remote controls developed by Wozxing are too bulky and not tailored, especially in terms of power consumption.

At this stage, everyone in this new direction is on the same starting line, at least it can avoid the embarrassing situation of Lianhua Electronics in developing intel80286 compatible products.

"Further optimization of the intel80286 compatible product is nothing more than a senior expert. It's nothing more than breaking that layer of window paper. If you can't dig people, it's nothing."

Speaking of which. Tang Huan picked up the eldest brother who had really become a "brick" after leaving the service area of ​​Xiangjiang Phone and shook his head. "This big guy takes ten hours to charge, but it can only last for 30 minutes. I have a hope that a low-power, high-performance microprocessor can be plugged into this device."

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Warner Headquarters, New York, USA.

"Due to the quality of the third-generation Fangyuan personal computers, ea's second-generation Xiaobawang game console had to be postponed in Japan. As a result, Nintendo was caught off guard and the situation was very passive."

James Morgan reports on the latest industry developments. "It is said that in order to avoid the embarrassment of the media, Tang Huan was absent from this year's spring dex. You know, he had participated and delivered keynote speeches every time before."

Warner boss Steve Ross was indifferent after listening. Before, he could gloat for misfortune, but now he has no such thoughts.

So far, Atari has caused Warner to lose $300 million on its books. Wall Street wants to look at the report data, and the response to it is. Warner stock is about to fall below $30.

Steve Ross settled down, raised his hand to interrupt James Morgan's chatter, and asked in a deep voice: "The video game company that used to have a lot of beauty. Now one after another has closed down. Tell me, is Atari still hopeful? "

"This is a natural industry reshuffle. The winner is the one who can persist in the fight to the end. Atari's arcade business has performed well, and the home video game console business can open up markets in Japan, Europe, Australia, and even Latin America. That's how we did it, we don't need to despair." James Morgan replied quickly, his position as CEO hasn't been warmed up yet, Atari can't be shut down.

"Okay. I give you your trust." Steve Ross nodded, "Now it's on the books. Atari loses $1 million a day. You need to take further stop-loss measures."

"The layoff plan is almost complete. Next, we have to find ways to reduce expenses from other links." James Morgan, who was secretly complaining in his heart, said with flickering eyes: "We probably produced 5 million copies of "et Alien". 》, but after its sales surpassed 1 million copies, the momentum slowed down significantly, and it currently stops at 1.5 million copies. Although this performance is good, it can be ranked among the top ten selling games of Atari, but there are more than 3 million copies left. It is difficult to continue to be digested by the market. At the same time, high inventory management costs still have to be spent."

The "et alien" video game project is the biggest pain in Steve Ross's heart, because he has already had a psychological shadow on video games.

However, as a powerful business man, Steve Ross still has the most basic leadership. He nodded slightly in agreement, "Then proceed as appropriate."

Seeing that the big boss was not furious because of embarrassment, James Morgan was relieved and hurried away.

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At Atari's warehouse in El Paso, Texas, the supervisor, James Heller, scowled and counted a batch of unsold game cassettes that he had just received. He sighed as he recalled the boom of last year.

Even James Heller, who is at the back of the company, can clearly feel the depression of the North American home video game console market.

"No matter how in and out of it, our warehouse will really be out of stock." James Heller murmured anxiously, and hurried to check the weather forecast for the next few days.

At this time, the headquarters just called, James Heller was very big, and he thought that there would be another batch of game cassettes that could not be sold, and he should send it to himself.

"Why are you not in the office?" James Morgan asked impatiently on the other side of the phone.

"I was just counting the game cassettes that were just put in the library." James Heller groaned, "The inventory pressure here is getting heavier."

"I read the report. You have 500,000 copies of "et Aliens"?" James Morgan interrupted his subordinates' complaints and asked straightforwardly.

"No more. Why is the report data of the headquarters lagging so much?" James Heller shouted annoyed immediately, "Now the game cassette of "et aliens" has reached more than 900,000 copies, plus other unsold electronic products. Game cassettes. It has already exceeded 1 million."

Hearing such a shocking number, James Morgan's forehead was exposed, and he cursed inwardly. "The group of people in charge before I took office were simply a group of gamblers who lost their minds."

"It is estimated that I am here among all the company's warehouses. The most stressful one. If it encounters heavy rain, it will definitely be very troublesome. I request additional staff." James Heller asked at last.

"Can you think about it before you speak? The company has just gone through a round of layoffs, now you let me send you more staff?" James Morgan snorted coldly, "Well, I will relieve you of the pressure now. These unsold game cassettes are all disposed of."

"Take it away?" Listen to the boss's order. James Heller's brain suddenly short-circuited, and he asked subconsciously, "What, what do you mean?"

"Dispose of these unsalable game cassettes as rubbish." James Morgan repeated slowly, "Do you understand?"

"I understand." James Heller promised, while stormy waves were set off in his heart, but it was a game cassette with more than 1 million copies.

So James Heller asked affirmatively, "Dispose of all the more than 1 million copies of the game cassette?"

"Yes." James Morgan warned in a serious tone: "The lower the processing cost, the better, otherwise. I will fire you to make up for the cost."

"Understood." James Heller replied with sweat.

"One more thing, pay attention to confidentiality. Don't make a noise about this matter." James Morgan exhorted again.

"I will try my best." James Heller promised quickly.

After James Morgan hung up the phone, James Heller held the microphone and froze for a long time. The decision of Gein's boss was so shocking that it surpassed his own cognition.

Slowly putting the microphone back, James Heller began to worry again. You know, this batch of so-called "garbage" can be pulled by at least a dozen trucks. At the same time, cost control and confidentiality need to be considered. Disposal is not as easy as imagined.

Such a huge amount of "garbage". It must not be discarded casually, the best way. Either dump it into the sea, or find a landfill to bury it.

James Heller found a map. His eyes moved slowly over Texas, and finally turned to the state of New Mexico next to him.

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Looking for a building not far from the warehouse, a young man was sneakily hiding by the window, watching with binoculars, and then said: "Uncle, they have already started loading the 17th truck. "

"It seems that old Martin is about to make a fortune again." A middle-aged man with an ordinary face, lying on a cot, rolled over lazily.

"Uncle, don't forget, I did the hardest work." The young man murmured.

"Well, young Martin will also get a share at that time." The old Martin in a good mood was rare and generous.

Young Martin, who was promised, was full of joy and turned around and asked curiously, "Uncle, which task was given by the entrusted person? Except for boring, it is not easy, and I don't know if there will be such a good thing next time.

"Speak less and do more." Old Martin didn't answer his nephew's question. "I guess this team might leave at night. The task is not that easy."

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One million copies of video game cassettes are loaded with 20 trucks.

James Heller personally directed it to ensure that nothing on the car could be seen from the outside, and the tension was almost at odds with illegal activities.

After it got dark, James Heller sat in the first car and led the entire convoy from El Paso, Texas to the destination of this trip, Alamogordo, New Mexico, where there was a Large-scale landfill.

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James Heller's arrangement can be said to be very meticulous, but he doesn't know that his every move has fallen into the eyes of the caring people.

When James Heller dutifully supervised the burial at the scene, the "Alamogordo Daily News" reported a news that Atari dumped a 20-car slow-moving game cassette in Alamogordo, and even attracted A group of teenagers rushed to dig.

This is simply a one-stone wave, a 20-car game cassette, how many copies should there be? In order to stop the loss, Atari is really ruthless

Atari hurriedly clarified that what was in the car was not a game cassette, because the El Paso branch in Texas is undergoing streamlining, so there is a batch of waste materials that need to be disposed of.

As a result, the local people in Alamogordo responded directly to this with protest, believing that Atari's pulling so much industrial waste from Texas would seriously affect the ecological environment here.

James Heller was so depressed that he almost vomited blood. He tried his best to come up with the "garbage" disposal plan. He was so busy at the scene that he was scolded by James Morgan. Is the whole America talking about this?"

"I don't know." James Heller was so wronged that he almost cried.

"Now countless reporters are rushing to Alamogordo to verify this in person, what do you say?" James Heller roared.

"Or, give me a processing fee, and I will immediately cover the landfill with a layer of concrete. Even if the reporter comes by then, there will be nothing to see." James Heller gave himself anxiously and intelligently on the spot. s solution.

"Okay, I will trust you again. If there are more mistakes, you know what the consequences are." James Heller gritted his teeth and gave an ultimatum.

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So when the reporters found the burial site of Alamogordo, all they saw was a layer of sturdy and cold concrete, and the glasses suddenly shattered.

Atari gave a high-sounding explanation, "Because many animal carcasses were found near the landfill, for safety reasons, especially to prevent those teenagers who don’t know the truth and dig around, Atari’s Only additional funds were invested and a layer of concrete was added."

"Let's lie to the ghost." The reporters raised their middle fingers in unison, but there was nothing to do with the scheming Atari. The truth has been buried, and what people say is what they say.

Just as Atari and even Warner ~www.wuxiahere.com~ secretly thanked that they had escaped a storm of public opinion, the "New York Times" suddenly jumped out and reported in detail that Atari buried a large number of unsold video game cassettes. process.

At this stage, having a picture is equivalent to having the truth. Atari, who had been so clever as a tongue to defend himself, was suddenly miserable.

The confirmation of this news has extraordinary significance. It officially sounded the death knell of the North American home video game console market, and made the official defenses of all hard-talking companies meaningless. The entire industry collapsed with a visible trajectory. .

As for the instigator, Atari, the parent company Warner’s stock fell to more than $20. Steve Ross was anxious and was admitted to the hospital at once, and even the news of his death came out.

The media became more uproar. You must know that on February 20 this year, Charles Bludon, the owner of Gulf Western Industries and Paramount, suffered a heart attack and died on his private jet at the age of 56.

Could it be that another Hollywood tycoon will fall this year? But Steve Ross was one year younger than Charles Bludon. To be continued.

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