Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Seeing that the talks have evolved to mean that words are not speculative, Andy Grove decisively said goodbye, "Tang, tomorrow we are waiting for you to visit the results of the inte1iapx432 project.?"

"Definitely, definitely." With a gentle smile on his face, Tang Huan sent the Intel Big Three out, but after turning around, he coldly ordered his assistant to mobilize the most senior professional staff, and go to Intel to hit the market tomorrow.

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After getting on the car, Gordon Moore said slowly: "It seems that this road will not work. Tang and the six major Japanese semiconductor manufacturers have been cooperating for a long time. It has been at least three years, and the interests have been entangled too deeply. ."

Robert Noyce nodded, but did not speak.

"At present, the memory business's contribution to the company's profit has fallen to one-third. In sharp contrast, the processor business has grown rapidly. I think Intel must make a determined decision and consider how to transform. "Andy Grove interrupted and said: "We have the choice of the processor business, why bother holding on to the memory business with smaller and smaller profit margins."

This time, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore remained silent at the same time, so depressed that Andy Grove almost vomited blood, but there was nothing to do.

Although he holds the position of executive officer, he is essentially a manager. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, the two founders whose net worth is over 100 million US dollars through the appreciation of Intel stock, are always insurmountable.

Some disoriented Intel is so stubborn to hang on the tree of memory business. It may seem incredible to the outside world, but this is a kind of corporate culture.

When Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore left Fairchild Semiconductor to raise funds and founded Intel, they launched their first product-a 1kb dynamic random access memory, which brought an industrial revolution.

Computer manufacturers began to use dynamic random access memory to replace the original magnetic core memory. The former quickly became the solution of choice for computer main memory, while the latter was completely eliminated.

Huge market demand. Promoting the rapid development of the semiconductor memory industry, Intel, which once had a market share of as high as 90%, can be said to be infinitely promising and gaining gold every day. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore also gained a high personal reputation.

However, when the 4kb dynamic random access memory was launched in mid-1972, Intel had quality problems. As a result, a company founded by a group of people who had left Texas Instruments caught up and quickly occupied the 4kb dynamic random access memory market, and was the first to launch b dynamics. Random access memory chip.

Since then. Intel's dynamic random access memory market share is less than 40%.

Fortunately, semiconductor memory products are not only dynamic random access memory, but also static random access memory and read-only memory, as well as other general-purpose microprocessors and peripheral chips.

Intel has made great achievements in these popular areas, and it will not lose its position as a pioneer in the industry.

Since both the 1kb and 4kb stages of dynamic random access memory are independently controlled by American companies, although the industry is fiercely competitive, Intel’s small life is still very moist, and at the end of the decade it is among the ranks of wealth.

But when the dynamic random access memory is extended to stage b. The situation is different. With the support of the state, the major consortia in Japan have invested a lot of financial and manpower to rush into the semiconductor industry frantically.

For the Japanese to visit and study as if they were on a whirlwind, American semiconductor companies did not take it seriously. In their opinion, it is difficult for the Japanese to do anything, let alone compete and grab their jobs, so they released permits one after another. Allow it to use American technology to manufacture semiconductor chips.

The arrogant Americans did not realize what kind of wild heart is hidden under the humble appearance of the Japanese "Hayhai".

As a result, the feng shui began to take turns, and the Japanese were working on the research of b dynamic random access memory. It caught up with the Americans and, at the end of the decade, occupied 40% of the market share.

Under the background that American semiconductor companies retain only 60% of the market share, Intel is inevitably affected.

But Intel is still optimistic that as long as 64kb dynamic random access memory is opened, it will rely on this unique skill. Good days will come back.

However, the reality cruelly shows that the United States can no longer dominate the roadmap of dynamic random access memory. Japanese semiconductor companies have introduced 64kb dynamic random access memory, which accounted for 56% of the market share in 1981. The United States has Retreat to 44%.

If the indicator of market share is too macro and not imagery enough, the price per chip of 64kb dynamic random access memory has dropped sharply from USD in 1981 to USD 5 in 1982, which is enough to illustrate the **** market competition.

Only focusing on the price war, the Japanese semiconductor companies that have received state support seem to be invincible, but the actual situation is that the Japanese who have always paid attention to quality control and process optimization have increased their dynamic random access memory yields. It's 80%, while its counterparts in the United States are 50%.

Tang Huan likes to purchase memory chips from Japan's six largest semiconductor companies because they have achieved a complete victory in price and technology, and American companies have no competitiveness.

As for the 64kb dynamic random access memory that Intel has invested huge resources in research, it is not at the original level, and naturally it has not brought the expected benefits to the company. The entire memory business has been shrinking, showing the prosperity of the processor business.

But the memory business has almost become Intel's genes, and if you want to abandon it and switch to the processor business, the difficulty is equivalent to a reincarnation and a new life.

To put it utilitarianly, once the transformation of the enterprise is initiated, a large number of people will lose their current positions and interests, start from scratch, or even be laid off. The resistance caused by this can be imagined.

Andy Grove has the intention to reform, but without the strong support of Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, it will be difficult to make any progress.

After returning to Intel headquarters in a hurry, Andy Grove personally asked about the preparations for receiving Tang Huan’s visit tomorrow, and ran to the inte1iapx432 project team for a round~www.wuxiaspot.com~ His plan was simple, Since Intel is still unable to turn the corner of the memory business that is obsessed with home, it should try to make the processor business shine, and then it will naturally be judged.

But compared to the actual performance of inte1, inte1iapx432 made Andy Grove very entangled, especially after Tang Huan came, he went straight to the point of the problem.

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ps: Khan, the calculation rules for the starting point are so complicated. In November, there are fewer things to do. I thought it was only the absence of the full attendance award of the month, but the result was only the half-year award. Wow, what a painful comprehension^_^. (To be continued.)

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