Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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This year comdex has held three sessions in winter, spring, and Europe, but the traditional autumn exhibition in Las Vegas is still very popular and irreplaceable. (For the latest chapter, please go to: Literature Building..) Lewen Mobile

One of the major reasons is that no matter how Comdex thinks of ways to increase the hosting density to make money, the summit forum of the IT industry is fixed in Las Vegas. After all, executives can't be idle to attend several times a year. comdex.

With figures such as Tang Huan who are influential in the industry regularly appearing at the Comdex Fall Fair, their status has gradually come to the fore. Many people actually came to the speeches of industry leaders.

The highlight of this year's summit forum is undoubtedly Tang Huan's 32-bit personal computer promotion plan. According to him, once the 32-bit architecture is established, it is sufficient to meet the application needs of the next 20 years, hardware and software manufacturers will get a relatively stable development external environment, and the application solutions available to users will be more powerful and rich. .

Of course, there are many opponents who think that Tang Huan’s business plan is too radical. Not to mention the uncertainty caused by the technical complexity of the 32-bit architecture. It is only the second-generation Fangyuan computer and ibm-pc that brought the personal computer into the 16-bit. The era is only four years, and the commercial value is just in the midst of the day. The 32-bit personal computer is sandwiched between the 16-bit personal computer and the 32-bit minicomputer mainframe, and the position is too awkward.

Even those executives of manufacturers whose industry status and business interests would be threatened simply shouted out of the air, accusing Tang Huan of entraining private goods in his business plan, with impure motives, and the purpose is nothing more than suppressing Fangyuan’s personal computer competitors and discrediting Fangyuan upwards. The opponents of workstations and Fangyuan servers-the prospects of traditional minicomputers and mainframes, monopolize the entire computer industry.

With the market value of Fangyuan Computer Company surpassed the $60 billion mark. Investors talked about when to surpass ibm, a profound industry change is taking place, Fangyuan Computer Company is no longer a newcomer who is determined to fight in the eyes of people. It's the overlord of the world.

Behind this glorious glory, I don't know how many traditionally vested interests are sadly out of the game. The concomitant conflicts of interest and turbulence can be imagined. The blushing on the comdex summit forum is just a reflection.

But outsiders don't care about this, especially the comdex organizers and media reporters can only describe it as welcome with raised hands. The more fierce your quarrels and the unceasing talk, the more popular my exhibition can gather, the more predictable my report will be.

Naturally, Tang Huan couldn't turn a blind eye to these doubts and accusations that also contained private goods.

He unceremoniously pointed out: "In the new IT era dominated by microcomputers, people can more easily obtain technology and applications. The practice of relying on human manipulation of technological progress to ensure large commercial profits is out of date. Therefore, it is outdated. Anyone who is ignorant of current affairs and tries to hinder technological progress will become the enemy of the world."

"As for whether the timing of the 32-bit appearance is appropriate, it is even more confusing and mediocre."

"First of all, any change between new and old products has to go through a process. Personal computers transition from 16-bit to 32-bit. The same is true. Users may have concerns, but the demand for computers is rigid, as long as smooth compatibility and upgrades are provided. And With more powerful software functions, consumption power will not be affected at all."

"The 16-bit technology and products that have gradually lost their mainstream status in the personal computer market will be eliminated. Will they become e-waste? Of course not! Look at the current 8-bit technology and products are not alive. Embedded, industrial control And so on, the application fields are where they can do their best. The application range of it technology will only become wider and wider, and everyone has food to eat."

"So how do traditional minicomputers and mainframes deal with themselves? Since we are committed to solving the needs of high-end users, we should continue to make progress in technology, instead of putting the huge profits earned on how to guard against low-end products. On the impact.

"If you still don't know how to keep improving, you might as well refer to the 32-bit architecture for personal computers, and the 64-bit architecture will be popularized in high-end applications. The benefit will definitely be more than 20 years."

"In addition. Technical means such as multi-processor, multi-channel, parallel, algorithm optimization, etc., are sufficient to classify product grades. It is not some vested interests who are accustomed to using the huge benefits earned from the high-end market. Suppress low The progress of the end market is rising."

With a super-era vision and a clear road map. Tang Huan quite has a posture of a feather fan and a scarf, fighting against the group of Confucian scholars. Comdex has been open for five days, and the dual convenience has been a heated debate for five days.

This kind of gunpowder-flavored confrontation drove the media crazy and pushed the focus of the quarrel to the people one by one from various angles. The result of the debate is not so good. Almost all the participants have become celebrities.

Of course, Tang Huan is the most dazzling one. Many newspapers flattered the front page with a profile photo of his finger in front of him. The angular, mature face exudes amazing personal charm. I don't know how many young people who admire successful people have fascinated.

Invisibly, in the last few days of November and early December, Las Vegas and comdex have become the places with the highest attention in the United States. Even because many attendees from other parts of the world also came, they were also affected by the media there. Follow up reports.

In this extremely lively atmosphere, the video game "Three Kingdoms" specially recommended by Tang Huan was released worldwide. Once it was launched, it immediately achieved success in the Japanese market. Japanese players lined up all night to buy. The unprecedented grand occasion attracted TV stations to live broadcast.

You know, the price of "Three Kingdoms" is not close to the people, as high as 16,800 yen, which is equivalent to some models of home video game consoles, but players are still rushing to it, and the outside world is shocked by the spectacles.

Reporters will only ask players "why are you willing to spend so much money on a game", industry critics can only comment on how well-made "Three Kingdoms" itself is, but few people have enough vision to pay attention at this time At this stage, the Japanese environment is as friendly as a son to "Three Kingdoms."

Japan’s admiration for ancient Chinese culture is a well-known fact, and it has created many commercial hot spots without paying for copyrights. This is the case with the story of the Three Kingdoms.

Yoshikawa Eiji, who has the title of "Japanese National Writer", likes to read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" translated by Japanese historian Tokuji Kubo since childhood. During the Japanese invasion of China. As a military reporter, he traveled to many places in China and personally got in touch with China's customs and historical heritage.

After Eiji Yoshikawa returned to Japan. In the nearly four years from 1939 to 1943, he serialized his novel "Three Kingdoms" in accordance with the setting of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in newspapers. Later, it was published and distributed in a separate booklet, and it was published many times in various forms in the 1950s and 1970s.

This shows how popular Yoshikawa Eiji's novel "The History of the Three Kingdoms" is so popular in Japan that works related to the history of the Three Kingdoms here in Japan are all affected by it.

For example, this is the case with the comic "Three Kingdoms" created by the famous Japanese cartoonist Yokoyama Koki. It has been serialized since 1971 and has not yet ended.

In addition, from October 2, 1982 to March 24, 1984. Also produced and broadcast the puppet show "Three Kingdoms".

All in all, Japan has already done nothing better to popularize and pave the way for the theme of the Three Kingdoms. It is just waiting for Tang Huan to pick the peaches.

And he is not at all polite-after invading our land and consuming our culture, it is time to pay some tax-the video game "Three Kingdoms" is priced high, and Japanese consumers rushed to buy it. During the Christmas and New Year shopping seasons, a sales miracle was created that would blind people's eyes.

Compared with the Japanese market, which is so powerful and sweeping, the situation of the video game "Three Kingdoms" in the United States is more complicated, and it is not so enthusiastically sought after. After all, the cultural circles of each other are different. There is no prior market training to pave the way.

Americans' attention to "Three Kingdoms" stems from factors outside the game.

After the collapse of the North American home video game console market, although there are very appealing game works such as dancing consoles. The sales of the second-generation Cassidy game consoles have improved in North America, but they are not the same as the previous market holdings.

After the game console players buy the game, the influence they can have is limited to their own circle, which is not on the same level as Japan's national carnival.

However, the Fangyuan personal computer version of "Three Kingdoms" has caused a small mess. According to the system requirements, it can run on three generations of Fangyuan personal computers and above platforms. The core content here is to have a 2d accelerated graphics card.

In terms of hardware classification, 2d accelerated graphics cards are similar to floating-point processors such as intel80287, and both belong to auxiliary processors. The former provides additional graphics processing capabilities, while the latter hardware implements floating-point number calculation functions.

This 2d acceleration chip. Currently, only Tang Huan can provide it. However, he did not intend to monopolize the graphics card manufacturing business, but to provide public version designs and drivers. And allow third-party manufacturers to design and manufacture unique graphics products for specific markets, prices, and other different situations.

But now it is in the initial stage after all. Although everyone buys this mechanism, digesting the technology will eventually require a process. As a result, the 2d accelerated graphics cards for personal computers on the market are almost only those released by Tang Huan on comdex.

Compared with the monotony of graphics card products, the situation of the third-generation Fangyuan personal computer platform is much more complicated, with differences in high-end, mainstream, low-end, compatible computers, and so on.

Due to the excellent features such as plug and play, it is relatively simple to install 2d accelerated graphics cards on the third-generation Fangyuan personal computers, and there are few problems in the process, but on some models, the phenomenon of downtime occurs frequently.

Because the 2d accelerated graphics card has just been launched, the price is still a bit expensive. The things that have been bought for several hundred dollars do not work properly. Naturally, users are full of complaints, and there is a lot of scolding on the service forum hosted by AOL.

The explanation given by Fangyuan Computer Company is: Because the shipment volume is not large, we know the quality of the product well. It is not an exaggeration to track each board accurately. It is better to find the reason calmly, such as changing a computer to try. test.

There is no shortage of experts among users, and the reason for such a tossing is quickly found. The workload of the 2d accelerated graphics card is very large, so it has strict requirements on the power supply of the motherboard. However, low-end machines and some compatible machines obviously save costs in this link of power supply.

With such an exchange on the forum, the problem was solved. After all the hardships, the players on the personal computer platform finally played the excellent-quality "Three Kingdoms" smoothly, and they couldn't help chanting repeatedly.

Those who took the opportunity to slander the 32-bit architecture immediately sent a sour boo, "Look, Fangyuan Computer Company has made users aware of the importance of mainframe power supply. It is estimated that power supply will become a new industry. Look tight."

The fact is also true. Sure enough, some power supply manufacturers have entered the retail field and promoted high-end products under the gimmick of "perfectly supporting 2d accelerated graphics cards".

This accident finally evolved into a perfect public relations and advertising campaign. Terms such as "Three Kingdoms", 2d accelerated graphics cards, 32-bit personal computers, etc., were intensively instilled into people's minds by the media, and it is not good to say that it is viral marketing. Over.

Another source of Americans' attention to "Three Kingdoms" is very literary and artistic, and that is the music industry.

Tang Huan is well aware of the importance of cg and soundtrack in a boutique game. In addition to highlighting the game itself, it can even attract a new group of players.

Therefore ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the video game "Three Kingdoms" received a magnificent music "Dawn of Heroes" to help out; although the promotional film did not completely satisfy Tang Huan, it was excellent enough to make people of this era nod their heads. praise.

And "Dawn of Heroes" is like "hesea" to find the Titanic, "he\\\'" to the acquisition of Jardine, and "themass" to the listing of Fangyuan Computer Company, which left a deep impression on people. Let the music industry pay attention.

Many musicians complained about their wallets in newspaper columns. In order to enjoy the complete "Dawn of Heroes", they had to buy the video game "Three Kingdoms". In terms of hardware, they had to choose between 2d accelerated graphics cards and second-generation Xiaobawang game consoles. After all, because of the use of midi, many people who play music have Fangyuan personal computers.

In fact, if ea released the original video game soundtrack of "Heroes of Dawn" alone, there would be no such trouble.

The American music industry’s attitude towards the video game "Three Kingdoms" is only to pursue the music "Dawn of Heroes", and to a large extent it is to seek creative inspiration, because American and British musicians are currently engaged in an invisible competition.

? (To be continued.)