bloom america

Chapter 210 The Outlook of 3D

Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, one of the world's top 500 companies.

Of course, at this moment, he is not as great as he will be in the future.

"Is this your plan?"

Old Walton took a report given to him by the programmers.

"Yes, we make this based on the needs of the supermarket."

The advertisement they gave Old Walton was about the function of the program.

The programmers naturally knew that the other party might not know much about computers, so they tried their best to tell Old Walton the functions that the software would contain in plain language.

"Our system can be fully automated."

One of the programmers added another sentence.

Since Catherine left, she immediately mobilized a group of programmers to discuss the system issues with people at Walmart.

In addition to these programmers, there are also surveyors from the United States Telecom, who came to survey the lines of the Wal-Mart chain store.

"Excuse me, are there any functions that can be added here?"

Old Walton asked.

"Please say."

The programmers said politely.

"I hope to be able to add a statistical report to this. Not only our products, I also need some other data..."

The programmer didn't quite understand: "Do you mean... product independent design?"

The other party shook his head.

"I mean, for example, housewives buy a product in my store. Generally, they throw the shopping list in the trash. We have dedicated people who come back to recycle these items, and through this, we learn about families.

The needs of housewives. But there are some products that are not available in our shopping malls. We will choose whether to purchase them again based on the needs of housewives..."

The programmers discussed it with each other.

Old Walton's requirements have exceeded their original expectations for the job.

However, they did not dare to disobey the request of the big capitalist Catherine.

"In this way, we can't use magnetic core storage. How about replacing it with tape? That's what IBM does. And the storage performance of tape is better."

The technicians are discussing.

Indeed, in the 21st century, tapes will still exist as storage media because tapes have strong stability.

The technicians discussed it for a while, then looked at Old Walton.

"Sir, there is no problem at all, but in this case, we may need to modify the plan. This will greatly increase the storage requirements. I suggest you use tapes to store your data. However, this will cause the computer to record data.

Slow down."

Old Walton asked doubtfully: "Will it slow down?"

"Not too much."

Old Walton nodded.

Catherine's system will not increase management costs, but will greatly reduce them.

Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, also expressed his admiration after seeing Catherine's computer plan.

Catherine is thinking from her perspective and thinking about what her customers are thinking. What they need is to reduce costs, reduce expenses, increase their sales, and make management smoother.

Following this line of thinking, Catherine's industry became like this.

At Ark's headquarters, Catherine's system is also studying graphics operating systems.

This system is called the "Stargate System", phoenix-stargate, or ps for short.

The Stargate system will become Catherine's new generation operating system.

Currently, the system already has a simple interface.

However, this interface is not like the future wind or other operating systems, but is somewhat similar to the control interface of some games on the "future" SFC.

The bottom is blue, then the text is white, and there is a mouse.

This is the version that runs on low-end machines.

After all, not everyone can have that much money to buy memory.

Catherine's sfc will use 2-bit addressing, the maximum supported memory.

However, according to estimates, due to cost, mainstream memory is between 128kb and 512kb. In this case, the minimum requirements for the dazzling operating software created by Catherine are obviously impossible to install on such a low-level computer.

Therefore, the graphical interface at this time should need to be "castrated".

First of all, Catherine canceled the desktop system. Once she entered the system, it was an interface similar to the resource manager, but with a blue pattern background. It looked very good, and the operation was fool-proof. Just one click

You can do it with just the mouse.

This system also provides some convenient applications, such as txt programs, and mini-games like solitaire and minesweeper.

These casual games are also essential.

Of course, this is the only game she can provide.

Catherine's phoenix system actually refers to Linux, not wind. Wind is not open source, so it is difficult for Catherine to understand this system. However, the Linux system is completely free and open source. As long as you are willing, you can understand it.

difficulty.

The programmers are working feverishly on the system, and on the other side, Catherine is also very busy.

Things in Hong Kong should not be forgotten. Catherine immediately made arrangements, and the number of manpower in Hong Kong suddenly doubled.

Bruce, who was in Hong Kong, made a phone call in shock.

"Kate, what are you doing? Why did you transfer all the employees to Hong Kong? Don't you know that it's already a mess here?"

Bruce said impatiently as soon as the call was connected.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Edson, I'll transfer it to you right away..."

"Well……"

Bruce was a little embarrassed. This call had not yet been received from Catherine and was still at the reception desk.

"Hey, Dad, what's wrong? Call me now." Catherine's voice finally came through.

"Kate, why do you keep mobilizing Umbrella employees here in Hong Kong? What are you doing?"

Catherine's voice was unhurried: "This is for our umbrella's career and reputation."

"Career? Fame? Kate, what on earth are you talking about?"

"Dad, don't you think Hong Kong is in chaos?"

Bruce was silent.

Indeed, I came to Hong Kong this time because some problems occurred here.

"Kate, do you want to..."

"Yes, we are going to strengthen our influence in Hong Kong at this time."

Catherine's voice was very excited.

"Dad, something big will happen in Hong Kong soon. This thing will at least be very beneficial to us."

"How did you know something big was going to happen in Hong Kong?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bruce immediately realized that something big might happen in Hong Kong.

The current situation is getting more and more chaotic, especially the Cultural Revolution spread from the mainland, which has made the situation even more volatile... Obviously, something big is going to happen soon, either today or tomorrow.

"Dad, you should come back earlier, Hong Kong is too dangerous."

Catherine said with concern.

"No...Kate, this is indeed a business opportunity. We can make Umbrella have a good reputation in Hong Kong. Then, we can expand to the whole of Southeast Asia."

Bruce was very excited.

"I will go back in May, Kate, and don't tell your mother about the situation in Hong Kong."

"Uh..." Catherine didn't expect that the other party would decide to stay in Hong Kong because of her words, and she suddenly felt dumbfounded.

"But Dad, it's too dangerous over there... At least, the security around you should be doubled."

"Okay, okay, I know, I will handle this matter, you don't need to deal with it."

Bruce hung up the phone.

At this time, he thought of the man named Lin Shenhe... Maybe, that Chinese could be a breakthrough in his plan?

On the other side, Catherine scratched her head.

I finally launched a big plan, and just like that... it was snatched away...

She sighed, then shrugged, took out her manuscript, and faxed it to DreamWorks.

These are the remaining scripts of my own "X-Files".

Next, Catherine returned to Intel and checked on U's R&D status.

The emergence of 16-bit systems means the arrival of the 3D era.

And 3D technology has always been Catherine's dream... Of course, this technology is used in movies, because the picture is really bad.

In the history of SFC, there have been 3D games, such as "Wolfenstein" and "Super Noah's Ark".

Using the execution efficiency of the 1960s, the hardware requirements for programs in the 21st century can be reduced to at least one-fifth; and using the execution efficiency of the 1980s, it can also be reduced to one-third.

This is because in these days, computer hardware was too backward and could not satisfy those imaginative programmers.

Programmers racked their brains and used all available methods to make those backward hardware able to run their programs as much as possible.

Thus, two powerful creatures were born, namely the "programmer of the 1950s" and the "artist of the 1980s".

SFC can run 3D games, which shows from the side that it is not that difficult for 16-bit systems to run 3D programs.

Catherine named her CPU "sfc" based on her expectations for the future.

It's just that...Catherine has never tried writing 3D programs on a 16-bit computer. It's very simple in theory, but it's full of problems in practice.

Therefore, Catherine developed the GPU for this reason.

Some things, technically speaking, are indeed enough, but because people today do not have the foresight like Catherine, they have been left in the dust for a long time.

Take memory, for example. There was a period of time in history when memory outpaced the development of CPUs, causing developers and researchers to lose interest in it. As a result, memory was not available for a long time in the 1980s.

What groundbreaking research has been achieved?

Of course, after Catherine spent tens of millions lavishly, her working capital can only be used for maintenance, increased investment, etc. It is too unrealistic...