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Chapter 226 Ark Developer Conference (Part 2)

Then, Catherine showed these people a concept drawing of the CD.

This kind of optical disc is different from the VCD disc. Although there is a disc inside, the outside is sealed with a plastic case. When inserting it into the optical drive, just insert it directly with the plastic case.

"Due to technical reasons, our current maximum capacity is 70mb. This is because our equipment is not precise enough and there will be some errors when pressing the plate. Therefore, our products will adopt this technology. But we will adopt better methods in the future.

equipment, in this way, our disc capacity will be able to reach 210mb."

In history, the capacity of the earliest CDs was 600 to 750 MB. Relatively speaking, Catherine's technology was not good enough. This was the price of "birth".

But even so, the advantages of today's optical discs are far from being comparable to those of cassettes. This can be known from the programmers who shine before their eyes.

Using optical discs as media, the cost of the product is very low, with a minimum of only 1 to 2 US dollars. This is also an advantage compared with the expensive cassettes that cost tens of dollars... and the advantages are huge. For game developers, this is almost

have cut their costs by more than 70%.

"By the way, can you tell us about that new graphical operating system? What impact will this have on our software development?"

Someone suddenly asked.

Catherine nodded:

"The new generation of Phoenix-Stargate system will be a graphical operating system. We will develop a simplified version and a colorful version of this graphics system. The simplified version requires a minimum of 128kb of memory, while the colorful version will require 512kb.

Memory. In the graphics operating system, we will fully support the previous software system. As for the graphics software development system, we will also open it to everyone in the future. However, we are still developing this system, so we cannot use it for the time being.

The platform is provided to everyone. Our stargate system will also support audio playback. However, due to cost considerations, we will not develop audio equipment... However, we will open the audio output interface on the motherboard."

Although she supports it, Catherine herself is not interested in music, so Catherine has not developed any outstanding products in this regard.

But the speaker was unintentional, but the listener sounded thoughtful. Soon, someone saw a business opportunity from this...

After introducing some basic information about the system, the next thing Catherine has to do is to standardize the general interface of the computer and unify and standardize all computer interfaces.

For the sake of numerous third parties, Catherine needs to standardize market rules and provide and standardize standards as much as possible. Only in this way can her company's ability to resist risks be improved.

This is also one of the purposes of Catherine's conference.

For example, for audio equipment, Catherine is planning to stipulate that all electronic equipment such as speakers and headphones should use 3.5mm jacks.

This kind of jack is the most convenient. Because it uses analog signals, the theoretical transmission speed is unlimited, because it only transmits a waveform. The only limitation depends on the resolution of the audio device.

Therefore, if such a jack remains unchanged for 30 years, it has absolutely nothing to do with it.

As for the cassette equipment, while improving the equipment, it is also backward compatible.

Of course, Catherine did not consider always being compatible. In her mind, her machine could only be compatible with two generations at most, and beyond that, Catherine did not consider continuing to be compatible with other devices.

After all, technology is always developing, and what should be abandoned must be continued to be abandoned.

Then, it was Catherine's turn for the main event.

A picture of an interface appeared on the projection screen.

"This interface, we call it universal-serial-bus (Universal Serial Bus)...usb for short."

At least...the appearance is the same as the USB interface.

Today's computers have limited storage capacity, so a USB interface like this seems just right.

"USB interface, the transmission rate can reach per second. The maximum output current can reach 500ma."

Although Catherine said this, everyone seemed a little confused.

If there are no benefits at all, it is unlikely that a product will be recommended.

"Our new generation of mice and mouse devices will adopt this interface as a standard. Not only that, our interface can also enable computers to connect to the Internet, etc."

The current price of photoelectric converters is still very high. Even if fiber optics are introduced into the home, there are still very few people who can afford it. Instead of this, Catherine might as well consider using it as an additional device.

Isn't it great to use USB for power supply and USB for transmission?

Although the transmission speed of USB can only reach 100%, it is enough for current network applications.

"USB will exist as the most convenient interface and is a trend in the future."

Catherine boasted: "The USB interface can be plug-and-play and can be used as a computer expansion component. The price of cassettes is very high. If you use cassettes as components, the cost will increase, and some small businesses and individual users will be discouraged.

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Indeed, many current products use cassettes as expansion interfaces, but in this case, the cost will be very high, but if USB is used, it is different.

Only now did they seem to understand the power of Catherine's interface.

Cost is king

"Successful" Catherine knew that this standard could be implemented.

"I think this kind of USB interface can provide a fixed device? Is it possible that the USB interface is too easy to plug and unplug, so if I accidentally... uh..."

The Fairchild representative shrugged.

"Well, there's no problem with that."

Catherine nodded.

Catherine respects the opinions of third parties.

Nowadays, computer interfaces are very irregular, which is very detrimental to the development of computers.

In fact, some things, even if they are successful in the future, have become problematic products now, which is one of the reasons that prompted Catherine to launch new standards.

For example, the 2 interfaces of mouse and keyboard. This interface is a product copied from "history" by Catherine.

In "history", 2 is one of the common interfaces on earlier computers, used for mice, keyboards and other devices. Generally, the mouse with 2 interface is green and the keyboard is purple.

Catherine used this kind of interface at the beginning, but what is ironic is that some people always break the pins of the 2 interface - the reason is that some enthusiasts have to disassemble and assemble the computer dozens of times a day.

Today's computers are still a novelty. Many people who buy computers think that computers are very interesting. Catherine's microcomputer has gone beyond the scope of what modern people can recognize, so many people like to disassemble the main computer of the computer.

Pretend.

In its original history, 2 originally meant "perl-system-2" - that is, "Personal System 2", a personal computer launched by IBM in the 1980s.

Like Catherine, when I started, the PC standard was open, and then the computer became a hot seller. But this completely open PC standard made IBM feel that its profits were lost. So IBM designed 2 such computers with the purpose of redefining

The pc standard no longer adopts an open standard approach. IBM uses a new bus and a new 2 operating system on this kind of computer.

The keyboard and mouse interface used on 2 computers was the later 2 interface, and it can also be said to be one of the few legacies left behind.

Because the standard was not open, 2 computers failed in the market. Only 2 interfaces are still in use.

IBM's short time caused its failure, so Catherine chose to tie a third party to her warship from the beginning, and it was precisely because of this that Catherine's personal computer was obtained, which surprised Catherine herself.

of success.

But after talking about this matter, Catherine's meeting was not over yet. She had another idea - a website.

"We at Ark are going to build a large website. Using the Internet, we can put our products on it for display..."

Catherine was chatting.

There is no problem in building a website alone, but if you build websites for these companies one by one... then you really don't have the time.

So Catherine's idea was to bring these manufacturers together.

"We are going to build a large website, and all our products can be put into the website. Then as long as they log in to the Internet, they can view our products, and then they can order based on the products they see..."

Catherine said so.

The Internet has not yet developed, but this concept has already been heated up. After all, the federal government has invested a lot of money. This news is mentioned by Angel News Channel from time to time. For Catherine, it is also a hidden fact.

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Anyone who follows Catherine's Angel News Channel will basically know about the Internet and will pay attention to this news.

No one doubts that the Internet can cover the United States - it is only a matter of time. In fact, in and around California, where university networks have been implemented, there are already many universities hoping to join this network.

Everyone is very optimistic about the Internet, so they are very interested in Catherine's proposal.

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