Reborn Capital Madman

After completing the "cutscene" of Intel's board of directors, Gao Xian went to see the microprocessor he wanted most.

Because of the time and space of the high strings, Intel's microprocessor route is slightly different from the "old script".

Specifically, after Intel    4004, Intel   8080 is directly omitted, Intel    8008.

The reason is not difficult to understand. Although Intel     8008 is an eight-bit microprocessor, it is just an eight-bit version that was naturally upgraded by Intel                                                                                                       �

Therefore, Gao Xian spurred the original "two-step" into "one and a half-step", and gave birth to the original model of the x86 architecture Intel    8080.

In Gao Xian's eyes, the absolute leading technology is not important. The key is to maximize the knowledge reserve advantages of "small outfits".

This is just like when Gao Xian chose a minicomputer for data processing in Xiangjiang securities industry before, he directly selected the latest product of the data equipment company PDP-11. The driving force is that the PDP-11 classic must be applied to the 1990s, so

"Small installation" can provide ready-made software solutions.

By the same token, Gaoxian’s favor for the Intel x86 architecture is also due to similar considerations.

In fact, Intel x86 architecture was not created out of thin air, but referenced to the PDP series minicomputers of the data equipment company; the specific product implementation is not the best. The MC6800 that Motorola is developing is more powerful than its functions.

But who made the Intel x86 architecture the most "classic" and thus the Gaoxian the most "work-saving"?

When he found an unpopular microprocessor product team in the corner of Intel's headquarters, Gao Xian happened to see Fei Jin slamming the phone.

"What's wrong?" Gao Xian asked in a cold manner.

Seeing that Director Gao, who has been providing special funds to support the microprocessor product team, Fei Jin took a deep breath and replied angrily: "Hello Gao. I have nothing, I just asked the supervisor for production plans and create another batch.

The new version of Intel    8080 project samples, but it has been delayed in approval, and the marketing department also said that it has not thought about how to sell Intel    8080.”

After glanced at Fei Jin's face, Gao Xian knew that Fei Jin and his supervisor, or more accurately, the gap between Fei Jin and Intel was deepening.

At the beginning, due to visas, Fei Jin, who came from Italy, stayed at Fairchild Semiconductor, which led to the fact that he joined Intel relatively late. On the other hand, Intel really spent a lot of effort to attract Fei Jin.

Fei Jin's important value is mainly reflected in the silicon gate circuit that must be solved by MOS of semiconductor memory and microprocessors, which temporarily stumped the entire semiconductor industry, and even caused Intel to almost go bankrupt due to lack of sufficient income for a long time.

Robert Noyce happened to know that Fei Jin had a solution, so he tried every means to invite the other party over.

Fei Jin is also willing to work at Intel. As soon as he got started, he solved this problem, but for some reason, such a good thing has caused filth.

It is obvious that the technical difficulty that Fei Jin led to overcome must be patent protection.

Therefore, Intel applied for related patents.

There is no problem with this link. Fei Jin works at Intel, so the patent naturally belongs to the company.

The contradiction arises, there is no financial statement in the signature of this patent, and it is replaced by his immediate boss.

Fe Jin has always been worried about his own efforts.

In addition, there is also a conflict between Feijin and Intel's third-in-command Andy Glov.

It is necessary to point out that although Intel is a Silicon Valley high-tech company, its working style is not like the freedom, relaxation and humanity represented by the Silicon Valley big brother HP, but is more like a disciplined army.

To put it bluntly, Andy Glov requires employees to strictly follow the clocking time when they go to and from work. But Fei Jin is a technical maniac. His inspiration explodes. He doesn't have day or night when he adds up. When he is tired, he can do it in one sleep.

Sleep until noon the next day.

It is not difficult to imagine that the eclectic Fei Jin is an unreliable thorn in the eyes of Andy Glov, who is required to implement steel discipline.

In this way, it would be strange if Feijin and Andy Grove had a harmonious relationship!

Gao Xian pretended to persuade Fei Jin for a few words, and then came to the final version of Intel     8080 and read it carefully.

Seeing that Director Gao really attached and was interested in the microprocessors of his group, Fei Jin finally got better, so he began to give Gao Xian a demonstration excitedly.

In fact, this demonstration may not be acceptable to ordinary people.

You should know that at this stage, let alone no personal computers, there is not even a microcontroller. Intel       8080 project samples are just placed on a substrate, and then connected to a bunch of peripheral chips including memory controllers to power on.

The so-called demonstration system has neither a keyboard and mouse to input nor a monitor to view the output results. Instead, the input and output devices are punched paper tapes. Even the most original binary "0" and "1" are not available.

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Fei Jin, a technical maniac, handed over a piece of paper without caring about whether Gao Xian could understand it, and explained: "This is a demonstration of stack functions."

Gao Xian nodded with relief. He did not suspect Fei Jin was cheating, but thought, what else was missing from Intel    8080.

I have to say that in terms of hardware, Fei Jin's team has already completed Intel                                                                                                                      

A higher level of personal computer BIOS.

However, Intel and others are good at designing hardware, so don’t expect software work.

Fortunately, this task is the strength of "small decoration". Thousands of lines of code are no problem at all. The worst is a programmer responsible for debugging.

However, it is definitely a chore to convert the ready-made code provided by "小官网" into real-world assembly language compilers and BIOS function tables.

Gao Xian had no time and was unwilling to do this job. Moreover, with his ability, staring at the punched paper tape, even if he blinded his eyes, he might not be able to complete it.

It seems that I have to find a coolie.

Thinking of this, Gao Xian asked, "The completion of Intel     8080 is enough to be announced to the public, right?"

"The company is a little strange recently, and it's delayed everything." Fei Jin, who only cares about technology, began to feel depressed again. "No one cares about the product release arrangements at all."

Gao Xian smiled slightly, "Since I'm here, I'll urge you. This is an amazing achievement that leaves Motorola and other colleagues behind. How can it be buried!"

Fei Jin's eyes suddenly shone, "Gao, your words have entered my heart. When I don't want to continue working at Intel and want to go out and start a business, will you invest in me?"

"Of course." Gao Xian patted Fei Jin's shoulder and reminded earnestly: "Remember, if you have any ideas, you can contact my office in Los Angeles."

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