Reborn Capital Madman

Gao Xian still admires Watson's stubbornness. He is over 70 years old and can still fly a plane across all time zones of the Soviet Union. He is as good as the 90-year-old Bush in the "old script" for skydiving.

A comparison.

Little Watson was lucky. His luxury extreme game was successfully completed. Seeing him safely out of the cabin, his family was relieved, IBM executives were delighted, and Sir Alex Gao applauded enthusiastically along with the Soviet escorts.

As for the reporters, they tried their best to capture this rare moment. I believe that soon, reports such as the easing of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, the everlasting sword of Watson, IBM's popularity in the Soviet market, etc., will be published in various media

It was full for a while.

After Watson had rested, Gao Xian came over to say goodbye. He had already experienced the feat and had settled the matter with IBM. It would be a waste of time to stay any longer.

Little Watson is talking about the interview with people from Fortune magazine. He has already learned from IBM CEO John Akers that the relationship between the Goyi Group and IBM has officially warmed up. Naturally, he is very happy.

Holding Gao Xian's hand guarantees that IBM will actively participate in Hong Kong's international digital center and digital highway development plan.

Sir Gao smiled and thanked him, but he had another thought in mind. Now IBM can only rely on the superficial skills of Watson to fly a plane across all time zones of the Soviet Union to maintain its glamorous image.

In Gao Xian's view, IBM's current problem is that it was too successful in the past, so that this success has now become a stumbling block.

It is most intuitive to use products to make comparisons. IBM's core business-large computers, after upgrading from system/360 to system/370 in the 1970s, has been standing still for such a long time.

Too much, for example, the processor is still 32 bits.

You know, now 32-bit IBM-PC compatible products are about to be released.

Of course, in terms of performance comparison, both 32-bit, the data throughput of the IBM-PC compatible computer will definitely not be able to match the data throughput of the IBM mainframe computer, because the computer system is a comprehensive system, and the factors that determine the performance are not just processing.

device.

But this phenomenon is enough to show that IBM mainframe computers have really entered their old age.

Under this circumstance, IBM also wants to create a "unified product architecture" so that the patented closed new technology standard IBM-PC can be in the foreground and the IBM mainframe computer in the background can be integrated.

In fact, the idea of ​​creating a "unified product architecture" is not wrong, but there are serious problems with the integration. The IBM mainframe computer has entered the countdown to elimination. If it is still used as the main body to engage in product line integration, it is not a waste of effort.

A similar problem existed at Intel. After Gao Xian arrived in the United States from Europe, he gave priority to meeting Gordon Moore and Andy Grove.

Because Gao Xian has a relatively long hand in the field of personal computers, companies such as IBM, Intel, Microsoft, etc. still have some differences compared to the situation in the "old script".

Take Intel for example, its business difficulties are even more serious. Don’t look at the fourth quarter of last year. Intel released the 32-bit microprocessor Intel 80386, but the release and official launch and mass supply are two different things. It can be said that in terms of finance,

Basically, he made no substantial contribution.

Gaoyi America received about 20% of the shares from IBM, and in addition to casually swiping in the stock market to buy some Intel stocks at low prices, the total shareholding ratio is nearly 25%, which is worthy of its name.

Intel's largest shareholder, William Miller, first concurrently served as chairman of Intel's board of directors to stabilize the outside world's confidence in Intel. The other two senior positions - CEO and president, were entrepreneurial veterans Gordon Moore and Ann

Dee Grove.

In fact, when it comes to entrepreneurial qualifications at Intel, Robert Noyce ranks first, and no one has any objections.

However, due to the exposure of his extramarital affair and office romance, Robert Noyce had completely left Intel's senior management and board of directors in the late 1970s. His property was also ruled by the court to be divided between half and half of his ex-wife. Fortunately, the rest

He also has assets of over 100 million and still lives a comfortable life.

Although Robert Noyce has left Intel, he has not been completely silent. He has been very active in recent years. He represents the semiconductor industry and lobbies the U.S. government to protect the country's semiconductor industry in the face of a massive attack by Yiben Semiconductor.

Now that the U.S.-Japan semiconductor trade agreement has been signed, Robert Noyce has once again become famous.

However, the signing of the US-Japan semiconductor trade agreement cannot bring immediate improvement to Intel. If it cannot survive the current difficult period, it will still go bankrupt.

When Gordon Moore and Andy Grove arrived, Gao Xian was looking at the report compiled by Goyi America, which predicted that Intel would lose as much as US$173 million this year.

Compared to the stellar financial statement numbers, Intel is currently suffering from serious internal tears.

When Intel was founded, it was positioned as a semiconductor memory manufacturer, and the product it successfully launched on the market was static memory. This identity positioning continues to this day.

But the problem is that in the semiconductor memory industry, Intel has not only caught up with the United States, but also surpassed it. Intel's product technology lags behind its peers, and its cost advantage cannot be compared to its competitors' careful calculation. It can be said that the more it does, the more it loses.

Intel was successful with its semiconductor memory products, but now this success has become a stumbling block to finding another way out and transforming itself into a microprocessor supplier.

As its main business, Intel has seven semiconductor memory factories, plus employees at all levels surrounding these factories, forming a vested interest group that cannot be ignored. Even a strong leader like Andy Grove cannot face it.

When I did it, I was a little frightened.

Gordon Moore and Andy Grove are both old acquaintances, so when they arrived, Gao Xian raised his hand to signal them to sit down directly and went directly to the topic, "I also agree that Intel's current way out is transformation. After all, the company is

There are too many competitors in semiconductor memory, but there are only a handful of microprocessor manufacturers with original capabilities."

"But I heard that there are big differences within Intel regarding the company's transformation. Have you made a decision? How to deal with it?"

Andy Grove replied fiercely, "There is only one solution left now, which is to forcibly close those seven semiconductor memory factories and lay off at least 3,000 people, so that the saved resources can be invested in Intel's large-scale 80386

production, and marketing."

Gao Xian patted the documents on the table in front of him, "Have you calculated the losses caused by such a forced push, not to mention the bad impact and loss of face?"

Andy Grove glanced at Gordon Moore and was speechless.

"I think it's better than this." Gao Xian stated his purpose, "Intel has spun off the semiconductor memory business. Anyway, it is no longer difficult to monopolize the semiconductor memory technology. It is better to simply work hard on costs and move to Asia.

go."

"Intel already has a factory in Malaya. This is the foundation, and it can further refine operations, such as packaging chips and placing them in Hong Kong, which has more advantages."