In the 1960s and 1970s, research on Chinese character processing and character recognition was carried out, and the application of association function in Chinese character input was first proposed and the application of association function in Chinese character input was realized.

Ni Guangnan, born on August 1, 1939 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, is a computer expert, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In 1961, after graduating from Nanjing Institute of Technology, Ni Guangnan was assigned to work at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since then, he has been engaged in research and development in the field of computers.

As an early scientific researcher at the Institute of Computing, Ni Guangnan went through the process of my country's computer from scratch. As the leader of the external device plug-in, he participated in the development of the first electronic tube computer, 119 machine, which was designed by my country, and was successful in its development and won the whole country. Science and Technology Conference Award;

In 1968, Ni Guangnan participated in the development of the 717 monitor, the earliest Chinese character display in my country. In 1974, in an academic report delivered in the ladder classroom of the Institute of Computing, he proposed the associative input method for the first time, that is, using contextual associations to assist Chinese characters. enter.

From August 1981 to 1983, he was invited to work at the National Institutes of Canada (NRC) and served as a visiting researcher (VRO). In May 1983, he gave up the opportunity to stay in Canada for a high salary and return home.

Before returning to China, he took out several thousand Canadian dollars and bought key equipment enough to develop several Chinese microcomputer prototypes to bring them back to China, including Z80 CPU, SRAM, DRAM, interfaces and other ultra-large-scale integrated circuit chips and C compilers, etc., and devoted himself to Chinese characters.

Industrialization of processing technology.

In early 1984, the research team organized to develop the second product for Chinese character processing, namely the "LX-80 Lenovo Chinese Character Graphics Microcomputer System"; in August, the Business Department of the Computing Institute signed a cooperation agreement with AVIC Pengcheng Industry and Trade Center, Ni Guangnan

The research team carried out the development work of transplanting the LX-80 to a PC and becoming a Lenovo Han card, and IC Communications also provided support for this;

In November, the Institute of Computing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences decided to establish the "New Technology Development Company of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences" (hereinafter referred to as the "Computing Technology Company", the predecessor of Lenovo Group). Ni Guangnan was invited to serve as the company's chief engineer in December, and took Lenovo style.

All Hanka's technology has been brought into the company.

In 1985, the first Lenovo Han card suitable for personal computers began to be put on the market. On November 14, 1989, the Computing Institute was renamed Lenovo Group Company, and Ni Guangnan served as the company's director and chief engineer.

In 1990, Ni Guangnan presided over the development of Lenovo series of microcomputers using independent design motherboards and launched, establishing the company's main business.

In 1994, Ni Guangnan was selected as one of the first academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, affiliated to the Department of Information and Electronic Engineering (Computer Application Technology).

Ni Guangnan participated in the development of the first electronic tube computer (119 machine) designed by China. In the 1960s and 1970s, research on Chinese character processing and character recognition was carried out, and the association function was applied in Chinese character input.

During his tenure as the chief engineer of the computing institute/Lenovo Group, he presided over the development of the Lenovo Chinese character system and the Lenovo series microcomputer, which won the first prize of national scientific and technological progress in 1988 and 1992 respectively. Although Ni Guangnan has achieved remarkable results in his work, the entire country

The computer industry is still far behind the United States and Japan of its contemporaries.

At this time, Bai Zirui found Ni Guangnan, and of course he would flap his butterfly wings and make some changes. According to the development of the historical trajectory of his previous life, Ni Guangnan was invited to work at the National Institute of Canada (NRC) in August 1981 and served as a visiting researcher (

NRC).

The annual salary is 43,000 Canadian dollars, which is equivalent to 70 times the domestic salary based on the official exchange rate, and belongs to a high-income group of 5% of Canada. After Bai Zirui met Ni Guangnan, who was in his prime, he chatted with him.

Talked for a few minutes.

Bai Zirui introduced himself to his identity and felt that there was no need to waste time in the process of surveying. Ni Guangnan's qualifications and strength were genuine.

Bai Zirui said bluntly: "Professor Ni, our company is preparing to enter the personal computer industry next. I will invite Professor Ni to participate in the event and join our company to develop Chinese computers together."

Ni Guangnan pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you for your respect, but I am a national civil servant and cannot accept private invitations to work abroad."

Bai Zirui smiled and said, "Professor Ni, this is a bad thing! I am an international student from mainland China to Xiangjiang. I have made some achievements in starting a business in Xiangjiang so that I can better repay the country in the future. Xiangjiang has been an indivisible territory of China since ancient times.

, I will definitely return to the embrace of my motherland in the future, how can I say abroad?"

Ni Guangnan said: "Bai Sheng, what he said is that I am not conscious enough, which makes you laugh."

Bai Zirui said: "Professor Ni, you are working at the National Institute of Canada (NRC). You should know that the world's rapid development of science and technology is changing with each passing day, especially in the computer industry. If we don't take advantage of this industry to catch up, we may be far away in the future.

It is far behind Europe, America and Japan, so I beg Professor Ni to come to Xiangjiang to jointly develop our Chinese computers."

Ni Guangnan said: "Bai Sheng, please allow me to think about it for a while, and I will give you a reply as soon as possible."

Bai Zirui shook hands with him and said, "I'm waiting for Professor Ni's good news in Xiangjiang."

After Bai Zirui and Ni Guangnan met, they stayed in Canada for two days and inspected the Canadian arcade game market. When it comes to foreign game markets, the first thing we think of is Europe, America, Japan and other countries, but Canada is located in northern North America.

It should not be underestimated in the game market.

Bai Zirui read a news article in his previous life. According to NPD Group statistics, Canada's population is about 33 million, and the highest retail sales record of Canadian game stores is US$796 million (933 million Canadian dollars). Each person's annual investment in games is about

$24.10 (Canadian dollars) and $41.50 in the United States, so Canada is also a foreign game market that cannot be ignored.

Bai Zirui and Yang Dezhi signed a Canadian arcade agency agreement, with the contract order reaching 10,000 arcade machines, including 7,000 of "Tank War", 3,000 Great Wall Blocks, and 10,000 Great Wall Block Handheld Machines. The contract amount is totaled: 2,735

Ten thousand dollars.

After the contract was signed, Bai Zirui arranged for people to air transport 200 arcade machines to Canada, with 100 units of "Tank War" and Great Wall Blocks each. The subsequent arcade machines could only be shipped by sea. Bai Zirui arranged for the game company to help all the air and sea freight costs.

Pay.

Bai Zirui was facing the final exam after handling the matter in Canada and returned to Xiangjiang. Bai Zirui was busy with the affairs of two companies this semester. If he really took the exam, he would definitely fail. After all, his academic performance was proportional to his time investment.

Bai Zirui's purpose of studying abroad at Xiangjiang University was not to become an outstanding graduate. He was more to strengthen his connections for the company's future development through the university platform.
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