In November 1962, the term "personal computer" appeared for the first time in a relevant report in the New York Times.

In 1968, Hewlett-Packard Company advertised its product "HP9100A" as a personal computer. However, the world-recognized first personal computer was the Kenbak 1 launched by Kenbak Corporation in 1971.

1977 was a year of extraordinary significance for early personal computers. In this year, Apple released the Apple II, a computer that left a mark in the history of personal computers and successfully incorporated shadow brush circuits.

tablets, advanced graphics, game sticks and computer games.

The birth of Apple II made personal computers popular for the first time, and subsequently more and more companies began to enter the PC field.

Early personal computers were also very crude, and before the development of office software, the main function of personal computers was just to play games. In 1979, Atari launched a computer whose main function was to be used as a game console.

After using it, more than 30 million units were sold.

Therefore, today's personal computers do not have as many technical patent barriers as later generations. Although they are somewhat technical, it is not too difficult to develop and manufacture a personal computer.

The most important thing is that personal computers and home game consoles have a lot in common. Perhaps the only big difference is that personal computers have an additional operating system.

In the early 1980s, the biggest competitor to Atari's home game consoles was the game computer released by Atari. Even Texas Instruments was greedy for the profits and spent less than a month asking the company's R&D department to develop

A low-end computer was released to join the competition.

Bai Zirui plans to develop personal computers. Although Ni Guangnan, Shen Wangfu and the upcoming Zhu Bangfu have joined, what makes him helpless is that Dingtian Computer still has insufficient R&D personnel.

It is not an easy task to develop a personal computer from scratch. Although today's computers are relatively crude and have low technical content, the basic technology also involves all aspects.

Therefore, acquiring a company with a certain foundation can help you avoid detours. When Bai Zirui asked Professor Yao Zhaoming to study the reduced instruction (TRM) architecture, he was thinking about Acorn Company, not only because of personal computers, but also

chip technology.

The current chip technology has just begun to mature, and everyone's level can be said to be about the same, unlike in later generations where the technical barriers are very thick.

To be honest, with the current technical level and talent base of Xiangjiang, Wanwan, and even mainland China, if we can’t keep up in the initial stage when everyone’s technical level is not much different, it will be difficult to catch up in the future, and it will even be like that of later generations.

Create a technological generation gap.

The reason why Bai Zirui develops personal computers, in addition to being the core of terminal products in the future electronics industry, is also to drive the development of Dingtian's chip technology.

However, Bai Zirui still underestimated the difficulty of developing chip technology, and also underestimated the scarcity of chip talents in Xiangjiang and Wanwan in this era.

Bai Zirui thought too well, thinking that with the strength of the Chinese, he could develop the technology by providing sufficient funds.

He invested a huge amount of money to support Professor Yao Zhaoming's research on the Reduced Instruction Set (TRM). Although there were certain results, they were still far from his expectations.

In 1985, Intel was on the verge of bankruptcy. In order to survive, Intel chose to abandon memory chips that could not gain a cost advantage and focus on the CPU market.

Time gave Intel the answer, and this choice allowed Intel to become a leader in the global semiconductor market in the next thirty years.

When Intel focuses all its energy on semiconductors, with their strong R&D capabilities, the gap with Dingtian will become wider and wider. Even if Dingtian develops the Reduced Instruction Set (TRM), it may not be the best solution.

Walk the old path of ARM.

Bai Zirui changed his thinking. Although he is not from my race, his heart must be different, but we have to face the gap between us and the West in all aspects. To realize Bai Zirui's expectations, we must rely on the research and development power of the West.

In the early 1980s, electronic technology had just entered a period of rapid development, and technical exchanges were relatively normal.

However, it can still be seen from the lessons of later generations that we can only use and not rely on anything from the West. Some things must be in our own hands, so we cannot stop investing in our own research and development.

After Apple's Apple computer came out, a variety of microcomputers were developed around the world that imitated it. There are at least hundreds of them, and the Acorn computer is one of them.

The Acorn personal computer was an imitation of an Apple computer, using a MOS6502 processor, an all-in-one keyboard with 2KB of memory, and a cassette drive.

Dingtian Company is also developing its own personal computer using 6502 processor as CPU. If it acquires Acorn Company, it can directly obtain mature products. Therefore, he entrusted Standard Chartered Bank to inquire about Acorn Company.

feasibility of acquisition.

The fact that Acorn agreed to be acquired was both expected and unexpected. But when he actually heard that Acorn agreed to be acquired, he felt overjoyed.

Bai Zirui smiled and said: "Thank you Sir Gao for your great help. I will arrange for a general manager to go to John Country to contact Acorn Company and invite Standard Chartered Bank to serve as the financial advisor for this merger and acquisition."

Standard Chartered Bank's Chief Executive Officer Goldstein said: "Standard Chartered Bank is honored to provide services to Bai Sheng. Thank you for your trust and support in Standard Chartered Bank. We will repay your trust in us with more rapid and professional services."

When walking outside the Governor's Mansion, several people met Deng Lijun. Xu Jingli pulled her affectionately and walked out together with her, talking about private matters at her daughter's house.

Arriving outside the Governor's Mansion, Bai Zirui hugged Shen Bi and Gao Shiton to say goodbye. When he said goodbye to Teresa Teng, he subconsciously hugged her, but he happened to be photographed by a reporter and made the front page of the newspaper.

On the second day, Bai Zirui came to the company to convene a management meeting to discuss the acquisition of Acorn with John Chambers.

John Chambers asked: "Boss, what kind of company is this Acorn company? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Bai Zirui replied: "Acorn is a computer company in England. It was founded in 1978. The company is located in Cambridge, England. They have been developing in England. Acorn is very strong and has

The R&D capabilities are a great complement to our company.”

Xu Zhihao asked: "Bai Sheng, do you have detailed information about Acorn Company?"

Bai Zirui sent the information on Acorn Company collected by Standard Chartered Bank to the company's executives. He said: "This is the basic information on Acorn Company that I entrusted Standard Chartered Bank to collect. Take a look at it. Since you want
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