Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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In 1968, Intel was founded by Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove, and its sales in that year were US$2,672. Today’s annual sales have gone straight to US$20 billion. The number of employees is It broke through 60,000.

No matter who will be the chief executive officer of such a company, he is definitely a high-powered "Emperor of the Earth"-but Andy Grove was reprimanded by the richest man for having no temper!

If Jim Barksdale, CEO of Netscape, sees this scene, he will surely scream out loudly, like a treasure, "Look, everyone, how powerful is Tang Huan—he is not Monopoly, who is monopoly?"

Andy Grove had to be convinced. The richest man in front of Gein not only grasped the power and power of the industry, but also saw through any tricks like a torch, so that others couldn't stand up.

The Intel CEO can only bite the bullet and argued: "The reason why Intel launched slot-1 did consider that this is a feasible solution that can improve the performance of desktop computers and integrate more secondary caches. In addition, It also takes into account the good heat dissipation conditions of the microprocessor."

After Tang Huan pointed out the mystery, he stopped nagging. After all, he really didn't need to waste energy entangled in such trivial matters. If he wanted to maintain the balance of checks and balances, he would have a more magnificent plan.

Instead, he took some time to carefully "take a picture" to Andy Grove, then frowned and asked, "Andy, you workaholic, haven't you forgotten your regular medical check-ups, right?"

"Of course." Andy Grove replied in a puzzled manner: "I always do physical exams along with Intel's company regular medical benefits."

The richest man asked seriously: "Then have you carefully understood and consulted the data on the medical report?"

Seeing that Tang Huan was concerned about his health, Andy Grove smiled lightly: "My physical examination results have been good-of course, there may be some abnormalities in some indicators, but they should also be within the normal range. within."

"I have made some achievements in Chinese medicine and served as the honorary president of the California Association of Chinese Medicine." The richest man said leisurely: "Through my observations and inquiries just now, I have discovered some problems. You'd better go and do it all at once. Medical examination, paying particular attention to urology."

Seeing Tang Huan's seriousness, Andy Grove couldn't help whispering in his heart-what's the trouble?

"I just attended a mourning event for a leader in China, so I am quite impressed by the impermanence of life and death." The richest man took the posture of "coming early is not as good as possible", got up and said: "Go, let's go to the treasure hospital together to make a trip. Full physical examination."

Upon hearing this, Andy Grove couldn't help laughing or crying—how could anyone ask for a medical examination? It's okay to go golfing together! Besides, I still have a lot of work to do.

But since Tang Huan opened his mouth fistfully, there is no reason to refuse-the time of the richest man in the family is also very precious. With a net worth of more than 100 billion US dollars, it is really a hundred dollar bill that fell on the ground, and there was no time to pick it up. stand up.

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The boss brought friends for the medical examination. Of course, there is no need to make appointments or queuing. The treasure hospital immediately provided the best full set of services all the way.

Andy Grove didn't care too much about it, he just accompanies the richest man to calm down the emotional fluctuations.

As a result, he was in a meeting to talk about the mass production of Pentium 2 and Baozang Hospital suddenly called to inform you that some data in your physical examination report must be alert. Please come over for further directional inspection immediately.

The Intel CEO couldn't help being a little dazed, and he hurried to his appointment. After a long time dizzy toss, he figured out that he had prostate cancer. Fortunately, it was discovered early, but that must be treated immediately.

Andy Grove fled from Hungary to the United States in the mid-1950s; relied on relief, brought hearing aids, and obtained a doctorate degree; then worked for Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel; after 40 years of struggle, he has reached the present day. The position of the person looking up-how could he spare his life?

After hearing the news, Tang Huan greeted Andy Grove with concern, and calmly reminded him, "Andy, you have to start thinking about your successor."

"I'm already thinking about this question." Andy Grove nodded unwillingly, "Alas, Intel is in a critical period right now..."

Intel has a rigid retirement policy, that is, as long as the company's CEO reaches 65 years old, he will retire compulsorily. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore both retired at the age of 58; they were born in 1936. Andy Grove, with his current workaholic style that is well-known in the industry, it really won’t be a problem until 2001, but now...

Looking at Andy Grove's unpaid posture, the richest man murmured to himself-you are so capable! So that Intel is so powerful that it may be out of my control.

In fact, including Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and even Mike Markkula, who is about to step down from the chairmanship of Apple Computer’s board of directors, these early figures of Intel are all from Intel’s Among the stocks, the first pots of gold with varying degrees of richness were caught.

Take Robert Noyce as the founder. When he divorced his wife, he was sentenced by a California court to give each other half of his net worth, that is, hundreds of millions of dollars in assets.

And Mike Markkula, a small sales manager, was able to put together $2.5 million in 1977 to transform the small workshop of Jobs and Woz into a serious Apple Computer company.

These people will enjoy life, retiring early, relying on this kind of wealth, and doing things that they think are easy and interesting; only Andy Grove, a Hungarian immigrant, has done more than them after taking over. For nearly 20 years.

In Tang Huan’s view, without Andy Grove, a hard-working CEO, Intel could not have successfully transformed from a memory company to a microprocessor company; it is impossible for the industry to think that risc is the future and look down upon cisc. Under the pessimistic background, the x86 family cpu has been developed and expanded to the current Pentium 2-maybe everyone has already been confused.

But precisely because of this, under the leadership of Andy Grove, Intel's triumphant advancement in the cpu field has begun to show signs of difficulty.

To cite the most obvious example, Intel cooperated with California Institute of Technology, a small but one of the world’s top universities, to adopt pentium_pro, a microprocessor that Intel tried to use to hit the high-end market but never ended up in the commercial market. As the CPU of a supercomputer, the computing performance of the finished product will exceed 1tflops, which is 1000gflops, which seriously threatens the world's strongest position of the "Tai Chi" series supercomputers that Tang Huan handed over to Fangyuan.

The subtle change in relationship brought about by this trend from weak to strong can only be expected and unspeakable.

Take the relationship between Cheng Long and Qin Xianglin in the film circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan as an analogy: in the 1970s, the latter won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor twice and was collectively referred to as "Two Qin and Two Forests." I don’t know how many times stronger than the former, who was still ignorant and ignorant at the time. In this case, Qin Xianglin said, "I want to soak Lin Qingxian, Along, please help me." Cheng Long, a little brother Absolutely leaning forward; but after entering the 1980s, it was Cheng Long's turn to become red and purple, and even went to Hollywood for a break, while Qin Xianglin was reduced to a supporting role hardly remembered by the audience-don't say it. If he yelled Cheng Long to come over as before, I am afraid that even the feelings of hooking up his shoulders are weakened.

If the relationship between people is still like this, how can a company composed of people go beyond this relationship rule.

Tang Huan’s plan for the global supply chain of personal computers is similar to that of Apple’s original iPhone global supply chain. Not only can he not tolerate the dominance of a single supplier, he also tries to allow multiple suppliers to form a relationship of checks and balances and competition. In order to obtain the highest quality and cheapest parts and components, at the same time, to avoid sudden accidents such as strikes, power outages, etc. of a certain supplier, which will affect the stability of the entire supply chain.

Everyone can understand this kind of mystery after being pointed out, but the specific operation is not that simple, which is quite a test of the master's strategy.

Tang Huan’s layout of Fangyuan’s personal computer is more thorough. After dividing the product into more than one branch according to the difference of the cpu architecture, he uses the operating system of Zheru Software to unify it into one platform. In the end, he actually controls it behind the scenes. The direction of the entire Fangyuan personal computer.

In the past ten years, the cpu camp used by Fangyuan personal computers has been decimating staff-first the mos6502 series of mos technology was eliminated with insufficient stamina, and the mc68000 series of Motorola was out without a fight, and now there is nothing left. The Intel x86 series and Zheru's holder personal computer version, cisc and risc, are two major types of microprocessors.

Among them, the x86 microprocessor branch of Fangyuan Personal Computer has obtained the vast majority of the market share, while the holder branch focuses on special application scenarios such as high performance, real-time performance, and low power consumption.

In the process of Andy Grove's abrupt transformation of Intel from a memory company to a microprocessor company, he also forcibly retracted the x86 family microprocessor license that Intel had previously shared, and even criticized Intel for treachery. amd does not hesitate to file courts, and the purpose is nothing more than to dominate the x86 family microprocessor market.

Especially after Intel launched the Pentium, AMD and other x86 family compatible microprocessor manufacturers were obviously thrown off; with the current Pentium 2, even if AMD has received fresh blood from the dec technical elite, it is unable to parry.

Tang Huan can't tolerate amd being forced to death. He also counts on Intel's best spur to play an irreplaceable role in 3D performance and even 64-bit x84 architecture.

Therefore, the richest man hopes that the aggressive Andy Grove can retreat from the position of Intel’s chief executive officer, and then step on the brakes for Intel, which is running wild on the cpu road, to fight for amd’s breathing space.

Of course, what Tang Huan did was not really pitting Intel. After all, the cpu market for personal computers could not really prosper forever, and Intel should not hang on this tree, but need to be in the x86 family. Outside the microprocessor, expand horizontally.

In the original time and space, Intel tried to enter the low-power chip market represented by arm and the field of baseband chips for mobile communication devices. How faltering, it is obvious to all, it is crazy than wanting to make mobile phones, and even hesitating to spend a lot of money. Microsoft, which acquired Nokia but was still unable to break through, is not much stronger in the circumstances.

But the problem is that Andy Grove is so capable-Robert Noyce retired early and his extramarital affairs were hyped up and might even threaten Intel’s reputation. It’s not unrelated. Di Grove is too good, his CEO’s performance is almost impeccable~www.NovelMTL.com~ The richest man can gently persuade Jill Amelio to take the position of CEO of Apple Computer. , Give it to Jobs, but this trick is definitely not good for Andy Grove, who is doing his job well.

Don't look at the usual Andy Grove dare not blow up his hair in front of Tang it, but as long as the words "You abdicate and let the virtuous" come out, you will definitely turn your face on the spot and become nasty.

It's all right now, Andy Grove can "retire" without any problems, and everyone doesn't have to hurt their peace!

Seeing Andy Grove “on the road” like this, Tang Huan immediately sent a compliment, “Since you became CEO in 1979, you have not only led Intel’s rebirth from the ashes, but also achieved amazing results. Achievements. On such a solid foundation, any successor will surely continue to carry forward."

Having said this, the richest man asked casually, "By the way, who do you prefer to take over as CEO?"

Andy Grove looked at Tang Huan and replied cleanly: "I think Chief Operating Officer Craig Barrett is the most suitable candidate."

"Still on the road like this!" After a secret compliment, Tang Huan said, "I have consulted an authoritative expert. As long as you follow a reasonable plan, there will be no problem with recovery-you can rest assured."

Andy Grove said with infinite gratitude, "Thank you for your prompt advice, Don, so that I can escape the clutches of cancer."

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After leaving the hospital, Tang Huan looked up at the clear sky, waved his hand and said: "Go to Mountain View, I want to see the world's strongest supercomputer that Fangyuan has just developed."

There was a word, he swallowed it in his stomach, and didn't say it-this machine with computing power that surpasses the crowd, this year is very useful!