Henry''s acquisition of alpha architecture processor Department of DEC company and the establishment of alpha company have aroused great vigilance of Intel company!
Later, they heard that Henry had injected $2 billion into alpha, and Intel immediately held an emergency meeting.
"Henry Williams seems to be ready to compete with Intel in the field of processor!"
"Yes, Alpha Company, with his support, does pose a great threat to our Intel company!"
"Yes, we must guard against it!"
"Invest more, alpha can''t catch up with us!"
“……”
Intel will soon make a major decision to invest $1.5 billion to develop new processors!
The battle of processors is on fire.
Intel and alpha have received great attention from the outside media.
However, Alpha Company is generally not optimistic. After all, Intel company is already in a monopoly position in the semiconductor industry. It is very difficult for alpha company to surpass Intel company in a short time!
Industry analysts have their own opinions. However, they all think that alpha is the only company that can challenge the existence of Intel. AMD, who ranks second, is almost forgotten in the corner... Henry actually owns Cyrix, which ranks third in the world and specializes in producing cheap processors!
In order to strengthen alpha''s technical strength, Henry merged Cyrix into alpha, but retained the Cyrix department and let them still produce cheap processors.
At present, the media are generally not optimistic about alpha company. Of course, the comprehensive strength of alpha is worse than Intel.
In terms of the number of developers, Intel can dump alpha for several blocks. However, alpha is an elite company, and its engineers are all outstanding talents. However, a large number of talents are needed for scientific research, and the number of alpha talents is still a little less!
Even if Cyrix joined alpha, it was far less than Intel.
In the spring, Henry walked around Williams electronics. San Jose''s sunny, shining on people, very comfortable. Henry went to the lawn and lay down, squinting at the blue sky and white clouds. Gentle breeze, with the fragrance of grass, can not help but intoxicating!
In order to let alpha company fight against Intel, Henry decided to invite "grandmaster" to fight.
Silicon Valley''s semiconductor companies can basically be traced back to one company - Xiantong semiconductor company!
More than half of the semiconductor companies in Silicon Valley are basically the direct or indirect descendants of Fairchild Semiconductor Company. In 1957, with the support of Fairchild photographic equipment company, eight rebels founded Fairchild Semiconductor Company, and then invented silicon transistor and integrated circuit, which laid the foundation for the future semiconductor industry!
At that time, Fairchild Semiconductor Company was 10 times more bullish than Intel company. The talents who were basically engaged in the semiconductor industry were all from Fairchild Semiconductor Company. At a semiconductor Engineers conference held in Sunnyvale in 1969, less than 24 of the 400 participants had never worked for Fairchild. You can see the horror!
Xiantong semiconductor company is no exception. As the general manager of the parent company constantly transferred profits to the east coast to support the profitability of Fairchild photographic equipment company, which caused the dissatisfaction of "eight rebels" and then left Fairchild Semiconductor Company one after another! The brain drain eventually led to the decline of Fairchild Semiconductor!
Who is the "eight rebels"? Actually, it refers to the rebellion of eight geniuses. They used to be famous physicists, students of William Shockley, the Nobel Laureate in physics who discovered the transistor effect. Later, they all left Shockley, and the angry Shockley called them "eight traitors"!
The achievements of "eight rebellions" have played an important role in the development of Silicon Valley.
Seeing the unfairness of the parent company, helney, Roberts and Claire in the "eight rebellions" first ran away and established anelko company. Sanders founded AMD, and Charles Spock and Jerry Sanders went to national semiconductor“ The last two noes and Moore founded the famous Intel company!
Moore is even more powerful. He casually wrote three pages and finally became "Moore''s law", which is known as the "first law" of the emerging electronic and computer industry! Moore, a genius, once predicted that the number of transistors that can be integrated into an integrated circuit will increase steadily at the rate of doubling every 18 months, and will maintain this momentum in the coming decades. As a result, he was right
As the old saying goes, a thin camel is bigger than a horse. Although Xiantong semiconductor company can''t do it now, the inside information is still there.
Intel is awesome. Buy Fairchild Semiconductor and let its "father" teach it a lesson.
Henry lay on the lawn and couldn''t help laughing.
In the afternoon, the person Henry sent to investigate Fairchild Semiconductor came back and reported: "Mr. Williams, Fairchild Semiconductor is now in national semiconductor. However, National Semiconductor seems to look down on national semiconductor and is ready to move it out of Silicon Valley! "
"Where to move?"
"Burma!"
"Shit, move to that damn place!" Henry shakes his head. Fairchild Semiconductor, once a brilliant company, has moved to Myanmar. It''s a shame
"Tell national semiconductor that Henry Williams is going to buy Fairchild Semiconductor!"
"Yes
What''s more, Fairchild Semiconductor Company is also the symbol of Silicon Valley in the United States. It is the cradle of Silicon Valley talents and has bred thousands of technical and management talents for Silicon Valley. It''s not too much to call it "West Point" in the computer industry! How can not be reduced to Myanmar!
Soon, National Semiconductor said it was willing to sell it for us $300 million!
When Henry heard about the price, he sighed a little. Looking at Intel and Fairchild Semiconductor, the gap is really big. One with a market value of more than 100 billion US dollars, one with a market value of less than 300 million US dollars!
Henry didn''t talk nonsense. He ordered people to buy Fairchild Semiconductor.
At present, Xiantong semiconductor also has 6500 employees. To Henry''s dismay, Fairchild Semiconductor Company has recruited a large number of artificial intelligence talents. After Henry asked, he realized that national semiconductor had just taken over. Before, Schlumberger, the world''s largest oilfield technology service company, bought Fairchild Semiconductor. Originally, it wanted Fairchild Semiconductor to quickly enter the field of robot production, but it didn''t do so in the end. However, these AI talents have been recruited.
OK, AI talent, I can use it!
Xiantong semiconductor is famous for its brand. After thinking about it, Henry finally decided to keep the name.
If we continue to operate Xiantong semiconductor brand name, what about alpha?
Alpha？
Alpha robot?!
Henry''s eyes lit up