Chapter 74 The Father of the Microprocessor

The next day, when Apple employees learned about the sales of Apple-ll, they all cheered. 5,700 Apple-ll units were sold on the first day. It seemed that 50,000 units were expected to be sold this year.

For a time, everyone was united and full of fighting spirit!

"For the goal of 50,000 yuan and for the bonus, I have been working hard for the past six months!!!"

"Yes, let's fight!"

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At this moment, even Li Zetian is full of confidence in selling 50,000 Apple-ll units this year, and is even expected to exceed 100,000 units! ! !

Turning on the TV, the morning news on many American TV stations focused on the grand event of Apple's flagship store yesterday.

ABC TV: "Apple-ll personal computers are sweeping across the United States like a hurricane, and Apple-ll can be seen in major retail stores across the United States. This is the picture taken by an ABC TV reporter yesterday, as soon as the Apple flagship store in Los Angeles opened , hundreds of people came in one after another, the store was crowded, and there was a queue of tens of meters outside the store. The scene was so heated that it was jaw-dropping!!!"

NBC TV station: "Apple once again leads the personal computer revolution. The Apple-ll personal computer has become the most successful product in history, attracting customers to rush to buy. The following is a video shot by reporter Tom Steves at the Apple flagship store in Los Angeles..."

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The phone in the office kept ringing, and most of the people on the other end of the phone were companies from all over the world. They wanted to seek cooperation with Apple! In addition, many people come to visit directly. As Li Zetian said, Apple has become busier and the threshold is about to be crossed...

Three days later, Apple-ll sales exceeded 10,000!

The CEO of Time magazine personally called Apple and said that the 1975 annual cover was reserved for Apple-ll.

When Li Zetian learned about this, he couldn't help but smile, "Sure enough, this society is a snobbish society. If you are unknown, others will ignore you. When you become famous, others will come to you! When Apple-l was promoted, a small "Times" The editor of "Times Weekly" 'shot' Apple-l, but now the CEO of "Times" personally called and asked Apple to allow them to publish Apple-ll personal computers!!! Haha..."

Of course, Li Zetian did not refuse the invitation of Time Magazine out of temper. After all, Apple-ll's inclusion in Time Magazine is recognized by the world's authoritative magazine and can greatly increase the popularity of Apple and Apple-ll personal computers.

There is no doubt that Apple-ll is completely popular! ! !

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad!

Other PC companies are in dire straits. Now, their PCs are basically unsold.

Engineers need 8 expansion slots!

White-collar workers need Excel spreadsheet office software!

The general public needs PCs that can play games!

The only thing these personal computer companies can do right now is to cut prices, and they are huge price cuts at a huge loss! The other is to immediately develop a personal computer similar to Apple-ll. However, it is obvious that with their strength, it will take a long time to develop such a computer. During this period, Apple-ll had already occupied the market!

In addition, Intel and Motorola are also suffering.

Mos Technology Company is simply a disruptor in the microprocessor industry. It has lowered the price of the originally high-priced processor to an extremely low price. The Mos6502 microprocessor, which sells for only 40 US dollars, immediately won the favor of most personal computer companies, causing Intel to and Motorola suffered heavy losses and had to cut prices one after another, but their prices were still not as low as Mos6502, and they still could not save the fallen market.

Intel Corporation Headquarters.

Gordon Moore looked around the conference room with a sullen face and said in a deep voice: "Mos Technology's Mos6502 has driven our 8080 out of the personal computer market. Do you have any countermeasures?"

Carlos Stephan, Intel's head of microprocessors, said: "Mr. Moore, since Intel8080 can no longer stop Mos6502, I think Intel should develop a cheap version of the microprocessor as soon as possible in order to quickly regain the market!"

Gordon Moore pushed up his glasses and said, "Well, that's all!"

Therefore, the low-cost version of the Intel8085 processor became Intel's last straw to save personal computer microprocessors.

It is a pity that Li Zetian is determined to suppress Intel's processors. When Intel8085 is released, the price of Mos6502 will be reduced again. In fact, the Mos6502 costs less than $20 and was sold for $25 in its previous life. Mos Technology sells it for $40, which is already very expensive!

The reason why Li Zetian went to great lengths to attack Intel's processor was precisely to get it! ! !

Intel's main business now is memory, and microprocessors don't make much money, so Intel doesn't pay much attention to the microprocessor development department. Once Intel feels that it has no future in the microprocessor market, then Li Zetian will acquire Intel's microprocessor development department in the name of Umbrella, and the possibility of success will be extremely high!

In fact, Li Zetian had already made two preparations. If you can't acquire Intel's processor development department, then poach people! Even the target to be poached has been chosen by Li Zetian. He is Ted Hoff, the famous father of microprocessors in the IT industry! ! !

As we all know, the two most important things in a personal computer are the operating system and the microprocessor.

The father of the DOS operating system - Gary Kildare has joined Li Zetian. There is no reason for the father of the microprocessor to still waste his talents outside! !

However, at present, people do not pay much attention to microprocessors. Therefore, Ted Hough’s reputation is not known. However, when people realized the importance of microprocessors in the future, the famous "Economist" magazine immediately called Ted Hoff "one of the seven most influential scientists since World War II"!

Li Zetian, who came to this era, discovered that collecting talented people seemed to be a kind of fun, much more interesting than acquiring companies!

At this time, Nolan Bushnell, the "Father of Video Games" (sweat...) came to Sunbird Company.

The four games developed by Sunbird caused 10,000 points of damage to Atari, but the astute Nolan Bushnell knew that if Sunbird ported the games to home consoles, Atari would instead Will be very profitable!

Therefore, his purpose is to lobby Sunbird Company.

When he walked into the Sunbird CEO's office, he was shocked because he saw the intern who used to work in his company suddenly turned into the CEO of Sunbird.

"Are you surprised? Mr. Nolan Bushnell?" Li Zetian smiled softly and asked.

"Yes, very surprised!"

Nolan Bushnell nodded and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that Sunbird was founded by an intern at Atari. If I knew you had such an outstanding talent, I would never let you go!! !”

Hehe, if you don’t let me go, I won’t let you go! Atari was sold to Warner for US$26 million in 1976. As a result, the layman and the expert took away your genius in the gaming industry, causing Atari to go bankrupt. Therefore, Atari will have to sell it to Sunbird in the future! Nolan Bushnell, just work for me honestly!

Li Zetian smiled on his face, but in his heart he was thinking about how to raise funds to swallow up Atari! ! !

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