Rebirth: From Computer System to World Richest

Chapter 45 The Rise And End Of A Legend

In 1911, in the distant United States, a company called CTR was established.

In 1924, the company announced a name change.

Its new name is idm!

This century company can be said to have witnessed the growth of the Internet, and its influence is extremely far-reaching.

This company not only manufactures personal computers, but also minicomputers, mainframes, and supercomputers. It also manufactures computer chips, develops computer and server systems, manufactures hard drives and servers, and has also manufactured arms!

During the second station, IDM manufactured the famous M1 carbine and Browning automatic rifle.

The official name of the personal computer we are currently using should be called a personal computer (PC, abbreviated as pc), and its compatibility standard was formulated by idm!

During its century-long life, IDM's business continued to transform, and some of its hardware businesses were abandoned.

Its hard disk business was sold to Neon Guodongzhi Company.

Its personal computer business was sold to Lianxiang of Longguo, and Lianxiang became the largest personal computer seller in the world.

At the same time, in order to retain overseas customers, Lianxiang's overseas prices were far lower than those of Longguo, and it began to use the profits earned by Longguo to subsidize overseas markets. Netizens called it the conscience of American imperialism because of various magical operations.

Warwick Company once followed IDM to learn server manufacturing, and then began to manufacture its own servers.

Such a legendary enterprise also created the "winter alliance".

In 1975, Gates founded Microsoft.

In 1980, Geci's mother served as a director of IDM. Through this relationship, IDM selected Microsoft to develop operating system software for its PCs.

Because time was tight, Microsoft purchased the right to use the qdos operating system from a programmer for $50,000, partially rewritten it and handed it over to IDM.

And this rewritten system is Microsoft's ms-dos system.

(Yes, I bought the early DOS system from Microsoft!)

In 1981, IDM selected the 8066 chip developed by Intel as the chip used in its PCs.

In this regard, the two major members of the "Winter Alliance" gathered together for the first time!

In the 1980s, IDM was at its peak. With the widespread popularity of IDM PCs, the MS-DOS system also became a great success. Other PC manufacturers wanted to be compatible with IDM machines.

Later, IDM formulated PC compatibility standards for this purpose, and a series of indicators such as PC components and interfaces were standardized and universalized, which promoted the great development of PCs.

In order to be compatible with IDM PCs, Microsoft's MS-DOS system was licensed to many companies. In the 1980s, MS-DOS became the standard operating system for PCs.

Similarly, the x86 chip architecture used by Intel's 8086 chip also expanded rapidly with IDM's PCs, and eventually became the mainstream architecture of the entire chip market.

In 1985, Microsoft launched the first generation win system, which was a graphical interface system based on the fruit company's mad system. After several generations of development, the win system that everyone is now familiar with came into being.

By 1990, Microsoft and Intel had grown into a behemoth, and IDM's control over them was gradually declining.

The win system + x86 chip architecture has become the mainstream standard for global PCs, and is called the "Winter Alliance" by the outside world!

The win system only supports PCs with x86 architecture chips, and the x86 architecture is only perfectly compatible with the win system. The two companies have reached an unbreakable business alliance that continues to this day.

After IDM realized that it had lost its right to speak, it began to abandon its two younger brothers and make its own operating systems and computer chips. However, in the end, it failed to do both. After that, IDM fell into a business crisis and decided to transform its business. Then it officially gave up the PC business. Sold it to the ideals of American imperialism.

The hard drive department was sold to Dongzhi Company!

The Winter Alliance continues to grow, reaching absolute monopoly status in their own fields!

But during this period, there was another miracle belonging to the Chinese that shone briefly.

This person's name is Wang Jian.

In 1955, Wangyuan Computer Company was established in the United States.

In 1964, Wangyuan Computer Company created the world's first commercial desktop computer.

At that time, IDM was at its peak, and Wangzian Computer Company wanted to compete with IDM and began to expand its business. However, it was heavily in debt and later had to issue stocks to go public. As a result, it soared.

And Wang Jian himself became the richest Chinese in the world!

For a long time afterwards, Wangjian Computer Company was synonymous with legend. The fruit company founded by Gang Leader Qiao successfully poached some of Wangjian Computer's engineers. Microsoft and IDM also frequently poached people.

By the end of the 1980s, Wang Jian suffered from cancer. Later, due to a series of mistakes, a large number of company executives resigned, and they switched to IDM, Fruit Company, and Microsoft.

Wang An Computer Company has declined rapidly since then, and with Wang An's death, a generation of legend has come to an end.

Almost most of the giant companies in the United States have been subject to antitrust investigations. The Rockefeller Oil Company created the concept of trust and was dismembered by the United States into dozens of oil companies. The American oil company currently ranked third among the world's top 500 companies is Rockefeller Oil. Part of the company!

The American communications giant att was forced to break up due to its monopoly. The famous Bell Labs is owned by att.

IDM also encountered antitrust investigations, but in the end nothing came of it.

Microsoft was also subject to an antitrust investigation and was almost split into two major companies. However, due to the manipulation of various relationships by Microsoft, the antitrust investigation was ultimately not established.

Intel was also subject to an antitrust investigation, and had to start supporting and. At the same time, it also licensed the x86 architecture to its competitor and, in order to avoid antitrust investigations.

In the 21st century, IDM's market value has shrunk significantly, and its current market value is only US$150 billion.

However, the number of patents it holds ranks first in the world, and a large number of patent applications continue to be filed every year.

With the development of mobile Internet and the strong rise of AIM, Intel's market value has also shrunk a lot, but in the computer chip market, its x86 architecture still has a monopoly.

With the help of the development of the Internet, Microsoft's market value once soared to 1.8 trillion US dollars!

Because of the rise of AIM, Android systems, and fruit systems, the Winter Alliance began to create gaps. Microsoft has been trying to catch up with AIM's platform, and Intel also tried to enter the field of SOC, but finally withdrew sadly.

Despite this, the winter alliance still exists.

At this moment, facing the rise of Beichen Computer System, Microsoft is very likely to persuade Intel to jointly strangle Beichen Technology!

This is what Luo Yang is most worried about.

This is also the reason why Beichen Technology must get involved in the semiconductor business!

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