Global Monopoly of Technology

Now the person in charge of the "" plan project is Lu Siming, one of the five early start-up team members of Bluestar Technology, and Luo Sheng was transferred from Bluestar Technology to here shortly after the establishment of Azure Coast.

project department.

"Boss, the Cell chip has been reborn in our hands, and its performance is quite powerful. There is no pressure to carry it into this year's next-generation host, and there will be no competitors on the market. However, it is still an old problem, and engineers all over the world have become accustomed to it. In addition to our own people, there are very few third-party developers who are willing to come to develop software on our platform with the x86 architecture, and there is too much black history." Lu Siming reported a good news, and also said that he has always been worried The problem.

In fact, this is the most concerned topic of the entire project team, because they are on the front line and know the best situation. So far, only more than 800 engineers in the world can play with the Cell chip architecture.

These more than 800 people are all in the Cote d'Azur, and they are all in the project team. Since taking charge of this project, they have felt that the Cell architecture is full of deep malice towards them almost every day.

Imagine a senior engineer throwing away everything he has learned all his life, and then learning again, how much courage and perseverance would it take to cross this step?

As for other engineers around the world, the answer is absolutely unwilling.

Human beings like a comfortable and comfortable environment, and they will not realize the change unless they can no longer live.

So in the end is the x86 architecture and it is not fragrant? Or do you have a masochistic tendency to play with the Cell architecture?

"We don't need engineers from all over the world to understand the Cell architecture. We develop a super compiler to do it all." Luo Sheng said lightly.

Hearing this, Lu Siming said weakly, "Boss, the project team thought of this solution very early and tried many times, but...it's too difficult, we can't do anything about it."

The implication is that this road has been tried and failed.

Luo Sheng glanced at him: "It's you, I'm not among them."

Lu Siming was slightly confused: "Huh?"

Luo Sheng stopped talking, came to a work computer, quickly opened his personal cloud server by dancing on the keyboard with both hands, and said with a smile, "I know you can't handle it, so I've got it."

Hearing these light and gentle remarks, Lu Siming's eyes suddenly rounded: "Boss of Wo's Ma Ya,

are you done? "

While speaking, Lu Siming's eyes quickly aimed at the screen, and a download progress bar appeared on the screen at this moment.

After a while, Luo Sheng stared at the screen and said with a smile: "Okay, this is the first official version, show it to the project team for everyone to read, I haven't gotten the patent yet, and you have the patent issue clearly arranged. in vain."

At this moment, Lu Siming said with exaggerated expressions and actions: "Boss, I kneel down for you, and the five bodies are really on the ground..."

It was said that Lu Siming was really about to kneel, but he was kicked by Luo Sheng before he landed on his knees, and he finally failed to do so.

translater.

Just like if you want a machine to read human emotions, there needs to be a "translation" between the two parties to act as a bridge for human-computer interaction, which is the so-called compilation technology in industry jargon.

Through compilation technology, high-level languages ​​such as C and Java can be converted into low-level languages ​​that machines can understand, and complex and subtle codes can be converted into binary instructions of 0 and 1, thereby eliminating communication barriers and taming machines.

It can be said that the compiler is the bridge between the software and the chip, and its performance efficiency directly affects the operating efficiency of the machine.

If the compiler is regarded as a translation, it is like a person who travels to a country where the language is completely different. Originally, only the translation software (virtual machine) can be used to communicate and communicate, which is inevitably inefficient. The compiler is more like allowing him to directly obtain the local language ability, so that he can get rid of the translation software (virtual machine), and can communicate with the local people more smoothly, and at the same time, he does not need to learn the local language painfully.

Lu Siming picked up his personal ieP work tablet and swiped it a few times, and said curiously, "Boss, why is it called 'Ark Compiler'? Ark, this name is too westernized, and harsh netizens will definitely take this to criticize."

Luo Sheng smiled and said, "What I want is the effect of westernization. Do you know the story of Noah's Ark?"

Lu Siming: "Of course I know... Hey, boss, I understand haha, Noah's Ark, it means you board the ship quickly, don't blame labor and capital for not taking you to play when it's late, Ark, the name is just plain enough to tell the industry People hurry up to board the ship and open up a new era with us."

Luo Sheng glanced at him and said with a serious face, "Smart baby."

Hearing this, Lu Siming couldn't help scratching his head naively, because he always felt that the boss was mocking his IQ, but he didn't feel angry at all, not to mention his immediate boss, Luo Sheng was silent by himself I got such a super compiler without making a sound, and I felt that my IQ was completely exploded in an instant.

I can't accept it.

In fact, Luo Sheng definitely couldn't get it done by himself. He has too much work every day, and a single project section won't take up too much of his time.

Being able to get it done so quickly is naturally inseparable from the assistance of AI Xiaona.

"That's right, in front of you, boss, our IQ is indeed like a baby, hehe." Lu Siming licked it decisively and said.

"Okay, okay." Luo Sheng shook his head helplessly.

After a while, Lu Siming said: "By the way, boss, should we rename the Cell chip? After we bought it from Sony, we have almost completely reconstructed the core. There are not many Sony genes in it, and there are still It always feels inappropriate to use this name, it's too cheap for Sony, what do you think is a good name to rename it?"

Luo Sheng looked at the other party and paused for two seconds, then shook his head and decisively denied: "No need to change, just use the current name."

Lu Siming was puzzled: "Don't change? Why? Then it will be born in the future, and won't Sony steal all its splendid reputation?"

I don't understand the boss's thinking very much.

Luo Sheng said happily, "You're right, but do you know why I decided to use my original name?"

Lu Siming: "Why?"

Luo Sheng: "I'm going to be mad at Sony, Toshiba, and IBM. Think about how Sony will see this situation in the future? Spitting up three liters of blood is light, haha!"

Sony had to pay for the 30% premium that year, but at the time, Sony had too many choices. If Sony imposed additional conditions to restrict Luo Sheng's entry into the home console market, he would not want the Cell chip business. years into the market.

So Sony doesn't really have a choice.

Lu Siming rolled his eyes away: "Damn it, so that's it, isn't this too cruel, it's just killing people."

Luo Sheng put away his smile, glanced at the other party, and said calmly: "I'm just asking you if you feel good about doing this? Are you excited or not? Are you looking forward to it?"

After holding back for a long time, Lu Siming answered honestly and unkindly: "It's cool, it's too exciting, don't expect too much."

Luo Sheng retracted his gaze and said as if he was talking to himself: "It's not just to anger Sony, when the other party is not lightly angered, emotions often control the brain, and reason often takes a back seat. When I'm left and right instead of being led by reason, it's often the beginning of mistakes, and once a competitor makes a mistake, isn't it an opportunity for me?"

The boss is really insidious, this old yin ratio.

Lu Siming sneered silently in his heart after hearing this, but he didn't dare to say it out loud unless his skin was itchy.

After the episode, Luo Sheng instructed: "Xiao Ming, go and rush the heads of the various departments of the project to the conference hall, and have a meeting in half an hour."

Lu Siming: "OK."

The focus of this meeting was the press conference this fall, the official launch of the first-generation game console, and an announcement to the entire industry that Cote d'Azur officially entered the home game console industry as the first party.

The venue of the conference was finally determined at the meeting, not in the mainland, but in Europe, and the specific location was Cologne, Germany.

It must be said that the third hardware and electronic product of the Côte d'Azur cannot be released in the mainland, because the domestic game consoles have not been lifted. Since 2000, the mainland game console sales ban has been in effect for ten years. It will take three or four years before the ban is lifted.

Luo Sheng also doesn't want to use his influence to speed up the lifting of the ban, not to mention that he will be severely criticized by parents like the last time he deployed e-sports. The most important thing is a very real problem.

Even if the ban is lifted now, few domestic players will buy it. One is that the problem of piracy cannot be solved. You have to pay for the game, which 99% of players can't accept.

Habits are really scary things.

Therefore, the first-generation console market can only be 100% released in the international market. As for the mainland, we will see it in ten years.

It is worth mentioning that the best location for this conference should be Los Angeles, North America. The E3 game show just ended in June this year.

But since the last experience, Luo Sheng didn't want to go to Laomei's site to play, it would be fun if he didn't come back later, Luo Sheng didn't want to cause trouble for the country.

After thinking about it, there are only two places left, one is Japan and the other is Europe.

It was finally determined in Cologne, Germany. This city is also a city with a strong game atmosphere. Other game exhibitions have also been held here, including the local Cologne game exhibition, which is also very famous in the industry.

And in October this year, Cologne will hold the third WRPO World No. 1 Player Championship, which has already begun to warm up in August.

The WRPO event has been successfully held for two sessions, and it is now the highest stage in the minds of e-sports players. It is also the Olympic Games that has replaced WCG and is known as the e-sports field. The venue for the fourth session has been selected, in Seoul, South Korea.

And this year's Cologne, Germany, is destined to be the focus of countless players, both e-sports players and console players. For this year's global game console market to usher in a new first party is definitely the biggest historical event in the field of home game consoles in 2010.

The project plan has been kept highly confidential so far, but now Luo Sheng has made no secret of it, and has directly chosen to announce that the Cote d'Azur will be the first party in the most high-profile way for the entire industry.

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