1991 Starting from the core

To be honest, Su Yuanshan has no respect or affection for his first employer, Intel.

But when it was really up to him to expose Intel's "shortcomings", he still hesitated.

This is certainly not dishonorable, nor does it involve moral issues. But Su Yuanshan always thinks that...since he has been "reborn and cheated", if he still needs to rely on this kind of trick to win...it will be a bit weak.

Therefore, when Claude previously stated that the tape-out would be completed and the test would be passed in mid-November, Su Yuanshan was very relieved - because according to the historical process, Intel's division vulnerability had long been exposed It was revealed, and then a large-scale recall began to be completed.

This time is the best time for cyrix to be released.

…

Silicon Valley, Xinghai Hi-Tech Headquarters.

Carly implemented Su Yuanshan's consistent thinking - running a business does not hinder the enclosure of land and building buildings - so in Silicon Valley, Xinghai also successfully built a technology park covering an area of ​​300 acres.

Now that the main bodies of the two office buildings have been completed and renovated, the first ones to move in are naturally the original departments of Xinghai Hi-Tech, followed by some of the acquired departments, and the last ones to move in are the cyrix team - they are the ones who moved in after the CPU was sent to the stream. After the film, people began to move in from two blocks away.

Carly burst into Claude's office in a hurry. She was already thin, and she had been in charge of "Silicon Valley's new flagship" like Xinghai for several years, which made her very impressive. She supported Claude's office with both hands. Looking at the other party with burning eyes: "Claude, how long will it take?"

Claude knew very well how much pressure this woman was currently experiencing, and he also felt the pressure brought by Carly's gaze. He twisted his body and said with a smile: "The test line will probably be released today, Carly, please don't in a hurry."

Carly took a long breath and said with a smile: "You have our most powerful weapon hidden here. If something goes wrong, the effect of the IPO will be greatly compromised. No, it's not a huge reduction, it's terrible."

Claude knew that this woman was trying to scare him...

It is certainly an exaggeration to say that the listing of Xinghai will affect the entire Wall Street. But there is no doubt that it has an inherently attractive aura.

——It is controlled by Xinghai Investment from the East, and within three years it has grown into a dominant player in Silicon Valley. It has also hired beautiful executives from the original AT\u0026T, and allowed Carly to win the title of the most beautiful CEO in Silicon Valley.

Any of these gimmicks can attract countless gossips.

In addition, Xinghai's software department has been deeply involved in the Internet, the hottest investment field at present, and it is also the most basic browser and development tool field, and has initially formed a development environment ecology-not to mention anything else, as far as the software department is concerned, according to the current With the current enthusiasm of capital for the Internet, it can be split and listed.

Not to mention the cordless phones, which already occupy most of the North American market and a small part of the European market, as well as the mobile phone business, which sells well.

As for the two major chips, they are really just the icing on the cake - purely to give the New York Stock Exchange the image of "Xinghai is an all-round giant that is about to become a full-scale giant."

——Yes, after comprehensive consideration, Xinghai will choose to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The reason is very simple. For Nasdaq, which is currently very popular among startup companies, the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange are certainly higher, but under the high requirements and high specifications, it is also a recognition of the enterprise's business.

And now Xinghai...if it said it was a start-up company, would you believe it?

At this time, the phone in Claude's office suddenly rang. He grabbed it and picked up the phone. After saying a few words, he immediately stood up and smiled at Carly: "The chip is back. Do you want to see the test in person?"

Carly was startled, then immediately happy, but then she shook her head and said, "No, I'll wait for you in the office."

As she spoke, she raised her wrist and glanced at the time: "I will be there before eight o'clock, can you finish it before eight o'clock?"

"We can't say for sure... The motherboard from SOYO only arrived three days ago. We don't know yet whether there will be compatibility issues or whether it can fully utilize the functions of the CPU."

Carly frowned. She knew that this guy had always been a bit conservative, so she mused: "Anyway, I'll wait for you until 8 o'clock. The boss will probably get up as well. Send him a report as soon as possible after you finish." .”

Speaking of this, Carly breathed out softly.

She knew that this CPU was the result of Su Yuanshan's hard work - even the core architecture was designed by Su Yuanshan himself.

She doesn't understand chip design, but it doesn't stop her from understanding that the core architecture of a CPU determines the upper limit of the chip's capabilities, so it doesn't stop her from understanding what a great job a chief architect is.

What a magical boy... Carly sighed again, then turned around and walked out of the office in a hurry.

Just as Claude thought, she really didn't think that the success or failure of the CPU would affect the IPO, but after all, it was Su Yuanshan's concern. As the CEO that Su Yuanshan personally invited back, of course she had to show concern for Su Yuanshan's concerns.

Respect each other!

…

Claude followed Carly out of the office. He quickly rushed to the laboratory and saw that the test engineers had installed the CPUs with only internal test serial numbers on different motherboards and platforms.

The test was conducted on a five-meter-long test bench. In addition to the two sets of test plans formed by the engineering CPU, there was also a control group test platform for comparison.

The configurations of the control group are, without exception, the current Pentium platform, from the "first generation" Pentium 66MHz to the "second generation" Pentium released this year, which has the highest frequency and the strongest performance, and is known as the "most powerful on the surface" Pentium 150 , almost every main frequency band has a configuration.

As for AMD...it's not difficult for them.

This kind of testing method was also originally suggested by Su Yuanshan - it can accurately determine the target positioning of the Sol series CPU at the first time.

As for the test plan, Su Yuanshan also provided suggestions via email very early.

He suggested that the test content should be as comprehensive as possible and cover various fields, especially games and video processing - these are two fields that are currently rising and showing signs of becoming popular, and represent the simplest needs of ordinary players. .

In addition, there are tests for various professional applications, such as rendering, calculation, etc.

Since there are no professional tools for CPU testing on the market, many people in the CPU team are developing testing tools on their own during the months of waiting for tape-out...

In fact, just a few days ago, Su Yuanshan sent Claude a test tool with visible steps based on his own needs.

"ready or Not?"

Claude saw that the installation had been completed and the camera behind him had been pointed. He glanced at everyone, shook hands and asked in a deep voice.

"alright."

"start!"

As the power was turned on for the first time, a row of monitors lit up at the same time.

——Su Yuanshan said that boot time is also key.