Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

In the evening, Tan Zhenhua knocked on the door of Bosak's house.

It was Sandy who opened the door. She was obviously surprised when she saw Tan Zhenhua, the uninvited guest. However, after she was surprised, she welcomed him into the house enthusiastically, and said happily as she walked: "Eric, you are too coincidental. Yes, we are holding a small family gathering, come, just in time I can introduce you some new friends."

Tan Zhenhua smiled and said, "That's great, but Sandy, there must be a reason for you to hold such a party?"

Sandy pursed his lips and smiled: "Of course there is a reason. You'll know when you see Leon later. Come and talk in the room."

After Tan Zhenhua followed Sandy into the living room, he discovered that the living room, which was originally filled with various components, was completely renewed today. Obviously, it was carefully cleaned up by the host for the party tonight. There were already a few guests in the living room, so he Surprisingly, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, the "Exterminator", was there, and he was looking at him with a glass of red wine in his hand.

The student who skipped class was caught by the dean...the assistant caught him upright, and Xiao Tan Tan suddenly became embarrassed.

Dr. Rice looked in a good mood, raised the wine glass in his hand and greeted him affectionately: "Hey, Eric, I didn't expect you to come today too. How is it? How are you doing?"

The words are good, but they don't taste that way in Tan Zhenhua's ears. He had to touch the back of his head and replied embarrassedly: "Uh, that, Dr. Rice, I'm pretty good lately."

Of course, Dr. Rice knew the reason for Tan Er’s constipation-like expression. She tugged at the corner of her mouth and smiled: “After all, Eric, it’s off work now, and I’m not an academic assistant but a sang Di’s friend attended this gathering, so you don’t have to feel embarrassed, and we have made an appointment, right?"

What she said finally made Tan Zhenhua react. What a special little master, I paid the "redemption fee". As long as we can take regular final exams, we will be free during this time!

After giving herself a psychological massage, Tan Zhenhua felt courageous, and then responded with a smile: "I have been doing well recently. I went to New York a few days ago and just returned to San Francisco. I want to take a look. Mr. and Mrs. Bossac also paid attention to the progress of the new product development by the way, but they did not expect that they would meet Dr. You by such a chance.

Leonardo, who saw Tan Zhenhua coming in and walking up to say hello, smiled and said, "Well, Les and Eric, this is at my house, let’s relax a little bit, okay? Come on, Eric, let me introduce you. Friends, after they heard about our Cisco company, they all want to know you."

"This is Dr. Jim Clark," Leonardo first introduced a middle-aged white man about 40 years old. This man exuded the breath of a scientific research dog that Tan Zhenhua was very familiar with. The pair of gold-rimmed oval glasses were even slightly restrained when they were introduced.

"Jim is a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Utah. He used to be a computer assistant at Berkeley and Stanford. He is a colleague and friend of mine. Unfortunately, he left last year and became the owner of the newly founded Silicon Graphics company. By the way, Jim, you haven't finished talking just now. What are the main products of your new company?"

"It's a graphics workstation with a brand-new architecture. The name is the abbreviation of our Silicon Graphics company, SGI." Jim Clark replied slightly shyly: "I invented a new chip. I call it Geometry. Generator, and want to apply it in miniaturized computer systems to help the CPU of these minicomputers to free themselves from complex and difficult graphics calculations and take on some of the tasks it is better at, so that the performance of the whole machine can be obtained The big improvement will successfully replace part of the mainframe work in the future. We are currently testing the first prototype."

"Congratulations, Dr. Jim, although the road to entrepreneurship is not so easy, as long as you succeed, you will surely win the warmest flowers and applause." Tan Zhenhua compliments Dr. Jim Clark, who is in the most difficult period of entrepreneurship. , To cover up the waves in my heart.

So when I came to Posak's house on a temporary whim tonight, did I get hit by myself?

Jim Clark and SGI, these two names are so familiar and nostalgic. It turns out that I have been searching for a difficult problem for many days. The turning point is tonight, right now!

SGI Silicon Graphics and his supercomputing and graphics workstations have been among the top products of its kind on this blue star for a long time, especially his fist product-the graphics workstation.

The size of the graphics workstation is slightly larger than the current personal computer, but the performance is far better. Only in the history of 1984 when SGI was officially born, that is the next year, if you simply pursue the ability to design complex geometric graphics, its performance is even Exceeds the VAX minicomputer system that DEC is proud of. The most basic configuration of the VAX minicomputer system also costs US$200,000, but an SGI graphics workstation with almost the same performance costs only US$50,000!

An example can be used to fully illustrate the powerful performance of SGI and its graphics workstations: in Hollywood blockbusters such as "Jurassic Park", "Lord of the Rings", and "Emergency Landing" that are well-known and loved by the Chinese audience The mesmerizing and immersive special effects are actually post-production on the SGI graphics workstation. Among these films that make extensive use of SGI graphics workstations for computer special effects, the most successful, classic, and influential film is undoubtedly "Titanic" directed by Cameron and starring Xiaoli and Kate.

While countless audiences around the world were moved by the magnificent scenes and poignant love of this movie and took out their wallets and handkerchiefs, there were also many industry professionals who were concerned about the use of the famous digital studio DigitalDomain. There are more than 300 SGI super workstations, more than 50 stuntmen, and 24 hours a day for a year and a half to produce computer stunt scenes in "Titanic".

Well, there is no doubt that the special effects in "The Wandering Earth", the domestic science fiction film that has just won a huge box office success, must also come from the hands of the SGI workstation.

As for why the SGI graphics workstation can do this, it is naturally due to the famous work of its inventor, Jim Clark, who was a Ph.D. in computer-the geometry generator.

Geometry generator, a term that sounds awkward and tall, should be placed in the 21st century. There is a new name that everyone, especially game fans, is commonplace-3D graphics card, or GPU.

Therefore, the N and A families, which were torn in the high-end graphics card market, are actually the same person as their technical source and ancestor, that is, the Dr. Jim Clark who is standing in front of Tan Zhenhua.

But if you think that Dr. Jim Clark has only this ability, you are wrong. In fact, what really made Dr. Clark famous is another company he founded after leaving the SGI he founded. Netscape, Netscape!

It is also Netscape, a company that has caused headaches for operating system hegemony Microsoft, that made him appear on the cover of Time magazine in June 1996 and ranked among the 25 most influential people in the country that year. the first! "Time" Weekly commented on this: Jim Clark is one of the most influential names in Silicon Valley in the next 20 years.

"Dr. Clark, I am very interested in your work. If it is convenient, I hope to visit your company." Tan Zhenhua made a test.

"Eric, this is something I can't ask for, I think about it...or we don't have to wait until tomorrow morning, if you can give me a few minutes now."

Clark looked a little excited. He really didn't expect that when he was about to run out of ammunition and food, and there was nowhere to go, God would give him such an opportunity.

He must hold on tightly, and grab the Chinese kid who casually invested US$5 million in the Bossacks!