Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 264 Graphics Card, River Boat

Austin, Texas.

Carlisle Group headquarters.

Old Bu sat at his desk, holding his personal mobile phone that was hung up by Yu Sanyuan, and looked up at the spliced ​​screen display in the distance.

In the picture, David Ensger, the wholly-owned shareholder and chairman of 3Dfx, chairman of the Tijuana Group, chairman of the North American Ocean Shipping Group, chairman of the North American New Steel Group, and a large rancher in Wyoming, is talking big on a talk show.

"Of all the hardware in a computer, the graphics card is the least technically demanding. Its manufacturing difficulty may be even lower than that of the computer case."

"We must not be misled by the name 'display chip' which is similar to 'CPU chip' and think it is very high-end."

"To put it simply, the CPU is like training a senior university professor who knows everything and can do everything. He can calculate, send emails, run games, etc. Therefore, the CPU needs more advanced manufacturing technology to make the professor's brain more complex. It does not need too many threads to process data at the same time. Two, six, or eight threads are all fine."

"GPUs, on the other hand, train elementary school students to convert data into square grid images, and then stitch these images together into a 640x760 or 960x1080 resolution image. So GPUs need faster and more data transfer channels, perhaps 32 threads in a group, hundreds or even thousands of threads in total, to complete drawing and rendering faster, but without a too complicated brain."

"In general, if you want a graphics card to be powerful, just stack the data transfer efficiency."

"It has to do with the speed of the video memory, the speed of the carrier board, and the speed of reading and writing running memory or reading stored data."

"Why did the powerful 3Dfx suddenly stop working when the graphics card is so simple?"

"We need to know that in the field of graphics display, whoever controls the API, or application programming interface, controls the standard setting of graphics hardware."

“97年之前，90%的3D游戏，只支持3Dfx公司研发的Glide API，毕竟3Dfx开创了3D游戏时代。”

"How could Microsoft allow an outsider to dominate the 3D graphics API under Windows?"

"In order to make more money and further monopolize the computer market, Microsoft must kill 3Dfx's Glide API and squeeze out 3Dfx's graphics programming interface, OpenGL, which is used to render 2D and 3D vector graphics."

"Soon, Microsoft entered the game console market, launched Xbox, and supported the low-end graphics card manufacturer Nvidia to compete with 3Dfx..."

"Currently, 90% of computers use Windows systems. Microsoft is not compatible with 3Dfx graphics card plug-ins, or cannot read 3Dfx graphics cards. If they launch a built-in Direct3D API, we will naturally not be able to survive."

"It can be said that this is an unfair business competition of a monopolistic nature."

"Thanks to the California court, Pioneer Navigation, and the people who supported 3Dfx. We used the law as a weapon to defeat evil and helped 3Dfx regain compatibility with Windows."

"And here, I officially announce that the Voodoo Avengers series of independent graphics cards and external 3D dedicated daughter cards will be available in August this year."

"The lowest version uses a 0.12um process technology, has 8 pipelines, 128M video memory, 256Bit video memory width, supports 160 hardware instructions, and can operate 16 materials at the same time..."

“The new design and the new high-precision floating-point data specifications allow for the use of multiple texture maps, and also allow the game screen to present a cinematic experience.”

“This will be a revolutionary change in the graphics card industry!”

When Old Bu saw this, he picked up David Ensger's information.

The other party was originally a down-and-out middle-class salesman. After losing his job, he was suddenly blessed by God.

Pick up money while walking.

Use the money you found to play video games and get ten consecutive grand slams.

He took the Grand Slam prize money to Las Vegas and won 2 million US dollars in one night...

After that, he bought the Tijuana Shipyard and unexpectedly gained more than 500 senior mechanical engineers.

After a simple repair, the shipyard restarted and built several luxury cruise ships in less than a month and sold them to Mexico...

Then he teamed up with the Smith family and soared to fame.

He is now not only the largest capitalist in California, but also the second largest funder of the Democratic faction.

It is said that in the North American midterm elections, the other side will join forces with Klin's wife, Shilali, to besiege Bush.

Is this normal?

If he didn't know that the other party had a close relationship with old Smith, if he didn't know that old Smith had a falling out with European Jews.

Old Bush almost suspected that the other party was the Rothschild Consortium, another spokesperson fostered in North America after the Walton family.

but now……

It is obvious that the opponent is an important chess piece placed by old Smith in the West.

Used to use California resources to curb the Bush family entrenched in Texas.

The reason why 3Dfx was able to be revived was definitely because old Smith used Wall Street capital to put pressure on Silicon Valley companies and Vanguard, and signed secret agreements with Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, etc. to allow 3Dfx to be listed again.

As for the content of the agreement...

Refer to the 300 million + 500 million second-hand graphics cards that Old Smith and General Electric dumped into the East.

It is not difficult to see that 3Dfx's future business will mainly be oriented towards the East.

This has almost no business conflict with companies like Microsoft and Nvidia, which is probably an important reason why Silicon Valley companies have surrendered to Smith.

But Yu Sanyuan from Dongfang is researching a keyboard that can connect to the Internet to watch videos and play games.

If we put all the above factors together, and add in the fact that Old Smith built the North American Ocean Shipping Group from scratch…

The situation is very clear.

Sanyuan Agriculture joined forces with the Smith family.

Old Smith helped Yu Sanyuan complete the industrial deployment on the technological side.

Yu Sanyuan, in turn, helped old Smith complete the next stage of his strategy in the East.

For example, after the high-speed railway is opened, old Smith can take Yu Sanyuan's high-speed train to transport the products pouring into the East from North America to various parts of the East, and then launch an all-round attack on the business territory of the old Bush family.

They even disrupted the supply lines of the Old Bush family through ocean shipping.

Just like two missing 30-ton cruise ships.

Maybe old Smith lost it on purpose and gave it to pirates to use in robbing Zhao's ocean-going ships.

So considering the increasingly worthless graphics card matrix and the increasingly serious situation, Old Bu called Yu Yang again.

What old Smith could give, he could give too.

……

Foggy City Sanyuan Pharmaceutical Corporation.

In the vast and dim staff cafeteria, only the southeast corner was lit.

Yu Yang sat at a long table. On his left was the old chef who was sometimes tasting wine and sometimes using serving chopsticks to prepare hot pot ingredients.

On the right is Jiang Wenqing, the newly promoted general manager of the Southwest region, former head of Wudu Sanyuan Pharmaceutical Corporation, who is nearly 50 years old.

Yu Yang hung up the phone with Lao Bu again. Just as he was about to speak, the girl from the company's front desk came trotting in.

Since I didn't know Yu Yang, I looked at Jiang Wenqing first...

"This is Director Yu. Just tell me what you have to say."

"Hello, Mr. Yu! I'm the deputy head of the Wudu City Police Department, and I'm here to visit you."

Yu Yang picked up the tripe prepared by the old chef and said, "We have already eaten half of it. It would be inappropriate to let others sit at the table."

Jiang Wenqing stood up and said, "Boss, he is very ambitious, but he has been suppressed by the Chief Law Officer and has not been promoted for thirteen years."

"Good fellow, it seems you are very motivated... Please come in."

After a while.

The deputy head of the Wudu City Police, dressed in casual clothes, walked in alone with the girl at the front desk.

Yu Yang was not an arrogant person, he stood up and greeted him: "Leader, we finally meet."

"Mr. Yu, I'm very sorry that you have been made unhappy since you arrived here."

"Not really. It's Lao Jiang's job. He didn't do it well enough and I've already criticized him."

Yu Yang gestured for him to take a seat, "Let me introduce you again. This is Jiang Wenqing, the Southwest Region Manager of Sanyuan Agriculture."

"Mr. Jiang!"

"No, we are all contributing to the development of the southwest."

The deputy head of the city police was slightly stunned, "Yes, yes, we will work together."

Then he took out his cell phone and said, "Director Yu, I just found this."

"Hmm?" Yu Yang picked it up and flipped through it. There was a call record with a deceased local boss on it. "What is this?"

"This is my phone."

"What? Give it to me as leverage? Or is it a token of your allegiance to me?"

"..."

"Take it back. I don't need it... Oh, Lao Jiang, contact the Xintai Data Center and ask them to find the telecommunications provider to delete the relevant records."

"Okay, Mr. Yu."

Yu Yang gestured to the deputy head of the city police, "Take a seat and try the top hot pot cuisine in Fog City."

The latter's hands trembled slightly, suppressing his excitement, and sat down at the side of the table, "Thank you, Director Yu."

"I can't help you with anything at work, but if you have any difficulties in life, just tell me."

"Here, there are many people who support evil forces. Some use them to guard their homes, some use them to make money, and some use them as a basis for promotion... The Law Steward is just one of them."

"It seems that this place is even more chaotic than Shiliying."

"Director Yu, I hope to send my family to Shiliying... otherwise we will be retaliated against soon."

"You're a police officer."

"Mr. Yu..."

"It's not that I won't help you, I mean, can you get hard?"

"..."

"Use your family as bait, whoever comes will be captured, and then uprooted and sent to repair the Yellow River. Do you understand?"

"Mr. Yu, it's easy to dodge an open attack, but it's hard to guard against an arrow from the dark

"Don't worry, I'll give you a group of good hands."

"How many?"

Yu Yang was slightly stunned. "50 people?"

"5000."

"???"

The deputy head of the city police gritted his teeth and said, "The minimum is 3000."

"..."

Yu Yang originally had a good impression of Wudu, but when he saw the serious expression on the other side, he couldn't help but gasp, "Really?"

"real."

“No wonder Deputy Director Liu of Dongshan, the regional director who was carefully selected for me, was so timid when he came here…”

As Yu Yang was speaking, he was about to talk to Lao Ren from the ADM special research group when the girl at the front desk ran in again.

"Mr. Yu, the city manager is here to visit."

"Just say I'm taking a break."

Yu Yang finished speaking and put down his chopsticks. "Why not withdraw your investment? This place is not part of the Southern Four Provinces project. I just set up the head office because I think the location is good."

Jiang Wenqing said quickly: "Boss, if we withdraw our investment, the high-speed rail lines will also have to be adjusted."

"That's easy. Just talk to the railway system and make a budget."

Before he finished speaking, the girl at the front desk walked into the restaurant again.

"Director Yu, the city manager said that we must meet in person."

"They are worried that I will suddenly withdraw my investment after learning the details of the situation."

The deputy head of the city police shook his head and said, "He must have known that I was coming."

"They are well-informed. This reminds me of the temporary workers in our cities who are stationed at various intersections to wait for business invitations and vehicles from higher authorities."

"It's all the same, after all, when the superior comes, we have to know in advance, otherwise how can we make arrangements."

Yu Yang looked at Jiang Wenqing thoughtfully.

The latter was so frightened that his legs went limp. "Mr. Yu, I didn't know you were coming at all. It was the deputy head of the city police who told me that the entire Wudu high-level officials already knew about it. It was only then that I realized your whereabouts were exposed."

"No, what I mean is, since everyone knows I'm coming, why not get a river boat, invite everyone on board to eat hot pot, and then we can lock the cabin and sink the boat into the river."

Jiang Wenqing: “???”

Old chef: “???”

Deputy Chief of the City Police: “…”

The girl at the front desk: “…”

"Just kidding, I'll go greet him myself."

Yu Yang wiped his mouth, stood up and motioned to the girl at the front desk to lead the way.

Wait until you reach the first floor lobby.

A middle-aged man in his fifties, with four people of the same age, stood on the right side of the gate, talking in low voices.

Yu Yang found out who the real boss was through the front desk, and stepped forward to shake his hand. "I'm sorry, boss. I didn't expect you to be so busy and come down to inspect at this late hour."

"Mr. Yu, I'm so sorry to bother you at such a late hour."

"Leader, let's go to the reception room."

As the conversation progressed, eight girls from the front desk were there, some leading the way, some setting up the venue, and some preparing tea and snacks...

A little bit.

In the red carpeted lobby.

Yu Yang and the mayor sat on the sofa, with recorders behind them and their entourage below them.

"Mr. Yu, Wudu attaches great importance to each project of Sanyuan Agriculture. If you have any difficulties during the investment process, please feel free to ask me."

"It's not a big problem. I just ran out of funds recently and planned to withdraw my investment."

"???"

"Besides, the high-speed rail route is too roundabout. I plan to go through Guiqu in the south to Nanyun, and then go north to Bashu."

"Mr. Yu..."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Yang took out his cell phone from his pocket, looked at the screen, and shouted:
"Old Bu, how many calls have you made? Do you still want me to sleep?"

"Yu, let's take a rest after we finish talking about this."

"I told you, I'm not interested in your batch of graphics cards at all."

"Yu, I know your plan. You plan to package the high-speed railway industry in a more gorgeous way, so you need a large number of graphics cards. I can help you."

"No, second-hand graphics cards are outdated after all. I plan to wait for the Voodoo Avenger to be released."

"The cost of a new graphics card is too high. Converted into red banknotes, one card costs at least 2000 yuan. You can buy my second-hand graphics cards. There are 300 million of them, and the unit price is less than 100 US dollars. Besides, 3Dfx has gone bankrupt twice, and its R&D progress can no longer keep up with ATI and NVIDIA. I can help you get a more advanced one."

"true and false?"

"Really, I sincerely want to cooperate with you."

"Let me think about it."

"Then I'll see you tomorrow morning."

Yu Yang hung up the phone and looked at the city manager, "Sorry, this old man is too clingy."

"Old man Bu?"

"Oh, Old Bull, Little Bull's father, the father of the North American steward."

"..."

(End of this chapter)