Xu Meilin and Wan Feng raised a question about the Y2K bug. She said that this issue was being discussed on the Internet both domestically and internationally.
Because next year is the year 2000, some intelligent systems that use computer programs, including computer systems, automatic control chips, etc., will produce incorrect results when processing dates across centuries, as the years are represented by only two decimal digits. This will cause various system dysfunctions or even crashes.
The most intuitive and popular explanation is that by the year 2000, computers may interpret the time as 1900, which is a difference of 100 years. In some systems, this will inevitably cause computing disorders, resulting in record deletion and inability to authenticate.
This question was actually raised in 1997 and has received attention from people working in electronics around the world.
Probably the only person who doesn't take it seriously is someone.
Although the Y2K bug did cause some damage in the world, the scale was not large; it was like thunder with a loud bang but little action.
Netscape Huaguang Application System uses a four-digit decimal system, so this problem almost never occurs.
Since we are talking about application systems, we cannot fail to talk about Weiruan, which has been acquired by Mi Online at this time.
After being acquired by America Online, Weisoft still retained the company name, but this is of no use. Even if it can survive for a few more years, it is destined to be yesterday's news.
Its fall will inevitably lead to a series of chain reactions, among which Yintel will be the most affected.
The core of enterprise network operation is the server, and the core of the server is the server chip.
In the previous life, in this field, these server chips were all built on Intertek's x86 architecture, so Intertek occupied a market share of up to 90%.
Once a large-scale semiconductor blockade occurs and the chip supply chain is cut off, data centers, which are the cornerstone of social economy, will be in a very dangerous situation.
No one wants to have a butcher knife hanging over his head, and no one wants to be in danger of having his neck strangled.
The best way to solve this problem is to overthrow Intel's monopoly.
But in the previous life, when Intel occupied 90% of the market share, it was almost impossible to overthrow it.
During this period, ARM and Intel fought for several years, but both ended in failure without exception.
Many well-known companies have been involved in it.
For example, Samsung, Nvidia, Broadcom, and Marvell have all developed or intended to develop ARM-based server chips, but all ended in failure.
Among them, the one who once gave the industry hope was Gao Tong, who benefited greatly from ARM in the field of mobile phone chips.
In 2014, Gowin announced it would develop ARM-based server chips, and in 2016, it unveiled its first AMR-based server chip. In 2017, Gowin officially launched the Centrip 2400 series, entering the server chip market.
The release of the results marked the peak of Qualcomm, which did not receive much response from customers. In 2018, it was rumored that it had abandoned its ARM server chip business. Then it was revealed that senior executives resigned and the team was disbanded.
Why is x86 so powerful?
The industry generally believes this is due to Intel's years of experience building a server chip ecosystem. A large number of software applications are developed based on x86. However, the software ecosystem in the enterprise market is often updated infrequently, resulting in a lack of ecosystem choice. Existing ARM server chips have generally performed poorly in terms of software compatibility, ultimately preventing users from trying ARM and forcing them to stick with x86.
In fact, another reason is the bundling of X86 and Weisoft operating system.
All software is developed under these two systems, so X86 is naturally invincible.
But now that Victorinox has collapsed, its operating system is destined to be annihilated in the computer field, and half of the foundation of X86 has been shaken.
Wan Feng had long known that if he cut down the big tree Weiruan, the flowers and plants under it would suffer.
At this time, Huaguang Company timely promoted its own architecture and instruction set to the market, and bundled it with Netscape Systems just like X86 was bundled with Victorinox.
Of course, the name used is an American company called Boiling.
I'm afraid only Wan Feng knows whether this company is an American company or a Chinese company.
The Huaguang structure is similar to the ARM architecture, and the chip patents and instruction sets it provides are highly open. Chip manufacturers can buy a certain version once and use it forever without worrying about the problem of direct out-of-stock from upstream.
The launch of this architecture was welcomed by many chip manufacturers, and the fall of Viasoft directly shook the foundation of Intel's dominance in the market.
Moreover, although Intel was the dominant player at that time, it had not yet achieved the goal of unifying the market.
This unexpected situation not only caused the Pentium III that Intel originally planned to launch in 1999 to fail, but also caused the research and development plan of the Pentium 4 that was to be released in November 2000 to disappear without a trace.
At this time, if Huaguang Chip can launch its own blockbuster chip, even if it cannot drive Intel out of the market, it can still grab a large market share from it.
But the strange thing is that at this time, Huaguang Chip did nothing, it was very low-key, as if it did not exist.
Wan Feng is very clear about the situation.
China is now in a very important period, and all work must give way to joining the WTO.
If Huaguang Chip releases any important results at this time and shakes the foundation of US semiconductor companies, it will definitely not be a good thing.
If the US authorities knew that computer operating systems were now in the hands of the Chinese and that the chip market was dominated by the Chinese, they would certainly take action to prevent China from joining the WTO.
Because these things have been listed as the country's cornerstone industries by the United States and they play a vital strategic role.
They will never allow these technologies to fall into the hands of others, especially a socialist country like China.
This is also the reason why Netscape Systems is only called Netscape's something system internationally without Huaguang at the end, so as not to attract the attention of relevant US authorities.
It is precisely because of this mentality of not causing trouble for the country that although Huaguang Chip has produced epoch-making chips for both PCs and mobile phones, none of them have been announced to the outside world.
Just testing it behind the scenes.
At the very least, these things will only be available after China officially joins the WTO, or they may not appear on the market even after joining the WTO.
China is still very weak and has no ability to resist Western hegemony. Therefore, it must act like a grandson when it is time to act like a grandson.
In another ten years, after 2010, when China has the ability to protect itself both militarily and economically, many things will be revealed in broad daylight.
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