Chapter 68: Intel's New CEO

  Time has entered April.

  "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and "Fallout 2" both started selling around this time.

  The Harry Potter series is now a household name, while Fallout has also gained popularity due to last year's Cuban Missile Crisis and Catherine's $200 million. The box office record is currently held by Ben-Hur with $150 million, but this record is now being kept by Catherine.

  At this time, Catherine was sitting in her office, preparing to interview a person that Bruce had found.

  It shouldn't be an interview, Catherine just wanted to see if this person was the same as the one in her memory. After all, Catherine only knew the name of this person.

  A man with a collapsed nose walked in. He actually looked quite good, but the scars on his face and that nose deducted many points from him.

  "Jerry Sanders?"

  "Yes, Miss Edson."

  Sanders was born in Chicago in 1936. His parents divorced when he was still in nursery school, and he was raised by his grandfather. He was a bright student, always earning excellent grades, skipping one grade in high school. However, he liked to fight for justice, so he often got into fights. At the University of Illinois, he studied engineering. Once, one of his classmates, Jim, had a dispute with some thugs, and when Jim was about to get beaten up, Sanders stepped forward and chased away the thugs, allowing Jim to escape, but he himself was severely beaten, almost to death. His nose was deformed, his forehead sank in, and several ribs were broken.

  Years later in Silicon Valley, Saunders would become a prominent figure and earn the nickname "Clown Prince".

  But not now.

  He is now working under Motorola, but he has always been dissatisfied with his job.

  And at this time, Bruce stretched out an olive branch towards him.

  At this time, Sanders' talent had just emerged, but Motorola did not pay attention.

  "I'd like to know what you think about the electronics industry? I've heard that you have a unique perspective on this aspect."

  Sanders was a strong man who had encountered the development of electronics very early on.

  "I think the development of personal computers is proof that computers are becoming popularized and industrialized, rather than being an industry dominated by companies like IBM. Supercomputers will only be needed in certain research institutions, and for general enterprises, they will become unnecessary. I believe our company should make personal computers truly face 'personal' needs. We should make them dependent on our products, currently, profitability should come second, first we need to expand the industry and occupy the market."

  The other side did not belittle her because Catherine was a little girl, but spoke out her own views.

  Catherine smiled.

  "Mr. Sanders, now I'd like to congratulate you, from today on, you are the CEO of Intel Corporation."

  Sanders was also startled, before that, his position should be general manager, now, he suddenly became the president of Intel company...

  Bruce's current experience is not enough, Catherine thinks, someone should share some of his pressure. Besides, Sanders is a very strong person, at this time, if he doesn't come over, who else can?

  Catherine pulled out a contract.

  She hired Sanders for 2.5% of Intel's stock, plus $500,000 (and increasing by $100,000 to $1 million per year).

  As a result of this statement, Catherine also decided to develop the second generation of Microsoft computers.

  This time, Catherine made a decision: open hardware standards.

  In other words, it allows third parties to set up plug-ins for their own computers!

  Just like future motherboards, CPUs and graphics cards will have countless manufacturers making them.

  Catherine decided to open up this standard.

  However, for every product sold, the manufacturer gets a commission. After all, they own the patent of the product and set the standard themselves.

  However, Catherine was uncertain about her own idea.

  But IBM had already noticed the market for personal computers at this time, and some other companies seemed to be preparing to develop personal computers as well. Catherine didn't want to "die on the beach" either, so being able to open up her own standards would also help with her market share.

  The Microsoft II computer was Catherine's bomb.

  Catherine opened up the memory, CPU and graphics card standards while also leaving several ports open to allow other companies to configure their own products with add-ons such as sound cards.

  Catherine's current computer uses 8KB of memory, which was originally integrated on the motherboard. However, Catherine has now decided to separate it out and also replaced the original display output device.

  At the time, Catherine used monochrome display cards and color display cards. Although it was called color, there were only 16 colors, but it was already a big expense. This is also why Catherine would use only monochrome displays for working versions of Microsoft computers.

  However, Catherine's standard for motherboards was not open. Each hardware must contain one of Catherine's protocols in order to replace the hardware on their own computer.

  If someone wants to develop a motherboard and their own standard alone... Sorry, this is a court summons.

  However, the electronics industry is still in its infancy and it will take some time for it to truly bloom.

  Now, Catherine had tens of millions of dollars in funding and immediately invested it in Intel. Fairchild Semiconductor was the big brother of the semiconductor industry, but even at its strongest now, internal contradictions were already beginning to emerge, and Catherine was waiting for an opportunity to poach all the best semiconductor engineers of the era. Even if she couldn't get them all, Catherine hoped to get more than half of them.

  Catherine's own concept for a Microsoft II computer was written into a plan book and handed over to the technical department.

  In order to keep it confidential, she also had the technical department sign a contract to ensure confidentiality during the research period.

  Catherine believes that within two years at most, new computers will emerge.

  The electronics industry is in a dormant phase, while the film and television industry is taking off, and Catherine's GameTV is also occupying the market at an increasingly rapid pace.

  The popularity of television has led to a thriving television industry.

  Catherine's television station was also established.

  Angel Beats

  Also known as "AB TV" or "Angel Television".

  If all goes as planned, Catherine's television station will go on the air July 1, 1964. And "Fallout" is to be her ace in the hole...