Silicon Valley

Henry then reorganized, and all the artificial intelligence talents of Fairchild Semiconductor were transferred to Alpha Company, and all the original staff of Alpha Company were transferred to Fairchild Semiconductor Company. That is to say, the future processors will be designed and produced by Fairchild Semiconductor, while Alpha will conduct research on robots!

Henry merged the Alpha company into the WilliamsX company and faded out of people's sight! The CEO of Fairchild Semiconductor was held by Richard, and all Alpha's funds were transferred to Fairchild Semiconductor. Henry will redefine and inject capital into Alpha!

Henry's action, the outside world thought that Alpha Company was merged into Fairchild Semiconductor Company!

Many media wanted to interview, Henry thought about it, and asked the abc TV station to come.

Fertilizer water does not flow into the field of outsiders...

The abc reporter asked: "Mr. Williams, what is the purpose of your acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor?"

"Recreate the former glory of Fairchild Semiconductor!" Henry said solemnly, but there seemed to be a faint taste of pretence in his tone.

The abc reporter was stunned when he heard this answer.

"What about Alpha Company? Did Alpha Company merge into Fairchild Semiconductor and become a subsidiary of Fairchild Semiconductor? Will the Alpha brand be used in the future?" The abc reporter asked several questions in succession.

Henry smiled and replied: "First of all, Alpha company is not merged into Fairchild Semiconductor, you can think of these two companies as independent companies, there is no direct connection. However, Alpha brand will still be used, Alpha company will License the brand name to Fairchild Semiconductor," Henry said after a pause. "The name of our next new processor will be 'AlphaPower'."

"Mr. Williams, we all know that AMD and Intel were established by the 'eight rebels' from Fairchild Semiconductor. Then, you acquired Fairchild Semiconductor. Did you bring something else with you? What's the intention?"

"Hehe, how do you say it?" Henry couldn't help laughing, "Uh. It's a little bit. Fairchild Semiconductor is naturally higher than AMD and Intel!"

"..."

That night, abc TV's interview with Henry was broadcast.

After reading it, netizens started talking.

"Mr. Henry Williams seems to like some established companies. Last time it was Atari, this time Fairchild Semiconductor!"

"Henry Williams was an amazing genius, he bought Atari, which is now the hottest game console. He bought Fairchild, and I can predict that Fairchild will overtake Intel. . To be the largest semiconductor company in the world!"

Some older netizens sighed: "I miss the original Fairchild Semiconductor Company. At its peak, it was much stronger than the current Intel Corporation, and most of the talents in Silicon Valley were cultivated from there!"

"..."

Intel Corporation.

"Henry Williams must have deliberately bought Fairchild! He did this to take advantage of us in publicity. For example, 'Intel is from Fairchild', 'AMD is from Fairchild' Listen to these words, doesn't it sound uncomfortable!"

"That's the truth, we can't argue, and we don't need to argue. As long as the product is done well, as long as the product is good, with our reputation as Intel. The position in the semiconductor field will remain unchanged!"

"Yes, that's right!"

In a scenic town of Granville, 40 miles west of San Jose, Henry bought a relatively spacious factory with about 150,000 square meters for Alpha Company as the company headquarters. There, they will work on robotics. At present, the number of Alpha Company is only more than 500 people, and Henry intends to expand the number. On the one hand, it recruits employees from the outside world, and on the other hand, it directly acquires a robot company.

What kind of robotics company to acquire is worth considering.

As soon as Henry recalled in his head, the robotics company acquired by Google in the previous life suddenly popped out of his mind—Boston Dynamics.

Boston Dynamics was founded in 1992 by Raibert, a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Since its establishment, Boston Dynamics has started research on bionic robots. And the company has been working with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and receiving DARPA funding, producing many astonishing works, and the most amazing of these robots. An important use is military applications.

Henry has seen the video released by Google, and feels that Boston Dynamics is so awesome that it has produced a big dog, a puppy, a petman, a rhex, and a humanoid robot Atlas. After watching the video, people call it "Skynet Project"! ! !

So, for such a great company, Henry couldn't wait to acquire it.

In fact, there are also companies under Henry's name that have started research on robots very early. Nicholas Express has a division "Nicholas Robots", which is mainly engaged in the development of warehouse robots. However, warehouse robots are completely different from the robots Boston Dynamics is working on. Boston Dynamics is working on bionic robots, which are multi-legged robots, while Nicholas Robots is working on legless robots, which use wheels to move.

Obviously, Boston Dynamics' research is more difficult. But this is not to say that Nicholas Robots is not good. In Henry's view, it is easier to commercialize footless robots. The development of multi-legged robots is very difficult, and I am afraid that it will not be effective for a long time. How to stand and walk while remaining stable requires a lot of work.

The development of robots, unmanned aircraft, and unmanned vehicles have many technical similarities. The development of robots can accumulate technology, and once the technology is mature, the development of unmanned aircraft and unmanned vehicles will be a matter of course.

Henry transferred Nicholas Robots to Alpha on the one hand to buy Boston Dynamics.

Technology concentration, strength concentration, brainstorming, can develop faster!

Nicholas Robots has been able to make a footless robot to transport goods, but the accuracy is still poor, it often breaks down, it is not very practical, and research is needed!

Boston Dynamics was surprised to suddenly receive a buyout offer from Henry Williams. In fact, the development of robots, especially bionic multi-legged robots, and robots used in the military, is not profitable at all. Boston Dynamics has always had the backing of the military, otherwise the company would have been doomed. Raibert and others are for their dreams, they really like to develop bionic robots, and making money is only second. Therefore, in the face of Henry's acquisition and entrusting huge investment in research and development, they resolutely agreed.

Henry then spent only $100 million to complete the wholly-owned acquisition of Boston Dynamics. After that, Boston Dynamics was merged into Alpha, and the previous name was cancelled. Five days later, Boston Dynamics' personnel and equipment were all transferred to Alpha.

Nicholas Robots moved faster, and the day after Henry gave the order, they started moving. Similarly, after Nicholas Robots was merged into Alpha Company, the previous company name was also cancelled, and the Alpha brand was used uniformly!

Robots, Terminators, Project Skynet!

Henry shook his head, who cares...

(Finished five shifts today, tomorrow?)

(To be continued ~^~)