Chapter 112: The 16th Plan

  Now that the strategy of using tapes has come out, action must begin immediately.

  Sanders immediately sent people to Philips for negotiation. After all, they now have the best tape technology at present.

  On the XBOX, Catherine adopted a tape, but she still retained the cartridge, allowing the XBOX to be backward compatible with the games of the small overlord. At the same time, Catherine did not completely abandon the cartridge, and new cartridge technology was also released.

  However, this cartridge is targeted at those gaming enthusiasts. The cartridge version of the game is also known as the "Deluxe Edition".

  Kathryn also launched a collector's edition of XBOX game console with retail price $499 and limited release.

  Catherine also had the company prepare various versions of XBOX game consoles such as Mario version, Tank Battle version and Contra version.

  These models will be bundled with the game - of course, with the collector's cartridge version.

  In America, people who like collecting things are not in the minority.

  Little Emperor has already gained a lot of loyal fans. Catherine believes that once the new game console is released, the most basic sales will not be a problem.

  Those 60 million sales in history are not fake.

  But actually speaking of true feelings, XBOX is really not what Catherine had in mind.

  And the Z80 CPU was really hard for Catherine to get into.

  Even if XBOX has performance that can be said to surpass FC, after all it is an 8-bit system.

  The most important thing is that 8-bit systems are used for online gaming and online battles... it's really too ridiculous!

  The plan for TCP/IPV6, at least according to Catherine's technology, requires a 16-bit system to access the internet. Of course, a network card is also necessary.

  The ATT company already has a modem, but applying it on XBOX is not quite suitable.

  The SFC is the perfect 16-bit system in Catherine's heart, and she often leans towards it.

  After the Z80 appeared, Katherine decisively let Intel start researching a new generation of CPUs. The new plan was also the 16-bit CPU plan.

  Of course, it's not impossible to sell 16-bit XBOX now. Through the combination of four Z80s and programming, it can indeed achieve the effect of a 16-bit processor. However, Catherine doesn't think that multi-core programming is so easy to develop.

  It wasn't until the 21st century that IBM finally came out with a multi-core Power CPU, not because the technology for multi-core CPUs was difficult, but because IBM believed that the vast majority of programs were unable to effectively support multi-core CPUs.

  Moreover, program development under multi-core CPU is much more difficult than under single-core CPU.

  Besides, Z80 uses NMOS process, it's not that it can't be done, but the loopholes will probably never be patched up, might as well develop a new CPU.

  Catherine aimed at Z8000. The Z8000 is an evolutionary form of the Z80 in history, and it's also a 16-bit CPU.

  Of course, now XBOX and Microsoft II, Catherine is also impossible to give up on.

  Converting various results in the R&D stage into products can recover R&D costs in stages. Although there is a subsidy from the Pentagon, if you can make one cent, it's one cent!

  For those players, Catherine also holds a belief:

  They let them use FC first and don't let them use PS. Once they get hooked on the game, they will naturally spend money to upgrade.

  Of course, FC became XBOX, and PS may also be Catherine herself...

  Just as Catherine was brewing XBOX, in the TV industry, three companies sat down.

  They were BCA Inc., General Electric Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

  GameTV's sudden rise to fame, quickly occupying the market of colour TVs before them.

  Especially its trendy appearance and those exquisite "Russian cubes".

  After a combination of punches, the TV market of other companies was squeezed quite seriously.

  In the 1950s, they prepared to enter the Japanese market but encountered extremely fierce resistance, so they chose to license their factories in Japan.

  In 1962, BCA again was first to transfer colour TV technology to Japan.

  But who would have known, at this time Japanese companies began to shift gears and launched a full-scale attack on those American companies that had transferred technology to Japan!

  Companies led by BCA in the TV manufacturing industry suffered a severe blow. In this modern story of Langshan Wolf, Mr. Nan is undoubtedly BCA.

  Facing a dilemma in the market, three companies are entangled endlessly.

  Catherine's company is not listed, and the entity may not be as good as these three companies. The financial report is also difficult to get, but behind it is the entire ARK Group.

  Japanese companies together formed an illegal but unprosecutable production cartel organization.

  A cartel is an organization created by independent producers of similar products to act collectively in order to raise the prices and control the production quantities of that product. Under American antitrust law, cartels are considered illegal.

  However, US laws did not extend to Japan, and Japanese goods flooded into the United States, with Detroit and the television industry suffering devastating blows.

  Now, three companies are thinking about which side to unite with is more beneficial for themselves.

  They were in deep distress.

  Although they were so entangled, Catherine, one of the sources that made them entangled, was very comfortable.

  As soon as Catherine returned home, she found a letter. But Elsa was nowhere to be seen.

  When she opened the letter, Catherine found that it was sent by Ada and others, and unexpectedly asked her to go to the villa?

  "June 1st?"

  Catherine is somewhat strange.

  If there's something wrong, why don't they just tell me directly?

  Catherine is somewhat strange.

  Because she was so busy, Catherine had completely forgotten her own birthday.

  But since they're being so mysterious, Catherine couldn't let them down, and with Elsa's name on it too, heaven knows what they were planning.

  Before two days were up, it was June 1st.

  Catherine arrived at her own villa by car.

  Then Catherine found her companions waiting at the door.

  "Hey, what are you guys doing?" Catherine got out of the car.

  "Welcome, Kate."

  They smiled mysteriously at Catherine.

  "Kate, are you expecting birthday gifts this time?"

  It wasn't until Ida said this that Catherine realized - it was her birthday.

  "We have a surprise for you." Lisa said with a smile.

  "Really?"

  Catherine was really moved.

  At this time, Lisa suddenly took out a blindfold.

  "What?"

  She's a bit strange.

  "Since it's a secret, of course you can't see it so soon~"

  "Alright, I'll listen to you."

  Catherine shrugged.