Cambridge is located in the northeast of London, about 70 kilometers away.
On October 5th, Saturday, Eric brought Caroline to Cambridge early in the morning. In order to avoid being followed by the paparazzi who have been surrounding the Pinewood Studios, he even took a helicopter.
It took Caroline a month to collect a lot of information about ARM. She also contacted Roger Wilson, the president of ARM, and realized Eric's interest in ARM. The other party was also very enthusiastic. The two parties agreed today Meet and get in touch.
Although also surnamed Wilson, Roger Wilson has nothing to do with the Caroline family, just like Barbara Broccoli's half-brother Michael Wilson, Wilson belongs to a very common British surname.
Eric was still discussing this issue with Caroline with great interest on the helicopter. Caroline just said that their family is the Wilson of Berkshire. It's a matter of course, and it feels to Eric like the disciples of Zhao and Song said in ancient times that we are the Zhao family in Hejian.
Cambridge has a long history without any tall buildings. It is full of quaint houses that look at least hundreds of years old. If it weren’t for the modern cars on both sides of the road, it would be very damaging. Wandering in such a historical charm In a small town, it must be more enjoyable.
The time agreed with Roger Wilson was two o'clock in the afternoon, and Eric would hang out with Caroline in Cambridge in the morning.
It was originally intended to steal half a day of leisure, but it is a pity that Eric and Caroline walked together, which is still too eye-catching. This is not because of the looks of the two handsome men and beautiful women, but mainly because of the huge gap in their heights. Even though Caroline is wearing high-heeled boots, her height still only reaches Eric's shoulders, but they are all wearing black trench coats today. Although Caroline's women's trench coats are definitely a lot smaller than Eric's, it looks like It still has the meaning of a couple's outfit.
Finally, passing by a women's clothing store, Eric made a plan, took the girl in, and came out again. Eric's attire was still the same, but Caroline changed into a pink women's hoodie. The pair of light-colored slacks just now, but the original high-heeled short boots have been replaced with white flat shoes.
Throwing the clothes that Caroline just changed to the entourage not far behind, Eric looked up and down the girl who looked a little uncomfortable, and said with a smile: "This is more pleasing to the eye."
Caroline noticed the mischievous smile on the corner of Eric's mouth, and said shyly, "Eric, you must have some bad idea again."
Eric shook his head and said, "No, we won't attract people's attention like this. Everyone will just think you are my sister or something."
Caroline wrinkled her little nose in distress, and said, "I don't want to be your sister."
Eric said casually: "Then the cousin will be fine."
After Caroline was sure that Eric was just joking, she didn't refute anymore, but her little mind couldn't help turning around on issues such as British law and genetics.
Continuing to wander in the narrow alleys of Cambridge, after passing a boutique, Eric saw a light gray deerstalker hat in the store, so he bought one and put it on, and put away the plain glasses used as a cover up.
Caroline teased Eric clumsily as he fiddled with the hat with great interest: "You don't look like Sherlock Holmes at all."
Eric pressed down the brim of his hat and said with a smile, "Is it because he's so handsome?"
Caroline smiled and said, "That's not true, because Holmes is set to be a middle-aged man in the original book, and he still has a beard."
Eric said: "Maybe I can invest in a young version of Sherlock Holmes in the future. The background is set in modern times. Charlotte and Watson have to follow the trend and have an unforgettable scene."
Caroline imagined the scene of Eric destroying the classics, and laughed: "Hehe, that must be messy."
Eric followed with a smile and said, "Maybe everyone will like it very much."
The University of Cambridge has more than 30 colleges and research institutions, scattered in the southwest of Cambridge.
Caroline took Eric to visit several well-known colleges, and also went to the dormitory where she once lived with Rachel. After finishing lunch at the shop, we wandered to a small park opposite Queen's College, Cambridge, not too far from the coffee shop we had agreed with Roger Wilson. Between the small park and Queen's College is the famous Cam-River, transliterated as Kang River, and there are many bridges on the river.
It's past noon, and he didn't plan to continue shopping. Eric asked for the ARM information from the accompanying bodyguard, went to the small park and sat down on a bench facing Jianhe, and knocked beside him, Carlo Lynn also sat down.
The autumn sun is always a bit cold and pale, which is easy to make people feel emotional. Fortunately, it is noon, and it can always bring some warmth when sprinkled on the body.
He raised his legs and put the documents on his knees, sniffing the light fragrance from Caroline beside him, Eric opened the documents in his hand casually, he had read them several times before, and some important information was also recorded in in mind.
Speaking of it, the reason for the emergence of ARM processors is very interesting, one word, poor.
In the early 1980s, with the rise of PCs, the British BBC TV made a documentary about microprocessors, which aroused strong responses from the audience. The BBC then decided to cooperate with Acorn Computer Company, which can be said to be the parent company of ARM, to launch a A cheap PC was sold to an interested audience.
Acorn is very poor, unlike IT industry giants such as IBM and Intel in the United States, who do not have enough financial resources to develop high-performance processor chips with complex instruction set (CISC) as the core, and can only use simplified instructions with relatively few transistors. RISC-based research and development of low-cost, low-power processors.
But after a short-lived success on the cheap factor, Acorn quickly waned due to the general trend of the entire PC industry to pursue more powerful processors.
In 1990, Apple Computer noticed the advantages of ARM technology, and cooperated with some engineers from the original Acorn company to establish ARM company to develop processor chips for Apple's Newton tablet computer.
Although the Newton tablet has a very advanced design concept, its practicality is very low and the price is high. After launching several generations of products, it is now on the verge of being discontinued.
Because of the failure of the Newton tablet, ARM has experienced a few years of low tide. In the last two years, because of the rise of digital mobile phones, ARM has found its development direction again. At present, ARM is working closely with Texas Instruments to develop mobile phones based on ARM technology. chip.
Coincidentally, this chip was commissioned by Nokia to develop Texas Instruments.
Although Nokia has a strong advantage in digital communication technology, its independent chip research and development has just begun. Prior to this, it used processors from chip manufacturers such as Texas Instruments.
Right now, because the first ARM mobile phone chip has not yet been officially launched, ARM has not attracted much attention from the industry. ARM is not listed either, and its shareholding structure is relatively simple. It is mainly scattered in the hands of Apple and the parent company of ARM. It only takes about 80 million US dollars to buy ARM.
The external authorization of ARM technology is not as rampant as in previous lives. At present, there are only a few companies such as Apple Computer and Texas Instruments. After buying ARM, it is easy to control the further spread of ARM technology.
However, the next layout of ARM technology needs to be carefully considered. (To be continued.)