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Chapter 71 : Arriving Ten Years Early
As for the last easter egg mentioned in the interview, it was claimed by an anonymous mother also from New Mexico just a short week later.
According to the interview results of this Wolfenstein master who wished to remain anonymous, to get the chainsaw, one had to continuously execute many seemingly impossible maneuvers on the highest difficulty.
The chainsaw was more like some kind of backdoor intentionally left by the designer. As long as one obtained the chainsaw, they could easily slice enemies apart.
That scene was as unhealthy as could be.
However, the most interesting part was probably that inside the hidden area where the chainsaw was kept, there was a line of vigorous and powerful words carved as if by a knife or axe.
Е̇ n̈ u̇m ȧ
DOOM
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Lin Lixin put down the magazine and glanced at the signs outside the car window.
The Micro-Nova project had finally landed successfully before he went out.
As the first proper subsidiary under GAMENOVA, Micro-Nova's infrastructure configuration was actually not considered luxurious.
The size of the studio was about the same as the hardware department in Santa Clara. Besides the person in charge, Vivian, only He Guoyuan and Gerald, who came to help from time to time, supported the entire project team.
E ň u ṁа.іd̆
Yet it was in such a small office that the world's first truly universal graphics card was born.
"How is it?"
Vivian leaned against the CRT monitor and patted it gently. A rough rendered image was displayed on the screen.
Of course, the so-called roughness was from the perspective of Lin Lixin, a time traveler.
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Judging from the effect presented on the screen, the performance of this prototype card seemed to be no less than IBM's EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter.
"It really exceeds expectations, senior."
Еn̂ŭ m а . і̆d́
Lin Lixin praised, but he was not talking about this card, but Vivian.
In his field of vision, Vivian's attributes had undergone an earth-shattering change compared to when they first met.
The increase in attributes could be said to be second only to Carmack, who was an S plus.
Not only had her hardware capabilities doubled, about to break through the three-digit mark, but her graphics aspect was also catching up to He Guoyuan, who was originally far ahead.
Compared to this graphics card, this was the true future pillar of GAMENOVA.
An enterprise still had to be people-oriented.
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"Hmph, you are not the only genius in this world."
Regarding the effect of NovaWonder, even Vivian, who had participated in the whole process as the leader, found it hard to suppress her pride.
He Guoyuan put down the work in his hands, stepped forward, and briefly explained its indicators.
"Its performance is currently on par with IBM's EGA chip, perhaps even slightly higher."
His eyes were equally excited, but then he suppressed it and changed the subject.
"But I still have to pour some cold water on you."
E n̂u m̂ ӓ
Vivian obviously understood what he meant, shrugged, and tapped on the keyboard.
The screen immediately changed, transforming from the pure performance show-off just now into an image that, although not high in precision, was exceptionally complex in color.
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"Currently, the maximum number of colors on the same screen is still only 16, and the palette has a capacity of 64, just like EGA."
"We are also starting to solve this part."
Vivian immediately took over the conversation and dug out a draft from the filing cabinet.
"I plan to abandon the highly restrictive EGA standard and look for a more flexible and universal new standard."
Е̊ nû ma. ī d̀
She marked a title Graphics Array on the draft.
And below it was drawn a somewhat rudimentary architectural design.
"Eh?"
Lin Lixin was startled and hurriedly took the document to review it carefully.
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According to the description on it, Vivian was trying to create a new standard that could allow a device to simultaneously store 4 EGA color palettes and support rapid switching.
In her vision, through the rapid switching of color palettes, a near-instantaneous color change effect could be presented on the screen.
W̄e b̃ ñ о vе̃ l̄ Е n ū m̂_а̇
This color mode based on register multi-palette storage seemed to be very close to the VGA standard introduced by IBM in the future.
This was no small matter.
Unlike EGA and CGA, which were standards long eliminated by the times, VGA could be called the champion of longevity.
At the same time, it was also the most widely used interface type on graphics cards.
It was not until the emergence of HDMI and DP that it was gradually replaced.
Even after the rapid development of information technology in later generations, this kind of VGA pin port was still commonly seen in some low-end devices and school computer rooms.
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If Vivian really had the ability to intercept IBM and create this standard a step ahead of time...
This was a heavyweight project.
"We have to do this!" Lin Lixin immediately made the final decision. "It would be best if we could get it done within two years, so we can also get a foot in the PC market."
It seemed that Micro-Nova really had the need to continue expanding.
But what was more urgent right now was still this graphics card.
"The matter of color and resolution can be put aside for now. How is its power consumption? And the price?"
Е́ nùm̌а
This thing was going to be used on their first-generation handheld console, so these two things were the top priorities.
"Aha, I guessed you would ask this."
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Vivian blinked and directly brought out the test results to speak.
"Under the same visual effects, NovaWonder can save up to 30 percent of power consumption at its limit, and it can be further reduced under low usage conditions."
She directly laid out several different circuit boards on the table, gesturing for Lin Lixin to look over.
Without Vivian even needing to introduce them, Lin Lixin guessed which one was NovaWonder.
Eň ü m а.і d
Compared to other companies' products, it was a large circle smaller just in terms of area, and the components installed on it were obviously more streamlined and sparse.
"According to Mr. He's idea, we used one ASIC core and three auxiliary chips, totaling 87 components."
"And the cost issue you are most concerned about..."
She held up three fingers to form a 3.
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"If we continue to optimize and mass-produce it, it can be controlled at 30 dollars or even lower."
Lin Lixin was slightly surprised.
Еnú mа. і̂ď
This price could completely meet the standard.
Under ideal conditions, the selling price of their first handheld console would be controlled at around 100 dollars, and at most it would not exceed 150 dollars.
And a cheap and easy-to-use graphics chip was exactly the key to saving costs.
Coupled with the Z80Y that was custom-made not long ago, at least in terms of cost control, things would not be so tight.
"Trial produce the first batch of tape-outs at the fastest speed. Gerald is also preparing on his end."
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A few days later, after handing over all affairs and making a special trip to drop Carmack off at Gerald's house, Lin Lixin finally took Sam and boarded a flight far away to Japan.
Tokyo.
This city, deeply mired in the false prosperity of the economic bubble, was completely different from the sparsely built California that Lin Lixin and the others were familiar with.
There were neon-flashing skyscrapers everywhere, and high-spirited pedestrians everywhere.
The signing of the Plaza Accord had rapidly blown up a seemingly glamorous giant bubble almost overnight.
After briefly settling down and resting for a night, the two of them non-stop arrived at the destination of this trip.
Е nü m а̃_.і d
This was a not-too-spacious storefront, similar to VideoSoft, but tidied up very neatly.
A signboard hung on the front, clearly writing their company name.
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Game Freak Co., Ltd.
The 20-year-old president Satoshi Tajiri and illustrator Ken Sugimori were sitting inside.
It was hard to imagine that such a small magazine publisher, which was still publishing game magazines today, would become a pillar under Nintendo in the future.
This was the birthplace of the world-class IP that would forever dominate the Pokemon IP value charts.
W е́b̌ ň о̇v̇ ėl Ѐ númа́
And Lin Lixin and his companion had arrived here a full ten years early.
(End of Chapter)
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