This year is 1950, and it is Evan's sixth year in the world. He has become accustomed to life without a mobile phone, Internet, and computer, but he is just a compromise that can't be done.

Evan knew that if he followed the steps, he would have to wait for more than 20 years to play pixel-level electronic games and weak-performance personal computers, and to use Big Brother for more than 30 years. As for the mature network and smart phones, it would be great that he could walk alone without others' support.

When he thought that he might have to use an old-fashioned smartphone, or simply didn't have this opportunity, he was particularly unwilling to give up. Therefore, as he had more and more capital, Evan wanted to do something.

For example, increase resources and investment to accelerate the development of the semiconductor industry chain.

Driven by this goal, the application semiconductor company was born.

As Linda speculated, the purpose of the Applied Semiconductor Company was to promote Evan's research results - transistors. The highest masterpiece of transistors is computers, so the final product Evan set for Applied Semiconductor Company is also computers. For this reason, even if it is inevitable to compete with IBM, it is willing to do so.

Computers are one of the foundations of the information age, and the benefits contained in it are so great that Evan must hold them in his hands no matter what. If successful, Evan Warren's consortium will have a pillar.

Of course, this pillar will take a long time to grow. Evan conservatively estimates that it will take at least two or three years to balance income and expenditure. However, Evan has good requirements for it. He hopes to launch useful transistor computers within ten years to grab the title of computer industry overlord in IBM's "historical" situation.

The goal set by Evan is very difficult, which is about to accelerate the development of the semiconductor industry for at least four years. To this end, Evan is preparing to invest most of the surplus of other industries in the next period, except for the development funds necessary to leave. Evan judged that in ten years, it may cost hundreds of millions of dollars in huge amounts of money.

Evan did this with a bit of arbitrary sensation, so he didn't tell anyone about this plan at present. He knew that once someone else, especially the board members who were given important tasks by him this year, they would inevitably say dissuasion.

Because this involves their own interests.

As the surplus is taken away, its own development will inevitably be affected, so it is no surprise that the directors' reactions are.

So, Evan only planned to do it silently.

At least I will keep going over the past few years.

Of course, Evan would not do too much. After all, the major industries he has entered are promising. If there are really problems with development due to him, it would be more than worth the loss.

Evan has a complete plan for the development of semiconductors. As long as nothing unexpected happens, he is confident that while achieving his goals, he will not affect the rest of the industries.

Especially after taking over the board seat of Bank of America, Evan's confidence became even stronger.

"The first goal is to build a professional R&D team for transistor manufacturing technology and to solve the mass production technology of germanium-based transistors. This requires overcoming a series of difficult problems such as germanium single crystal production technology, surface treatment technology, etc. However, this is not difficult for the application of semiconductors, especially after Pufan joins. Well, the term will be set before 1952. Also, the production technology of silicon-based transistors is more difficult. I will give you five years for the time being. I won't be able to talk about it."

"The second goal is to find a big customer for transistors. In addition to the military, the key is to develop civilian products, which will help form an industrial chain and form a virtuous cycle of R&D-production-consumption. The best choice for this civilian product is radio, and then computers, because the former is low in difficulty. In addition, the medical device industry seems to be good, such as hearing aids, etc., and we will talk about this at that time..."

"This part requires the development of a corresponding product design team, well, based on the output of the radio, it is scheduled to be completed by 1953."

"The third goal is to form a computer development system. This is not very urgent in the short term. People will look for people from Harvard University. Although this is inevitable to compete with IBM, there is no way. Who makes most of the domestic computer research schools have something to do with IBM."

"The computer development team is the key, but there is currently a shortage of talents, so there is no way to do it. Just form combat effectiveness within two years. By the way, it is necessary to cultivate yourself. Anyway, California does not lack high-level science and engineering students."

"Well, it seems I have to take the time to talk to Dean Dubridge and Uncle Sproul."

“IBM can support Harvard University in setting up a computer lab, so can I.”

"These three major goals are necessary to use semiconductors..."

After sending Linda away, before Pufan came back, Evan repeatedly confirmed in his heart that only existed in his heart that he had never formed a text: "Is there anything I didn't expect?"

"People, products, funds, and ways of dealing with all parties..."

"Wait!" Evan thought about it, and suddenly paused, "It seems that there is really something missing."

"Semiconductors are not only used as radios, computers. Just being used as switches is a good thing."

While recalling the memories in his mind, Evan murmured to himself softly: "In the future, semiconductors can be divided into discrete device semiconductors, optoelectronic semiconductors, logic integrated circuits, analog amplifier circuits, memory and other categories according to manufacturing technology. Those that are still to be released later. Now they are all produced discrete device semiconductors."

"Discrete devices can be divided into three types: diode, transistor and thyristor according to their functions. Among these three, the market value of thyristors is not low, and I almost ignored it."

As a switching element, thyristors can operate under high voltage and high current conditions, which is different from ordinary transistors. Because of these characteristics, thyristors can be widely used in electronic circuits such as controllable rectification, AC voltage regulation, contactless electronic switches, inverter and frequency conversion. It is of great significance to the electrical and power industries.

"Would you like to do it?"

"Speaking of this, my neighbor, Edison Electric, Southern California, is from the power industry... I don't worry that no one will buy it."

"What are you hesitating about?"

Evan immediately took out a black leather notebook from the drawer, turned it on the blank page with a Reynolds ballpoint pen, attaching the date as a memo.

What he remembers is very simple, with only four capital letters.

“PNPN”

This is the four-layer structure of an ordinary thyristor.
Chapter completed!