Daming 1805

Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jingyuan finished looking at the uranium ore samples, and then went to the chemical workshop to see the production line.

Finally, I came to the warehouse and saw the uranium yellow cakes that had been produced on the spot.

The yellowcake plant has completed a production line capable of continuously refining ore to produce uranium yellowcake.

However, the production speed has been kept at a low level for the time being, mainly because the follow-up factories are still under construction.

The most advanced enriched uranium processing technology has not yet completed the overall technical research.

The small amount of uranium yellow cake that the factory continues to produce is mainly used for laboratory research on UF[-] and UF[-].

So they visited the uranium yellow cake factory that afternoon, and the two went to the uranium tetrafluoride and uranium hexafluoride laboratories the next day.

On the third day, I went to the laboratory of filter membrane and centrifuge.

From the beginning to the end, the nature of engineering construction is getting lower and lower, and the nature of theoretical research is getting stronger and stronger.

Zhu Jingyuan only gave the direction, and only knew the direction and basic principles. The actual application needs to be done by the craftsmen themselves.

In addition to the original basic concepts and principles, what Zhu Jingyuan can continue to give is full support.

But for researchers, this is quite enough.

If you have ideas, you will not make mistakes in the direction, and you will not make a fool of yourself.

With financial, material, personnel, and political support, it will not be dragged down by various practical problems.

Researchers only need to focus on research, and do not need to make gimmicks to attract attention and obtain investment.

This allows them to truly concentrate on their research.

After leaving the centrifuge laboratory, Zhu Jingyuan, his grandfather and grandson went to another equally important laboratory.

Binary tube computer lab.

Computer research started earlier, and Zhu Jingyuan learned more in-depth information and provided more guidance.

Therefore, the progress of Ming Dynasty's related research is also faster.

Now the laboratory has produced the first small-scale electronic computer verification machine.

Standing in the middle of the hall, Zhu Jingyuan looked at the eight sets of large cabinets of this verification machine, feeling deeply moved.

On the front cover of the cabinet in the middle, there is a huge character "Tao" written in seal script.

The name of this computer is "Tao".

It is a natural choice for a country with a core traditional ethnic group to use its own traditional cultural symbols to name the new achievements it has developed.

The key point is that the craftsmen of Ming Dynasty saw the binary design, which naturally corresponded to the Tai Chi Yin Yang in traditional culture.

Then, in terms of design and planning, it is natural to move closer to the numbers of Taiji Yinyang Bagua.

The eight trigrams are combined to form 64 hexagrams, and the 64 hexagrams are combined in pairs, and the result is four thousand and ninety-six.

So "Tao" uses 96 electron tubes, which can perform 24 operations per second.

Compared with the computers of Zhu Jingyuan's previous life and later generations, this computing ability seems to be extremely bleak.

But it is the world's first electronic computer and the first binary general-purpose electronic computer.

It has a controller, arithmetic unit, memory, input and output devices, and can be programmed.

On it, the craftsmen of Daming have completed the verification of technical principles, and have crossed the process of creating something from scratch.

What is currently being done is to standardize the technology verified on it, and then to build larger-scale computers.

Moreover, as the world's first electronic computer, it is actually many times more powerful than Zhu Jingyuan's first electronic computer ABC in his previous life.

It is also many times more powerful than the first domestic computer.

The craftsman in charge of the computer told Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Zhongliang about the capabilities of the computer.

It can be used in scientific calculations, it can be used in ballistic calculations, and there are various calculation items that can be used.

Computing projects that originally took tens of minutes to complete took only tens of seconds with an electronic computer, and the time was shortened by dozens of times.

The effect of the speed increase is not only the speed itself, but more importantly, the speed of the entire scientific research system that it can drive.

At present, the laboratory is designing and building a larger-scale computer, preparing to use 3 eight electron tubes, and striving to increase the calculation speed to more than 760 times per second.

Zhu Zhongliang nodded frequently while listening, but Zhu Jingyuan was a little lost in thought.

How many years have passed since the first electronic computer, the first game console, and the first personal computer?
In the original history, Eniac was born in 1946. Xerox designed the personal computer "Otto" in 1973, which already had a mouse and a graphical display interface. Jobs launched the Apple 1977 in 2.

In the 80s, there was the Nintendo FC, the prototype of Xiaobawang, and in the 90s, there was Sony's PS.

暗黑破坏神2是2000年发售，魔兽争霸3是2002年发布，热血传奇2001年公测。

Intel released the Core 2006 Duo processor in 2, and Apple released the Apple 2008G in 3.

At this time, only a little over 60 years have passed since the birth of Eniac.

In other words, even if the computer industry develops naturally at a normal pace, about 30 years later, middle-class families in Ming Dynasty will have the opportunity to use personal computers, and children will also have the opportunity to play video games.

After 50 years, you will be able to play computer games, and 60 years later, you will be able to use touch-sensitive mobile phones with capacitive screens.

If I can live to be 80 years old, my lifestyle at that time will be closer to the era of my previous life.

If I specifically promote the accelerated development of computer technology, I may be able to play the online game "If you are a brother, kill me" on your computer when you are 50 years old.

When I retire at the age of 60, I can search the Internet with a touch-screen mobile phone. Why does my game frame rate suddenly drop from 60 to 56?

Thinking of these things, Zhu Jingyuan's spirit quickly cheered up, and he gained unprecedented motivation to work.

Zhu Jingyuan suddenly turned to the craftsmen around him:

"Is there any pen and paper? I have a new idea. You can try it out when you have time..."

Without any hesitation, several craftsmen immediately led Zhu Jingyuan to the side, to the table where various registration forms were stored.

Zhu Jingyuan sat next to this table, under the watchful eyes of Zhu Zhongliang and a group of craftsmen, picked up a pen and began to write transistor-related content while thinking.

The invention of the transistor was actually relatively early. Enniac appeared in the second year of service, and the first transistor computer appeared in 1955.

Compared with tube computers, the computing power of transistor computers is exponential.

It allows the craftsmen of Ming Dynasty to start relevant research in advance.

In order to use compact personal computers as soon as possible, we will accelerate the semiconductor industry from now on.

Zhu Jingyuan stayed in the computer laboratory for three days, wrote his ideas about transistors, and gave detailed explanations to the craftsmen here.

Let them arrange some personnel to start related research and testing.

Transistor computers will serve as a follow-up replacement for tube computers.

Now that the principle of the electronic tube computer has been basically formed, the follow-up is to expand and produce models of different scales, so it is indeed possible to start new research.

This arrangement is reasonable, and the craftsmen are more admiring that His Royal Highness Prince Dashi has a new idea.