Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1304 Children's Day Gift Package (4k)

The director of Beijing Automobile Plant was sweating profusely. He knew very well that the Commissioner Gao on the other side was a very easy person to talk to, but his unit was not so easy to talk to.

Once something is incorporated into the system and regulations, it's often not something that can be easily resolved by a few unit leaders making small talk.

"Yes, yes, I know, thank you, Committee Member Gao. Let's get together sometime."

The factory director of Beijing Automotive Group was speaking from the heart, and he really had to thank Gao Zhendong for making that call.

When the units behind the No. 3 rolling mill came to inquire, the difference between having this phone number and not having it was significant.

—Ah, about this matter, yes, yes, the committee member Gao from the Third Rolling Mill has already called to inquire, it's nothing, nothing.

With that statement, things became much easier for him, and he wasn't in such a passive position. He wasn't entirely clear about which units were behind the Third Rolling Mill, but it was obvious that it wasn't just the Seventeenth Ministry of Machine Building, and they certainly weren't as accommodating as the Seventeenth Ministry of Machine Building.

After hanging up the phone, the factory manager of Beijing Automotive Group wiped the cold sweat from his brow, then grabbed the phone again: "You guys get over here right now!!!"

His tone was unfriendly, and the comrade on the other side arrived quickly.

"How dare you! Where did you post those poaching notices? Huh?"

The comrades who came were completely confused. As long as it wasn't posted on the wall of the capital, it should be fine, right?

"Factory manager, this is..."

Knowing they were completely unaware of the problem, or rather, hadn't grasped the details, the factory director slammed his fist on the table: "You've posted notices all over the gate of the No. 3 Rolling Mill of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building! People from the No. 3 Rolling Mill across the street have been calling me! What kind of place is that? Is it a place you can mess with? Nonsense!!!"

Hearing his words, the comrades in charge of poaching him were stunned.

It's just a factory directly under the 17th Ministry of Machine Building. We're a factory directly under the 11th Ministry of Machine Building, and we even undertake important export tasks. You can dig in other places, but you can't dig here?
However, this cannot be said now. Seeing how angry the factory manager is, there must be a reason, and a rather significant one at that.

"Factory manager, we heard there's a group of skilled machine tool operators over there, and they're very proficient in automation and such, so we sent people over to post notices." It's not that we're acting recklessly, it's just that it's such a worthwhile place to take advantage of.

"Nonsense! Whatever's there is none of our business! That's..." The factory manager stopped there.

Do you think we don't know there's a group of all sorts of talented people there? It's precisely because we know that we don't dare to poach them. How did they come to be so skilled, and so exceptionally so? You don't know, but do you think we and the ministry are unaware of even a whisper of their existence?

This seems to be a serious matter. Even the factory manager didn't dare to go into too much detail: "Factory manager, this is indeed our oversight. We didn't have a thorough understanding of the situation. It's our fault. We'll fix it right away!"

The main point of this statement is still "lack of understanding of the situation." Whatever the problem is, it's not our subjective fault, but objective reasons.

The factory manager's anger gradually subsided. He realized that the comrades who handled the matter couldn't really be blamed too much. The Third Rolling Mill was a very complex place; even if they wanted to understand it, they couldn't, and even he himself wasn't entirely clear on it.

"Alright, alright, this matter can't be entirely blamed on you. The situation is indeed quite special. Here's what we'll say: you shouldn't try anything with the Seventeenth and Twelfth Ministries."

Let alone the Third Rolling Mill, who knows what kind of minefields have been planted in other factories of the Seventeenth Ministry of Machine Building, and even in the Twelfth Ministry of Machine Building, which had a lot of working exchanges with Chairman Gao? Let's just avoid them all.

"Okay, I understand. I'll have someone take all the notices down right away." The factory manager was still reasonable after all.

"There's no need to go to that No. 3 rolling mill. They already shut it down. Otherwise, they wouldn't be calling me." The Jingqi factory manager chuckled as he said this. He figured the other factories wouldn't fare much better. Did they really think they were saints? Even clay idols have tempers.

In other places, having the export signs displayed by ourselves and the ministry can still have some effect. But in places like the 17th and 12th, that probably won't work. We need to hurry, regardless of whether they've actually withdrawn or not, we still need to make a show of it.

"Factory manager, in that case, we'll probably have to make another trip to the No. 3 rolling mill..."

"Oh my, that's right! You're right, that's how it is!" The factory manager slapped his forehead.
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Gao Zhendong was completely unaware that his phone call had caused the Beijing Automobile Factory a great deal of trouble. He was currently slacking off, just to get a suitable gift for his child.

For ordinary people, this would be a very easy matter to handle, but Gao Zhendong had seen too much of this in his previous life, which made things difficult.

Last year on Children's Day, the two little kids didn't have any subjective thoughts, so it was fine. But this year, the two siblings have a certain level of self-awareness and judgment, so Gao Zhendong always wants to give them something good to eat.

After thinking it over and over, Gao Zhendong remembered something.

"Hey, this is it!" To be honest, although this thing is almost a household name and every family has it, Gao Zhendong wasn't a particularly brilliant person in his previous life. He could play around with it by rote, but he couldn't do anything special with it.

As for the two siblings who didn't warn him, Gao Zhendong didn't expect them to master this thing. He just thought it was really fun and quite addictive.

Incidentally, children all over the world can play with this toy ahead of time. Can we say that Gao Zhendong is doing a good deed for Yan Zhibu and his sister? Because of them, this toy was released ahead of schedule.

They got right to work. The thing itself was actually very simple; they could just get right to it. The machining workshop at the Third Factory was no pushover. As long as they had the blueprints, those experienced workers could make it very quickly. They figured they could even get it done before Gao Zhendong got off work and went home.

Gao Zhendong spent some time drawing up the toy's blueprints and then called in colleagues from the machining workshop of the Third Factory.

"Today is Children's Day, and I was thinking of getting some toys for my two kids. Here are the blueprints. Could you please make a few sets for me? You can deduct the cost directly from my salary." Gao Zhendong didn't hide anything and said directly that these were toys he was making for his children.

"Is this a toy?" The comrades in the machining workshop looked at the blueprints and couldn't quite tell.

“Yes, look, this is how you use it…” Gao Zhendong explained it to the comrades in the machining workshop. Understanding how it works will help them make this thing quickly, efficiently, and economically.

After all, there are quite a few children around Gao Zhendong, so let them also benefit from the unspoken advantage. Make as many sets as possible in this limited time.

The comrade in the machining workshop thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up: "Hey, this thing is fun, and it can even... it can be educational, right? Educational! Chief Engineer Gao, can I make a couple more sets and give one to my grandson and his family? I'll pay for it myself." His words reminded Gao Zhendong: "Hmm, of course, no problem. By the way, take this blueprint and remember to go to the factory office to go through the intellectual property procedures."

Once the process is complete, Gao Zhendong and his colleagues won't need to worry about the intellectual property work anymore.

"Okay! I understand! If it's for the purpose you're talking about, then using steel probably won't work; it's too heavy, and a child might not be able to lift it. Let's use bakelite or ABS. Those two are lightweight, and even without a mold, this thing has a simple structure, so we can make one on the spot."

When it comes to professional matters, it's best to leave them to the professionals. The comrades in the machining workshop immediately corrected the oversights in Gao Zhendong's thinking.

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Yes, as long as it achieves the desired effect, I don't care what method you use, you can figure it out."

After seeing off the colleagues from the machining workshop, Gao Zhendong sat down and, taking a break from his busy schedule, began browsing the system store.

This stroll captivated him instantly, making it impossible for him to look away.

"Huh? There's actually something like this? Hehe..."

Gao Zhendong was overjoyed. Did the system also know that today was Children's Day, and actually show this thing?

—The Little King Learning Machine, and the accompanying 64-in-1 pirated cartridges!
As we all know, learning machines in the past didn't really have much to do with learning.

It's not that it lacks learning functions; it does. You can even run a simple BASIC compilation environment on it, and typing is a piece of cake.

But back then, the only thing kids valued about it was its compatibility with a certain famous game console and its ability to play all of its cartridges!
This is undoubtedly an excellent new growth point for Gao Zhendong, or rather for Zhenxing Electric Technology.

What's even more amazing is that the core of this learning machine, the manufacturing technology, specifications, and capabilities of the CPU and cartridge, pose no challenge whatsoever to the semiconductor technology that Gao Zhendong has developed!

Gao Zhendong was so excited his mouth was practically watering. This stuff is amazing! This Children's Day is a lucky one for children all over the world.

Should we split the functions into two sets, with only the learning function for domestic users and only the game function for international users? This thought flashed through Gao Zhendong's mind for a moment, and then he began to deeply despise himself. Look at your pathetic self, what did it do to you if the kids in China played games?

Moreover, when this product first came out, it wasn't widely available in China. The device itself wasn't cheap, the cartridges weren't cheap either, and it also required a television set.

Even if it's marketed as a learning machine, it will most likely only be promoted in limited areas of key primary and secondary schools in each province initially.

With schools in place, these games can't corrupt teenagers. Let's give the kids in China something better; these games are true classics!
Gao Zhendong immediately brought up this learning machine.

As he expected, the learning machine he proposed was almost exactly the same as before! There were few traces of technological adaptation modifications.

This made Gao Zhendong very proud; it seemed that all his years of hard work had finally paid off. After all, the earliest CPU used in this machine was the 6502. Although Gao Zhendong didn't know the exact process technology, it wouldn't be higher than 3μm, as it was completely covered by the semiconductor technology he now possessed.

When Gao Zhendong inserted the data manual disk into his computer and carefully looked through the instructions inside...

Holy crap!! That's awesome!!!

Something that can make him lose his composure must be extraordinary.

There are three extras here.

One is the BASIC language, but Gao Zhendong didn't pay much attention to it because this language was recently invented by two scholars from Citibank.

Gao Zhendong, who was proficient in C, had little interest in BASIC. BASIC was a very beginner-friendly, interpreted language. Gao Zhendong wasn't so greedy as to want to claim everything for himself; otherwise, he would have fallen into the trap of greed.

However, this language still needs to be implemented in this learning machine. Like C, BASIC, as a language, does not have any patent concept; it is open to public use and can be used freely.

Compared to the somewhat obscure and difficult C, this is really more user-friendly for children. In some ways, it can be seen as the Python of the early days of computers. It is simple, easy to understand, and easy to learn. Although it is not very efficient, it is great for learning.

The second thing is something that our colleagues urgently need right now, and something that Gao Zhendong hasn't had time to work on yet—ROM chip manufacturing technology! And it includes UV-erasable EPROM, which is really impressive!
With this, the process of writing programs for highly reliable computer systems will be much simpler than it is now! And it will be much more reliable.

To use a similar analogy, when people write firmware into the system now, it's a bit like what Gao Zhendong's online friends jokingly said in his previous life—carving words on a CD with a magnifying glass.

With this thing, it's much simpler; you can just use a small device to write the code onto the chip, and once it's written, it won't be lost.

If these are merely icing on the cake—after all, EPROM's functionality can be achieved with other technologies to achieve similar results—then what follows is the real game-changer.

CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) technology!
This comes from an improved version of the 6502 – the 65C02. The "C" in this model stands for CMOS.

Gao Zhendong is currently working on PMOS-based technology, but in terms of environment and equipment, he already has the foundation and capability to work on CMOS, so the system has generously brought out CMOS technology!
As for the advantages of CMOS, just one is enough—it's fast!

What made Gao Zhendong even happier was that CMOS actually contains another type of MOS transistor technology—NMOS!

The "complementarity" of CMOS is actually a pair of complementary transistors formed by a PMOS and an NMOS, resulting in a CMOS cell. The fast switching speed of CMOS is related to this structure.

This puts Gao Zhendong in a very relaxed position. Simply put, NMOS is faster than PMOS but slower than CMOS, which gives him a lot of leeway when choosing output products.

—The speed limits for PMOS and NMOS are locked! And not very high! By the time the technical secrets are cracked and fully understood, it will be too late!

(End of this chapter)