The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 234: Planning a new model of supercomputer to widen the technological gap

When Guo Mo heard this, he couldn't help but agree.

It’s true, because the semiconductor group’s technical team needs to be reorganized, the supplementary meeting on the five-year semiconductor development plan has been postponed for several days.

It will take at least half a month until the meeting is over, and maybe Li Mu will be able to come up with a lot of inventions.

What does an industry need to thrive? Products that can generate profits!
……

After Dong Huaxing left the Ministry of First Machine Building, he quickly contacted Hong Kong, handed over the materials, asked them to apply for a patent, and prepare for subsequent production and sales.

Now the cooperation between the two sides has become quite mature. After finishing all this, Xiaguo only needs to produce as quickly as possible to meet the market demand over there.

As for whether it will sell well or not, no one is worried at all.

So far, every industrial product manufactured by Xiaguo has been extremely popular abroad. The only worry is that it cannot be bought, not that it cannot be sold.

……

Three days passed.

Although it is near the end of the year, large tracts of vacant land outside Kyoto are still being built, with groups of workers busy setting up the prototypes of factories on the construction sites.

There are wafer fabs, lithography machine factories, and programmable switch factories here... It is like a semiconductor industry cluster center.

At the same time, it is also the future address of the semiconductor group.

……

First Ministry of Machine Building, inside the office of Leader Qiu.

In the afternoon, when Li Mu was studying software design in the Semiconductor Research Institute, he was called over by Leader Qiu and others.

Standing in front of the door, he was just about to raise his hand to knock when the door opened with a creak, and Leader Qiu came over with a smile.

As he walked, he said, "Hurry up, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Li Mu followed him into the room. Guo Mo and Dong Huaxing were sitting on the sofa. Gu Zheng, the leader of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building who was in charge of the electronics industry, was also sitting at the table drinking tea.

"Hello, leaders." Li Mu greeted with a smile.

Leader Qiu smiled and said, "Why are you being polite? Go sit over there first and I'll pour you some tea."

As he said that, he pushed Li Mu over and turned to make tea.

While pouring water, he said:
"Semiconductor experts from all over the country have now gathered in Kyoto. We are going to hold a conference in the Great Hall of the People tomorrow."

"When the time comes, you will be needed to preside over this meeting."

"Of course, you don't have to show up. You just need to host it in the background in a broadcasting manner."

The supplementary meeting on the five-year semiconductor development plan was temporarily suspended, so Li Mu had to be informed. So he knew about this and had been writing a speech outline these days.

"Okay, I have no problem." Li Mu said confidently.

Now that he has decided to do it, he certainly won't refuse.

Hearing this, smiles appeared on the faces of Leader Qiu and others.

He thought for a while and then said:
"As for the semiconductor industrial base, it is already under construction, but it will take at least two months to complete."

"As the chief designer, your task will not be easy. If you have any difficulties, you can ask for them."

"You are now serving as a consultant for six departments and the research institute, and you also have to shoulder the responsibility of leading the semiconductor group's technical team. You must make the right choices."

"No, I can take care of both. Please don't worry, leaders." Li Mu shook his head.

He knew that several people were concerned about his health.

However, he couldn't give up any of the research he was currently doing.

If he gave up, and someone else took over, it would probably take dozens of times longer to achieve success.

Leader Qiu, Guo Mo and Dong Huaxing looked at each other. Although they already had the answer in their hearts, they still couldn't help but sigh.

It is easy to say that we should take these two things into consideration, but it is not so easy to do.

Especially the research that Li Mu is responsible for, each one is incredibly difficult. If it were someone else, they might not be able to successfully research one in their lifetime, let alone do so many at the same time.

Only when he said this did they believe it.

Guo Mo shook his head and said helplessly:

"Then you have to promise to take good care of your body."

"Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, we won't cover it for you."

“Research is important, but you have to know that your health is more important to the country!”

Although his tone was stern, it was full of concern and love for Li Mu.

This is not only his opinion, but also the unanimous consensus of many leaders.

"I will definitely pay attention and won't let anyone worry." Li Mu looked at the concerned eyes of the four people and nodded solemnly.

Afterwards, everyone discussed issues such as the future development of the semiconductor group and the planning of the industrial base.

Finally, Guo Mo told Li Mu that there would be reporters coming tomorrow and asked him to go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences for an interview.

It seems that the higher-ups are planning to fully solidify his title as the king of inventions.

Li Mu thought about it and agreed without refusing.

……

It was almost evening when Li Mu walked out of the Ministry of First Machine Building.

He returned home by car.

I opened the door and looked at the time. It was already 8 o'clock, but the house was still empty.

He guessed that Wang Ya was probably immersed in her research and had forgotten the time, so he didn't care. He went to the study, put down his briefcase first, and then took out his notebook.

Start organizing your current research.

In terms of software design, the progress of several R&D teams is relatively smooth. The biggest problem is that the progress is slow and it will take a while to produce something.

After the research on integrated circuits reaches an integration level of 5w, it will be difficult to see further significant improvements unless there are certain breakthroughs in technology and equipment.

Li Mu paused with the pen in his hand, thinking to himself: "In this case, we can consider developing a new model of supercomputer to widen the technological gap."

The previous supercomputer, code-named "Smart Center", had a maximum integration level of no more than 2K and a computing speed of million times per second. He is very much looking forward to how powerful the computing power will be this time.

There are definitely technical problems, but since Ask stayed at Jianqiao, he has never interrupted the downloading of supercomputer data, so it is not a big problem to solve them.

The most difficult issue is actually funding.

The total cost of the first supercomputer, excluding manpower and material costs, was more than 800 million, and it will be more this time, not less.

It hurts to invest such a huge amount of money!
Li Mu drew a big circle around the word "capital investment" in his notebook, and then wrote down the research and development of Type 01 computers and the production and sales of a series of semiconductor products on the side.

These are the biggest profits of the semiconductor industry for a long time in the future. "As for the research at the Radar Research Institute and the Atomic Energy Research Institute, we should also find a way to advance them." Li Mu put down his pen and sorted out the research plan for the next period of time.

Of course, we still have to resolve the issue of the current supplementary meeting on the five-year plan for the semiconductor industry first.

As the chief designer, he must come up with a more feasible plan for his "River Map".

He feels like a fish in water in the Semiconductor Research Institute, but it is hard to say whether he will have a good time in the Semiconductor Group and he needs to be more alert.

As he thought about it, he reached for the enamel cup beside him.

The scalding hot cup made him let out a hiss and take a breath of cool air.

He raised his head and looked at the steaming teacup, then looked towards the lighted living room, and the aroma of food that lingered in his nose at some point, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

The door of the study was opened from the outside with a "click", and a pure and charming face appeared. She smiled and said, "Are you hungry? I made some supper. Do you want some?"

"Okay." Li Mu nodded slightly and stood up with a smile.

……

The next day, morning.

The heavy snow that fell at night had accumulated into a thick layer on the ground. When you stepped on it, it made a "crunching" sound like the friction between dry leaves.

The guard at the door was clearing the snow on the road. When he saw Li Mu pushing his bicycle over, he subconsciously saluted.

"Good morning." Li Mu smiled back and rode his bike out.

Today is the day for classes at Beijing Institute of Technology, and he plans to go there early so that he can have more time to communicate with everyone.

……

When I arrived at the school, I greeted the security guard and entered the campus.

It was still early, so he did not go to the meeting room first, but went to the game development center to take a look.

As expected, there were several strong men who had stayed up all night.

Shen Jianxin, Zhang Weiguo, Xu Pingshan... Hey, Zhang Kai and Li Jian are here too.

But except for Zhang Kai, everyone's face showed a look of deep fatigue after staying up all night.

Seeing him, everyone in the computer room was shocked. Just as they were about to open their mouths to welcome him, they were interrupted by Li Mu's stern voice:

"Look at you guys. Do you think you don't need to take care of your bodies just because you're young?"

"Game development is not something that can be done in a day or two. If something goes wrong with your health, won't it take up even more time?"

"Go back and get some rest. If I find out that you guys are staying up late again, I'll tell the dean and I'll cut off your electricity at that time."

His tone was stern, which made Shen Jianxin and others feel uneasy for a moment.

They wanted to explain themselves, but seeing Li Mu's angry look, they dared not speak a word and went back to sleep obediently.

However, Zhang Kai did not follow them, but stayed behind. After everyone left, he stepped forward and gave them a thumbs up, saying, "Not bad. I tried to persuade them for a long time but it was useless. You solved the problem with just one sentence."

"I have experience in dealing with people like them who like to stay up late." Li Mu smiled slightly, and as before, he walked up to Zhang Kai, patted his shoulder, and then sat next to him.

He himself likes to stay up late every day to study, so how could he not be able to scare Shen Jianxin and others.

Zhang Kai teased, "That's true. After all, you were able to survive until you were admitted to the hospital before."

"Just once." Li Mu coughed lightly, looked at Zhang Kai who also looked tired, and said, "By the way, I haven't talked about you yet."

"I didn't stay up late." said Zhang Kai.

Li Mu said unhappily: "You didn't stay up late, but your complexion is not much better than theirs."

"If you ask me, you should take a good rest too."

Although Zhang Kai's face did not have dark circles like Shen Jianxin and others, there were also many bloodshot eyes, and it was obvious that he had not rested well recently.

"No, I can still handle it. It's not easy to make "Super Soldier". We need to work harder." Zhang Kai waved his hand.

Since the successful development of "Tank Battle" and "Table Tennis", the game development center has devoted all its energy to "Super Soldier".

Li Mu said helplessly:
"No matter how hard you try, you can't try this hard. What if something goes wrong?"

"And the current technology is not up to the requirements. Even if you complete all the programming, Super Soldier won't be able to go online immediately in a short period of time."

"Why don't you continue with your previous idea, 'Sniper Killing the Three Virtues'? I think it's pretty good. There's no need to follow my footsteps completely."

"It's just an imitation of "Tank War". Even if it is completed, it's hard to say whether it can replicate your success." Zhang Kai shook his head.

"Sniper Sande" is a new game conceived by several team leaders of their game R&D center after many meetings, but the underlying logic of the game is actually very similar to "Tank War".

Replace the tanks with humans, change some maps, add some storylines, and it will be a complete reskin game in the future.

Li Mu thought for a moment and said:
"But it is not without merit. Compared with Tank Battle, the addition of the storyline makes it interesting and innovative."

“Perhaps you can work harder on the story of the game, and use as few words as possible to build a wonderful story for the players.”

"The theme of 'Sniper Sande' that you designed before is only 'revenge', which is not enough. It would be better if you could also add ideas such as 'anti-war' and 'peace'."

“Just like a literary work, it is endowed with a profound soul and resonates with the players’ hearts.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly rang out from the door, saying, "It's possible to do this, why didn't we think of it?"

Turning around, Shen Jianxin and others were covering their mouths and looking at Zhang Weiguo. When they saw that they were discovered by him, they lowered their heads like the students who had made mistakes.

"We, we didn't mean to eavesdrop. We just left in a hurry and forgot to take our things." Shen Jianxin defended himself in a low voice.

Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Alright, I've heard it, I'll tell you guys sooner or later anyway."

"But now, you all have to go back and have a good rest."

"Yes!" everyone said loudly.

However, although they responded verbally, no one moved, and their eyes were fixed on Zhang Kai.

They only heard half of it just now, and there was still a lot they hadn't heard in full. They didn't dare to ask Li Mu directly, so they could only arrest Zhang Kai.

……

After leaving the game R&D center, Li Mu locked the door, handed the key to Professor Wang who had rushed over for safekeeping, and then went to the meeting room.

Although it was not yet 8 o'clock, the students who came to attend the training class were already waiting in the classroom.

Nearly half a month has passed since the training class started. In a few days, they will graduate, pass an assessment, and enter the Semiconductor Research Institute to study.

Therefore, everyone studied very hard, fearing that they would fail the test in the end.

But even so, Li Mu could only say that the level of these students was just so-so.

They all have a certain level of computing technology, but learning software design is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Li Mu can only do his best to help these students improve.

(End of this chapter)