The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 253 You won the prize!

Zhou Xiling graduated from the Department of Electronic Automation of Chendu Telecommunications Engineering College, which later became the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. After graduation, he has been engaged in computer teaching and research.

Su Dongzhuang graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology and studied in the training class of the Computer Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He then returned to his alma mater to teach.

The three of them left their original units and appeared here because they were called up and transferred to the new generation supercomputing project team.

After listening to their introduction, Li Mu suppressed his surprise, smiled slightly, and nodded, "Not bad, not bad, young and promising, we can communicate more in the future."

"Really?" Upon hearing this, Yang Tianxing and the other two were all very excited.

Having the opportunity to communicate with the chief designer of a supercomputer is probably an opportunity that everyone studying the field of computing technology dreams of.

Li Mu smiled and said, "Of course it's true."

He couldn't bear to let the three people get away.

Yang Tianxing, a pioneer in opening up a new world of informatization in the Xia Kingdom, made outstanding contributions to the overall design of computers, the development of host and external equipment, and engineering projects.

Zhou Xiling was the person in charge of two national key scientific and technological projects in the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" and "Ninth Five-Year Plan" - software engineering technology, computer Chinese information processing technology and product development technology. He also served as the overall leader of the "Beidou" and "Qiming" scientific research software base projects.

Su Dongzhuang is a pioneer in the research of full-text retrieval technology in Xia language. His book "Computer System Structure" became a unified textbook for colleges and universities across the country in the 1980s. He then founded an information technology company and developed the TRS series of products ranging from information retrieval to content management, big data, and artificial intelligence, realizing the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, with users all over the world.

Each of these three people is a big figure in their respective fields of computer technology in later generations.

If we can keep them here, whether they stay in the Semiconductor Research Institute or go to the Semiconductor Group, it will be a great help.

Of course, it is very easy to get them to stay. As long as Li Mu reports it, the higher-ups will definitely approve it.

But he didn't want to use such a coercive method, but instead planned to make the three of them stay here sincerely.

Thinking of this, he looked at Wang Shoujue and said, "Let's go. I have almost finished writing the supercomputer plan. Let's go to a meeting."

Hearing this, Wang Shoujue's expression remained unchanged. He had long been accustomed to this and said, "Okay, I'll go organize the people right away. Comrade Yang Tianxing, the three of you can follow Consultant Li to the meeting room directly."

"That's perfect. You guys have a lot of questions to ask, so you can take this opportunity to ask them."

After saying that, he left and went to gather people.

……

Large conference room.

It didn't take too long for Wang Shoujue to call the person over.

Of course, this is definitely not the total number of people who came last time. After the previous supercomputer was successfully developed, only a small number of people stayed, and more people left.

As everyone came in, they greeted Li Mu and looked curiously at Yang Tianxing and the other two who surrounded him.

He introduced them to everyone one by one, making Yang Tianxing and the others feel a little embarrassed.

Seeing that most people had arrived, he quickly ended the conversation and sat down.

Soon, the first three rows in the conference room were filled with people.

Li Mu looked at the researchers below, some new and some old, and said with a smile: "It seems that there are many new comrades joining us. Our team is getting bigger and bigger!"

As soon as the words were spoken, cheerful laughter rang out from below.

When they were developing the first generation of supercomputers with Li Mu, they joined forces with the Institute of Computing Technology, and their number of people was not large.

But now, the number of people in their own semiconductor research institute alone has reached 25, which exceeds the initial scale, and can be said to be a strong and powerful force.

Li Mu continued:
"But as the team grows, the mission becomes more demanding."

"I believe everyone knows some news about the new generation of supercomputers. This time the research is different from the past. It is no longer a simple hardware upgrade, software optimization and algorithm improvement."

“It involves a completely new concept – the Internet.”

“This is uncharted territory, but it has the power to change the world.”

……

After boosting morale, he also popularized the meaning of the network and the Internet to everyone.

Although he had mentioned them in the development plans for the Type 03 computer and Type 01 personal computer, not everyone had access to the detailed information.

After he finished speaking, a professor in the audience raised his hand and asked, "Advisor Li, I have a question. You said that the Internet can connect the world and allow information to be transmitted in this network, so how can we ensure its information security?"

"That's a good question. Even though our technology is leading, we still need to consider information security in advance." Li Mu nodded and continued:
"To ensure information security, you can do so through password management, identity authentication, data encryption, and the use of secure network connections. You can even build a virtual firewall to prevent attacks."

"But I personally think that this is not the problem we need to solve first. After all, other countries must at least have network computers before they can attack us, right?"

The last sentence made many old professors burst into laughter, and some young researchers laughed so hard that tears almost came out of their eyes.

Information security does need to be considered, but what Li Mu said is also correct. If we want to fight against the Xia Kingdom, no matter whether it is Emperor M or Big Brother, we must first have a network computer.

Without this "weapon", neither party would even be qualified to enter.

Thinking of this, everyone secretly made up their minds that they had to create the Internet no matter what.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Li Mu smiled and continued:
"Let's talk about the Internet. I have just explained its definition. Next, I will talk about how it implements data transmission and what conditions the transmission should follow."

"Data transmission on the network involves seven layers: physical layer, data link layer, network layer, transport layer, and application layer, forming an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) seven-layer model."

"The physical layer is the bottom layer of the entire model. It provides transmission media and interconnected devices for data communication between devices, and provides a reliable environment for data transmission. The data link layer is to assemble the bits on the physical link into data packets called frames, and control..."

"The conditions for data transmission, also known as network protocols, are a set of rules, standards or agreements established for data exchange in all future computer networks."

"For example, a Type 01 computer wants to communicate with a supercomputer. Since the two data terminals use different character sets, the commands they input are not recognized by each other. However, through the network protocol, the character sets they input will be converted into a standard character set, then transmitted over the network, and finally converted into a character set that each terminal can understand..."

……

It starts with the simplest explanation and goes on to explain in detail how to achieve data transmission in the network, as well as what conditions and equipment are required for data transmission.

There were more than twenty people in the large conference room, but only his voice was heard in a rhythmic manner. The only sounds heard below were the "rustling" sound of people taking notes and the occasional "swish" sound of quickly turning pages.

Young people who have just entered the research institute, such as Yang Tianxing, originally planned to understand while taking notes, but in the end they didn’t even have time to think and could only keep writing notes.

In fact, Li Mu's speech was not fast, but rather very rhythmic, allowing everyone to follow his explanation and enter the unknown world of the Internet. But the problem was that these things were too new, so new that many people had never heard of them.

Even a genius with a photographic memory would not dare to relax at this moment, for fear of remembering a word wrong and wasting this precious wealth of knowledge.

……

It took Li Mu a whole morning and half of the afternoon to finish talking about the Internet.

Although the people below were still energetic and wanted to continue listening, he couldn't hold it anymore and said, "That's it for the morning. We'll talk about the rest in the afternoon."

"Everyone, go eat first. Don't go hungry. Your health is the capital of the revolution."

Hearing this, people who knew him smiled at each other and were very happy.

Anyone who says this is convincing except Li Mu. Everyone knows that he is the person who likes to stay up late the most in the entire institute. If it weren't for his superiors supervising him, he would have wanted to stay in the laboratory every day.

Li Mu looked at the expressions of the crowd and smiled helplessly, knowing that he could not get over this issue of poor health - there is a kind of cold that makes your mother think you are cold, and there is a kind of poor health that makes your boss think you are in poor health.

Shaking his head helplessly, he looked at Yang Tianxing and the other two, preparing to invite them to have lunch together at noon and to strengthen their relationship.

Just then, a figure ran in from outside the door, panting.

Seeing him, everyone stopped in their tracks.

Li Mu looked at Wu Youxiang who suddenly appeared and asked curiously, "What's wrong, Director? Why are you so anxious?"

Wu Youxiang took a deep breath and then shouted, "You won the prize!"

"Winning an award?" Li Mu was stunned and didn't react for a moment.

However, Wang Shoujue, Huang Kun and Wu Xi in the audience reacted immediately, their eyes widened with excitement, and asked, "The National Highest Science and Technology Progress Award?"

"Yes, it's the National Highest Science and Technology Progress Award. I don't know what prize it is yet, but the Chinese Academy of Sciences has already sent you an invitation letter, asking you to attend the national awards ceremony in five days!" Wu Youxiang took a deep breath, his eyes full of joy.

Although it doesn't say what prize it is, we can guess it. It's at least a second prize, because Li Mu's achievements cannot be brought out.

If I can take it out, I will definitely win the first prize.

But the second prize is also very good. In the last session, there were only three winners of the first prize of the highest National Science and Technology Progress Award, namely Qian Wushi, Hua Luogeng and Wu Wenjun.

Li Mu took a deep breath. Even though he had expected it, he couldn't help but feel happy.

This award is a recognition of everything he has done.

Wang Shoujue, Huang Kun, and the experts and professors around him were delighted to hear Wu Youxiang's personal confirmation. They laughed and stepped forward to congratulate him:
"Congratulations, Consultant Li, you deserve the award!"

"Yes, I think this time it must be at least a first prize, to be worthy of your achievement."

"The National Highest Science and Technology Progress Award is the dream of many scientists. In the first session, only 34 people won the award. Consultant Li, your title of 'leader of young scientists' has been fully realized this time!"

Listening to the congratulations from the people around him, Li Mu responded with a smile, his eyes revealing joy without any concealment.

……

Afterwards, everyone came to the dining hall.

After the meal, Li Mu sat together with Wu Youxiang, Wang Shoujue, Huang Kun, Wu Xi and others, listening to them discussing the National Highest Science and Technology Progress Award.

Not long after, Huang Xinhua, who had just finished an experiment, heard the news and joined the heated discussion.

Facing the compliments and praise from everyone, Li Mu was really a little overwhelmed, and quickly changed the subject: "By the way, Director, I shouldn't be the only one in our institute who won the award, right?"

Hearing this, everyone's attention immediately shifted away from him.

"Of course there are more, but others are not as sure as you." Wu Youxiang's voice became much lower, and he continued: "President Guo said that there should be someone in our institute who can win this award, but the higher-ups are still discussing it and it has not been confirmed yet."

"That's what I said. Let alone anything else, Professor Huang, Director Wang, and Team Leaders Huang Kun and Wu Xi, their contributions are not much less than mine." Li Mu said with a smile.

If he is the only one in the entire Semiconductor Research Institute who has won the award, then this award would be a bit difficult to hold.

Even if no one else cares, he himself can't help but feel bothered.

Wang Shoujue, Huang Xinhua and others all laughed and said:

"Okay, I won't praise you anymore, so you don't have to say these humble words again!"

"That's right. Who among the seniors in the institute doesn't know your contribution? All the research can be done without anyone else, but not without you!"

"You are the signature of our Semiconductor Institute. As long as you win the award, it will be an honor for our entire Semiconductor Institute!"

……

The meeting continued in the afternoon.

The sudden news of winning the award did not interrupt Li Mu's rhythm.

The following meeting will be much simpler and there will be no need to give a detailed introduction to everyone.

He first appointed three professors as team leaders of the processor, storage system and software, and algorithm optimization groups, and then assigned personnel, putting Yang Tianxing, Zhou Xiling and Su Dongzhuang into each group.

The reason why Huang Kun and Wu Xi were not allowed to be team leaders was because they had heavy research tasks themselves and were also busy with matters at the semiconductor group.

However, he still gave the position of leader of the network group to Wang Shoujue, as only he could make Li Mu feel at ease.

The network group then quickly left to go to the lab to start research.

Because there was some overlap with the research content of the network protocol stack of the Type 01 operating system, Wang Shoujue asked Li Mu for his opinion and took the team members there to exchange ideas and learn more.

……

The remaining three groups of members then held meetings.

Li Muxian told Professor Wen, who is in charge of the supercomputer processor development team, "This time, the upgrade of the supercomputer processor must not only be upgraded in terms of integration, but also in terms of architecture."

(End of this chapter)