The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 367 Go to the 3+2 axis CNC milling machine
The completion of the Type 03 personal computer can be said to be another major step forward in the development of computers in Xiaguo.

However, its "networked" nature means that it is destined to remain unknown to the public for quite a long time.

Therefore, it cannot participate in the original computer export plan.

Without the third generation of mainframe computers, it would be difficult to sell the Model 01 freely.

"At present, we can only sacrifice volume to increase computing speed. It will depend on whether Professor Huang can make a bigger breakthrough in the future," said Li Mu.

In order to develop towards miniaturization, the performance of the current 03-type personal computers has been reduced in many aspects of the hardware.

If we give up the Internet, the computing speed should be able to be increased to about 3000w to 3500w times per second.

If we want to continue to improve, we will have to look for breakthroughs in semiconductor chips.

The integration level of chips is the basis of computing speed. Without this guarantee, it would be impossible to develop computers with powerful computing power.

"But I think that our research focus in the future should shift more to software development," Li Mu continued.

Hearing this, Wang Shoujue was stunned and asked, "Why is this?"

"In terms of computer computing speed, we have reached a very high level, but in fact we no longer have the ability to fully master this powerful computing power," Li Mu explained.

The increasing computing power is of course a good thing.

But the software cannot keep up, even if they later develop a 1000 billion or 10000 trillion supercomputer, or a 1 billion-level large-scale computer.

The value it can bring is not that great.

"Then do you have any ideas about software development?" Wang Shoujue's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then said:

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. When Dean Guo came here just now, he told us that this batch of software engineering students can give us at least this number of points."

He stretched out a palm and shook five fingers, his face full of joy.

After all, the Semiconductor Research Institute has been facing a shortage of staff for a long time.

Although training courses have been held all the time, there are actually not many people who can be used in the end.

In addition, we also have to support some brother units, so the number of people who can be allocated is even smaller.

"In this way, the research on both sides will not be delayed." After listening to this, Li Mu couldn't help but smile.

5 fingers cannot represent 5 people, but 50 people.

With their participation, many problems can indeed be solved.

Of course, it is still necessary to shift the research focus.

……

Afterwards, Li Mu and Wang Shoujue called a meeting of the members of the software group.

CAD, CAM, CAE, CAT, computer simulation platform and material calculation software are the six major software development projects currently within the Semiconductor Research Institute.

For them, Li Mu’s requirement is to further optimize and upgrade and realize network collaboration.

The software they develop now are basically castrated versions, and many practical functions are not implemented.

For example, they do not have CAD's three-dimensional drawing, CAM's CNC machining programming, CAE's safety and reliability analysis, and simulation of future working conditions.

There is also the second-generation development of the operating system.

The Type 01 operating system is really too simple. There is still a long way to go before we can achieve the effect of running software with just one click like in later generations.

After talking about the continued research and development direction of existing software development.

Li Mu started talking about new software development again.

This is also the research focus that they need to devote a lot of energy to in the future.

……

Alexey is very happy today.

Because it finally has the opportunity to participate in academic exchange activities in Xiaguo Software Engineering.

Even if this activity is just a study session.

But with Li Mu's participation, the value of this study session became much higher than any other symposium or discussion meeting.

He told Yakov the news.

The latter was also very happy after hearing this.

After all, the current relationship between the two countries is only polite on the surface, and there is indeed not much serious communication.

Alexei's progress has been quite rapid.

Not only did he develop the game, he also got in touch with Li Mu, a leading figure in Xiaguo's software engineering.

The second batch of exchange students sent from China later wanted to find out why Xiaguo was able to achieve 3+2-axis CNC milling machine technology, but they haven't even gotten started yet.

Even a lot of mechanical manufacturing technology was wasted.

You can imagine how depressed I feel.

Thinking of this, Yakov looked at Alexei walking around the room happily and couldn't help but say:
"How about you talk to Consultant Li and see if he can help introduce a few authoritative experts or professors in Xiaguo's mechanical manufacturing to Professor Scott and his team, who are the second group of people from our country who are coming here for technical exchanges?"

Hearing this, Alexei, who was originally in a very happy mood, suddenly became frowned.

——Do you think this is human language?

Should I ask Li Mu to introduce me to someone, or an authoritative expert or professor in mechanical manufacturing?
You might as well just say that you are going for the 3+2-axis CNC milling machine.

Their country's overall level of mechanical manufacturing is actually far ahead of Xia Country.

The only thing that lags behind is this 3+2-axis CNC milling machine that was suddenly developed by "Tiangong".

It is easy to guess what the purpose of Scott's exchange students is. It would be strange if Xiaguo did not guard against them.

"I have no problem with the recommendation, but I'm afraid it may not meet your requirements." Alexei said after a long pause.

He didn't want this incident to cause any rift between him and Li Mu.

Hearing this, Yakov said nothing more. After all, he knew that this was unrealistic.

It's just that there is really no other way.

Those people in the National Academy of Sciences of China who have no worries in talking nonsense, when they can't figure out the problem themselves, go and put pressure on the intelligence departments.

The intelligence department couldn't find anything, so they put pressure on me.

He is just a diplomat and doesn't want to get involved in so many things.

Thinking of this, Yakov sighed deeply and said:

"Well, it's not appropriate for you to do this. You should just attend this study session properly."

"But don't forget your original mission."

"The country is still waiting for you to return with your software engineering materials to establish a research system. Don't just focus on developing games."

Since I can’t learn the 3+2-axis CNC milling machine, at least I should learn software engineering.

National Academy of Sciences... never mind.

But these words made Alexei a little angry, and he said:
"Mr. Yakov, do you think that I am doing useless work by developing games?"

"No, absolutely not. You haven't seen the finished game in person. It's like a whole new art form."

"Even if you don't know this, you should know its performance in the world market. Now many OM countries are popular with games developed by Xiaguo."

He and his students put so much energy into the game that they would never allow anyone to take it lightly.

Yakov was startled and said quickly:
"That's not what I meant. It's just that games really can't help the development of industry that much."

"The news from China says that Xiaguo has already applied software engineering to industrial production."

"You know, we are far behind in software engineering. Emperor M and we are trying to catch up. What if they realize this technology first?"

He didn't finish his words.

But the meaning was clear. Although they were envious of Xia Country's possession of this technology, at least they were not too afraid.

But if Emperor M also mastered it, it would be terrible.

The current situation between the two countries is extremely tense, and both sides want to occupy a dominant position in the struggle.

If we let Emperor M take control first, not only will we be weaker in momentum, but we may also be overtaken by it in industrial development.

This is something they absolutely cannot accept.

"I understand, I understand, but Yakov, this problem cannot be solved immediately, and we actually have a great advantage over Emperor M." Alexei sighed.

He knew the situation at home was urgent.

But now we can only wait.

As for the core technology, Xia State did not make it public and researched it secretly, so they had no way to stop it.

It is not easy to have the opportunity to study.

After thinking for a while, Alexi continued, "In fact, games are also a part of software engineering. So, our game development is almost complete, so I will take you to have a look today."

After saying that, he pulled Yakov and headed for the Beijing Institute of Technology.

……

Li Mu also finished the meeting.

In the development of new software, he proposed three directions:

Revit is a software specifically for building information modeling; Civil 3D is used for civil engineering design and analysis, and Inventor is a D product design software for the manufacturing industry.

These three software are all products of Autodesk, and have certain similarities in functions with CAD, CAM and other software.

But their emphasis is different.

For example, Inventor and CAD are both used to assist manufacturing.

But the former is mainly used for 3D modeling and design, supporting advanced simulations such as finite element analysis and stress analysis.

The latter is more suitable for two-dimensional drawing. Although it also has three-dimensional design functions, it still focuses on two dimensions.

……

Come out of the meeting room.

Li Mu thought about it, and then went to Huang Xinhua's place with Wang Shoujue to take a look.

Since the success of distributed projection lithography, he has rarely been involved in the research of integrated circuits.

I come here occasionally, just to discuss with Huang Xinhua how to optimize the structure.

After all, improving the level of integration is now a slow and arduous process.

There is no way to make a breakthrough in lithography machines, and it is basically impossible to make further significant improvements.

But the next breakthrough would be the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

Even the Xia Kingdom in later generations did not master this technology.

In the whole world, only one company in Helan possesses this technology.

Of course, Li Mu could find a way to get the information.

But even with detailed reference materials, it is impossible to do it - this is a problem of accumulated technological level.

"But I should be able to give it a try in another ten years." Li Mu thought to himself.

Ten years may not be a long time, but it is enough to accomplish a lot.

While thinking, he walked into Huang Xinhua's laboratory.

The latter was discussing issues with Wang Ya and several students.

Perhaps because he was too serious, no one noticed him and Wang Shoujue coming in.

The two of them didn't bother each other and walked to the corner and sat down silently.

Just listen to his words:

"Now our integration level has exceeded the 15w mark, and we have the conditions to develop new processors."

"The development of 8-bit processors will be our main task in the future."

"According to Li Mu, we need to execute 13.8 instructions on a 45 mm chip and transmit and calculate 8 binary digits at the same time..."

……

When Huang Xinhua was speaking, he would occasionally intersperse a few sentences of "Li Mu said".

After all, whether it is a 4-bit processor or an 8-bit processor, the proposal of research ideas cannot be separated from Li Mu's help.

Talked for a long time.

He stopped because of thirst and reached for the teacup next to him.

When he raised his head to drink water, he suddenly spotted Wang Shoujue and Li Mu sitting next to him. He asked in surprise, "Hey, when did you get here?"

"We just arrived not long ago. Professor Huang, please continue. We will just sit here and not disturb you." Li Mu said with a smile.

Huang Xinhua said:

"Excuse me, excuse me."

"Don't be lazy either."

"We are talking about 8-bit processors right now. Come and join the discussion."

As he spoke, he asked the people around him to move chairs for the two of them to sit down.

Wang Shoujue looked at Li Mu and said, "You go first?"

During this period of time, he has almost entirely focused on the research of second-generation supercomputers and software, and has not had much time to study semiconductors, which he was originally good at.

"Okay, then I'll take the lead." Li Mu thought about it and did not refuse.

He then talked about the development ideas for the 8-bit processor: "First, we can start with the circuit and develop a new circuit..."

The original structure, no matter how optimized, cannot meet the development requirements of an 8-bit processor.

This is only possible with new circuits.

In later generations, the development of 8-bit processors was successful with the emergence of MOS metal oxide semiconductor circuits.

“…To put it simply, it is an integrated circuit composed of metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors as the main components.” Li Mu concluded.

After he finished speaking, everyone in the room fell into deep thought, thinking about the possibilities of this integrated circuit technology.

After a long time, Huang Xinhua came back to his senses and said:

"This is a very bold idea, and it is theoretically logically self-consistent, Li Mu! Your idea is so wild and unconventional that I have to admit it!"

"This circuit structure is simple to manufacture and small in size, making it very suitable for high-density integration."

“And the temperature characteristics are also good, which makes it suitable for dynamic work.”

He really admires Li Mu's abilities.

Even though I haven't been involved in semiconductor research for a long time.

But as long as he opens his mouth, he can always come up with something refreshing.

"They are just some ideas. Whether they can be realized or not depends on everyone's verification." Li Mu said with a smile.

Of course, that's what it says.

With the current level of technology, it is actually not difficult to make it.

(End of this chapter)