Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 115 China's Speculation

"This is a completely disconnected piece of content. Even someone like me, whose native language is not English and who has little exposure to English popular literature, can intuitively feel the disconnect between the two parts.

If what I said before is more about the plot, even if there is a description of the world created by the author and there will be high-tech content, these are more at the usage level.

For example, we would say that a television can have moving pictures and make sounds, and it feels like a moving picture album.

The previous content is just at this level, but the content from here on will tell you how television is made, which is using cathode ray tubes.

The TV receives TV signals in the form of radio waves through an antenna, and the standard it uses is the Soviet standard SECAM system, which includes video information, brightness signal and synchronization signal.

The signal received by the TV is converted into an intermediate frequency signal by the tuner, and then the video signal and audio signal are separated by the demodulation circuit.

That’s right, from the appearance of the two characters Lei Jun and Yu Dong, the content of the whole book is completely different from before.

It not only explains what the Raspberry Pi is, but also explains how to use it and the specific steps.

It was also introduced that according to the information the two people obtained, it contained software that could be used to calculate fluid mechanics formulas. Germany and Japan in the book relied on this software to calculate fluid mechanics formulas, and their technology in aircraft, rocket, and missile design made rapid progress.

Finally, after going through untold hardships to open the Raspberry Pi, they found an unexpected surprise inside. They discovered that it contained specific technical information about Germany's latest U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.

This is consistent with the message that Bai Ma conveyed to us through the note.

Therefore, I think this part of the content was grafted in by Bai Ma based on the original content.

I also believe that we can fully open this machine called Raspberry Pi by following the steps in the book.

It doesn’t take long. If you just use the fluid dynamics calculation software included, it will only take a week at most.

If you want to read the information contained in it through the screen, it will take a little longer, but with our current technology, it is absolutely no problem."

Dean Qian seemed very confident.

The comrade sitting in the middle and presiding over the work said, "Everyone can speak freely based on President Qian's introduction just now.

There are too many things in this matter that we cannot understand from the beginning to now.

Since it is based on a lot of irrationality, and we currently don’t have the opportunity to communicate directly with Bai Ma, we need to give full play to everyone’s imagination.

Let me first tell you what I think.

There is no doubt that Dean Qian just mentioned that the book says that this device called "Raspberry Pi" is composed of billions of transistors.

Although I am not a professional and don't know much about science and engineering.

But I am still very clear about the importance of semiconductors. When we formulated the "Long-Term Plan for the Development of Science and Technology from 1956 to 1967", we listed semiconductor technology as one of the four emergency measures because we fully knew its importance.

Comrade Huang Kun also gave me a detailed introduction to the latest developments in Europe and America when he reported to me.

Last year, after we imported a batch of academic journals through Hong Kong and France, Comrades Wang Shouwu and Wu Xijiu mentioned our current progress, including the latest progress in America, and the gap between us when reporting to me.

So from my understanding, it's unlikely that this 'Raspberry Pi' was built by America herself.

With my limited knowledge, I really can't imagine how billions of transistors can be integrated into an area the size of a fingernail.

This is a bit beyond my understanding.

I think the information that Dean Qian got from the book is true, which means that the information that Bai Ma wants to convey to us is true. This "Raspberry Pi" was disassembled by America from an alien device.

I would also like to remind you that Baima did not mention in the message it sent back that there are billions of transistors integrated in it.

But it is in the book, told to us through the characters in the novel.

Is this true, or is this a deliberate ploy to ensure the book reaches us?

Dean Qian, have you ever thought about this?
It can be said that the other party did not use the microfilm method, but used this method.

In my opinion, this just illustrates Bai Ma's caution.

Using microfilm naturally increases the persuasiveness of his words in case they are discovered, or discovered by Americans or other institutions along the way.

Of course, it may also be that his situation was not convenient for making microfilm.

And in the form of a novel manuscript, even if it is caught by customs officials on the way, it will be regarded as the fantasy and rambling of a science fiction writer.

Including Dean Qian, you can all feel the sense of disconnection between the two parts of the content. If they were intercepted in Hong Kong, Yokohama or other transit points.

The exaggerated expression of the white horse in the fragmented content will also become a kind of protection.

So in my opinion, I believe Dean Qian's judgment on the split, but I don't think the other part of the split, that is, the part described by Bai Ma, is entirely true.

I also don't think the first part, described by the man named Philip K. Dick, is false.

Have you ever thought about this? Is there another possibility?

So America really discovered another world?

Dean Qian mentioned earlier that the book depicts an era in which Germany and Japan triumph, while the characters, through a novel called "Heavy Grasshopper," realize that there might be a world completely different from the fictional one. Could this also be the message he wants to convey to us?

Bai Ma wasn't sure whether America got this Raspberry Pi from another world, or from an alien spaceship or alien creature.

The note he gave us was just what he thought was the most likely scenario based on the intelligence he had received.

I mentioned earlier that we should use our imagination. What President Qian said may not be right, and what I said may not be right either.

Although this book is fragmented, the earlier content is not necessarily without value, and the later part supplemented by Bai Ma is not necessarily entirely correct.

With his words, everyone soon started to speak freely.

“I think we just need to grasp one core point, which is to use it as soon as possible.

Dean Qian just said that this machine called Raspberry Pi can be used after just a few days of debugging. The other party also described in the book how to use the built-in fluid mechanics calculation equipment.

Should we organize people to debug it as soon as possible and put it into use? "

With the leader speaking, everyone began to express their opinions.

Compared to another world, which is difficult for everyone to imagine, alien products obviously have the upper hand.

This is also why Lin Ran did not mention Moore's Law through Lei Jun and Yu Dong in "The Man in the High Castle".

He mentioned Moore's Law in it. The Chinese people can definitely infer that this board may be a product of the future based on Moore's Law, the number of transistors in current IBM computers, and the number of transistors in the Raspberry Pi chip he mentioned.

In order to avoid similar risks, Lin Ran also specifically found a minimalist Linux distribution on GitHub, then disabled all time-related configurations and uninstalled all time-related components.

It is a specially customized Linux.

Because Lin Ran knew that he would have to return to China sooner or later, compared to this thing being an alien product, this thing being a future product would cause more uncontrollable risks.

Never underestimate others.

Although China lacks the soil for exposure to science fiction literature, it currently has no understanding of the so-called parallel space and time travel.

But it does not mean that Chinese people have no imagination.

"As a veteran who has worked in the intelligence field for many years, I would like to say a few words.

The most important thing, of course, is to verify the Raspberry Pi and see if its computing power is as amazing as described in the book.

If this is true, then the importance of semiconductors is even greater than we expected.

At least the technical content in his book is credible.

There are literally billions of transistors in there, which is impossible to tell.

But it is not important.

Regardless of whether what he said is true or false, really, is there any way we can replicate it?

Fake, can we know what his purpose is in saying this?

At least what is certain is that we have Baima in our hands and we have gone through great pains to create an occasion like the Geneva negotiations so that we can hand over the Raspberry Pi to the government.

The other party must have judged that this thing was extremely important, and America must have it as well.

If we can't unleash the power of the Raspberry Pi as quickly as possible, America's subsequent technological explosion will be astonishing.

They are already ahead of us in research in this area.

Therefore, it is important to study this book and determine which messages Bai Ma wants to convey.

But for us right now, the most important thing is to use the Raspberry Pi and turn it into our strength.

And America has it, but does the Soviet Union have it? In recent years, the Soviet Union has launched rockets one after another, launched satellites one after another, and sent people into space one after another.

I don't believe America has it and Russia doesn't.

And they all have it, where did they get it from?
Is it possible to get it from Germany?

If so, what other information do we not know?

In short, everyone, our current task is very heavy. If the other party really obtains alien technology, it will easily lead to a situation similar to modern muskets and artillery fighting with bare hands.

I guess Bai Ma also had this consideration, so he wanted to give it to us even at the risk of being exposed.

In order to help us understand the usefulness of "Raspberry Pi", a novel was even written to disguise it.

I completely sympathize with his good intentions, and we must not slack off and must act as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)