Digital Life (Absolut01) - Chapter 159

[One hundred and fifty-eight.]

158 Light and Shadow

“Oh? What technology? Have you made a breakthrough in computing?” Lu Zhenyu asked.

Nyub*# The first generation of optical silicon technology chips that may be put into actual production.

How about it?

I think, if your computing bottleneck is not too outrageous, for example, if you want to increase the computing requirements by more than 5 times at once, I think it should be able to meet your needs.

The problem is that now the two of us are a little afraid that after we go back, the technology comes out and the game is over.

”

“How come?”

Lu Zhenyu was a little surprised, “Whether it is external or internal, at least the safety of the two of you is guaranteed, right?”

”

Vader ※#8226; Green said: “Have you forgotten?”

Our bodyguards are hired by the company.

And the company doesn’t seem to be entirely in our hands.

There were a total of 4 bodyguards, all of whom started following us when we started producing chips with IBM’s equipment in the United States.

Later, I returned to Germany and added two more Germans. However, 4 vs. 2… Which side do you think has a better chance of winning?

”

This time we even fooled the bodyguards and escaped directly. Before your breakfast, we hadn’t eaten for almost two hours.”

“Nubau ※#8226; Green added. This just explains why they are so embarrassed.

Optical silicon chip technology is a technology that is being researched by all countries. Especially the United States, which has an almost absolute advantage in the field of chips. The degree of integration is getting faster and faster, especially since the birth of multi-core technology. The degree of integration has almost reached a point of indignation. In the server array that Digital Totem recently built, a new generation of single-chip is used. A monster of 16-core technology. Speaking of which, the main frequency of each chip is not very extreme, only 3G, but after integration, the ability to handle complex operations and multi-threaded operations is extremely strong. Of course, for Lu Zhenyu’s mind It’s probably not too strong, because even this kind of chip is very difficult to meet the computing needs of Qingqing’s body. Today’s Qingqing uses a wheelchair-mounted server for computing, and then passes data through it. Only the interconnection of chains and large server groups can ensure smooth operation. Naturally, the bandwidth and use range of this wireless network are very limited.

However, the chip has to go a step further.

The problem is the physical limit.

After all, there is still a limit to the processing technology of how many nanometers. Further down, it is directly tossing atoms under the electron microscope, which is not very related to industrial production.

Breaking through the limits of computing, basically, intelligence hopes to transform the entire system.

In terms of theoretical pre-research, there are also several mainstreams. For example, biochips are very popular now, although it cannot be said that there are no results.

But there is still a long way to go before it can be put into production and application.

Then there are the optical chips, which, due to the properties of light, will advance the entire computing field by more than one level once they are fabricated.

The characteristics of highly guided lasers determine the inherent advantages of optical chips in processing complex pipelines and multi-threaded computing.

However, the technology is almost as far away from use as biochips.

Afterwards,

even Lu Zhenyu couldn’t understand that it was a half-generation advance.

Or a completely revolutionary optical silicon chip.

Some say it’s a viable compromise technology, others say it’s an innovative architecture in itself that completely transforms and overturns the existing system.

Lu Zhenyu didn’t expect a breakthrough in this field at first. He originally thought that whether Grimm Brothers or any other giant could double the computing power of the current chips, he would combine his own innovation system and The optimization of the back-end calculation method is probably barely able to be used first.

However, he would never have thought of it.

It’s now.

The Brothers Grimm actually ran and said that the optical silicon chip could be made.

“How big of a problem will the theft of your chip sample be?” Lu Zhenyu asked.

“No problem. When a batch of things went down together, two pieces came out, and one piece was accidentally burned during the test because we played with this thing for the first time. That’s the only piece left. The whole production process is The key. But we did it over the Christmas holidays, and it was just the two of us, and this key problem, and only the two of us were successful in that accidental attempt. You know, getting that chip sample away is at best as a A piece of evidence. It doesn’t have much effect. The design of the chip is public anyway, and it is the process and process that are the problem.”

“Alas, if you come here, safety is no problem. But, when will this chip be made available? I’m really waiting to use it.” Lu Zhenyu sighed.

“Waiting to use?” Brother Grimm was taken aback.

“Come with me.” Lu Zhenyu took the Brothers Grimm to the hospital, and showed them a server dragging him, playing chess with a prosthetic limb, and making tea at Feng Jiang.

Then, he took them outside the ward to look at Qingqing who was “sleeping” on the bed.

“The prosthetic limb project is basically dragged by the computational problem and cannot be solved. Although, dragging the server like this does not seem to be a big problem. For them, it is already very good, but after all, it is not a solution. The

Brothers Grimm were moved by Lu Zhenyu’s half-truth and said, “Well, you can help us solve our security problems, but we still want to go back and can’t stay here forever. Besides, listen to me.” Say you have a complete lab-on-a-chip and production equipment here, or are they at the international leading level?”

Lv Zhenyu raised his eyebrows and said, “How do you know?”

Nurburg ※#8226; Green said, “Last time you were an engineer here. Didn’t he come to us to discuss the design of the auxiliary chipset? It seems that he came to our laboratory for the first time, and he glanced at it and looked dismissive. Later, we poured alcohol and overturned him in the evening. It came out. Don’t worry, we know.”

Lu Zhenyu did have a chip lab, but externally, this lab does not exist.

Because all the test equipment and production equipment in the whole laboratory are now with InTe1, amd.

IBMm’s factory and laboratory are almost synchronized, although the production scale is relatively small, but the advanced level is definitely not bad.

Moreover, in terms of product quality, since it is a fully robotic sterile workshop, there is no possibility of human omissions.

The efficiency and quality of this small laboratory combined production line is very high.

However, in order not to let others know that this laboratory exists.

Except for the research center and the company, there are only individuals in total, and no one else knows about it.

Brought the Brothers Grimm to the research center.

Entering the laboratory, Lu Zhenyu said, “I’ll leave it to you here. Your ID card will be delivered to you by a robot after a while. Other staff will also come to guide you to familiarize yourself with the research center and its grounds. Facilities, our cafeteria or something, the food is still very good, you go ahead first. I will solve the problem of going home for you. ”

After Lu Zhenyu returned to the office, he first called IBM and asked them bluntly, did they know that the optical silicon chip had been born?

Because Grimm Brothers is a three-way joint venture between Digital Totem and IBM and Grimm Brothers.

And since the Brothers Grimm successfully tested in the company’s laboratory, then, according to the law, this is the company’s technology.

Although he was not reconciled, Lu Zhenyu knew that it was almost impossible to bypass IBM.

“What? Optical silicon chips?” The tone of IBMm’s senior vice president in charge of this aspect was full of consternation.

“Don’t you know? That’s not something that people here have come up with?” Lu Zhenyu immediately told him that the Brothers Grimm had been under surveillance and that the chip samples were stolen.

“This is a serious problem. The people we sent in the lab never knew the Brothers Grimm were working on silicon chips. . Is it safe?”

Lu Zhenyu laughed and said, “Don’t forget. Even if I don’t want to admit it myself, I am an arms dealer, do you think it might not be safe for me?”

The senior vice president immediately hung up the phone with satisfaction , set up the investigation work.

Since it is not IBMm, it is probably one of InTe1 and amd.

The sudden emergence of Grimm Brothers.

These years have really made their business a lot quieter.

Originally two strong contenders, inexplicably turned into a tripartite confrontation.

Apple’s chip orders were obtained by Grimm Brothers, and although Grimm Brothers’ chips did not enter the retail market very much, it did not mean that they could not be obtained in the retail market.

Now, in terms of top-end chips, Grimm Brothers’ chips are definitely high-end in the high-end. Although the high-end is far away from the public, once the high-end is mastered, the company’s high-tech image is established.

In the future, if Grimm Brothers is going to enter retail.

Markets like oem will be simple.

And now, except for high-end computing, anyway.

At least a lot of chip patents and technical standards are in the hands of the two giants. Even if it is the chips of the Grimm Brothers, although the profits are good, each chip still has to pay them a considerable amount of patent rights.

However, if Grimm Brothers develops another system, it will not only completely subvert the entire computer chip market pattern and future development route, but also make all the patents in the hands of the two giants become the same in a very short period of time. Not worth the money.

For these two giants, either let this optical silicon chip technology be in their own hands, or let this technology disappear completely…at least temporarily.

Is this assumption reasonable?

Lu Zhenyu felt that it should, at least logically, was passable.

So, in Europe, who can keep the Brothers Grimm?

Who else can make the United States guarantee not to play tricks behind the scenes when its leading position is threatened?

Lv Zhenyu can still trust IBMm for the time being, because at least they also enjoy this technology, but in the future they can’t guarantee it.

Lu Zhenyu spent the whole day thinking about this matter, in addition to dealing with various technical and business issues as usual.

And when he returned home at night and looked at the sword, ribbon and ring that the Holy See gave him in the nanmu glass frame on the wall of the living room as decoration, he thought of it.

Although I can’t rely on the Holy See, the people in the Holy See know many prominent figures in Europe, and those people should be able to come in handy.

Forgetting the parallax, I felt that it would not be very rude to call at this time. Lu Zhenyu dialed the phone directly to the office of a cardinal in the Vatican.

Although there was a bishop who served as a consultant in his company back then, that guy was mainly a missionary. When it comes to liaison, the Holy See is more able to talk about this cardinal.

Lu Zhenyu didn’t feel that he had made any mistakes, except that he actually wanted the already several cardinals to figure out the technical problem.

When the cardinal was thrown into the arms of God, there were no computers in the world, and people like them were not as dependent on technology as they were in secular society.

It took a full hour to let the cardinal understand that Europe, which has mastered this technology, can form a technological advantage over the United States in this field for at least three years, and at the same time, it has a very broad application prospect.

After singing a few odes, the cardinal said: “Mr. Lu, I will give you an answer within two hours. Or, it will be another secular gentleman who has the understanding and the right to speak about it. I’ll discuss this with you.”

Lu Zhenyu agreed.

And two hours later, the call really hit his cell phone on time.

“Hello, I am the head of EU technology and defense, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com Sir Carrington. Excuse me, what happened to the Brothers Grimm? What did they make?” The Cardinal was so tormented that he must not have understood what was going on, and Ser Carrington looked a little impatient.

“A magical gem, a great man who may make a major change in the computer field of the whole world, Sir. The Brothers Grimm called this thing, the first generation of optical silicon chips.”

Had to explain the whole thing again .

After that, Sir Carrington was silent for a long time, but this time he understood.

But it made him even more depressed.

This technology, if possible, not only does not want to fall into the hands of the United States, but also does not want to fall into the hands of the Chinese.

In particular, the digital totem is still such a technological monster.

However, is there no one other than Lu Zhenyu that the Brothers Grimm can trust?

They don’t have any high-level friends?

It would be easy for any German minister to help them settle this matter, right?

Of course he couldn’t understand the sympathy between the Brothers Grimm and Lu Zhenyu, who were also technical madmen, especially the whole story that the entire Brothers Grimm Company got its current status because of Lu Zhenyu’s support…

Sir Carrington finally said: “Please You tell the Brothers Grimm that they can come back at any time, and no one dares to touch them.”

[End of this Chapter]