Hammer of Technology

This is the Wolfe Awards Ceremony, big brother, don't make trouble, you will be seen by the whole world with your words like this and your attitude of asking for a fight...

Really, at this moment, the entire awards ceremony scene fell silent, and everyone was looking forward to what this guy would say next...

"So after the 180nm silicon-through-silicon tube technology was tested, there was no celebration, much less joy and encouragement. Some just looked at those complicated process innovation plans, which made people feel a headache! Scientific research is such a fascinating and extremely difficult road. What can I do? I am also really desperate! But I can only go on bravely."

"Of course, the results are gratifying. On this important day today, with the cooperation of countless scientific researchers in March, we made another breakthrough. The structure of CNMD has broken through 180 nanometers on this festive day today. Due to process limitations, it has successfully advanced to the 65nm process node. Many people think this is a happy event, but when you think about it carefully, it is really a happy event..."

It is really impossible to continue talking here. Of course, it may be that Ning Wei has finished speaking, but he can't hear it at all.Yes, the uproar at the scene even overwhelmed the speakers, making it impossible for Ning Wei's speech to reach everyone's ears smoothly. Even the uproar can be heard in the video.

The guests who can participate in this event have at least the most basic scientific literacy, and naturally understand the difficulty of chip technology advancement that many ordinary people know.

Not to mention those bigwigs sitting in the front row.

At this time, even the confused expressions on the faces of these big shots can be seen through the camera.

Really, just confusion.You must know that this is very rare. Generally speaking, these big bosses can really hide their emotions and anger, and any real thoughts are hidden under the invisible mask, so that no one can pry into their true inner thoughts.But today I really can't stretch myself...

The worst possibility is such an abrupt official announcement, which makes people fall into a kind of extreme confusion...

The best performer probably belongs to Tim Cook, the helm of Apple is still calm under the camera.After all, he had been digesting this news for a whole day, and he could accept it no matter how surprised he was.

It's just that for the other people present, they probably only felt that they had heard a miracle, a miracle that made people unable to calm down!Is there such a breakthrough in the process from 180nm to 65nm?Don't you need a little excessive in the middle?

As for the webcast video...

"Hey, 110? Please hurry up, hurry, there are people here who are pretending to be aggressive and can't control it at all!"

"God damn it, I'm also desperate! I can't even do this!"

"Really, I swore to watch Ningwei's video without barrage, but I couldn't help it! The earth can no longer accommodate Dr. Ning!"

"I can't describe my feelings at this time in words. Before, I thought he was complaining, that he might want to get the project, that he wanted to tell everyone how hard the researchers are. I just didn't expect him to pretend force!"

"What the hell is the upgrade from 180 nanometers to 65 nanometers! Has anyone noticed the expressions of the big bosses in the front row? As the saying goes, walking in other people's way makes others have no way to go. Ning always blocks other people's way directly and makes others There is no way out! This position..."

"There's nothing to say, come and talk to me about being awesome!"

"It's the first time I know what it means to have nothing to say! I don't know what to say if I want to say something. This speech really f---ing me up!"

"I finally understand why Ningwei named the chip architecture CNMD. This name must directly describe the mood of the big guys at the scene and me at this time."

Of course there are those who keep calm.

"Is the news true or false? Is Dr. Ning serious?"

"What's going on? When did the laboratory technology upgrade become the same as making rockets? How authentic is it? Didn't you just say it?"

"Do you understand? I heard that people's craft upgrades are based on years. How can we use months as a unit?"

"So can the process upgrade problem be solved only by mathematical models? I have studied mathematical modeling for a while, but I really don't know that mathematical modeling can be used in this way."

"As a non-professional, just ask if you don't understand, what does the 65-nanometer process represent? Why do the faces of the bosses suddenly look ugly?"

However, experts who can answer these questions at this time are probably more confused than ordinary netizens who have doubts.Because they know better how difficult it is.For example, those professors and researchers from the Institute of Microelectronics and the Institute of Semiconductors who were also paying attention to the awards ceremony were probably more confused than those bigwigs at the scene.

What kind of tiger and wolf speech is this? The 180nm process standard of the CNMD architecture has just been obtained and has not been studied clearly. Suddenly the process has been upgraded to 65nm?So what they learn is not as fast as others develop?How do you chase after this?Feeling that the technical information they have studied for a month is out of date?Who are they going to ask for reason?

As for those doctoral students and postgraduates who are still studying materials, let alone those who are in a daze, they don’t know whether they should continue to develop in this direction. The transformation of materials and processes at this speed of advancement, this How else to learn?What will the world be like?Not to mention that advancing from 180 nanometers to 65 nanometers is so scary, and the technology will be iterated every month in the future. Will they have to learn new things again?When will you be able to graduate?!Really, many people want to call their supervisors at this time, asking whether it is too late to change majors and research directions...

A good blue ocean is turned into an abyss, who can bear it?

Of course, Dan Shechtman is almost as depressed as this group of people.

This is an awards ceremony held by the Wolf Foundation. It’s not for the big guys to show off their talents on stage. It’s normal to say some testimonials, and then the symphony orchestra will give a performance at the end. okay?I gave you the chance to perform at the finale, isn't that enough? !Ning Wei is a boss, what are you trying to do!Can't we surrender?

Really, Shechtman already felt that his speech just now was enough to save face for the Wolf Foundation, but now no one probably remembers what he said just now.Everyone is probably shocked by a piece of news that has almost nothing to do with mathematics. No one should pay attention to the so-called first Wolf World Tour Award Ceremony!Everyone will only remember that the Wolf Foundation specially set up the award ceremony in his school for a Chinese boy!

CNMD!

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287 Ginger is still spicy

A few years later, when Dan Shechtman stepped down from the position of chairman of the Wolf Foundation and began to write about his own life, he commented on Ningwei in this way.

"...Speaking of Professor Ning in Huaxia, I feel very complicated. I even want to say something more controversial. For example, I don't think he is a pure scientist. Of course, this description is not to question Professor Ning His academic achievements or his attitude or style towards scientific research, but because of his character! Yes, it can be said to be an extremely bad character."

"This scientist is very good at or likes to take advantage of all opportunities that happen publicly, and uses his way to make competitors feel powerless and hesitant. He never minds what other people think, let alone what partners think. The strange thing is , he can always maximize his own interests through these methods. Maybe his academic achievements are obvious to all the world, but in other respects, this scientist is not as cute as the cat he created. Yes, for some To some he is God, but to others he is Satan!"

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If Mother Ning were to inquire about Dan Shechtman's feelings at this time, she would most likely ignore whether he was the chairman of the Wolf Foundation or not, and would just take off her high heels and throw her at this guy.How dare he describe his son as Satan?Who gave him the guts?

For others, Ning Wei's statement may be in Versailles, which can make people speechless.But for this mother, she only heard about Ningwei's hard work.And it fits perfectly with what the great mother has seen these days...

Yes, when the whole world is noisy or anxious or hesitant or excited or unbelievable because of what Ning Wei said just now, probably only Mother Ning feels sad at this moment, and even wants to cry, with Looking at the silly cat on the screen is a bit unpleasant.

Look, look, what has this world forced his son into?With such a lot of pressure, and being so busy every day, when will this kind of day be a head!This child is really going to get tired and have problems, but what should I do? !

This is probably what Ning's mother was thinking. Compared with Ning Wei's health, living in a villa, participating in such high-end award ceremonies, and being complimented by others are all secondary.She may not want all of these, as long as Ning Wei has a decent income and can live in peace and stability like ordinary people.

"Back then, I told Ning Wei to stay in Jiangcheng University as a professor. How wonderful! If you insist on coming to the capital, look, this is not a human life! Every day is either an office or a laboratory. It seems that the world will leave him alone. There is no way to change it. Chen Shuang, please persuade him in the future, don’t work so hard, it’s good to be a professor at Yanbei University in the future! Don’t do any research, stay up late and work hard. It’s easy to say, when you get old, you will be sick all over.”

So when the noise at the scene was about to lift the ceiling of the century-old auditorium, Ning Ma turned her head and said these words in Jiang Chenshuang's ear.

Jiang Chenshuang was a little taken aback, recalling every detail of her acquaintance and getting along with Ning Wei in her mind.Ning Wei is very tired?It seems that it is.I rush to the R&D center early every day, and it is common to be busy in the office until eleven or two at night.Many times I also do research in the office on weekends.

Most of the dates between the two are also walking by the Weiming Lake, and she likes to quietly listen to Ning Wei describe the grand blueprint for the future.Watching Ning Wei show those little prides in front of her after solving one problem after another.The only thing that confuses her is that Ning Weiming likes the research work very much, every time he looks like he never gets tired of it, how can it be as hard as he just said?

Of course, with Jiang's clean and simple mind, he would never have imagined that Ning Wei on stage would have calculated all of these.Dan Shechtman thought that Ning Wei's remarks were stimulating those industry leaders, but in fact he only saw a little bit.The real situation is that Ning Wei has thought of his own mother's thoughts. If she complains like this, Ning's mother will naturally soften her heart. As long as her mother softens her heart, it will be easy.

He begged Mama Ning to let him and classmate Jiang have a supper with his roommates and brothers, and if he didn't go back to rest at night, the probability of the soft-hearted Mama Ning agreeing would soar!Really, if a group of bigwigs knew that Ning Wei performed so well on the stage of the awards ceremony for the simple purpose of not going home all night, they would probably be so angry that they wanted to vomit blood. It's more complicated than that.

Probably no one would know how many layers of meaning Ning Wei's speech on stage contained.

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Finally, the hustle and bustle of the scene came to an end, and the innocent Ning Wei finally picked up the microphone again: "Everyone, don't be like this, it's getting late, if the award ceremony can't end, the staff in charge of this award ceremony will have to raise their wages .”

Speaking again, the small group of voices were finally suppressed, allowing the awards ceremony to return to its proper order.

"Okay, as I said just now, this is actually not a happy event. Yes, at least it is true for me. You must know that I am just an ordinary doctor with a research topic on my back. I also have Graduation pressure. Everyone knows that it is very difficult to graduate a Ph.D. Consuming brain cells. But I'm getting too much attention on things that have nothing to do with my graduation thesis."

"This is very painful. Because of the 65-nanometer process technology, our worry-free kitten started to be mischievous again, and most of the computing power was consumed by him for further process upgrades. And want to upgrade again , it is no longer the design problem of the md chip itself, but also involves the upgrading of the mechanical products used for preparation and the material industry chain. The scary thing is that it is still trying to guide the entire industry chain in March..."

"Having said so much, do you understand where my pain comes from? But I won this award today. I will hang the medal in my bedroom and let this medal always remind me that I am still a mathematician. As an expert, we should put more energy into the breakthrough of the mathematical theory itself. In view of this, please allow me to thank the Wolf Foundation and the review committee for awarding me this award, and to spur me to continue my research in mathematics. Achievements along the way!"

"Finally, thank you all for the 10 minutes wasted just now, listening to me talking so much nonsense! My speech is over!"

As soon as Ning Wei finished speaking, there was another crisp meow from the loudspeaker: "Meow..."

Then, while everyone was stunned, the kitten on the big screen raised its paws casually, pulled off the tie around its neck, then turned its head, spread its four paws, turned around and ran away, only to see the kitten The figure became smaller and smaller until it disappeared.

Combined with what Ning Wei said just now, this kitten behaved like a little assistant who patiently listened to the speech and then was busy doing scientific research.Of course, everyone knows rationally that this is just animation. After all, artificial intelligence is different from humans.God knows how many computing tasks the artificial intelligence program in control of several supercomputing centers can handle at the same time. As for putting an animation here to listen carefully, it probably needs the least computing power.

If this wasn't a pre-programmed action, it can only be said that March is simply too spiritual.

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"Come on, let me tell you a joke."

Ning Wei's misery at the award acceptance speech finally had a very perfect effect. After dealing with the bosses casually on the stage, he successfully obtained permission in front of Ning's mother to stay out all night. At that moment, Ning Wei only I feel like my life is complete!

At night, in the car, Luo Xiang started his performance, imitating Ning Wei's voice and said: "Everyone knows that it is very difficult to graduate with a Ph. Do it! If I can't graduate, how can I find a job? If I can't find a job, wouldn't I starve to death? Mmp, Lao Ning, can you die if you don't pretend? If you graduate Difficult, other doctoral students don’t want to live! Aren’t you afraid that those brothers in your research center will come back and chop you with knives?”

Luo Xiang's frantic complaints were exchanged for the laughter of everyone in the car.

But Ning Wei just laughed and said nothing. It would be boring to show off in front of his friends. How could he bear to tell these roommates that he was like a devil in the research center? Walking around, how could he still have the intention to trouble him?

"Haha, Lao Ning, what you said was indeed too much. Really, go back and watch the edited video on station b, and fast forward to the time when you said that it is not easy to graduate with a doctor's degree. How many people are there? Greetings to you. Some people complain that it is difficult for you to graduate, and other doctoral students should not live, and some people complain that it is difficult for them to graduate with a doctorate. It is thanks to you, it almost makes me laugh like a fool!" He said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ning Wei couldn't help it anymore, and immediately retorted: "I have a doctorate and I still have time to watch videos on station B, which is enough to show that it is difficult for him to graduate with a doctorate, and it has nothing to do with me!"

"Hey, now there are many highly educated people doing science popularization on station b, okay? There are also professors giving live lectures. Doctoral students can't get knowledge on station b? But to be honest, Lao Ning, I'm really for you I feel worried about your security! By the way, you really didn’t see it. When you said that the md chip has advanced to 65 nanometers, the face of the big boss of Intel turned green. You have to be careful and safe, and judge others by yourself , If I were those big bosses, I would have the heart to buy murder!" After the joke, Luo Xiang said with emotion.

Ning Wei subconsciously glanced at Liu Wei in the driver's seat, and said nonchalantly: "Don't be afraid, you have to have confidence in our strength. As long as I stay in Huaxia honestly, it's not a big problem. I plan to wait for the big Give him a chip when the boss leaves."

"By the way, Lao Ning, can the md chip designed by you and Sanyue be used as a CPU?" Liu Cong asked when it came to business.

Ning Wei nodded and said: "Of course, but that's really not something I worry about. There will be a connection with Huawei, but don't expect too much. It will take at least one or two years. The industrial environment and the laboratory The environment is different. If we really want to make a 65nm cpu chip, there is too much preparatory work to be done in the early stage. Someone needs to do the design and instruction set. It's a problem with the yield rate."

"In addition, we need to find a reliable or self-built foundry, and solve the problems of the upstream and downstream supply chain. It's troublesome. In short, I really won't interfere in these things. We need to continue to promote the development of cpu and gpu, like Huawei Large companies such as Apple, Intel, and Apple can only succeed by playing crowd tactics, and I can’t do it alone if I am exhausted.”

"Isn't there an assistant in March!" Luo Xiang asked.

Ning Wei explained: "If March can directly design the chip, it will be against the sky. March is more about assistance, such as marking out unreasonable places in the design drawing through digital simulation, and giving some optimization and improvement. Suggestion. After all, this is a brand new structure, and there is not much data for reference in the March database. But in the future, when this kind of chip is actually made and the March database is enriched, maybe it can really help to design the next generation of chips."

The girls finally couldn't hold it anymore, and Xu Mo, who had the hottest personality, was the first to speak: "Okay, Luo Xiang, you really don't know how much you weigh? After attending an awards ceremony, you're going to drift away? Dare you?" Have you discussed with Mr. Ning about scientific and technological issues? Who gave you the courage."

Even his girlfriend Jiajia echoed: "That's right, Luo Xiang, I think you really don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth! Thank you for helping us vividly demonstrate what it means to be an axe. Sincerely give you a suggestion, you can do it when you are a scientist. Don't ask, today's theme is reminiscing about the old days! I've already talked about Ning Wei's testimonials, but I'm tired of researching these things, and you're still making trouble here."

"Okay, let's not talk about these things, let's talk about Ning Wei, we have graduated now, so we don't drink too much wine today, a bottle of beer is fine!" Luo Xiang patted Ning Wei on the shoulder and said.

"I don't drink alcohol when I eat with others. Of course it's different from you. One bottle is not enough. At least two bottles today!"

"It doesn't matter if you drink too much or not, I'm afraid that you will be called away after eating half of your meal just after you are out of the limelight today!" Liu Cong said with emotion.

"Don't worry, the phone is turned off! I'm afraid I'll be found, so I asked Brother Liu to turn the phone to silent. Today is the king of heaven and I'm here, let's eat supper to our heart's content!"

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Soon, Liu Wei drove steadily to a well-known Wangjing barbecue restaurant, so this barbecue restaurant hand-picked by Ning Wei had a very good business that night.Indeed, all the tables were fully occupied after Ningwei and his group walked into the store, but the atmosphere was extremely harmonious. Most people just sat there quietly eating skewers, only a few young people at a table in the corner People were joking with each other wantonly there, recalling the past, and talking about some jokes that still had a youthful taste...

Even the clerks at this barbecue restaurant felt that something was wrong.

Really, this is not a high-end dining place, and there has never been a time when so many high-quality diners were welcomed at one time.Even if the dine-in table is overcrowded and the barbecue speed cannot keep up, no one is urging, and apart from the couple of young men and women in the corner, there is not even a table of diners who have ordered alcoholic drinks. A group of young men are sitting at their respective tables. Quietly eating skewers, drinking drinks, occasionally speaking, but also in a soft voice, as if afraid of disturbing something...

Heck!

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Heck!

At this time, it is definitely not only the waiters in the barbecue restaurant who feel the same.

In fact, Liu Cong's judgment was correct. If Ning Wei turned on the phone at this time, the text message notification tone would definitely ring non-stop. The countless missed calls and text messages were enough to cast a haze on this happy night.Of course, Ning Wei definitely doesn't care too much.

Liu Wei also received a lot of calls, but as he said to Ning Wei before, his most important task is to ensure Ning Wei's safety, and he doesn't care about others at all, so as long as Ning Wei is still under his nose and does what he does. If things do not affect personal safety, then this lawless master has no objection to what he wants to do, and he will carry it out unconditionally.

So Lao Tian couldn't keep his hair. With such a student, the pressure is really great!

Calls come in one after another, and they are all inconvenient to hang up. He has to explain to these people one by one that Ningwei is not very clear about the research progress of the chip, but since Ningwei dares to announce it on an occasion like today, it must be It's true so...

Yes, Ning Wei left behind a piece of news that made countless bosses boil, and then slipped out to play with his former roommates. In order not to be disturbed, he even turned off his mobile phone, so the pressure can only let his teacher Take it first.

For Tian Yanzhen, on this big night, he had to deal with not only the domestic bigwigs, but also the guests who came to watch the ceremony.When those big bosses who want money, money, and power propose to have a cordial meeting with Ning Wei, talk by candlelight at night, and discuss the future development direction of science and technology, it is easy to experience what kind of anxiety is missing. .

Called and told that the phone was turned off, but no one answered Liu Wei, Tian Yanzhen went to ask Father Ning specifically, but the answer he got broke him even more.

"Ning Wei, this kid went out to play with his roommate in Jiang University, and he said just now that he would not come back at night. Well, the award ceremony has already passed, is there anything important to ask him?"

What can Oda say?Lao Tian had nothing to say at all!

This night, Lao Tian also realized that being a tutor for a student like Ning Wei is destined to bear the pressure, and he must forgive the child for his occasional petulance.This also directly led to a subtle change in Lao Tian's attitude towards international friends.

The response was also more direct: "Mr. Kelsinger, Ning Wei has no time to talk to you today. He is actually a child, and today is also a very important day in his life for him, so he went to celebrate with his classmates. His speech today actually expressed an attitude. In terms of your lifestyle, he hopes that life can be separated from work. Obviously, evening is his life time. If you really want to meet him, wait until tomorrow .”

Heck!

This kid left this sentence when he delivered his acceptance speech and went out to celebrate? !

But in the end, Pat Kelsinger couldn't say anything more. As Tian Yanzhen said, work and life should be separated.What can he do?It must be that he couldn't sleep well, so Pat Kelsinger took the initiative to come to Tim Cook's room at night.

There is no doubt that this move is psychologically inappropriate, but there is nothing he can do about it.As a newly appointed CEO, Pat Kelsinger is undoubtedly very embarrassing. When he is most eager and indeed needs to make achievements to prove himself, he even exhausted almost all of Intel's technical reserves. Launched the best product in history, but bad news came one after another.

Really, Pat Kelsinger thinks he needs some advice, even if Tim Cook made a bad start, and even many times he feels that it is this self-willed guy who pushes many friends and businessmen into a dilemma situation.But now he really needs an old-timer in the industry to help him guide him. Obviously, among the big bosses visiting this time, Tim Cook is definitely the most suitable candidate.

This domineering president who has controlled Apple for more than ten years has single-handedly created an era. No matter how the outside world evaluates it, as a colleague, Pat Kelsinger knows how difficult it is to achieve this.In this dilemma, he felt that Tim Cook might be able to give him some inspiration.

"Tim, do you believe what Ning said in his acceptance speech?"

With whiskey in hand, Pat Kelsinger kept his tone as calm as if he were chatting with an old friend.

"It doesn't make much sense to believe or not to believe at this time. In fact, we can think about it differently. If you are not sure, will you declare in public that Intel has mastered a technology that does not exist?"

Tim Cook clasped his hands together and responded casually.

He was not surprised by Pat Kelsinger's visit. After all, he had spent a whole day more thinking time than the man in front of him. In fact, since Ning Wei heard the amazing news, Tim Cook I have been thinking about the future structure of the semiconductor market, because this is not only a problem that Intel has to face, but also involves Apple's future development and the choice of supply chain.

Any disturbance in the semiconductor market will have a profound impact on the future, not to mention the innovation of new materials and technologies.This of course involves the current semiconductor giant Intel.

Tim Cook even put himself in Pat Kelsinger's place to think about the future of the giant.The answer was not optimistic.The essence of the market in the high-tech field is the competition of technology accumulation. Otherwise, why do high-tech companies invest huge amounts of money in research and development every year?No one is a fool to start a company on their scale, and no one will do unprofitable things.

"But it doesn't make sense," Pat Kelsinger said.

"There are actually many unreasonable things in this world, and they vary from person to person. It seems that things we are used to, but in the eyes of Chinese people, they are not in line with common sense. But this kind of complaint is of no avail. In fact, the so-called unreasonable may be just you I feel unaccustomed, after all, we have been ahead of the whole world for more than 100 years, and now we are suddenly behind in an important field, and the discomfort caused interferes with your judgment!" Tim Cook said pointedly.