Hammer of Technology

In fact, in this world, when two-dimensional silicon chips have almost reached the limit of Moore's Law, it also means that the performance of general-purpose processors has almost reached the limit.For the market, the demand is basically saturated. Even Intel's own development of Intel IA64 for the high-end server market failed to attract attention in the market due to various problems, let alone other instruction sets.

PowerPC, which also focuses on the high-end server market, is backed by super-large companies such as IBM and Apple. It once had a glorious time, but because a single host provides super performance, it has gradually been replaced by clusters composed of large quantities of cheap x86 servers. However, the replacement of the mainframe market by the cluster directly led to an increase in development costs, and the development force began to weaken. In the end, Apple's Mac had to give up PowerPC and transfer to x86.

To put it bluntly, developing an instruction set is a thankless task, which is why a group of people insist that they can buy other people's instruction sets for their own use.The market demand is already full, and it is said to be a technical problem, but in fact it will eventually be transformed into a market problem, the simplest such as the operating system.

The instruction set at the mobile phone level is okay. Huawei's Hongmeng system has already been issued on a large scale, especially the smart upgrade of this generation, which further expands the influence of the Hongmeng system.But at the PC level, whether the design of a new instruction set can be used with Windows requires the cooperation of Microsoft. If Microsoft does not cooperate, then the new chip requires a new operating system to cooperate, which is another troublesome matter.

This is also the reason why Ning Wei didn't want to take care of this matter before and temporarily refused to call the professionals to have a meeting together.Because he doesn't have a complete idea at this time, he must make his own instruction set, otherwise he will be restricted everywhere in the future.After all, he is used to people smiling at him, so he is no longer good at begging for help with his face down.

If a new operating system is to be developed, in theory, the market size of Greater China should be sufficient. Since some people also think that China must have its own instruction set, it means that they must have considered the issue of the operating system. .

I don't hold meetings or meet up for the time being, simply because Ning Wei doesn't want his own thinking to be restricted by other people's thinking.

and so……

It's really hard...

……

At the same time, the outstanding students in Ning's class also felt that it was too difficult for them.

Are they really discussing the topic with Professor Ning? How can the instructor say that they violated discipline and were still playing with their mobile phones when they should be sleeping?

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338 How is the weather in Seattle?

"Reporting to the instructor, we are indeed studying, not playing with mobile phones. To be precise, we are discussing some university mathematics topics with Professor Ning in the WeChat group. I don't believe you can read our chat records."

As the squad leader, after being trained in the barracks, Chen Diancheng stood up and began to explain, then handed over his mobile phone.

If these were really his own soldiers, Instructor Li would have picked up the phone and thrown it aside, but these are students from the Ning class, and they just mentioned their Professor Ning...

In fact, this Instructor Li refused to take over the status of Ning Ban's military training instructor.

There is no other reason. The officer has repeatedly told him that the children of the Ningban are treasures, so for the military training of the Ningban, it is necessary to ensure the quality of the training, let these children deeply understand the importance of discipline and unity, and exercise their will. The military training process is meaningful.At the same time, we must take proper care of the children's bodies and emotions... In a word, these children are all treasures, so take it easy...

Anyone who does things knows that once the leader's request is not only what, how, but also what, what, it is the most troublesome task.

But there is no way, what the barracks pay attention to is unconditional obedience to orders, not to mention the words of the superiors, entrusting Ning Ban to him is because he is optimistic about his ability.However, during this period of time, I have been with these children day and night. In fact, Instructor Li feels that dealing with children with high IQs is not as difficult as imagined. As long as the discipline is emphasized, the patterned things can actually be learned very quickly.

Of course, discipline is still a headache. For example, mobile phones are not allowed in military camps, but it is impossible for these students to completely break away from mobile phones for half a month. They can only turn a blind eye, but today is a little too much. When it's bedtime, so many people are still on their phones.

……

Instructor Li took the phone, turned it up and down, glanced at the chat content and time in the WeChat group, and didn't really want to say anything.

The Professor Ning in the WeChat group should most likely be Ning Wei, after all, those questions and the enthusiasm of a group of children to solve the problems seem dazzling, even a bit bullying.

Is this teaching students in WeChat groups during military training?It's not very worrying from top to bottom.

So in the end the mobile phone was still in Chen Diancheng's hands, and then instructor Li said very calmly: "Forget it this time, but it's only this time, and the next time is not an example. I will report to the leader and let them communicate with Professor Ning. For you, learning There are still four years, and there are only a few days left in the military training, you still have to observe discipline, sleep now!"

"Yes, Instructor!"

The confident and uniform answers made Instructor Li feel a lot better.Anyway, the momentum is still in place.

But when he turned and left, after a while of silence, the discipline in the barracks was still broken.

"Squad leader, what's the situation with Ningshe?"

"That's right, why don't we know?"

"After discussing with several class cadres, I just established a community organization that has not been reported yet, so I haven't had time to tell everyone."

"Squad leader, this is your fault. Our Ning class is a complete group. As a result, we don't know anything about our group, and the teacher knows it. This is a bit hurtful."

"Hey, don't talk about it, everyone. I'm to blame for this. The squad leader said that our Ning class has so many scholarships, so I hope that the initiators of our Ning Society can use part of the scholarship as the operating expenses of the Ning Society in the future. I'm stuck. The money was not enough, so I called my family during dinner and asked them to call me the money, but my mother went to ask Tutor Zhou, and the teacher found out." Qiu Ruimao said frankly and unhappily.

When everyone was discussing the topic just now, he was complaining about his mother. After all, the class leader said that this matter should be kept secret first.

"I said what's going on, but I can't blame you for this matter, Qiu Ruimao. After all, 7 is not a small sum. It's normal for Auntie to ask. I didn't think carefully. In fact, think about it carefully, now Ningshe has just been established , We are just freshmen, so it is impossible to find a good project quickly, so the social fee can be paid after receiving the scholarship." Chen Diancheng also opened his mouth to reflect.

"What activities do you want to stop by paying so much money?"

"The squad leader said that Ningshe's program is to promote the progress of China's science and technology. We just take part of the scholarship and use it to incubate some campus projects. Think about it, if Ningshe really develops in the future, we can also If Professor Ning has a project belonging to the Ning Society, even if it is not as good as the turbulence algorithm and the three-dimensional silicon-through-tube chip, as long as it is recognized, who would dare to underestimate our Ning class?"

"It makes sense to say that. I also want to sign up. The registration fee is just enough on my card."

"No, except for the initiator, everyone else only needs to pay 20.00% of the scholarship, which means that no matter how many scholarships they get in the future, they will have to pay 20.00% as the incubation fee."

"I would like to ask about that. If, according to what Instructor Zhou said before, the Ning class may have a 50.00% elimination rate, which means that after the sophomore year, 50.00% may be diverted to other majors. Then the problem arises. If I joined the Ning Society when I was in the Ning Class, what if the grades are not up to the standard and you are diverted?"

"That's a good question, but Yang Chao, you haven't figured it out. Our Ning club doesn't mean that only students from the Ning class are eligible to join, but like other clubs, we also recruit students from other departments. It's just that there are differences in grade points. High requirements, first of all, you must be able to get a scholarship to be eligible to apply. So even if you are diverted from the Ningban in the future, it will not affect the membership of the Ningshe. Everyone is still in the same club and working hard for the same goal. .”

"You can have this. The 20.00% of the scholarship is that as long as you get the scholarship, you have to report it to the organization, right?"

"Well, that's almost what it means. But there is one thing to say, although our original intention is not to make money, but if our Ning Society really hatches a good project in the future, we will definitely return some benefits to everyone and establish a society. The purpose is not to just ask for it, my ultimate goal is to build a platform that can reflect the academic appeal of Ningban, and then pass it on from generation to generation.”

"Old Chen, why don't you say that you can be the squad leader? That's a good idea. Anyway, I definitely want to join. I got a scholarship of 20.00, and [-]% is [-]. I want to join the club. Who will pay the money?"

"Yes, I want to join too."

"Well, I want to too!"

……

"Calm down, everyone. Professor Ning's attitude has not been determined yet. Let's wait a few days and see how Professor Ning's attitude is."

"Hey, class monitor, this is your fault. It's a good thing and we are all voluntary. As long as the regulations are set, Professor Ning will definitely not object. Besides, Professor Ning is different from other teachers. He must understand. our."

"That's right, old class, you have to take responsibility!"

"What are you afraid of? When Professor Ning really blames you, you can say that this is the idea of ​​all the students in our Ning class. Professor Ning has already said that our Ning class is going to be a world-class class group, and we must do something different. things come out."

"Seconded……"

In this way, in the barracks, Chen Diancheng was directly put on the shelf with your words and my words. At this time, even if he wanted to retreat, it seemed that he would not be able to do so.

So the squad leader of Ning class gritted his teeth and said: "That's all right. After the military training is over, we will count how many people in the class are willing to join the Ning Society. If it exceeds 80.00%, even if Professor Ning objects, we will Get this done. These days, everyone is thinking about whether to do this or not."

……

In the lab, Ning Wei, who spent the whole night, already has a relatively in-depth understanding of the instruction set.

In fact, Ning Wei has already learned about this since he decided to start EDA at Jiangda University. When he was making [-]D silicon-through-tube chips at Yanbei University, although he made radio frequency chips at that time, he also considered the future use of this technology. Design large CPUs.So it didn't take long, and Ning Wei had already figured out the purely technical issue.

Of course, this does not mean that Ningwei will be able to design an efficient and compatible instruction set immediately, but this process will not take too much time with the assistance of March and countless experts.

Now Ningwei has to consider the market, especially for the design of the PC-side CPU instruction set, whether Microsoft can support it, there will be two sets of design solutions with completely different directions.

So Ning Wei feels that he needs to understand Microsoft's thinking now.For example, whether the relationship between Microsoft and Intel is as unbreakable as ever.

Although Ning Wei has always been very clear that he does not understand business logic, he feels that in this era of rapid change, Microsoft's thinking should also change in line with the times.Obviously, the previous combination of Intel and Microsoft is no longer the most perfect combination in the industry. If Microsoft can actively embrace changes, it should be very interested in the latest chip technology...

I just don’t know if the current CEO of Microsoft has ever learned the philosophy of materialism, and whether he knows how to look at problems from the perspective of development, which is very important.After all, the thoughts of the person at the helm of a company can largely determine the company's development prospects.Whether it is a small company that has just started a business or a large company such as Microsoft or Intel, it is actually the same.

For example, Ning Wei admires Apple's Tim Cook and Ericsson's very powerful chairman. These two are standard heroes.

He hopes that Satya Nadella can also be this kind of hero, so that a lot of things can be saved.When writing the PC CPU instruction set, it is enough to only consider the efficiency, and the interface adapted to the operating system can be directly in accordance with the various standards of windows.The biggest advantage is that it will not be like the CPU developed by Huaxia itself, because there is no system adaptation, or because of user habits, the chip will not be competitive in the market.

As for how to know whether Satya Nadella is a hero, it is actually very simple.

Ning Wei's address book happened to have the contact information of this boss, both by email and by phone.However, the phone call is for the public. Fortunately, even if the time difference is counted, today is the working day on the other side. After thinking for a while, he decided to take the initiative to call the helm of the super software company.

"I'm going to make a call to the boss of Microsoft." Ning Wei said.

The picture is actually a bit weird, Liu Wei doesn’t need to follow closely in the base, people are resting in the next room, Ning Wei’s office is empty, there is only one computer running there, it’s obviously not talking to himself at this time Talking, in fact, can be quite scary.

Fortunately, there is still a kitten on the computer screen...

"Meow……"

"We can ask first, if we make our own CPU in the future, will they take action to support us? I think it may not be optimistic. If that is the case, we have to make an operating system. But the desktop general-purpose operating system, Usage habits are a big problem, and many of the interaction methods we take for granted have already been patented, it is very troublesome to re-create an operating system, and it is even more troublesome to cultivate user habits.”

"Meow……"

"Well, it seems that you agree with my idea, so I'll make a call first and ask. Call Mr. Nadella for me."

"Meow……"

"Well, you dial the number and let me talk. If that Mr. Nadella refuses, he will offend both of us at the same time. Are you right, March?"

"Meow..." Sanyue stopped licking its little paws, raised her head and stared at Ningwei, her eyes widened, probably saying such shameless words, how did you come up with that?

But the next moment, Ningwei's phone still responded and started dialing smoothly...

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Seeing Ningwei's call on the phone, Satya Nadella was a little surprised.

The chairman and CEO of Microsoft is preparing for a morning meeting.

About two years ago, on the basis of being the CEO, he was appointed as the chairman of Microsoft at the same time. This is the first time since Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates resigned from the position of CEO in 2000. two positions.

This is also the recognition of Microsoft shareholders for his seven years of work.

Although when it comes to Microsoft now, ordinary people still think of products such as windows and surface at the first time, but in fact Microsoft has already expanded its business scope a lot under his leadership, such as Azure cloud computing, productivity and game departments Both have grown considerably during the years when Satya Nadella took control of Microsoft.

At the same time, he also led the acquisition of Minecraft, LinkedIn, GitHub, and gaming giant ZeniMax.The meeting he is about to hold today is how Microsoft can speed up its deployment in the Metaverse world while avoiding risks.

Yes, almost all technology companies are unwilling to miss the feast of the metaverse.

After all, the overall economic downturn in the world has been relatively serious in recent years, and it is also accompanied by inflation problems, which is very troublesome.Technology equity capital can be the most perfect safe haven, but it is challenged by the March Smart Platform, which directly causes technology companies such as them to be trembling. Once questioning the operation, every company is now carefully planning...

This is indeed a very annoying thing.

Especially for Microsoft, the revenue of Azure cloud computing and game department has accounted for an increasing proportion of total revenue, and these two businesses are closely related to China. Azure cloud computing needs the support of turbulence algorithms, and the world recognizes that the direction of future games will definitely require the support of artificial intelligence platforms, so Microsoft has actually been in touch with Huawei.

But it is actually very difficult to really want to cooperate, and the progress of the negotiations is difficult, which also makes Satya Nadella feel exhausted.On the one hand, it is the pressure from the company founder and spiritual leader, on the other hand, including him, he also feels that it is too much to share a lot of sensitive data to join the platform...

Although the March Smart Platform has the same requirements for franchisees, everyone contributes data to the platform and then shares the results.But this sounds good, who can believe that the final profit model set by the platform must be fair?

How should I put it, this does not conform to their business logic and thinking.

After all, the intelligent platform is still in the hands of Huaxia people, so the result sharing model finally defined by this model will naturally not be so convincing.

At the same time, Satya Nadella also knew that Intel's Pat and Google's Sundar went to Huawei to pay a visit to Ningwei, but he did not move, because the invisible barriers of the operating system are actually higher than the chips; Yes, he intends to see if Pat can get enough benefits by going to negotiate with Sundar.

It now appears that Pat's trip to China was fruitless, and Sundar's current negotiations with China are also stuck on how to define important and sensitive data.In other words, the two sides are still unable to reconcile on the issue of data after all.

Of course, it can also be said that the psychological gap is difficult to reconcile.Why does the other party want those research data so stubbornly?And it's not as simple as wanting data, but also wanting the right to speak!

So Satya Nadella decided to take another look to see how the situation will develop in the future, and then make the most favorable decision. This is why he did not arrange a trip to China in the short term.

But Ning Wei took the initiative to call...

Of course I still have to pick it up.

Listen to what the genius scientist in Huaxia who is said to be indifferent to oil and salt has to say.

But before answering Ningwei's call, he first greeted the secretary outside the door: "I have a very important call, if this call exceeds the meeting time, don't remind me, go tell them, let them Wait for me in the meeting room."

After explaining, Satya Nadella pressed the call button.

How should I put it, the timing of the connection was quite coincidental. Basically, Ning Wei's patience was exhausted. Just before he was about to hang up the phone, the phone suddenly connected, and then a very standard American English came from the opposite side.

"Hello, Ning, this call surprised me, what's the matter?"

"Hi Mr. Nadella, how's the weather in Seattle today?"

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339 Mutual trust is too difficult

Although it was unnatural, even very blunt, but asking how the weather was like when he opened his mouth was actually Ning Wei showing his favor.

Well, Ning Wei has to admit that he has never been the kind of person who is very good at socializing, most of the time he does it rashly, but now most of the people around him are very tolerant of him.

People who really know how to socialize, there is a high probability that it is impossible for them to lose the opportunity for research that should belong to them at the university level.A large part of this is due to Lao Ning, and this father's social skills are also not very good.

But for Satya Nadella, this greeting about the weather is really abrupt. It is said that Chinese people should not say "Have you eaten yet?"

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"The weather is pretty good today. The sun is bright and the humidity is good. It's very suitable for going out and playing." Although he felt a little bit surprised, Satya Nadella responded immediately.

"So you're still in the office, right?"

"Your words make me suspect that there is an artificial intelligence monitoring my every move."

"Haha, Mr. Nadella, you are so humorous. This is of course impossible. This is the rhythm of many people's speech. When a person says a certain time or the weather is particularly suitable for doing something, he often likes to follow it with a counter-argument." Turn, it’s a pity that I can’t do this for various reasons. For example, the weather in Seattle today is very good, suitable for going out, but it’s a weekday.”

"Well, Ning, you are right, I am indeed in the office, preparing for a meeting in 10 minutes."