Hammer of Technology

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Ning Wei felt good at the beginning, for example, the communication between the two was very easy. The only bad thing is that the last sentence seems to emphasize that he only has 10 minutes, which seems a bit strong, but it seems to be enough.

"Okay, then I won't waste time, Mr. Nadella, you should know that my laboratory has developed a three-dimensional silicon-through-tube technology. This technology was used to produce radio frequency chips before. This piece It can be said that it is very mature. Next, we hope to use this technology to try to develop larger integrated chips, such as CPUs and GPUs."

"Let's put it this way, we plan to redesign a set of instruction sets and architectures based on the characteristics of [-]D silicon-through-silicon tubes. This involves the operating system at the PC level. I think so. If Microsoft is willing to cooperate with our company, When we design the instruction set, we can refer to some standards of Microsoft to adapt our products to the Windows series of operating systems."

"If this path does not work, then when designing the instruction set, we may have to start research on the PC-side operating system. After all, from my point of view, I don't want chips using new technologies to be manufactured in the future. Received a cold reception in the market. In fact, Pat came to China before, and I talked with him face to face, but we didn't have a good chat."

"So the question now is, Mr. Nadella, is Microsoft willing to form a mutual promotion and mutual benefit partnership with us like Microsoft and Intel? Of course, I don't mean to let Microsoft choose one or the other. I just hope that in the future The version change of the Windows series can support our chips, and we can also support Microsoft to develop products similar to Surface in the future, the difference is probably to use our CPU, what do you think of this suggestion?"

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Ning Wei's words made Satya Nadella a little bit incompetent.

How about just asking him this suggestion without any foreplay?To be honest, Satya Nadella thinks this proposal is really not very good.

This is not the case in negotiations. Since it is cooperation, who is the subject of cooperation?What benefits can the cooperation between the two parties bring to Microsoft?Simply put, why should Windows support your new chip?These things are not discussed, so why does Microsoft want to destroy the relationship with Intel?

From Ningwei's point of view, he didn't think so much, he just asked, if Microsoft thinks there is value in cooperation between the two parties, then naturally someone will talk about it, and Ningwei will definitely not participate in this negotiation process.If Microsoft feels that there is no value for cooperation, then he will follow a more complicated direction, which is nothing more than developing a set of operating systems to match its own chips.

Although the process is definitely difficult, as long as someone is willing to do it, it should be possible.Of course, this is nonsense. Anything can be done if someone is willing to do it.The key is to make people willing to do it.

Ningwei doesn’t know much about the market, but he feels that he is very good at starting and making some groundbreaking things, so that everyone can feel that this thing has great market value in the future, so that no one is afraid that no one will be willing to do it.

In short, two people have two completely different modes of thinking, which is very distressing, especially for Satya Nadella.

If cooperation can gain more benefits, of course it is possible.Moreover, redesigning a set of instruction sets and then designing the architecture, and finally solving a series of technical problems for the chip to be launched, generally speaking, it should be a long research and development process. As long as the process is long enough, it may be possible to obtain enough benefits first. As for the final Whether this can be done is another matter.

So after struggling and distressing, Satya Nadella suddenly felt that this matter could be discussed, and it could be discussed in depth.

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"Microsoft has many partners, not just Intel. If Huaxia can design a CPU that is better than Intel, of course we are willing to cooperate. If the [-]D silicon-through-tube chip technology can design a CPU product that meets Microsoft's standards, of course we will Willing to support CPU products with new structure."

Satya Nadella spoke carefully and slowly, because he needed time to think about how to use this opportunity to gain enough benefits.Then use the time difference to make Microsoft invincible.In a few seconds, he has thought of three options, but he still needs time to weigh which option is more beneficial to Microsoft and easier for the other party to accept.

It's just that his voice just paused, and before he continued to express his thoughts, the other party threw out his own plan: "That's it, that's great. Then, then, I will contact the relevant unit to contact you later, everyone sign A contract and a licensing agreement. After you provide us with the source code of the latest Windows version, our cooperation will be officially concluded. By the way, if you don’t need the server version, you can’t use it.”

This……

Satya Nadella finally understands why everyone doesn't like talking to the Chinese guy opposite.

This mode of conversation really simplifies complexity.

"Ning, I have to say that your idea is very efficient, but please understand that Microsoft is not my Microsoft alone, but the Microsoft of all Microsoft shareholders. So this is not something I can directly decide. In fact, if To take the risk of our once very happy partner and open up a new partner for such a major matter, we need enough reasons to convince Microsoft's major shareholders."

"Not to mention having to take out the source code directly, in fact we have source code specifically provided to OEM partners, these are part of our shared source program, including hardware drivers, USB and WiFi, and supporting OneCore kernel source code, etc. Of course, if we want to start cooperation, once your CPU architecture is designed, our engineers can also guarantee to make things that support the new kernel. But the key point is to pass this issue at the meeting, I So you should understand, right? Ning..."

Of course Ning Wei understands, as everyone commented before, in fact, Ning Wei has always been able to perform very high in emotional intelligence, but there is no need for that.

"Of course, Mr. Nadella, but don't you really think that if this cooperation can be facilitated, Microsoft will get many benefits? First of all, the biggest advantage is that we will not be tossing about the operating system. You should know our scientific research reserves Strength and market. If we really start to make efforts in the general-purpose operating system, it means that Microsoft will face extremely strong competition in the future.”

"Second, provide us with the source code. These source codes are still protected by intellectual property rights. We will also optimize these source codes. In addition to completely repairing the bugs we have mastered, we can also provide some major innovations. , such as integrating a more advanced voice assistant system to make Windows smarter, and of course these innovations can also be fed back to Microsoft.”

"Third, after accepting the Windows source code, I can introduce Microsoft to join our Intelligent Platform Alliance. The source code that has been announced to us can be attributed to the data contributed by Microsoft in the platform, so that Microsoft can enjoy the future of the Intelligent Platform Alliance. A series of benefits that members can enjoy, including but not limited to the metaverse process you are planning and so on."

"Mr. Nadella, you have to know that it will only become more and more difficult to join our March Intelligent Platform Alliance in the future. In order to avoid trouble this time, it can be said that this is the most important choice for Microsoft. I believe you must have A way to convince those shareholders of Microsoft."

How should I put it, Ning Wei's determined tone and confidence made Satya Nadella feel a little speechless.

At this moment, he really wanted to talk to Ning Wei about the history of Microsoft, so that the young scientist could understand how much effort a company that has been researching operating systems for decades has put in.

I even want to tell Ning Wei which well-known large companies Microsoft has cooperated with on many platforms before the NT series platform, and the current cross-platform win10 system, as well as the countless software and hardware manufacturers surrounding Microsoft, were established. For the ecological environment of windows.

Can you fiddle with an operating system that can compete with windows?Ah……

But these words could not be said after all, after all, the opposite was a young man who created a miracle of goodwill, and the last two were indeed attractive, but the attraction was not enough to make Microsoft's heart flutter.

"Ning, your thinking is too simple..."

"No, no, Mr. Nadella, I actually think very clearly. I have discussed with March for a long time before I came to the conclusion."

"Well, why don't I establish a principle first. Our source code cannot be provided to you all. Under this principle, maybe we can find a way of cooperation that is acceptable to both parties." Satya Nadella The bottom line is given.

Ning Wei was silent for a moment, and then said: "Actually, I don't really want those source codes, I just have a little doubt. You also know, starting from the instruction set design, to the structure, to the design and production of chips, We have to repeat tape-out testing to find bugs until we finally produce a finished CPU. This series of processes is still controllable. Next, we will negotiate with many hardware manufacturers to persuade them to accept our CPU products and start a new production line design. And produce a companion product to match this new CPU..."

"This is a relatively long process. Then the problem comes. If you suddenly change your mind after we have done all this, or the lion opens its mouth and asks us for more, it means that the initial investment It’s all in vain. We have to push the instruction set to redesign to adapt to the new operating system, or at that time, we will start to find a way to design an operating system that can match our hardware, even if it is impossible to say I also ask you, after all, when designing the instruction set, many of them are done with reference to your standards."

"This is very difficult. Or you don't need the source code. How can you guarantee that after our CPU is produced, Microsoft will follow the agreement so that windows can perfectly support our CPU? If you can convince me on this point, It can also be discussed.”

Ning Wei's words made Satya Nadella laugh: "Ha, Ning, you are destined to be a great scientist, but I think you are too suspicious. Microsoft has always attached great importance to the agreements we signed. Any contract. As long as we can determine the various cooperation matters and proceed step by step according to the contract, we will definitely be able to cooperate very happily in the end. This is a world of rules after all. And we still have a lot of cooperation in China. market."

Ning Wei also smiled: "Heh...Mr. Nadella, don't make trouble, if the contract is really so binding, how can you have so many lawsuits to fight? How can there be so many breaches of contract in this world? What happened in the court? From the perspective of businessmen, whether to continue to abide by the contract, isn’t it based on whether the benefits of breaching the contract are greater than the benefits of continuing to perform the contract?”

"Not to mention that as long as it is a contract, there are force majeure clauses, such as pressure from the government. If you think that the words printed on paper can make me feel at ease, then you really underestimate me. Although I am a scientist, I I feel that if breaking the contract can make the project I am in charge of completed better and faster, I will not hesitate to break the contract.”

"Take a step back, you are a CEO who pays great attention to credibility, and you will definitely guarantee your firm support for the performance of the contract, but when that time comes, Microsoft's board of directors fires you and replaces you with a new CEO, you can't make the decision Yes, sorry to say to me, who do I go to? You also said just now that Microsoft is not your own Microsoft, but the majority of shareholders’ Microsoft... right? "

This is the benefit of distrusting each other. You can talk about everything without embarrassment. It's really cool to be a real villain, at least it's much better than a hypocrite.

Satya Nadella was silent even longer.

He wanted to seize this opportunity, but it was impossible to directly provide the source code of the system to the other party.He didn't even think about trying to convince the board, because he didn't think he should.

What was even more troubling was that some of Ning Wei's words hit his mind.

He is 57 years old this year, and if there are no accidents, he plans to retire at the age of 65 to enjoy life.Of course, if there is an accident, it doesn't matter if you retire two years earlier.

A CPU with a new material and structure has been designed from the instruction set to the final test. It is already an extraordinary speed to complete it within his tenure.If he can enjoy enough benefits during his tenure, whether the contract will continue to be performed after he retires from his current position is not something he needs to pay attention to.

But now it seems that everyone is actually quite shameless.This is very annoying.

However, before he could think about how to word words to dispel Ning Wei's doubts, or what could be compromised, Ning Wei spoke.

"Forget it, forget it, Mr. Nadella, I probably understand, you don't think it's a good idea to cooperate with us, it's a pity. Let's do it today, you probably have a week to think it over, because after a week Our instruction set is about to be formally approved.”

"If you think that Microsoft's principles can be adjusted downward, such as providing us with complete source code, my previous guarantee is still valid within a week, and there is no need to choose after more than a week. There is a saying in Huaxia that there is no turning back. 10 The minute is up, goodbye, Mr. Nadella, I won't delay your meeting."

As soon as this sentence fell, Satya Nadella heard a busy tone of "beep" from the phone.

Satya Nadella glanced at the time subconsciously. Sure enough, the time card was just right. For a while, the CEO of Microsoft almost thought that the young man on the other side was going to have a meeting, or that the other side could really develop a not-inferior technology in a short time. on Windows operating system?

Of course, at this time, Satya Nadella will definitely not make another phone call immediately. It was originally a matter of begging, and he didn't want to be too urgent. Maybe he would rather put pressure on him in this way. ?

It has to be said that many times the minds of big shots are too complicated.

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Of course, Ning Wei didn't have so many thoughts, he just felt that barriers will always exist, and they will even obscure people who should be far-sighted.

The failure of the negotiation means that the most complicated path must be chosen in the end.

"March, you heard it too. There is no other way. Although it is a waste of resources to do many things repeatedly, there is no way."

Ning Wei sighed.

This matter is indeed very regrettable. Ning Wei feels that it is obviously a win-win cooperation, but it is also very helpless that the two parties cannot establish a channel of mutual trust.

This is the helplessness of being in a disadvantaged party, very helpless, so you can only rely on yourself.

"Meow, of course the [-]D chip should be equipped with a [-]D operating system..."

"Oh, huh?"

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340 Partners Should Help Each Other

Ning Wei hesitated for a moment, and then chose to put the phone on the table. He was going to call classmate Jiang first, but it seems more important to communicate with Sanyue now.

So Ning Wei sat upright, and asked very seriously to his monitor screen: "San Yue, do you want to tell me that you know how to make a computer that is different from Microsoft in terms of interaction and display, but And a better operating system?"

"Meow, this is of course...unrealistic." After Sanyue finished speaking, she began to lick the fur on her body slowly.

"Oh!" Ning Wei nodded, and then went to get the phone. There was not much disappointment on his face, but he muttered in a low voice: "I know I shouldn't expect too much from this silly cat."

"Meow..." Sanyue stopped licking furiously, and then jumped up. This emotional expression seemed extremely intelligent, but Ning Wei knew that this was just an appearance, and the internal logic operation process was actually very peaceful.

"Meow, what I want to say is that Huawei has worked hard to bring about 70.00% of the merchants in the upstream and downstream supply chains into the smart platform, so I can integrate the capabilities of the current industrial system and deduce that in the current industrial system A three-dimensional operating system that can be supported by the system. This is already very powerful. Because I have not found anyone on the Internet who can do this.”

Ning Wei withdrew his hand that was going to get the phone, then nodded thoughtfully, and said, "San Yue, please be clear. What kind of [-]D operating system can you tell the current industrial system to touch?"

"Meow..." Sanyue squatted on the screen, staring at Ningwei seriously with cat eyes. They stared at each other for nearly a minute. Just when Ningwei felt a little impatient, the kitten finally vomited. Tone, and then the screen began to change, a virtual screen began to interact with a virtual cat...

"Meow... the three-dimensional operating system can be understood as three-dimensional visually, or three-dimensionally in the operating mode. But before understanding this operating system, you need to abandon the fact that computers can only be desktops or notebooks or Tablet cognition."

Ning Wei nodded, motioning for the kitten to continue.

"Meow..., so in addition to being compatible with all the interactive methods of the previous desktop operating system, the [-]D operating system should also integrate into the voice control system, gesture control system, and even set some special control modes according to the needs of customers, such as for Handicapped people can customize head movement operations, introduce a more humane voice interaction mode for blind people, etc. These should be reflected in the instruction set."

While the kitten was talking, there was a live demonstration on the screen.

"Meow..., of course, in order to cultivate the usage habits of most normal people, the system can freely switch between [-]D and traditional desktop modes. But even the traditional desktop mode should be innovative, with the current technical level , can be perfectly embedded in various reverse operations, such as the user can freely choose the keyboard and mouse operation mode or the panel operation mode. Transplant the panel that is only available on the traditional notebook, and give more operation methods, including but not limited to handwriting Enter and so on."

"Meow... In addition, the biggest advantage of the [-]D operating system lies in its cross-platform capability. Through WiFi, Bluetooth or other protocols, users only need to have a computer device supported by a [-]D silicon-through-tube chip, and can use it simultaneously Gestures control all electrical appliances in the home, and bid farewell to the era of infrared remote control for home appliances. Only gestures or voices can be used to switch on and off the TV, switch channels, control the air conditioner, use the rice cooker, and even cut off the power to complete a series of daily operations.”

"Meow..., the most important thing is to use some small external devices to complete the projection function. Liberate human hands and are not limited by the small screen of the mobile phone. It can be used to complete high-definition projection, as long as special wall paint or special cabinet doors are used, so that these can become the extension of the mobile phone screen.”

"Meow..., in addition to its general properties, daily products such as computers, mobile phones, cars, etc., can completely share information. Although the storage capacity of the devices is different, through intelligent cloud services, all the information in the system can be shared. The data is completely interoperable. But these are not the key points, because these are the directions that many manufacturers are striving for, but now the industrial foundation has been achieved, but limited by the speed of data transmission and the shackles of various hardware speeds, it is impossible to achieve experience optimization. But those are the strengths of the platform.”

"Meow..., so the most important thing is that if this system is made, it can perfectly fit the most popular metaverse concept. Any universe must have an integrated platform, just like the real universe in which this world is located needs to follow mechanics. Like all the theorems that have been verified on the Internet, if our three-dimensional system can be done well, it will become the best choice for the unified platform of the metaverse in the future."

"Meow..., by that time, the system's open interface for VR and AR will become the standard for any real metaverse software access. The construction of the future city of LP County will take at least three years. If we can After making a sample in a year, it can be laid out in the future city and tell everyone what the real Metaverse looks like."

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Ning Wei nodded. He might still not be very clear about the concept of a 1D operating system just from what Sanyue said, but seeing those minimalist images that were synchronously generated in one minute, he could roughly understand the so-called [-]D operating system. It is the product of the integration of all existing technical resources.

All kinds of interactive functions may make this operating system bloated, but in fact no matter how bloated it is, it cannot be more bloated than win10.This is why March gave this advice.

If Microsoft wants to add all these functions to win10, the difficulty is extremely high.Because as we all know, the code accumulated by a software company for more than 30 years can be called a golden mountain or a shit mountain.

This is the helplessness of big companies. It’s not that they don’t want to give up the accumulated old codes, but that if they give up these old codes, they can’t support the previous hardware well, and countless consumers will make trouble.

This is why Microsoft decided to abandon windows XP, one of the most successful products in history.Similar to FLASH.

Netizens who have been surfing the Internet since the beginning of the new century should have a lot of memories of flash. It was a very popular browser plug-in back then. Without the support of this software, it is impossible to browse the web normally. There are too many dynamic pictures. Unable to load, everything is a bunch of small forks.

But in the end, this cross-platform plug-in was eliminated by history.There is no other reason. With the continuous development of computer software technology, the king-level plug-in that once supported animation and video playback on the web has finally become the most useful cross-platform virus development tool.Even Adobe, which spent a huge amount of money to fix it, failed to survive.

Even if the history of win10 is not so long, it will be nine years now, but when win10 was launched, it still needs to be backward compatible with some devices that are not too backward. Interfaces supported by older hardware.

As we all know, it is definitely much less difficult to run a brand new code without barriers than to bring old code without barriers.This has to start from the probability of BUG appearing.In the face of new data characteristics, old frameworks can easily pop out some messy bugs, which is a consensus in the industry.For example, it sounds simple to combine two strongly related software to achieve two functions through one software, but if any programmer dares not to do the smoke test and go online directly after completion, there is a high probability Will be severely taught by the program BUG...

So for Microsoft, in order to add these new functions to the mature code, in addition to mobilizing hardware manufacturers, the running-in at the software level is also an extremely troublesome thing.

But for Huaxia, at least now, there is no such trouble at all.

From the most basic instruction set, to the micro-architecture, to the CPU and the operating system, everything starts from scratch.

When the design is almost complete, you can contact the hardware manufacturer and directly disclose the various interface codes that need to be understood by the partner manufacturer, and then the partner manufacturer provides hardware products according to the requirements, and finally assembles them.Brand new chip, brand new operating system, brand new operating logic...

This is the advantage of traveling lightly. The laws of this world are always like this, and the opportunities for latecomers to catch up will never be completely cut off.For example, Intel, there will be a quantum tunneling effect to tell them that the physical limit is not so easy to break, and it will also leave a channel for latecomers to cross-border technical barriers. For example, Microsoft, when there are too many old devices that need the support of windows, the system will inevitably It will be extremely bloated.

Of course, it will take time to complete these. Three years should be the fastest time given in March based on its cognition. From the instruction set to the micro-architecture to the CPU/GPU chip, it is necessary to study the supporting operating system simultaneously. Ning Wei thinks Being able to do all of this in five years is considered extremely efficient.

By the way, when it comes to the step of designing chips, EDA software support is still needed. Fortunately, minimalist EDA has been updating, and now it has the ability to design [-]D chips, but this one is now assisted by March, and the instruction set is finally completed. After confirming, it should not be a big problem to start using software design.

"Then it's settled. Let's make our own instruction set, our own chip, and our own operating system, and we can do it in one step. It will also prevent them from blowing their noses and staring when they come to China in the future. I am tired of seeing it." Ning Wei hammered the table and made a decision.

"Meow..." Sanyue yelled, lay down again and began to lick his hair every day, probably agreeing with Ningwei's decision.

In fact, Ning Wei really wants to remind March that it doesn’t need to treat itself as a cat at all, but as it gets older, its various behaviors are getting closer to a real cat, especially when it licks its fur. Get used to it, if March is willing, its fur can always be neat and tidy, just lick it.

But now Ning Wei didn't bother to pay attention to the cat. Now that he had decided to do it, he had to make a plan.Of course, these can be postponed until tomorrow. Now it's time to call classmate Jiang. If it is later, it will delay his rest.

"Hey, Chenshuang, I just called the CEO of Microsoft, and I was so mad. Why didn't he understand? I'm not an ordinary person. How can I say that I have been to the United States once, and I also have a relationship with Intel? I have dealt with companies like Cisco, Cisco, and no one understands American contracts better than me, but this guy is ashamed to fool me with his talk about valuing contracts... what about his face?"

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While Ning Wei was complaining about Satya Nadella on the phone, the high-level meeting on what level of Microsoft's metaverse gimmick should be tinkered with was almost over.According to the old habit, after he finished his concluding remarks and arranged the work, the meeting was almost over.

It's just that this time Satya Nadella hesitated for a moment, and informed a group of executives about the request that Ningwei had just made.

"You should have been notified. Before the meeting started, I received a very important call. The call was from the well-known Chinese mathematician, um, the scientist Ning. That's right, he invented the turbulence algorithm and the [-]D algorithm. Ning of silicon-through-tube chip technology."

After this sentence was finished, everyone in the meeting room began to look at each other in blank dismay.

If Ning Wei saw this scene, he should feel very relieved. After all, the executives who can sit in this conference room are all the executives in the pyramid of Microsoft, but Microsoft's status in the industry, even if these people return to the labor market, they will not be able to do so. It is the group of people who can stand between the pyramids.Their reaction obviously didn't regard Ning Wei as an ordinary person.

"The purpose of his call is to promote the cooperation between Microsoft and Huaxia. According to him, Huaxia has put the design of a new CPU instruction set on the agenda. He hopes that Microsoft can provide Huaxia with the complete source code of the current mainstream Windows series. This is to show Microsoft’s support for the new CPU chips, and to ensure that their chips will be fully supported by Microsoft’s products in the future. Otherwise, Huaxia will choose to design a new operating system by itself, do you think we should agree to this request?”

Satya Nadella looked at the company's top executives.

It was almost as he had imagined, and the expressions on the faces of most people were unbelievable.