Tech Hammer

Ning Wei slept soundly on his first night in the R\u0026D center. In fact, he slept soundly every day. But what is quite miraculous is that he actually had a dream. In the dream, he presided over the development of new chips and operating systems, which were recognized by the world. Satya Nadella regretted not choosing to cooperate with him. She was already green, and when she came to China, she had to kneel in front of him and beg for forgiveness...

However, this attitude is of no use. Because the whole world is demanding that the operating system that was originally only used in China should be launched in other languages ​​as soon as possible, because they can't wait to use the latest 3D operating system, instead of just watching Chinese people use it.

As for Pat Gelsinger, he was eventually kicked off Intel's board of directors because Intel's most important business had reached a dead end. Core-architecture CPUs were rejected by countless players because their negotiations with China broke down, so they could not support the latest operating systems, and their stock prices fell again and again. Even Apple finally gave up the Mac OS and iOS operating systems, just to get a share of the pie for its own products...

This dream was so real that he desperately wanted to see the design drawings of the chip and the source code of the operating system that could directly go from heaven to earth in seconds. Unfortunately, just when he was sitting in front of the computer and about to retrieve the two most important pieces of information - he woke up!

Dreams are like this, they always wake up at the most critical moment, without exception. What's even more irritating is that this time I can't find someone to express my anger to, because I woke up because I was peeing... It's really a depressing metabolism.

Lying in bed feeling inexplicably sulky for half a minute, Ning Wei felt that there was nothing wrong with it. Although he woke up at a critical moment every time he dreamed, at least he remembered the intoxicating feeling in the dream, which was quite refreshing. of.

Thinking about it from another direction, the main reason to support those scientific researchers to devote everything to solving problems is to rely on spiritual motivation. This kind of refreshing feeling is enough to make people feel full of fighting spirit, so this can be regarded as encouraging them even in their dreams. Do you want to do this?

So after happily washing up, he sat in front of the computer, summoned March, and Ning Wei began to view and sort out various data provided by major suppliers that had joined the intelligent platform.

Global integration is reflected in the supply chain of downstream manufacturers, which means that various spare parts for a product often come from different manufacturers around the world. Huawei is naturally no exception. The future blueprint outlined in March is based on the industrial base represented by these suppliers. Therefore, Ningwei needs to first understand the specific distribution of these suppliers involved in future chip production and equipment manufacturing, especially some core accessories. Supplier distribution.

After experiencing various forms of turbulence algorithm being misappropriated, Ning Wei has a natural distrust for many manufacturers in developed regions.

Think about it, this group of vested interests and rule makers can treat business contracts that should be strictly performed as if they are farts. They can tear up the agreement at any time for various reasons. When the product is actually designed, they will be used. When buying spare parts, it would be very worrying if there is a temporary price increase or if they are not sold for various reasons.

So the best thing is to be prepared for everything. In the research and development stage, we must make full preparations on a global scale. For those key accessories, there must be at least two or three suppliers. It is best that one of them is a domestic manufacturer. If the domestic technology in this area is really not up to standard, It would be best to have a production line in China, which would be easier to control.

Before the project starts, you should know which direction is weak. In the past two years, you can also ask Huawei to find ways to appropriately adjust the purchase channels, use its customer status, adjust suppliers, etc. is allowed.

This is also the principle that Ning Wei has always adhered to. You must be fully prepared to do something. At least you cannot be passively castrated after doing it halfway...

The cooperation between the two parties was very good. After Ning Wei had been busy all morning and sorted out all the supply chains, Yan Ming also rushed to the R\u0026D center with two experts from Huawei.

The two experts brought here are Bian Zhehao, the CPU technology expert of the HiSilicon Turing Division of the 2012 Lab and the director of the HiSilicon Supreme Technical Committee, and the other is the director of the Huawei Operating System Kernel Laboratory and also the Pearl. Chen Haihua, doctoral supervisor at Jiaotong University.

These two people are enough to represent that Huawei attaches great importance to Ning Wei's opinions. If we really ask them to put aside their tedious work and come to the capital specifically, Guang Yanming's face may not be enough. Of course, this also shows from the side that Ning Wei's face is really relatively large.

After a brief exchange of greetings, as soon as the door was closed, the four people began a closed-door meeting.

…

Almost at the same time, Princeton, USA.

It was late at night and everything was quiet. In an apartment building about one kilometer east of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Lucason Friend suddenly opened his eyes. Even though he was lying on the bed, he suddenly felt uncomfortable for no reason. , the curtains were not completely closed, and there was light pouring into the room from the window, but he still felt it was blurry.

I struggled to sit up and press the light switch next to the bed, but I was only halfway through. Suddenly I felt an indescribable dizziness in my head...

The slipping hand finally reached the light, and "pop" the light came on. But when he blinked, he found that everything he saw was still very blurry. He squinted, trying to see the time of the alarm clock on the bedside table, but found that the alarm clock It became a blurry disk in his eyes...

He stretched out his hand to bring the alarm clock closer.

"Bang", the alarm clock fell to the ground, made a muffled sound, and then began to roll on the floor...

"Mr. Flender, are you awake? I'm coming in..."

"Mr. Friend? What's wrong with you?"

"Oh my God! Mr. Flanders..."

"Hurry, please call an ambulance. This is 19 University Place, right at the intersection of University Town and NS Street, No. 127. Thank you. The patient's condition is very bad! Please hurry, thank you..."

"Mr. Flanders, hold on..."

…

"sorry……"

"Why?"

"Sudden cerebral hemorrhage is not uncommon for Mr. Friend's age. It is mainly caused by the rupture of small arteries. It may be due to some emotional reasons... Please forgive me."

…

"Lucasson died in the middle of the night last night?"

"Yes, cerebral hemorrhage. The doctor said it may be related to emotions. You know, he has been feeling depressed recently."

"Okay, I understand. I will definitely attend his funeral."

…

"Fields Medal winner and lifelong emeritus professor at Princeton University, Lucason Friend, died of illness at 3:17 a.m. yesterday at the age of 69!"

This breaking news spread throughout the Princeton campus early in the morning, and then began to spread at a geometric speed in the world of mathematics.

No matter what Lukassen Friend did in his later years, he was a mathematician who won the Fields Medal after all, and his research was directly included in advanced mathematics textbooks in various countries. Students may not talk about it all over the world, but his influence in the mathematics community is huge. Still extremely broad.

For a time, mathematicians and students throughout Europe and the United States were mourning the fallen old man.

Many times people's emotions are very conflicting. No matter from which point you look at it, the conflict between Lucason Flanders and Ning Wei, which has long since passed, is definitely Flanders' fault, but on the day of his death, But there are many arguments that make people feel very reasonable.

"It's a pity that Professor Flanders is only 69 years old. He is still very young. If he had not been hospitalized twice in a row because of the dispute with Ning Wei, he might have lived for another twenty years and could have guided more children in mathematics. direction."

Although there is always something wrong with this sentence, despite the sadness of everyone, this sentiment posted on Facebook by a former student of Lucassen Friend still received many likes and many comments.

Some people felt that this sentence was biased, but they were very few. Most of them were urging the student Lukassen Flanders to express his condolences, while some were scolding and would rather not do so. After all, why would Ningwei, who is so young, want to stimulate a dying old man again and again? Not to mention that this old man was absolutely virtuous before this incident was exposed. Not only did he play an important role in the mathematics world, but he also trained many mathematicians.

Now it is true that Ning has solved the world-wide problem of the NS equation, but he will also let a highly respected mathematician leave this world.

Although this kind of argument is very strange, when the old professor passed away, you can't criticize too much. After all, everyone is gone...

…

Ning Wei didn't know the news about the death of Mr. Flender, who had fought with him to solve the NS equation.

Since two o'clock in the afternoon, he has been holding closed-door meetings with the two big guys from Huawei and Yan Ming, discussing whether there are commercial prospects for making chips and operating systems.

From the perspective of technological independence, there is no controversy about this matter. But if we discuss it from the perspective of business prospects, we need to put forward sufficient arguments to support these two major projects.

After all, these two projects are to compete with Intel and Microsoft to compete for the market, which is tantamount to pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth.

In addition to exploring their own advantages, they also need to calculate some of the actions that these two companies may take. For these multinational high-tech companies, there are always many means to monopolize the world market for so many years.

Although there are not many people, they are all professionals after all. Although Yan Ming is certainly not technically professional, when it comes to business vision and marketing, he is definitely more far-sighted than the three scientists.

In the end, after more than four hours, Ning Wei successfully convinced three people. Of course, this is not just Ning Wei's credit. In fact, whether it is Bian Zhehao, Chen Haihua, or Yan Ming, from the bottom of their hearts, they all hope to develop their own chips and operating systems, and compete with Microsoft and Intel in the market. Competitive.

Especially in the case of three-dimensional silicon through-tube technology, China holds more than 75% of the technical patents.

High-tech companies that have never experienced having their necks stuck will definitely not understand how eager companies are for independent patents that are not controlled by outsiders. Of course, even if we don’t think about it from this level, if this plan really starts to be implemented, whether it is the HiSilicon business unit or the 2012 operating system kernel laboratory, the importance will rise to a higher level within the enterprise.

Being more important means more funding, better treatment, and if results are finally achieved, it also means more honor and status.

Ning Wei may not care much about these things anymore. Even if he doesn't continue to bother with them, his name will definitely remain in the history books.

But for others, creating a CPU, PC and even a full-ecological operating system with complete intellectual property rights can be said to be a breakthrough in the history of Chinese science and technology.

What makes Bian Zhehao and Chen Haihua even more embarrassed is that as a simple university professor, Ning Wei is even more familiar with Huawei's upstream and downstream industry chain supporting facilities than they are, and even understands the technical parameters of many parts. This also made them more confident in Ning Wei's idea.

It's often useless to talk to scientists, but all kinds of detailed data can be said casually, which is enough to show that Ningwei has carefully understood the entire semiconductor and operating system industry before giving advice.

So in the next two hours, the three people began to discuss various technical details. For example, if the operating system wants to add a certain function, what hardware is needed and how to formulate the standards for these hardware...

Yan Ming definitely didn't understand this part, but he listened with great interest, and from time to time he could give Ning Wei some suggestions from the perspective of an ordinary user.

I have to say that Ning Wei benefited a lot from this discussion. Introducing other people to discuss gave Ningwei a more three-dimensional framework for the various functions of the future operating system.

It's enough to feel exciting.

…

The discussion about the future here made several people almost forget the passage of time.

At Yanbei University, Zhou Yanping's mentality was even more complicated.

The matter of Ningshe is still entangled in my mind.

Ning Wei asked him to let go of this matter temporarily, but how could Zhou Yanping really let it go?

To put it bluntly, he is different from Ning Wei.

Ning Wei can now be said to be holding a diamond rice bowl, which is very strong and basically impossible to break. However, as a counselor of Ning class, he belongs to the porcelain rice bowl. Whether he can stay at Yanbei University may depend on it to a large extent. Depends on the ability he showed during his management of Ningban.

Of course, you can also make breakthroughs at the level of scientific research, such as opening up a new direction in mathematics, or making a major breakthrough in a certain research direction in mathematics. But the problem is that Ning Wei's self-confidence in this direction has been shattered by Ning Wei. If he hadn't had deep doubts about his mathematical research ability, he would not have chosen to become a counselor in Ning's class.

So he was paying attention to all matters big and small in Ning's class. Ning Wei said that he would reply to him today, but he had not seen Ning Wei reply to him since morning until now. He left a message for Ning Wei on WeChat, but there was no reply. In the afternoon I couldn't bear it anymore and called Ning Wei twice, but no one answered.

This troubled him very much...

He was ready to call Grandpa directly, couldn't Grandpa Ning respond accurately?

…

"Ning Wei, if we really plan to make our own CPU and operating system, and really compete with Intel and Microsoft in the market, and you have absolute confidence, I think we can start promoting it from now on. It’s called putting them to death and living later.”

When leaving, Yan Ming said to Ningwei seriously.

Ning Wei nodded thoughtfully. He probably understood why Yan Ming said this to him. Maybe even within Huawei, there were concerns about this strategic direction.

Although there are technical barriers to mobile phone-level chips and operating systems, in the era of mobile Internet, China has not been left too far behind.

Since the Android Alliance, which owns half of the global market, is an open source project, there is still an opportunity to surpass it. Especially for Huawei, which has initially established technical barriers in the communications field, it is indeed confident to do this.

But if you zoom into the PC market and PC operating systems, this is indeed an extremely significant challenge.

In Ning Wei's vision, when the PC operating system needs to be interconnected with countless terminals, this is something that even Microsoft has always wanted to do but failed to succeed.

A brand-new challenge field not only requires a huge amount of money and countless people's energy to invest, but also blocks the road ahead of an alliance formed by two super bosses. If you really want to do it, you really need the courage to risk your life and survive.

If Ning Wei dares to risk everything to do this and shows great confidence, it will probably help Huawei quickly achieve ideological unity.

Similarly, if Ning Wei shows super confidence and makes this plan public, if it fails to be completed in the end, it will definitely be a black spot on his life resume. This is to put the honor and disgrace of both parties on the same line.

Ning Wei's answer was straightforward: "You're right, Mr. Yan, it's really a coincidence. I thought so too."

"Haha, okay then, we will give you news within a week at the latest."

…

Yan Ming left in a hurry with two technical experts.

In strict terms, the three people are going back to the headquarters to start demonstrating the feasibility of these two projects.

Even for a country, money cannot be printed randomly, and it is impossible to cover everything. More investment in this direction means less investment in other aspects.

Although economists often joke about predicting economic development, some basic economic laws are irrefutable. For example, if the money printing press is turned on endlessly, the result will inevitably lead to inflation.

Therefore, if Huawei reaches internal unification and focuses on these two projects, it will inevitably reduce or even abandon its investment in research and development in other directions. The results of being greedy for more and seeking perfection are often not so good.

Ning Wei also returned to his office.

In fact, he quite likes staying here now, because he has found the feeling when Jiang University was just approved to start researching turbulence algorithms.

At that time, he often stayed alone in the laboratory, living a happy undergraduate life with food and accommodation in front of the computer.

When I took out my phone, the first thing I saw was the anxious message from Senior Brother Zhou.

Ning Wei smiled and replied: "Don't worry, Senior Brother Zhou, everything is under control."

He was too lazy to take care of Ning She's affairs. Since these children were good enough, he was ready to wait and see what would happen.

Yan Ming's words when he left and the communication in the afternoon made his heart a little excited.

After thinking about it, Ning Wei opened Weibo on his phone, which he hadn’t touched in thousands of years...

"Using three-dimensional silicon silicon tube technology to make CPUs, and pairing it with our own operating system made from scratch, it is exciting to think about both directions. I have been working hard to do these two things in the recent period. By the way, I want to ask everyone, what are you doing? What are your expectations for the future desktop operating system? In other words, what do you imagine the future operating system should look like? Leave me a message if you have any ideas. Maybe China’s operating system will be integrated into your imagination of the future! Wait until On the day when our operating system is made, maybe another question will be posted on a certain page, what will it be like to create an operating system with the participation of all Chinese people? If this question really comes up, I will answer it myself at that time."

After typing the text, Ning Wei read it again and then clicked send naturally.

"Old Yan, you have nothing to say about this marketing, right?"