The End of Technology

There is no such thing as love and hate in this world.

After hanging up the phone, I thought of this sentence inexplicably. Xu Shuqing sat in the room and felt a little relieved for a while. This came from a feeling of powerlessness that was difficult or even inexplicable. It's probably the kind of despair that sometimes arises in your heart when you face an opponent that is too powerful.

This emotion comes from many aspects.

In fact, the fact that Ning Jie did something like this has even sparked heated discussions on the Internet, but no one has ever come forward to explain, which illustrates some problems.

At the same time, if the best professors at Shuangdan University could unite to resist this matter, there would be hope, and he would be more confident, but these conditions do not exist now.

The superiors did not say anything, indicating that they were still observing and evaluating the impact of this matter.

Xu Shuqing also spoke on the phone with several presidents of C9 universities, hoping that everyone can speak out together to resist this situation. Obviously the effect is still unsatisfactory. This group of people just laughed and gave some verbal comfort.

But this is understandable.

There is no unity within the family, and it is indeed unrealistic to expect outsiders to help speak. After all, it’s not the time to die yet. Now it seems that after the National Sports University has poached this wave of talents from double-dan universities, it really has no spare power to attack other universities.

After all, money is not unlimited, not to mention that it takes time to build a laboratory. Global ordering of various equipment and instruments requires the support of a strong logistics team. Now it seems that the limit of physical strength is here.

Xu Shuqing has already found out clearly that the compensation Ning Zi received from the world's major telecommunications network equipment companies was paid in installments. The amount he could get in the first installment was only about that much. If he took it all at once and spent 50 billion, it would be about the same. .

Now if I want to blame him, I can only blame him for being too stubborn last night. His focus on the phone was a bit strange. He only cared about Ning Zi's tone of voice which was not very good, but forgot that this young man once dared to talk to countless big guys even if they disagreed with each other. Capital is the enemy.

A young man with a hot temper probably won't spoil anyone.

Xu Shuqing thought in his heart, and then picked up the phone: "Hey, Xiaoqian, go and think of a way to bring me a laptop. I was in such a hurry that I forgot to bring my computer... Yes, no need, I just wanted to Read a few papers...I'm sorry to trouble you."

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At the same time, Ning Zi was also in the office discussing with March about making on-the-job decisions on how to deal with comments on the Internet. In other words, Ning Zi was receiving re-education from March.

"Meow, in fact, human biology determines that it is difficult to achieve unity of thought in a society. The basic reasons for all this are actually two points, interests and cognition. The former should be understandable. As for the latter, you have to admit that it doesn't matter No matter how high a person's status is and how rich his knowledge is, there must be gaps in the cognitive field. Short life and limited brain capacity limit the development of human beings to the field of omniscience. This includes you.

Although we can never deny the existence of bad people, the resistance to development does not necessarily come from bad people. More of it comes from outside their cognition. They are afraid of taking risks and losses. Of course, subconsciously everyone is risk-averse, which is manifested in their aversion to change. There are actually many people who hope that the entire society will continue to operate in the way they understand or expect. Obviously, except for a few really bad guys, most of the people who oppose you actually have this mentality. "

Ning Zi held the kitten's body, looked at the messages sent by the Penguin software on the computer, and quietly sorted out various emotions in her mind.

The goal has been achieved, and the situation naturally needs to cool down.

After all, having your name posted online every day is not a good thing.

I imagine that suddenly publishing ten papers will usher in a wave of hot searches, and then the controversy will become even greater...

Just as Xu Shuqing was able to judge some of the thoughts of the competent authorities from the reaction from above regarding the university's frenzied poaching of people. Ning Zi can also feel the tangled and contradictory emotions of the competent authorities at this time from the popularity of the Semiconductor Alliance incident on the Internet.

It was probably the tangled mentality of being afraid that he would mess up, but also afraid that he would give up his burden.

What's even more troublesome is that China's current basic chip manufacturing does have too many shortcomings. After being identified, it is too difficult to develop.

This is an industry where input does not necessarily lead to output, and the first-mover advantage is too obvious.

In particular, mainstream chip structures and operating systems, together with brand manufacturers distributed around the world, have formed an indestructible alliance of interests and an internal ecosystem. Windows, X86-structured CPUs, NVIDIA GPUs, RF chips and mobile phone chips designed by Qualcomm have already spread to every corner of the world.

Whether it is a computer or a mobile phone, more than 95% of users have become accustomed to the operating systems and operating modes provided by these companies, and countless developers have long been accustomed to using the interface programs provided by these companies to write supporting applications. program. Of course, what's more important is that even in China, there are too many companies that are relying on the technologies and products authorized by these companies to earn price differences.

If all the policies of World Semiconductor are implemented, many companies may go bankrupt directly. And there are many large listed companies among them. At this time, the stock price has said everything.

It's a pity that according to the plan in March, he still has to work hard in basic industries for the time being, and he can't come up with massive funds to appease those Chinese semiconductor companies that are in panic. There doesn't seem to be much he can do.

Wait, this doesn't seem to be something he needs to care about at all.

"Hmm... So why are you telling me this? Shouldn't technological development be your responsibility?" Ning Zi asked with a frown.

"Meow, if I can appear in front of everyone, of course I can handle the current problem perfectly, but I need a pair of mouths that can speak." March gave her own answer.

Ning Zi understood that he was being asked to take action again.

Obviously, March has no plans to directly say hello to the world for the time being. As far as this era is concerned, an artificial intelligence individual with a certain ability to think independently is still too advanced. The specific basic theory is not complete, nor does Ning Zi. I plan to fill this gap now.

So many times he still has to step forward to do something.

"Is your previous simulation calculation wrong?"

"Meow, of course not. My decision-making line is definitely correct, but human biology will cause some subtle deviations in the decision-making line. At this time, it is important to give some people more confidence and turn resistance into assistance. . Do you know why human development routes often show a spiral structure? The main reason is the lack of confidence caused by cognitive gaps. So all we need is to give decision-makers more confidence. This is a prerequisite for maximizing returns. .”

Ning Zi actually liked hearing March analyze the civilizational line of human development from another angle. After all, analysis from a third-party perspective is actually quite objective. But in fact, what he admired more was the kitten's refreshing way of admitting its shyness.

Because in Ning Zi's understanding, the cat's temperament should be such that it would not bother to explain its planned development route to any other carbon-based life form. To sum it up simply, I must be doing the right thing, so don’t interrupt.

Just like this guy's previous plan, he should work hard to develop robotics technology at this time, and while the other party doesn't respond enough, he should first complete the upgrade of the precision processing manufacturing industry, which is the most difficult to upgrade.

Obviously this is the strategy that is most beneficial to future development after the kitten has calculated it. As for the chip industry, being temporarily behind is not a big problem. It's nothing more than a matter of several companies. After officially implementing this direction, March probably calculated from various feedbacks that the resistance that might be faced in doing so would be too great, so we had to make some compromise designs, which are actually compromises.

Of course, this kind of compromise March will never admit that its calculations are wrong, and can only blame it on humans being too cute.

"Okay, then how should I give everyone confidence? Is it to give a speech? You know I'm not very good at this." Ning Zi shrugged and said.

"Provide some solutions on a small scale, such as designing chip products that are comparable to those of the opposite party. Even if it cannot be widely popularized for the time being, as long as we show our capabilities, we can make decision-makers stand boldly on our side."

"Um……"

Ning Zi looked down at the kitten in her arms. After pondering for a moment, she raised her hand to type on the computer again: "If I understand correctly, you mean to take out the semiconductor chip sample we produced? And it's still nanometer Level? Youwei Group has set up a special laboratory to research the Kirin series CPU, and tens of thousands of people are studying it, and its CPU and GPU architecture are still purchased from ARM. And you want me to come up with a finished product from scratch now? "

"Meow, I know this sounds a bit difficult to understand. But it's not as difficult as you think. Because you don't need to design a complex large circuit like a CPU. All we need to do is give some people Just seeing another possibility. You can understand that under pressure from the outside world, you have to come up with a solution that everyone can accept. My suggestion is to come up with a narrowband IoT chip, numbered WLW-j01.

This kind of chip has the characteristics of simple design, but single but powerful function. It is mainly used for long-distance wireless communication, satellite positioning, etc. Of course, there are now companies in China based on NB-IOT technology, and they are widely used. In short, we can use this simple chip to prove our ability to break through the limitations of the World Semiconductor Alliance. Many times what humans lack most is not determination, but a little confidence. "

Okay, this seems a little more acceptable.

"So a new structure of narrowband IoT chips? Are you sure it is a good idea for our chip R\u0026D center to develop a new chip structure that can break through the World Semiconductor Alliance's technology blockade in such a short period of time?"

"Meow, so at this time we need a story that satisfies everyone. First of all, I suggest you move to the lovely laboratory from today on. Look, there is a superior living environment there, and you can Being with a machine every day can keep you away from the distractions of school, and it can also temporarily calm down your brain activity when you are in love. This kind of retreat can help you sort out many details that you have missed before.

Of course, if we want to produce results in the short term, just making this gesture is not convincing enough. After all, you have seen the new chip structure diagram, which requires new materials and the design itself also requires new EDA software support, as well as adjustments to some high-precision equipment at this stage, so a story with rigorous enough logic is also important. If possible, I think it would be better to trace this story back to when you were still studying physics at Huaqing University.

This wonderful story could go like this. When you were in the physics department at Huaqing, you had already become interested in the physical properties of some new materials. Including that you studied English hard at that time just to understand some foreign scientific and technological documents, and your poor grades were also because you devoted your main energy to thinking about this aspect. Then you accidentally discover a new material through calculations that may have great prospects if applied to the chip field.

Including the day you went to the library with great interest, actually just to find an article to verify your idea. But unfortunately, that regrettable thing happened, and as a result, your ideas about new materials and new chips can only be temporarily given up. So you began to show off your talents wantonly, and you took advantage of that period of depression to start thinking and researching mathematics, and then attracted attention.

So on the surface you have been studying mathematics, algorithms, and artificial intelligence, but in fact you have never forgotten your original interest. During this period, you even secretly designed an EDA software that can design new structural chips. And when you can find the first pot of gold, you can ask Apple for this R\u0026D center. All the laboratories in the center are built by you to fulfill your original wish.

At this critical moment, you stayed in the laboratory and turned all your ideas into reality. Of course you have to admit there is some luck involved, but not much. So maybe to the outside world, it seems that you have made an achievement that shocked the entire semiconductor industry chain in just a short period of time. After all, the new three-dimensional structure of integrated circuits can greatly expand the area for accommodating transistors. But in fact you are just accumulating.

The above is the whole story. Of course, this is just a summary, and the details need to be carefully polished. I can support this story and prove its authenticity based on all the traces you left on the Internet, and even forged some questions you asked anonymously on the Internet when you were in Huaqing. In this case, it is not obtrusive at all. Look, you were planning to make some great achievements in the Huaqing Physics Department as a tribute to your alma mater, but unfortunately you were persuaded to leave... Oh my, this is a storyline that the public loves to hear, so as long as you dare to tell it, everyone will definitely Very willing to believe it. "

Ning Zi stared at Yue Yue dumbfounded.

After seeing the cat's tirade, he began to suspect that all the stories about scientists that his teacher told him as a child might have been concocted in this way. Listen, this cat even has to connect this inspirational story that is third-rate at first glance with countless details. Without these details, it has to create details to make the integrity of the story stand up to scrutiny.

Think about it, two or three centuries later, when several generations have passed away, when these stories are told to students by teachers of later generations, how much emotion they will cause. Of course, by that time, few students would even think about questioning the rationality of this story.

Because at that time, with the development of science and technology, with the help of artificial intelligence, chip design and processing may have become basic content that needs to be exposed in primary education. Students may be required to design a chip with specific functions in labor classes in junior high schools. At that time, while the teacher was telling stories, he also emphasized: "Students, in the era of our ancestors, only the smartest people were qualified to design chips. Therefore, Ning Zi, the father of the new structure chip, was the greatest at that time. One of the smartest scientists..."

Well, when these scenes came to mind, Ning Zi couldn't help but feel a chill all over her body.

This feeling of participating in history made him very embarrassed, so he quickly typed his true feelings into words: "Actually, I am really embarrassed to tell this story."

"Meow, it's okay, I can help you give it everywhere. Have you forgotten the speech you read at the freshman assembly? Our cooperation is perfect. Okay, now quickly pack your things, we are going to the laboratory. After all, it's time It's urgent. If you go and stay one night earlier, you can produce results earlier to appease those crazy little hearts. Great material and chip scientist Ning Ju, your chip era has arrived early, why are you still there? How about being unhappy?"

"I'm not unhappy."

"Meow, then hurry up and get ready. Do you need me to help you say hello to all the people in your address book? Tell them that you have made a great discovery and need to go to the laboratory to retreat for two weeks and ask them not to disturb you."

"Wait a minute, I think that story just now..."

"Meow, I have already said hello to you. I believe they are already looking forward to what good news you can bring them when you come out of seclusion in two weeks like me!"

As soon as March finished sending her emotion, Ning Zi heard the phone on the table start to vibrate continuously. She picked it up and took a look. The group message sent by March quickly received many replies.

Chen Yonggang: "Ah? Do you want to move there now? Do you need me to find someone to help you out right away?"

Dominette Duncan: "What? Are you staying in the laboratory at this time? No one is allowed to contact you? I plan to go to you tomorrow to discuss those papers! Ning, don't be like this, why do you do something every time Why do you have to hide immediately after something earth-shattering?"

Classmate Xiaoya: "Um, you are going to the laboratory for two weeks of retreat? Does the retreat mean that you can't chat on WeChat? (crying little face)"

Conan Lamar: "Do you need an assistant? Well, actually I haven't had time to do this recently, but are you sure you want to go to the laboratory at this time? I thought you would take this time to hold a mathematics forum in Ningyuan."

Jin Zhengnan: "Don't worry, I will take good care of Ningyuan for you even if you are not here!"

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Ning Zi raised her head, then glanced at March, and had nothing to say.

The atmosphere has been heightened to this point, and it seems that even if he doesn't go into seclusion, it won't work...

March is still very considerate, even helping him find work on the way to the R\u0026D center laboratory. For example, he can reply to these heart-warming WeChat messages one by one.