Chapter 278: Testing, Multi-Project Operation?!

"No," Li Mingyuan shook his head, "it is not a simple superposition, but a qualitative change. When circuits are dense enough and computing speed is fast enough, we can realize functions we wouldn't even dare to imagine now."

He walked to the window and looked at the sky in the distance: "For example, automatic aiming systems, real-time detection of enemy aircraft, automatic ballistic calculation, precision guidance... and industrial automation, scientific computing, even future... electronic communication networks."

He said the last few words very softly, but everyone present heard them, even though most did not understand what they meant.

"This is the path I have planned for Long Country," Li Mingyuan turned around, his eyes burning,

"When Di Guo is still using vacuum tubes and Transistors, we will leap directly into the Integrated Circuit era. When their electronic equipment is still bulky behemoths, ours will already be miniaturized and high-speed. This is overtaking on a bend, this is our opportunity!"

The laboratory was silent; everyone was shocked by his bold words.

Suddenly, Lao Liu clapped his hands hard, and others followed suit; the applause was like thunder, echoing in the laboratory.

"Chief Engineer Li, I, Lao Liu, have followed you for over a year. I've seen your 'Steel Umbrella' shoot down enemy planes, and I've seen your anti-tank guns blast enemy tanks to pieces, but this thing today..." he pointed at the small Chip, "this thing is the real ultimate weapon!"

Li Mingyuan smiled slightly: "Lao Liu, it is not a 'killing weapon', but a 'life-giving weapon'—it can give Long Country's industry a new life and allow our technology to achieve a qualitative change."

"I get it!" Electronics expert Xiao Wang suddenly slapped his thigh, "No wonder you were so obsessed with making a Lithography Machine! With this Chip, our Fire Control System, Radar, and communication equipment can all be miniaturized and made precise!"

Li Mingyuan nodded: "Not only that, the entire industrial system will benefit. Automated production lines, precision instruments, medical equipment..."

Workshop Director Lao Ma grabbed Li Mingyuan's hand excitedly: "Chief Engineer Li, you must report this immediately!!"

"It is already being prepared," Li Mingyuan said calmly,

"But before that, we must make 'Longxin No. 1' more perfect to prove that this is not an accidental success, but a reliable and replicable technical path."

"Wait," Lao Liu suddenly remembered something and turned to Li Mingyuan,

"Was the test just now too simple? Why do I feel those data... were a bit too good? Could there be a problem with our testing equipment?"

This doubt was like a stone thrown into water, stirring up a ripple.

Other technical personnel also began to look at each other and whisper.

"Yeah, how could normal logic components have such fast response speeds?"

"Could it be a measurement error?"

"Or did the indicator light system short-circuit?"

Li Mingyuan was not angry; instead, he smiled:

"Questioning is the embodiment of the scientific spirit. Fine, since everyone doesn't believe it, let's set up a new test system and test it from the beginning."

Director Wang rubbed his hands: "It's not that we don't believe you, Chief Engineer Li, it's just... this result is too incredible, faster than Di Guo's latest Electronic Computer, and they spent millions of dollars on research and development!"

"Truth is often just this incredible," Li Mingyuan was confident,

"Xiao Wang, go prepare new testing equipment; everyone else, re-check every connection point to ensure nothing goes wrong."

An hour later, the brand-new test platform was set up.

This time, they used a double-blind test method, and even the test signals were randomly generated by a third party to exclude any possible human factors.

"Start." Li Mingyuan took a step back and let Lao Liu, who had the strongest doubts, operate the testing equipment himself.

Lao Liu took a deep breath, carefully installed the Chip onto the test socket, and connected all the lines.

He checked it three times to ensure there was no possibility of poor contact or short circuits.

"Power on!" Lao Liu ordered.

The assistant turned on the power switch, and the indicator light on the Chip lit up again.

"Now, input the random data." Lao Liu turned to the assistant on the side, who took out a string of pre-prepared test data and began to input it.

Addition, subtraction, logic operations, data comparison... a series of operations were input into the Chip.

The result was exactly the same as the first test—the Chip not only correctly processed every operation, but the speed was nearly ten times faster than a Transistor Computer!

"This... this is impossible..." Lao Liu muttered to himself, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, "Test it again! Use more complex data!"

The third test, the fourth test, the fifth test... each time, the result was equally shocking.

Lao Liu slumped into his chair, looking dazed: "I've been in electronics engineering for thirty years and have never seen such a thing. This is simply... simply magic."

Director Wang also wiped the sweat from his forehead:

"Is this 'Longxin No. 1' really something we made with our own hands? It didn't fall from outer space, did it?"

The laboratory was filled with an atmosphere of near-religious awe.

Everyone knew they were witnessing the beginning of a technological revolution.

Li Mingyuan looked at the shocked expressions of the crowd, and a sense of achievement welled up inside him.

"Does anyone have any more questions?" He looked around at everyone.

No one spoke; everyone looked at him with awe, as if he were some kind of mythical immortal.

Li Mingyuan coughed lightly, breaking the silence:

"Good, since everyone has confirmed the performance of the Chip, let me demonstrate its truly shocking capability—batch processing."

"Batch processing? What does that mean?" Director Wang asked in confusion.

Li Mingyuan walked to the test platform and took over the operation himself:

"Traditional Computers must process instructions one by one, while Integrated Circuit Chips can process multiple instructions simultaneously; this is called 'parallel computing'."

He modified the wiring of the test equipment and added several sets of input channels:

"Now, we will send ten sets of different operation requests to the Chip at the same time and see how it reacts."

Everyone held their breath again.

In traditional thinking, a machine processing ten different computing tasks at the same time was simply a fantasy.

Li Mingyuan pressed the start button, and ten sets of data were input into the Chip simultaneously.

Almost instantly, ten output indicator lights lit up at the same time, displaying their respective calculation results.

"Holy crap!" Xiao Wang exclaimed, "It... it finished all the calculations at the same time! Without any delay!"

The old electrician Zhang Dingyuan rubbed his eyes, unable to believe everything he was seeing:

"This is not scientific... is this not a dream? How could one circuit process so much information at the same time?"

Li Mingyuan smiled without a word and continued to increase the input channels.

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