Chapter 217 - 211 Adjustment_1

"What do you think about the future of computer and chip technology?"

Lin Ju: "I don’t understand much about these, so I let Wang Minjiang come out with the Microelectronic department to start his own thing, and Yellow River Semiconductor will have multiple shareholders, which will give the entire semiconductor industry something to consider."

The superior: "But your opinion is very important, you’re not an expert in aerospace either, but New Yuan Aeronautics has done a very good job with its propulsion systems."

At this point, Lin Ju no longer demurred and shared his thoughts:

"First, we need to understand the advantages of promoting ternary technology:

Firstly, ternary technology is brand new, with no decades-old patent barriers constructed by foreign countries, as long as we’re fast enough, we can completely establish authority; secondly, even if our process technology is behind, if the software and hardware are well matched, the performance advantages of ternary can surpass that of the mainstream binary-supported chips."

The superior nodded in agreement: "Yes, the Science and Technology Commission says, this is a real opportunity to overtake on the curve."

Lin Ju: "However, to achieve these goals, we need to rapidly deploy ternary technology in a short term, from computer teaching, software development, ecological construction, to EDA design, wafer manufacturing, packaging processes, and several other aspects, it’s like reshuffling the deck;

This is an entirely new system. If fully adapted, we will establish an industry chain that is completely different from the current world’s semiconductor one. By then, there might not be much difference on the surface, on the internet, but the underlying applications will be completely incompatible."

The superior: "In some ways, that’s not a bad thing."

China has the capacity to support ternary, and if it’s fully applied, the most likely scenario is that foreign manufacturers will find ways to adapt to this system rather than leave, such a huge market can’t be easily given up.

"Then, I think this is an opportunity to throw away the old and start from scratch, cleanly reconstructing the industrial chain, leveraging our traditional strengths to swiftly capture the market. Just by taking one-third of the market, victory would essentially be ours."

Traditional strengths? The superior thought about this and roughly understood.

"Our large semiconductor enterprises are basically state-owned, so... a campaign, a semiconductor campaign?"

"Yes, we have relatively mature technology to build a supporting system around it. With a large number of personnel and institutions participating, we can quickly deploy a new set of standards and solidify our position.

And it’s not difficult, the starting point is already quite high."

The superior: "So, how much do you think the state should invest in this area?"

Lin Ju: "The initial support should be at least in the 300 billion class, beyond that, it should be able to profit through the market."

"If it really goes that way, then Yellow River Semiconductor will become China’s Intel, Nvidia."

Lin Ju: "Then I can sit back and collect dividends and patent fees."

...

On July 22, the Semiconductor Summit officially convened, although it was attended solely by state-owned enterprises, it basically covered the whole spectrum of the computer industry in both software and hardware, sufficiently forming a self-contained ecosystem.

The summit was to last seven days. Lin Ju made an appearance on the first day, after which Wang Minjiang took the lead, along with arrangements from the Science and Technology Commission.

The summit was completely closed-door, almost no information was disclosed to the public, which left the outside world clueless about what was happening, but such actions were definitely not normal.

On July 23, the second day of the summit, Lin Ju eagerly returned to base.

Semiconductor matters were naturally left to the professionals, supported by mature ternary hardware and software technologies, there shouldn’t be any major problems.

Instead, he was more eager to communicate with Xie Liaofu, wanting to know what such a legendary scientist had done in these two days.

In these two days, Xie Liaofu was certainly not idle; he had already officially become the first Vice President and Head of Aerospace Power Department the previous day, becoming the true number one in charge.

For such a young man in his twenties to be in charge of technical work, nobody in the entire base had any objections.

Because everyone at the research institute knew who Xie Liaofu was, no one was going to question him.

Xie Liaofu, who had just taken charge, did not rush to reform, but was slowly getting familiar with the base’s operation flow and project plans. By the time Lin Ju returned to the base in the evening, Xie Liaofu was still diligently at work.

Seeing his boss, Xie Liaofu merely stood up politely to salute.

"Boss, it’s nice to see you."

"That’s what I should be saying, Xie Liaofu, it’s my first time meeting a living legend."

"That’s all in the past, now I am Xie Liaofu, working hard for the company."

Xie Liaofu turned the computer screen around, where the company’s internal database was displayed, containing all the secrets of New Yuan, constantly monitored by the Stellar One computer and "Mountain and Sea" with extremely strict anti-theft measures, which required complex procedures to access.

"First, I must say I’m surprised at the advanced level and quantity of reserve technologies at New Yuan; these technologies are almost enough to support the exploration of the entire Solar System, which is excellent,

But there are also many problems, the first being production efficiency."

"Production efficiency?"

The issue Xie Liaofu pointed out was something Lin Ju had never considered. New Yuan’s production efficiency, relying on the B-level Base, was astonishingly fast, highly industrialized production, the research institute simplified the design work, something many aerospace organizations wouldn’t dare dream of.

Not to mention, merely the capacity to simultaneously build two H2M, 130-ton-class spaceplanes completed within six months, was something even NACA at its peak would find challenging to accomplish.

What’s there to be dissatisfied with this production efficiency?

Xie Liaofu: "I understand that Mountain and Sea originated from SC09, an artificial intelligence capable of high-precision control and with very strong processing power. Such a powerful artificial intelligence used merely for computation and internal network management is a waste; it should be involved in the production process to realize its maximum value.

But my point is not for artificial intelligence to control the factories; the precision of current CNC machining equipment is already high enough, and there’s no need to save on that bit of labor.

We should use computers to plan the production process for each product, from the initial processing of raw materials to the final product, with the precision of minutes per process, dividing the time and order of processing to maximize production line efficiency in a short time."

Lin Ju took some time to carefully digest Xie Liaofu’s intention; it was not about letting artificial intelligence take over production, but rather to use artificial intelligence to create the most efficient production plans, sorting each part according to its machining characteristics, to achieve the goal of time and cost efficiency.

This reminded him of OGAS; the concepts were similar, but Lin Ju had some differing opinions.

"However, New Yuan relies on suppliers, and the strong productive capacity of B-level Base is an important factor because many parts are outsourced to China’s mature and comprehensive industrial chain."

Xie Liaofu: "Then we should also require them to accept our production plans, finding the best time between their capacities and our products, adjusting to supply the parts as needed with minimal interference with our products."