Chapter 387 Domestic air defense ship radars must have domestic cores
14 canteens.
After reheating the food several times, someone finally came to eat it. The people in the canteen cheered up and served food to these sleepless people.
However, when a few new faces came in, they were still a little curious.
It was even weirder when these people came to ask for food with plates in hand.
"Shredded potatoes with vinegar, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and another side of rice!"
When Qin Tao sat in a corner with a dinner plate, Mr. Ben, who sat down with a dinner plate to accompany him, couldn't help but be curious: "Mr. Qin, we have braised pork and sweet and sour pork ribs here, why don't you eat them? Just eat them.
These two vegetarian dishes?”
"I have lost weight recently." Qin Tao said.
Wu Shengli also came over. He took a meaningful look at his son-in-law and was somewhat moved in his heart.
There are not many meat dishes in it. Qin Tao and the other outsiders didn't have their rice in the pot. If they eat those meat dishes, it means that these technicians will not be able to eat.
Therefore, Qin Tao only ordered two vegetarian dishes.
Wu Shengli looked at the chicken drumstick on his plate, and suddenly felt that it didn't taste good anymore. He looked at Ben Lao's dinner plate opposite, and then took the drumstick over.
"Yeah, I've also lost weight recently, Lao Ben, you took care of the chicken legs."
Ben Lao looked at the chicken legs on the dinner plate and sighed in his heart. Then he picked up the chopsticks and put the chicken legs into the dinner plate beside him.
"Xiao Chen, you are pregnant and need to take more nutrition. Eat this chicken drumstick."
The female engineer named Chen Lihua looked at the chicken legs that had been clamped several times and still hesitated.
"If you don't eat, you think our chopsticks are dirty. We haven't eaten yet. The chopsticks are new."
"Okay." Chen Lihua directly picked up the chicken legs and started eating.
"What does Mr. Chen do? I didn't seem to see you at the antenna installation site just now." Qin Tao asked casually.
Although everyone was wearing white coats, white hats and masks, Qin Tao could still identify him through his eyes. The Chen Gong in front of him had black and shining eyes, as if he had never seen him before.
"I am in charge of the feeder system." Chen Lihua said.
A radar is composed of many parts. Although the antenna is the most talked about, in fact, besides the antenna, there are many subsystems, which require effort to develop.
"Gong Chen is not an easy person. She has a master's degree from Western Polytechnic University and has been working in our institute for five years with her lover. She has been busy with work and did not get pregnant until this year. If she hadn't fainted at work once, we wouldn't have known about it."
said the old man.
Looking at the thin figure Chen Gong in front of him, and then thinking about his wife, Qin Tao felt very emotional.
The strength of the motherland cannot be separated from these scientific and technological workers! They are unknown and rarely have the opportunity to show their faces. However, they continue to contribute in ordinary positions. They are also the most lovable people in the contemporary era!
"Leader Wu, I have an idea."
"explain."
"Our 346 radar is about to be tested. As a warship R&D and production plant, we want to connect with the radar unit as soon as possible, determine the specific installation location of the radar antenna, conduct electromagnetic compatibility testing, etc." Qin Tao said: "
Invite a group of experts from the 14th Institute to stay in our shipyard."
Qin Tao's meaning is also very simple. He wants to invite these people to the shipyard. After all, the food in the shipyard is much better than here, and the working environment is also good.
Moreover, these do need to be docked in advance. The weight, size, etc. of the antenna have a great impact on the design of the warship.
Wu Shengli smiled and then looked at Mr. Ben.
Ben Lao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "At least not yet. We need to conduct land tests first. After the land tests are completed, we need to conduct sea tests. We are ready for a protracted war, which may take two to three years, or even longer.
After these tests are completed, it will not be too late to contact you."
He knew Qin Tao's good intentions, but now was not the time.
Wu Shengli nodded: "In addition to problems with the radar system of our new generation destroyer, there are also problems with the power system. These subsystems are still under development. Therefore, Taozi, we can understand your urgency.
However, let’s hold on for a while longer.”
Qin Tao could only give up.
"By the way, is there a special weapons test ship for sea testing?" Qin Tao became concerned again.
Wu Shengli nodded: "Yes, it is currently under construction."
We can't let Mingzhou Shipyard take all the benefits. There is only one weapons test ship, and the Navy will directly hand it over to a certain shipyard. Wu Shengli has also raised this matter before.
"Well, the power supply needs were taken into consideration in the design of this warship, right?"
The power consumption of warships with four-sided phased array radar has been greatly improved compared to previous warships, which requires the power supply capacity of the warship to keep up.
"Of course."
"It is necessary to install stabilizers to simulate the scene of rolling in the waves. The left and right rocking can reach more than 30 degrees, and the safety of the hull must be ensured."
"Warships must consider explosion-proof requirements. Special explosion-proof glass must be used on the bridge. If the missile is not launched or falls and explodes, the warship must be able to withstand it."
"The bow of the ship needs to be specially strengthened. When the electromagnetic gun comes out in the future, the recoil will be huge."
Listening to Qin Tao's words, Wu Shengli felt a little regretful with his worried look. If he had known earlier, he would have handed it over to Mingzhou Shipyard. He should have been able to complete the task better, right?
"Mr. Qin, your spirit is admirable." Mr. Ben said.
Qin Tao smiled: "I was a little too worried just now. Since we are not responsible, comrades in other departments will definitely consider these factors. Come, eat, eat quickly, the food is already cold."
Qin Tao didn't know why he had just raised so many questions. In fact, he didn't care about the design and construction of this ship, so why did he think about it so much?
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"Mr. Qin, you are really a serious and responsible person. When we connect in the future, I hope to work together." Chen Lihua said with a smile.
"Okay, from now on you will stay at our Mingzhou Shipyard and eat chicken legs as you like."
"Mr. Qin, are you here to recruit people from us?" Mr. Ben was unhappy.
Qin Tao smiled: "Of course not, you think, the 346 radar is constantly being upgraded, we will always need someone to connect it, and in the future... By the way, what model is the supporting computer used?"
Four-sided phased array radar has brought about a rapid increase in the amount of calculation data. Without outstanding computing power, it would be impossible to handle it.
Even the American Aegis system uses commercial computers. If this domestic Aegis system does not have powerful data processing capabilities, it will simply not be able to complete the system integration work.
"Currently, we use chips purchased from abroad and assemble them ourselves." Mr. Ben said: "Although we also want to use domestic chips, our current technical strength is too backward and cannot meet our needs at all.
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Huge data processing requires powerful chips, and only imported chips can meet the demand, because in the 1980s, relevant higher-level departments had given up on the research and development of very large-scale integrated circuits!
Qin Tao suddenly thought of something: "Mr. Ben, isn't your 14th Institute capable of producing chips?"
In essence, the t/r component of the phased array radar is equivalent to a chip. They are engaged in radar, so naturally they also need chips for radar processing systems.
"Yes, we are also developing related chips, such as DSP chips for pulse Doppler radars. However, these have just started. Moreover, if we want to meet the data processing needs of four-sided phased array radars, we must not only have professional
The DSP chip must also have a general-purpose processor chip." Mr. Ben said.
(I checked a lot of information, but could not find a specific model. It is probably classified content. Generally speaking, the radar processing system of a fighter aircraft only requires professional chips, such as DSP chips. However, warship radar
To process massive amounts of data, only powerful civilian chips can suffice. Even fighter planes, like the Tomcat fighter's awg-9 radar, also use 8086 processors. The American Aegis directly uses commercial minicomputers.
Moved it up. What kind of processor does our Aegis system use? East China Heroes can only guess that according to the progress in the book, it uses a 486 or Pentium chip. The most advanced multi-core DSP chip publicly available in China
, it is said that Guorui Zhongshu and Loongson chose the architecture based on the Loongson 3 general-purpose processor, and developed the Huarui No. 1 DSP chip by extracting and adding some special instructions and computing units based on practical applications.)
"Although we use their chips, we still designed the peripheral circuits and programmed the system, so there shouldn't be any security issues." Mr. Ben looked at Wu Shengli and explained.
It is impossible for hackers who are so arrogant among civilians to break into the system of a warship. After all, the other party must first enter the military data link system, and then they can enter the computer system of the warship. A dedicated system is not that easy to crack.
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"You still have to have your own system!"
"What can be done about this? After all, the superiors have given up on the development of very large scale integrated circuits. This thing is too expensive." said Mr. Ben.
"Burning money? What our Mingzhou Group is least afraid of is burning money." Qin Tao said: "It seems that our Mingzhou Group's chip branch will also be established."
In the past, Three Banks Heavy Industry came over and Qin Tao put forward conditions, requiring the introduction of a chip production line. This was the prerequisite for cooperation. However, the other party refused to do so, so the cooperation was temporarily shelved.
Qin Tao has been busy and has no time to think about it. Now it seems that he must take action.
Domestic warships must have domestic chips! Whether it is a DSP chip or a general-purpose processor chip!
"Mr. Qin, if you want to build a modern chip production line, you will need at least several hundred million. If you want to develop a 486-level processor, the research and development expenses will also be several hundred million. Together, it is expected to cost one billion!" Mr. Ben
Looking at Qin Tao: "This is not easy for your Mingzhou Group!"
"Mr. Ben, you underestimate our Mingzhou Group too much." Qin Tao said: "Needless to say, we can afford one billion yuan or one billion U.S. dollars. However, we are starting from scratch, and talent and technology are the big ones.
question."
Here in Qin Tao, money is not an issue!
Needless to say, warship projects, just civilian ships, and external cooperation, Mingzhou Group is constantly making money. Although investing this kind of funds will bring burdens to Mingzhou Group, it will definitely not hinder the development of Mingzhou Group.
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If you have money, you have to do practical things!
"Mr. Qin, if you are really determined to pursue this kind of project, you must find our authority in the chip industry." Mr. Ben said.
Authority? Qin Tao asked: "Mr. Ni?"
"Mr. Qin is really well-informed!" Mr. Ben said: "Mr. Ni has been rushing to build our own chips for half his life. Just this year, he has facilitated the establishment of a joint venture with Huating University and Yangtze River Computer Company.
The intention of the chip design center is to establish Lianhai Microelectronics Design Center and prepare to vigorously develop integrated circuit chip design capabilities."
After all, the 14th Institute is in the field of electronic systems and pays more attention to this aspect, so it knows these things. However, Qin Tao, a shipbuilder who often travels outside, actually knew about Mr. Ni, which surprised Mr. Ben.
However, Qin Tao's next words surprised Mr. Ben even more.
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"Why?"
"Because I think the company doesn't want to engage in technology at all. They think it only needs to engage in the market. Technically, even if they invest huge amounts of money, they may not be able to compete with the combination of Microsoft and Intel, so why bother with that effort," Qin Tao said.
Mr. Ben was so surprised that he opened his mouth wide: "Mr. Qin, do you even know the inside stories of these companies?"
Of course Qin Tao knew that this was the famous difference in technical routes between trade, industry and technology and technology, industry and trade. In the end, Mr. Ni failed and was squeezed out of his dream. However, he did not give up. He has been working hard to create something for his whole life.
Efforts are made to produce domestic chips.
Qin Tao admired Mr. Ni.
Originally, there was no overlap between shipbuilding and chip manufacturing, but as Mingzhou Group develops and expands, it will inevitably extend to other industries. Just like Hyundai Group and Sanhang Group, they will eventually develop into a large multinational group with diversified business projects.
When it comes to making money, chips are definitely huge profits. Among domestic imported products, the first is oil, and the second is chips.
This opportunity should be the most suitable now. Around 1994, Mr. Ni traveled around the country to recruit talents and discovered a complete technical team that could design CPUs. He planned to establish the "Lianhai Microelectronics Design Center".
He devoted great enthusiasm to this project called "Chinese Core".
However, he was poured cold water on him by the company.
Li Qin, the company's executive vice president, shook his head and rejected the project. Mr. Ni went to find his old partner again, but his old partner, who had always obeyed him, actually shook his head. The once intimate "Gemini" was on the verge of breaking up.
Mr. Ni is talented, but he has no money! Mingzhou Group has no technology and no knowledge, but they have money!
Qin Tao made up his mind and just did it.
Yes, Qin Tao belongs to the hard-working group, so after coming out of the 14th Institute, he immediately asked someone to investigate Mr. Ni's whereabouts, and the result he got was very happy: Mr. Ni has been at Huating University in the past few days.
The next day, a Mercedes-Benz G drove into Huating University and parked in front of the computer department building.
In the lecture theater, a report was being given. A voice was mellow and impassioned. Qin Tao was also attracted, so he opened the door from behind and walked gently over.
On the podium, there is a thin man with white hair on his forehead and wearing glasses, where the light of hope is radiating.
"Now, the world has begun to enter the era of personal computers. The x86 architecture processor represented by Intel and the Microsoft Windows 95 desktop operating system have built a huge ecosystem of global home computers. At present, although there are a large number of computer brands in our country,
The upstream chip, processor and software industries are firmly in the hands of American technology giants. We call this combination of Windows and Intel the Wintel Alliance."
As he spoke, he wrote this word on the blackboard: "They have formed a monopoly advantage all over the world. Under this situation, it will become more and more difficult for us to build domestic independent processors and software systems, but we must
We must develop our own IT core technology, which is related to our information security and the development of our country's electronics industry."
"If we cannot achieve these goals, then our information industry will lack core and soul. The core refers to the chip, and the soul refers to the operating system. In this way, we can only survive in the jungle established by others. Others occupy the industry
You can easily earn high profits in the upper reaches of the chain, but we can only earn meager profits at the lowest end of the industrial chain by doing unskilled work such as assembling computers."
Qin Tao felt a little emotional in his heart. This situation has not changed even in 2020! In the field of electronics, there is a magical Moore's Law. If you fall behind one step, you will fall behind step by step. If you want to catch up,
It's not that easy.
After the two-hour report was finished, the entire lecture hall burst into applause. At this time, boundless enthusiasm arose in the hearts of these students.
But how long will this enthusiasm last? Later, they will be hit by reality and lose their fighting spirit.
Qin Tao stood up, walked out from the back door, followed Mr. Ni in long strides, and headed towards the department chair's office on the second floor.
"Lao Ni, this report was very well done. I saw pairs of eyes full of expectation. They are all the future of the motherland. Their fighting spirit is ignited in their hearts. They will definitely contribute their efforts to the motherland's chips in the future.
Power." Luo Minghai, the department chair, said with a smile.
"Yes, they are the future of our motherland, but we can't wait for the future, we have to wait for now. How are your universities considering it?"
After hearing Mr. Ni's question, the smile on Luo Minghai's face disappeared.
"No one in the Institute of Computer Science dares to independently engage in the research and development of general-purpose processors. How can we, a university, have this ability? Lao Ni, you are making things difficult for me! Unless there is a strong company to support it, otherwise, designing the chip yourself is just a matter of course.
It’s just a fool’s errand, let’s forget about our Lianhai Microelectronics Design Center!”
"No, absolutely not, how can we forget it? Lao Luo, ten thousand years is too long, just seize the day! There has been a gap between us and the West for more than ten years, and if we don't catch up, the gap will be even bigger!
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"Everyone knows this, but what about money? If you want to design a chip, you have to invest at least hundreds of millions! Where can you get such a lot of money? Our university does not have that much scientific research funding. At first, I saw that your company is strong,
Now…"
Mr. Ni clenched his fists: "It seems that I have no choice but to go back and continue to argue with them. Without technology, there is no future for me to just be a machine dealer!"
"Forget it, Mr. Ni, it's all in vain for you to go back." At this moment, a voice came from the other side of the door.
Mr. Ni looked over in surprise and saw a young man standing at the door with a secretary. This man looked familiar.
"Mr. Qin, you are finally here. We have been waiting for you since we received the news from our superiors. We didn't expect you to come just now."
"I have been here a long time ago and listened to Mr. Ni's report in the lecture theater." Qin Tao said: "I am also very emotional in my heart. Our chip industry is quite backward."
Mr. Qin? What suddenly occurred to Mr. Ni: "Are you Mr. Qin of Mingzhou Group?"
Mingzhou Group has now developed into a first-class enterprise in the country. Even they think that although they are the leader in the industry, they cannot compare with Mingzhou Group! After all, they are shipbuilders, and a ship can cost tens of millions or even more.
100 million!
"That's right, it's me." Qin Tao said: "Mr. Ni, Ixiang Group only intends to do business and has no intention of engaging in technology at all. Therefore, there is a new road in front of you. I wonder if you are willing to take it.
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"What way?"
"Leave Lxiang Group, which only intends to do business, and join our Mingzhou Group. We will set up a dedicated chip branch in Pudong New Area, Huating. The goal of this company is to design our own processors."
"Really? Your Mingzhou Group wants to invest in chips? Are you also optimistic about the road of civilian general-purpose processors?" Mr. Ni became excited.
Qin Tao slowly shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ni. In today's report, you also said that there is a huge gap between us and the West. It is difficult to catch up with this gap. For now, even if we have spent a lot of effort to develop civilian
General-purpose processors will also face a situation without an ecosystem, and it will be difficult to compete with the Wintel Alliance."
It cannot be used with a CPU and an operating system, because it requires ecological support. If various software cannot run, then this kind of computer is just a brick.
"Then what are you going to do when you invest in chips?"
"Military use." Qin Tao explained: "Currently, our country's shortage of chips has affected military equipment. We need advanced processor chips for military purposes, such as monitoring a large number of incoming missiles at the same time.
It requires high-speed processing capabilities. In this regard, we don’t have similar chips in China and we need to use imported products.”
"However, the demand for this kind of chips is too small."
"That's better than no sales." Qin Tao said: "For now, if we want to develop chips ourselves, the ecological problems we face are almost unsolvable."
After leaving lxiang, Mr. Ni once founded Ark Technology. In the new millennium, Ark 1 was born. The combination of Ark CPU, Yongzhong office, nc thin client and Linux operating system created a purely domestic
computer system.
The results of it?
It was simply incompatible with Wintel's system. As a result, the system could not work properly even if it was purchased by the government. In the end, the project failed, which also taught many people a bloody lesson.
The market and users are the real touchstones of products. Ark hopes to bypass Wintel's patent barriers through its own CPU architecture and open source Linux system, but it is unable to create a suitable ecosystem. Even with strong policy and financial support as a backing, it is difficult to