The place where Lin Xiao and Kong Huaan ate was in a relatively official place.
After all, Lin Xiao is now considered a famous person. If he goes out on the street, he will definitely be surrounded by a group of people, so now when he eats out, he is in a relatively private place.
Soon after, after ordering various dishes, he started chatting with Kong Huaan.
"What are you working on recently? Are you still working on chips?"
Lin Xiao asked first.
In his impression, Kong Huaan seemed to have started a more in-depth study of the chip since he helped Pangu supercomputer research the chip design.
Of course, what is being studied is still the design of the chip. For Kong Huaan, studying this is obviously the most convenient.
"Well, I've been studying the instruction set recently."
"Instruction set? This is indeed something you should study." Lin Xiao nodded and said, "Do you have any ideas now?"
The instruction set can also be called the chip architecture.
Chip architecture does not mean what kind of architecture the chip should be built according to, but how the "0" and "1" inside the chip, which represent the chip instructions, should be used to issue instructions to the computer.
What kind of instructions the chip can execute is also affected by this instruction set.
Just like the CPU chip architecture generally installed on computers, it is the x86 architecture used by Intel and massage parlors. This is a complex instruction set. As for the arm architecture used on mobile phones and other mobile terminals, it is a simplified instruction set.
The x86 architecture is Intel's patent. However, due to some historical reasons, AMD can obtain authorization from Intel and then compete with Intel. Of course, China does not need to think about obtaining the x86 architecture authorization.
The arm architecture was developed by a British company and now accounts for most of the chip architecture. Chips designed using the arm architecture also cover almost the entire mobile market. If mobile chip designers want to use the arm architecture
, which means you need to purchase the right to use it from the arm company.
And the arm architecture obtained by purchasing the right to use is also a public version of the architecture, which is weaker than Apple's arm architecture in terms of performance. This is because Apple is a shareholder of arm, so it can get a special version of the architecture from arm.
, the performance is more powerful.
So far, although China's semiconductor industry has become extremely powerful, it still has limitations in chip architecture.
This is why the Pangu supercomputer can be even better in terms of chip technology, but it can still only lag behind the second place by no more than three times.
If the chip architecture used by Pangu supercomputer is x86 or arm, then obviously the computing power can be even higher.
That's why Lin Xiao said that Kong Hua'an should study this direction.
"I have an idea, but how to use it is still a problem."
Kong Huaan said, then sighed lightly and said: "My idea is to combine the common advantages of complex instruction sets and simplified instruction sets, and then come up with a new instruction set, and then this instruction set can be used for computer chips.
design, and can also be used in the design of mobile chips.”
"It's just a good idea, but it would be very troublesome to implement it."
In other words, anyone who studies chip design will have this idea.
Just like the arm architecture, the energy consumption is much lower than that of the x86 architecture. For example, the power consumption of an x86 CPU may reach more than two hundred watts, but the arm only requires a few watts of power consumption.
Of course, power consumption also determines the complexity of the programs that can be run. As we all know, Apple notebooks cannot run all engineering software and cannot play large games, but they are very powerful in terms of battery life.
What Kong Huaan wants to solve now is to combine these two advantages.
So obviously, it's difficult.
"This is indeed a bit difficult."
After hearing this, Lin Xiao also nodded.
"But one of my current ideas is whether I can implement a 'shunt' with distinguishing capabilities in this instruction set. Then this 'shunt' can determine whether the program to be run is a complex instruction set or a reduced instruction set."
"It's just that how to realize the function of this shunt is still relatively difficult."
Listening to the ideas put forward by Kong Huaan, Lin Xiao also started thinking about it.
Although when it comes to computer programming, he feels that there is still a slight gap between himself and Kong Huaan. After all, he is not specialized in this area. But one thing is clear: in terms of mathematics and logic, he is absolutely
Strengths.
So he thought for a moment and said, "A self-checking compiler?"
"Self-checking compiler?"
"A compiler is a thing that communicates the connection between software and hardware... Ahem, you should know this better than me."
Lin Xiao said.
"That's not necessarily true." Kong Hua'an spread his hands and said, "I always feel that you actually know more than me. Even if you don't know it now, you will sooner or later in the future."
Lin Xiao smiled and said, "We'll talk about the future later."
Maybe by the time he becomes interested in studying computers, the world will be unified?
"I know the compiler, can you tell me what you think?" Kong Hua'an didn't struggle so much with Lin Xiao, and then asked.
"Well..." Lin Xiao organized the language and said, "As we all know, the simplified instruction set is for calculation of addition, while the complex instruction set is for calculation of multiplication."
"So, can't we now write such an instruction set that can implement self-testing based on this feature?"
"Uh..." Kong Hua'an showed hesitation on his face, and after a moment he said, "I still don't understand."
Lin Xiao thought for a while, then made a call, and soon one of his bodyguards walked into the private room, holding a laptop in his hand.
"Chief Lin, the computer you want."
"Well, thank you."
Lin Xiao nodded, took over the computer, and began to demonstrate it to Kong Huaan.
Obviously, no matter how he explained it just now, it would not be faster to demonstrate it directly on the computer.
As for Lin Xiao getting a laptop with just one phone call, Kong Huaan didn't show any surprise on his face. After all, with Lin Xiao's current status, it was not difficult to do this.
Then, he watched the demonstration given to him by Lin Xiao until a long while later.
"...Well, that's what I mean. Implement such a function in the compiler. This function can determine in a very simple way whether the program is suitable for running a reduced instruction set or a complex instruction set. Then, we can implement this
It’s one o’clock, if you say that, you should be clear, right?”
"This method..." Kong Huaan nodded after thinking for a long time, "This method is very good."
"And, I estimate, this also has requirements for the chip production process."
Kong Hua'an said: "Although this is implemented at the software level, it requires hardware to provide the foundation, which means that an integrated circuit needs to be carved into the chip specifically for this function."
At this point, Kong Huaan's eyes lit up, "Yes! I have a certain idea now!"
Seeing Kong Huaan's expression, Lin Xiao smiled: "It would be nice if I could provide you with some ideas."
"This is more than just an idea."
Kong Huaan shook his head, "I can follow whatever steps I follow now."
Suddenly, he suddenly raised his head and stared at Lin Xiao: "Did you already know how to solve it? And then you were waiting for me to ask you this question?"
Lin Xiao immediately waved his hands in confusion: "How is this possible? I just thought about it and then expressed my thoughts."
Kong Huaan's face suddenly showed a shocked expression: "So you solved such a big problem for me after just thinking about it? You also said that you don't know as much as me!"
"Uh...this..."
Lin Xiao suddenly didn't know what to say. He had never thought about hitting Kong Hua'an?
But after a moment, Kong Huaan put away his shocked expression and said with a smile: "Forget it, in fact, I have already accepted this possibility. After all, you are the chief scientist."
Seeing this, Lin Xiao felt a little relieved, and then smiled and said: "Don't say that, even if you don't say anything else, you must be far better than me in hacking skills. I am not a hacker."
I don’t know any technology.”
"Maybe you will be better than me after just learning it?" Kong Hua'an said, spreading his hands.
Lin Xiao smiled and shook his head. Just when he was about to say something, the door was opened and the waiter came with the food.
Lin Xiao then said: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's eat first."
Kong Huaan nodded, then picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.
Of course, his expression was pretty good. He probably got what he wanted from his conversation with Lin Xiao today.
As for being hit, it became dispensable for him as long as he thought that the other party was Lin Xiao.
In this way, after the meal, the two said goodbye to each other. Kong Hua'an was going back to prepare to overcome the difficulties of this new structure, and Lin Xiao also believed that maybe he would be able to hear good news from Kong Hua'an in a while.
Time passed quickly.
…
It's mid-June.
The influence brought by controllable nuclear fusion is still spreading, and at the same time, after several months of preparation, Jinwu Energy Group has finally been officially established.
This behemoth, which inherited all the property of the State Grid Corporation of China and also held the resource shares of several other important members of the energy system, attracted the attention of countless people around the world once it was established.
Of course, there are also the eyes of all investors around the world.
PetroChina and Sinopec are both listed on the US stock market, so will this new behemoth also be listed on the US stock market?
Everyone is curious and wants to know the answer, especially foreign investors.
Of course, it may also be like the State Grid that chooses not to go public.
However, in everyone's opinion, this new behemoth still needs to be launched on the market.
Because listing means being able to absorb funds from the stock market, thereby obtaining extremely large cash flow, thereby accelerating the development of the enterprise.
In the future, Jinwu Energy Group will assume the responsibility of building a controllable nuclear fusion power station. Building a nuclear fusion reactor will easily cost tens of billions. In order to roll out the project nationwide as soon as possible, the funds required will definitely be equivalent.
There are many, so it is obviously an inevitable choice to obtain funds of this scale through listing.
After all, that is a capital requirement of hundreds of billions.
However, what surprised everyone was that the management of Jinwu Energy Group made a decision not to go public for the time being.
Everyone found it a bit hard to believe, especially those who had begun to allocate resources to prepare to subscribe for new shares when they were listed. They were even more disappointed.
Jinwu Energy Group doesn’t plan to go public?
So where do your funds come from?
But the fact is that for these investors, it is impossible for them to grab shares from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission if the company is not listed, so they can only choose to give up this unrealistic idea.
However, at this moment, when these people inquired about it, they suddenly discovered that Lin Xiao actually owned 5% of the shares in it, and it was the only private share. The remaining 95% belonged to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. At this moment
, also made many people greedy. If they can’t buy it with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, then why not buy the head office with Lin Xiao?
But in the end, everyone thought of Lin Xiaona's reputation as the country's chief scientist, and then gave up the idea.
Chief of the country, no matter what position these four words are attached to, he is no longer an ordinary person.
Therefore, these people could only sigh in their hearts that Lin Xiao's treatment was so good, and finally gave up these years.
However, Jinwu Energy Group also started operations after these insignificant matters. On the first day of operations, under the coordination of the superiors, ambassadors from foreign countries, large and small, were invited to discuss the popularization of controllable nuclear fusion throughout the world.
world affairs.
Jinwu Energy Group said this, which surprised the ambassadors of various countries.
Your country hasn't even built a few fusion reactors yet, and now you actually plan to benefit all mankind?
How come they didn't know there was such a good thing before?
Ever since, ambassadors from these countries, big and small, gladly accepted the invitation.
But obviously, Jinwu Energy Group cannot have such good intentions.
"Then, let us first explain that we will build a nuclear fusion reactor for the country only if we accept the following conditions."
In the conference room, Zhu Cheng, general manager of Jinwu Energy Group, said with a smile.
"The first is profit. Of course, we are willing to share the profits generated from power generation with governments of various countries. The specific share ratio can also be determined based on the conditions given by each country."
"However, we also need to have the power to transmit and distribute electricity."
"Secondly, there is the right to control. Obviously, the right to control can only be held by us. This point needs to be made clear to everyone."
"Of course, everyone must also know that the establishment of a controllable nuclear fusion power station can greatly promote the development of the country, so before raising objections, please consider this first."
With a smile on his face, Zhu Cheng looked at the faces of so many different countries in the entire conference room. At this moment, he completely felt a sense of superiority due to technological leadership.
In the past, when have they been able to make such demands to the world?
Of course, naysayers are always inevitable.
America's ambassador Adams immediately expressed dissatisfaction: "Is this the attitude of your government? Controlled nuclear fusion is a technology that can benefit the world, but you still make such excessive demands when sharing it? You can't have it
Control!"
As he spoke, Adams also said to the other ambassadors: "Friends, what do you think? We cannot be bullied by them using their leading technology!"
Zhu Cheng smiled and said: "Sorry, this is a legitimate request made by our company to protect our interests. It has nothing to do with the government. If the ambassador has any opinions, then I can only ask
You're out."
As soon as Zhu Cheng said these words, the conference room suddenly became quiet.
[If you have any objections, please get out].
Everyone was thinking about these words, and then looked at Adams who was about to faint, and suddenly felt that it would be good to go to the theater today?
