For the problem of cheap production of robots, Cheng Yuan doesn't care much, after all, these things have long been prototyped, and the most important intelligent control system also has Xiaolan's help, Alfonso and others just follow the prototype robot reverse research and development, and simplify some materials, which is not too difficult, the only thing worthy of praise is that the time to produce results is faster.

What really makes Cheng Yuan concerned is actually nanochips, as well as the relatively mature 5G mobile communication technology, because these technologies are not borrowed from Louis, but the disciples have developed them themselves with the help of the earth's original technology.

However, these two developments have little to do with Alfonso, but were made by two of Louis's twelve disciples, named Harlan and Feding, who studied theoretical mathematics at the time.

Originally, two of Louis's twelve original disciples were mathematicians, both of whom studied theoretical mathematics, but had slightly different tendencies. One of them, Feiding, mainly studied the cutting-edge science of quantum mathematics, and the other named Harlan mainly studied computational mathematics, a discipline between applied mathematics and theoretical mathematics. Of course, there is a lot of crossover between the two R&D, so the labs of the two of them are actually connected.

As long as a group of people are together, then there will be fights, taking the Blue Illuminati Society as an example, although it is not explicitly stated, but the internal people are basically based on their own vice presidents as the core, and there are three major factions between each other, namely the Louis faction, the Martina faction and the Vivian faction, and even within a faction, different people will have competition.

For example, Alfonso, Harun, and Ferdin, although they are all in the same line, and they are the original twelve disciples, they have all eaten the green glitter, but the competition between them is still very strong, or rather, these twelve people have formed different small circles with each other.

No matter what you do, it's always good to have more people, even if it's R&D. So whether it was out of the competitiveness of young people, or indeed for their own research projects, Louis's original twelve disciples were constantly working hard, wanting to produce results in exchange for membership as new disciples.

Because there were internal regulations within the organization at the beginning, the qualification to recommend new members must be the person who has come up with valuable results, and whoever comes up with the results recognized by the organization first can get more blue flashes, or memberships.

Obviously, whoever has the right to recommend, then after the recommended person enters the organization, he will basically become a person of his own family, which is an obvious way to strengthen himself, and after Cheng Yuan made great efforts to add new disciples to Louis's family, it has also become a consensus.

You know, by far the largest number of disciples are Louis's men, which has already aroused the jealousy of Martina and Vivien's men.

Then again, why was Alfonso able to produce results so quickly? It is because there are enough new disciples who are assigned to study materials science, and then they lead some ordinary scientific research workers, and then use super-technological equipment, it is normal for the progress to be accelerated.

Although Alfonso and the others already had many disciples, and Alfonso, the early twelve people who had eaten the green glitter, had also become de facto small leaders, but no one was too many, so this time he heard that Cheng Yuan was concerned about the projects of other colleagues, so he was naturally a little uncomfortable.

However, after all, it was a faction, so Alfonso's discomfort was fleeting, and he soon took Cheng Yuan to the other side of the laboratory, where the joint laboratory of Harlan and Ferding was also the place where nanochips and 5G mobile communication technology were produced.

Regarding Cheng Yuan's arrival, Ferdining and Harlan were a little cold, not as enthusiastic as Alfonso, but this is probably related to their surnames, not deliberately hypocritical.

Although they are cold, they are just as excited when they talk about technology, after all, for those of them who have become scientific research maniacs, technology is like their own children, so naturally they want to show off to others when they have time.

Let's start with nanochips. To put it simply, nanochips are the use of nanotechnology to directly combine the designed molecules together in the laboratory to directly form chips, so that there is no need for an ultra-clean production workshop like traditional silicon-based chips, and there is no need for expensive production equipment and a huge production team, which can greatly save costs.

Moreover, the size of nanochips is smaller, the computing speed is faster, and the energy consumption is less, and the nanochips composed of carbon nanotransistors are not only much smaller than silicon chips, but also more than 15,000 times faster than silicon chips, but the energy consumption is greatly reduced.

In fact, the technology of nanochips is not new, the technology of nanochips has long existed, and the system is relatively mature, restricting the development of this technology, mainly the acquisition of materials, that is, the difficulty of obtaining carbon nanotransistors.

After carbon nanotransistors could be produced in large quantities, this technology also broke through the bottleneck, and under the joint efforts of Fitting and Harlan, it soon broke through a series of other small problems and began to mature this technology.

In fact, so far, new nano storage technology, carbon nano circuit board and other technologies have also been developed, and nanocomputers have been born from the laboratory, and even the way of industrial production has been studied.

"That's what kind of nanochip?" Cheng Yuan looked at the small square in his palm, which was only the size of a seven-star ladybug, and asked.

"It's a nanocomputer, to be exact." "The real nanochips are much smaller than this, only a hair is thin, smaller than a grain of sand. This thing in your hand is a complete computer, which contains not only a microprocessor, but also a motherboard and memory, which can be used for reading power. ”

"Oh? Can you demonstrate that? Cheng Yuan asked with interest.

"Absolutely." Fei Ding nodded, picked up the seven-star ladybug in Cheng Yuan's palm with tweezers, and then carefully placed it in a small square box only the size of a fist, and explained at the same time, "Because this nanocomputer is too small, it needs to design a separate power supply system and an internal and external transmission system, and this small square box is a collection of power supply systems and internal and external transmission systems, similar to a converter." ”

After speaking, Fei Ding closed the glass lid of the small square box, then took the monitor, keyboard, audio and other things, and plugged a series of data cables into the socket of the small square box, and then said to Cheng Yuan: "It's okay now, do you want to turn it on and try it yourself?" ”

"Oh, of course that's good." Cheng Yuan smiled and pointed to one of the oval-shaped buttons in the small square box, "Is this the boot button?" ”

"Yes." Ferding nodded.

After getting the reply, Cheng Yuan stopped talking nonsense, and directly pressed the boot button, and soon, the display lit up, and a familiar picture of the system began to appear directly.

Seeing this situation, Fei Ding said with a smile on the side: "Because the speed is too fast, the screen of the operation system will be directly activated when the computer is turned on, so that you don't have to wait for the boot screen anymore." ”

"That's good, I usually hate waiting for the boot screen the most." Cheng Yuan smiled, and after laughing, he did it again, and found that the computer reacted quite quickly, and there was no dullness at all.

Nodding with satisfaction, Cheng Yuan asked Fei Ding again: "What about the parameters and surname of this computer?" ”

"The processor of this computer is a 164-core processor, and the clock frequency of each core can be as high as 36GHz, as for the memory, the memory is 256T, and the external memory is 756T, which can be compared to a supercomputer." After a pause at this point, Fitin continued, "After our calculations, this computer can perform 400 million operations per second, and the peak speed of double-precision floating-point operations can reach 459 million times per second, and if it continues to operate, the peak of double-precision floating-point operations can reach 239 million billion. Of course, the most important thing is that this one can be said to be completely comparable to the existence of a supercomputer, and the power consumption is only the amount of a No. 5 dry battery! ”

“…… Really? Cheng Yuan said, "I know that nanocomputers are very good, and foreign countries have long developed finished products, but they are not so powerful, right?" ”

"Hehe, the key is still the problem of material technology." Alfonso next to him suddenly rushed to say, "Actually, the key to this kind of computer is to look at the material process, if there are good carbon nanotransistors, coupled with better chip design, it can naturally have a big leap." ”

Glancing at Alfonso, Ferdin, who was next to him, nodded: "Yes, the key is still the issue of material technology, of course, architectural design and other aspects are also very important."

In fact, the reason why this computer has such a strong ability is mainly because all his designs are made of carbon nanotransistor material, and this carbon nanotransistor, not an ordinary kind of carbon nanotube, but is directly made of graphene material curl, is a perfect carbon nanotransistor.

In addition, not only are all the core chips made of carbon nanotransistors, but other motherboard materials are carbon nanotransistors made of graphene, and the same is true for the memory, and the whole computer is like using a two-dimensional graphene, and then like origami, folding into different shapes to form different circuit modules. Because the graphene structure has a super electron conduction ability, it is the fastest electron transfer material of all known materials at room temperature, so it consumes very little energy, which leads to the super power of this computer, but the power consumption is very small. ”

"Well, that's good." Cheng Yuan nodded, "In this way, the miniaturization of supercomputers can be realized, and the effect will be revolutionary." ”

"It's more than that." At this time, Harlan, who didn't talk much, suddenly said, "Our exploration of this material is still very shallow, and we use the traditional chip model." In fact, due to the unique quantum field force of graphene materials, the structural surname energy has undergone fundamental changes, so quantum computing can be realized, that is, as long as a little more research and change the operation mode, the miniaturized quantum computer can be realized, and at that time, the computing speed will be a qualitative improvement! ”

"Quantum computers, you mean, quantum computers under nanotechnology?" Cheng Yuan asked.

"Yes." Harlan nodded, "This kind of computer, in fact, is just our experimental work, it's nothing, what Ferding and I are working on is actually the miniaturization of quantum computers, as long as we have a little more time and resources, I believe that the trial production will be successful soon." Then the whole world will be different! ”

"yes." Fei Ding nodded with a sigh, "You imagine that in the near future, the watch you wear casually will be a computing device that is faster than today's supercomputers, so that we humans will truly enter the era of computing." At that time, everything will be simpler and faster, intelligent robots will become smarter, and virtual reality networks will become reality, isn't that a wonderful time? ”

"Indeed, the prospects are promising." Cheng Yuan nodded, "Let's not talk about quantum computers, let's talk about this computer." This computer is already very strong, I want to ask, how much does this kind of computer cost? ”

"The cost," Fitin thought for a moment, "because it is an experimental product, and it has not yet been industrialized, so it will be a little higher, and if you include the cost of materials and the cost of production, such a computer will cost about 100,000 euros." ”

"One hundred thousand euros...... With this kind of surname, it's very cheap. Cheng Yuan nodded, "So, what if this kind of computer simplifies the surname?" For example, you don't need such a high surname energy, you don't need 164 cores, and you don't need such a high storage capacity, as long as you have 6 cores and about 10t storage capacity, how much cheaper will it be? ”

"I'm afraid it's not much cheaper." Fei Ding shook his head, "Because this is mainly the price of materials, in terms of production process, because it is the application of a new type of intelligent tunnel scanning technology, there is no longer a need for manual operation, so on the same chip, the difference between making 6 cores and making 164 cores is not very big, on the contrary, making 6 core circuits will form a lot of waste, and the same is true for storage materials."

In other words, the current computer is the one with the highest surname-to-price ratio we have made, even if the process is simplified, the price will not be less than 90,000 euros, but the surname can be too different, it is a little cost-effective. ”

"Understood," Cheng Yuan said, "In the final analysis, because of the difference in production technology, the production method has changed, and the price can no longer be calculated simply based on the surname of the computer." ”

"That's right." Ferding nodded.

"So, how much would it cost to set up a factory that produces these computers? How big of a venue do you need? Cheng Yuan asked again.

"I don't need much space for this, just a 100-square-meter room, you can build a nanocomputer factory." "As for the investment, I haven't calculated it specifically, but based on the materials we designed for the production line, at the current market price, about 150 million euros is about enough." After completion, each computer can theoretically produce 220 units, but in practice it can also have more than 200 units, and the output is still considerable. ”

"More than 200? You mean a complete computer? Not just chips? ”

"Of course." Fei Ding nodded, "Because this is a direct synthesis circuit using nanotechnology, there is no need for a complicated assembly process, and the parts can be directly synthesized into a highly integrated computer." Of course, it is not impossible to assemble them separately, but that would be more resource-intensive and uneconomical. ”

"In other words, this kind of computer is integrated, and you can't use it with its own parts?"

"That's right." "So in other words, if it breaks, you have to recycle the whole machine and replace it with a new one." ”

"What about the data, what happens to the stored data if the computer goes down?"

"Basically, the part that stores the data is not easily broken, and the main thing that is easy to break is the processor." "So if the computer is broken, you can directly read out the content stored in it for preservation, even if the storage device is broken, you can also read out the undamaged part of the data, of course, there will be a certain loss, but in reality, the computer, the storage device is broken, and the data will be finished." In comparison, our nanocomputer is several times stronger than steel due to its small size and carbon nanotransistor, and it will not break easily. ”

"Not bad, not bad." Cheng Yuan looked at Fanya, who had started playing Need for Speed with this computer, and nodded, "It seems that you have researched something very remarkable." By the way, haven't you also developed some 5G communication system? Can you tell me about it? ”

"Oh, you're talking about terahertz mobile technology." "It's true that we've made a breakthrough in this technology, so why don't I show you it here." ”

After speaking, Fei Ding took out a black 5.0-inch mobile phone and said: "This mobile phone is specially made, the uniqueness is that it is embedded with a new nanocomputer that we just demonstrated, however, because the mobile phone motherboard is still a normal circuit board design, so it can not fully play the surname of the nanocomputer embedded in it, but even so, through this mobile phone can also directly achieve 5G communication, here, we just use the processing function of the nanocomputer, after all, this is the fastest." ”

"Well, then you can demonstrate it." Cheng Yuandao.

"Okay." Fei Ding nodded, and then began to do something, and then opened a software for Cheng Yuan to see, "Look, this is a test software, which can be downloaded and uploaded wirelessly, through which the wireless download and transmission speed of the mobile phone can be obtained, and in this base, it has covered the 5G mobile communication network, not WiFi and other modes, it is a real long-distance mobile communication technology!" ”

After speaking, Fei Ding clicked one of the buttons, and then he saw a clock-like thing constantly changing numbers, and then Fei Ding pointed to this clock and said: "Look, this is a test of the download speed, we just downloaded a large video and audio file, a full 180G, now you can see, the download speed is 10GB per second, you see, just as we speak, the 180G video has been downloaded, and the whole time is only 19 seconds!" ”

Speaking of which, Fei Ding showed Cheng Yuan the screen of his mobile phone, and sure enough, Cheng Yuan found that in the following records, the average download speed of the record reached 9.92GB per second, and the highest peak download speed was 10.65GB per second, and it took only 19 seconds to download a 180G video!

"South Korea issued a statement some time ago, saying that they have developed a 5G system, hehe, but that thing is a toy compared to ours." Fei Ding smiled, "South Korea's kind of technology, the download speed can't even reach 1G per second, and the transmission distance is limited, it is said to be two kilometers, but in fact, it is only about one kilometer." We use terahertz technology, which has a higher frequency, longer transmission speed and wider coverage, which can directly realize point-to-point transmission between the ground and satellite. ”

"Terahertz technology? Already researched and matured? Cheng Yuan asked.

"Of course." Fei Ding nodded, "In fact, Ericsson has been exploring terahertz technology before, mainly researching teraherz communication technology, but you also know that the difficulty of terahertek technology is mainly economical and portable transmitters and receivers, and the application is easy, and after our material technology has made a breakthrough, they have applied nanotechnology, and it is easy to obtain a technological breakthrough in terahertz." In addition, with the application of our micro nanocomputer and the application of terahertz technology, 5G communication can be regarded as completely mature. ”

After a pause, Fitding continued: "Due to the superiority of terahertz technology, in our vision, the future 5G communication technology will be a new model, that is, it can achieve global coverage through the launch of satellites and the mode of manufacturing high-altitude airship base stations, so that there are no dead ends in the world." Of course, it can also be combined with existing base stations to accommodate existing 2G and 3G communication technologies. ”

"Launch satellites, high-altitude airship base stations? Will there be a problem in terms of cost, and also, have you thought about the problem of maintenance in the future? ”

"We've thought about it all." "Because of the change of surname of this technology, the traditional base station model has become uneconomical. For example, the traditional base station model, must be built at a certain distance to build a base station, connected to the network, but also need the corresponding personnel to carry out regular maintenance, under the existing technology, it is indeed convenient, but under the terahertz and microwave technology, these technologies are outdated.

You see, our terahertz transmission technology has a longer transmission distance, more data transmission, stronger penetration, even if it is 50 meters underground, you can receive a signal, and the speed of downloading data can still reach 8G per second, and the upload speed can also reach 6G per second. And because of the larger amount of data it can contain, a high-altitude airship base station can accommodate 300 million information bodies, that is, it can accommodate 300 million people to call each other to download data without problems.

Basically, six billion people in the world can perfectly solve all communication problems as long as they build 20 high-altitude airship base stations, or 20 satellites. Compared with the construction of ground base stations, the cost advantage is much stronger.

Moreover, because we have nanocomputer technology, each satellite can accommodate multiple supercomputers, so that the satellite can become smaller and the ability to process data is stronger, so the satellite can be miniaturized and the launch cost will be lower.

We have calculated that if we launch 20 satellites, each of which can contain 300 million information bodies, then a satellite only needs to be the size of a mobile phone, so that a rocket can be launched at a time, and 20 satellites can be carried by using multi-body separation technology. Of course, in practice, it is not possible to launch only 20 satellites, and to launch twice as many as backups, but that would not be very expensive.

As for maintenance, not to mention the high-altitude airship, it is very convenient, even if it is a satellite, you can directly launch a new satellite to replace the broken satellite, and the broken satellite can be recovered with a spacecraft, due to the small size of the satellite, it will become very convenient to recycle. ”

"It's more than that." "In fact, launching satellites can not only be used for this new transmission system, because they can carry our newly developed nanocomputers, each satellite is a supercomputer, so it can also carry out parallel operations in other aspects." For example, this satellite can be used for navigation, geological research, meteorological research, etc., which is equivalent to a satellite with multiple functions, which can be said to combine the functions of meteorological satellites, military navigation satellites, communication satellites, etc., and the surname-price ratio will become more superior. ”

"Yes." "When the time comes, the entire earth will be transparent to us, and if we equip satellites with high-energy laser weapons, haha, then missiles will completely enter the era of end!" Suffice it to say, as long as we launch enough satellites, the whole world is in the palm of our hands! ”

"Not bad, very well conceived." Cheng Yuan nodded calmly, "This system is going to be fully built, how much will it cost?" ”

"This hasn't been carefully calculated." Fedin shook his head, "However, if you have two or three hundred billion dollars, it should be enough." ”

"Two or three billion dollars......," Cheng Yuan nodded, "In terms of building a new system, the cost is not high." ”

"I think so too." Ferdin's nodded.

"Good." Cheng Yuan said with satisfaction, "You have done a good job, I will report your affairs truthfully, well, do you have any requirements?" ”

"This, if you can, can you give us more new members?" "Actually, Harlan and I have quite a few friends and relatives, if you can, can you absorb them?" ”

"Friends and relatives?" Cheng Yuan frowned, "You should know that the affairs of the organization cannot be easily said to the outside world, you ......"

"Rest assured, I didn't say anything to them about the organization." "They just know that I work here." However, they are really reliable, and we do lack manpower, so if we have enough members to help, we can do it faster. ”

"That's right." Cheng Yuan thought for a while, "You give me a list when you go back, and after we investigate, there is no problem, and we can give you authorization." Well, given your performance, you're going to give Harlan and Harlan a quota of 20 each, what do you think? ”

"Great!" Fedin snapped his fingers, "That's enough, haha, I'll just say, our organization is the future of humanity, and we will make history!" (To be continued.) )