Chapter 129: The Restlessness of the Eight Youths
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Not long after joining Seymour's research team, Alex helped him solve many problems. These so-called problems are simply not worth mentioning in later generations.
Sometimes, people take things that are commonplace in their daily lives and take them for granted. However, an ordinary thing contains the wisdom of human beings for thousands of years.
With Seymour Clay's knowledge, experience, and way of thinking, and Alex's knowledge from later generations, many problems are no longer a problem.
Once the obstacles have been removed, all that's left is some heavy lifting for validation, testing, and debugging. Alex was immune to this kind of thing, and he didn't want to waste his time on it. He quickly pulled away and left the finishing touches to the others.
According to the progress of the work, the "Cray I" computer will be officially launched by the end of the year, which is already the fastest degree.
Now Alex has set his sights on something else, and he wants to build a communications satellite to prepare for aBc's satellite broadcast. However, he knows that satellites are not like high-level computers, which have great limitations on size and performance power. This requires someone to develop some special components, so as to ensure that the quality of the satellite is within a controllable range.
"I don't know what Shockley is doing now, I should find this guy to do this."
Of those he knew, Shockley was one of the most suitable. It's just that this guy is dreaming of gold rush, and he is not very sure that he will be able to convince Shockley to come over and help. More crucially, many people are saying that Shockley will definitely win the Nobel Prize. Especially the young scientists around Shockley, they all think so.
When Shockley was nominated for the Nobel Prize, more people thought that he would have to win the prize, and the transistor was already changing the world in every way. For the electronics industry, the transistor is as important as the chemical industry has oil.
Once, in public, Moore said to Shockley, "Doctor, we all think you should win the Nobel Prize in Physics!" ”
"Yes, we all feel that way. You have the Nobel Prize. Everyone chimed in.
This feeling was soon validated, and in November 1956, a long-distance phone call from Stockholm was made, and Dr. Shockley was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
The news of Shockley's award quickly spread throughout the world, and people who knew and didn't know alike were thrilled and excited about what he had accomplished.
Especially the people who worked in Shockley's real yàn room, they were ecstatic, as if they had also received this award. The giants of science flocked to Palo Alto to celebrate their "navigators" with champagne at the city's most modest "Dinah Chalet" restaurant.
The 29-year-old Noyce respectfully toasted Dr. Shockley, the "elder" of the eight. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. in solid state physics, he chose to work in a very small company, because only in a small company could he be able to work as a scientist and an entrepreneur on his own, so that he could be fully trained.
Noyce can be regarded as the most determined "defector". The other seven young people came to Silicon Valley with a similar experience to Noyes.
During the celebration, people kept coming to toast Dr. Shockley. People all over the world sent him congratulatory telegrams, and many people who knew him called directly.
Alex had come to Silicon Valley in person, and when he knew about the nomination, he was ready to come and congratulate Dr. Shockley. After asking where they were at this time, he and his bodyguards took a car to their destination. When entering the tavern, the bodyguards silently blended into the celebratory crowd without alarming anyone.
Alex smiled and walked straight to the drunken Shockley: "Doctor! Congratulations on winning the Nobel Prize. ”
"Huh? You, you're Alex! Come on, come and have a drink with us! Shockley looked at the blurred figure in front of him, and quickly recognized who the person was from the aura emanating from the other party.
At this time, Alex was 15 years old, and he had short dark gold hair and an angular face, which made him look radiant. He was dressed very differently from the people of his time, and in this cold weather, Alex wore a handsome and bubbly sweater.
Against the backdrop of this moss-green sweater, Alex's blue eyes, like sapphires set in emeralds, radiate a soul-stirring blue light. He spent a few months in Seymour's laboratory, and then went to the beach for a summer and had a few months there. Until now, he is still wrapped in the breath of the sea, which is intoxicating.
"Doctor, you know I don't drink. However, on a special day like today, I have to make an exception for you. ”
Picking up a glass of beer handed over to him, Alex worked to the end, he didn't drink because he didn't want to tell some secrets when he was drunk, especially his own origins. Lately, he's been surrounded by strange people, maybe ostensibly fans of the Carpenter brothers, maybe people with bad intentions.
All in all, it's good to be careful, and you can't make a mistake before you fix it.
After drinking the glass, Alex sat down next to Dr. Shockley. He looked at the people who were celebrating the doctor, and they were all young people, who looked to be in their twenties, and they were all full of energy.
"Alex, I'll toast you." Moore held his glass, leaned over and said, "The Oscar committee didn't award you the Best Director award, that's their loss." ”
Alex didn't refuse to come, he smiled and said, "Thank you! I don't think there's anything wrong with that, after all, I'm still young and I have a chance. ”
Dr. Shockley and the others, listening to the conversation between them, were amazed.
"Alex, when did you win the prize?"
These scientific researchers, all of whom are hermits in the mountains who do not eat the fireworks of the world, have little understanding of current affairs born outside. Moore also learned about Alex by chance, otherwise he would have been as ignorant of this matter as everyone else.
"I didn't win an award, I just got a nomination." Alex didn't care about it, and he didn't think it was a pity that he didn't win the award.
The topic was quickly diverted by Alex, who said, "Doctor, how is your research going?" ”
When asked about this, Shockley and his researchers immediately gushed on and on a whole bunch of proper nouns, which would have been dizzy to listen to by another person. Alex is no ordinary person, he still uses Seymour Clay's dolls, plus the dolls he copied in the past, and he has learned about it. He was still able to understand these conversations.
They chatted for a while before they slowly lost interest in the topic. Eventually, Alex concluded, "You mean, it's going to take a while for this cheap transistor to actually be made?" ”
"Yes, in the process of research, we have developed a new method that can completely reduce the cost of manufacturing, as long as you master this method, you can sit and count the money at that time." Shockley still spoke with gusto, confident in the project.
Compared to the eight young scientists, their expressions were a little unnatural, and some even used alcohol to hide their expressions. Alex saw their movements without missing them, and when it came to Shockley's character, he knew it.
Once the spirit puppet is copied, Alex will be able to learn about the past, personality, way of thinking, and experience of the person being copied through the puppet guò. Alex had seen Shockley from the perspective of God, and he certainly knew what kind of person Shockley was
It is clear that Shockley is unapologetic in his research, with first-class knowledge and a rigorous research attitude.
To be honest, Alex was a little surprised that Shockley had suddenly left the Beary room. He believes that Shockley is more suitable as a researcher than an entrepreneur.
Although Shockley was ambitious, he knew nothing about management, and he commanded the production of the real room in a mess, and did not listen to the well-intentioned advice of others.
For this investment, Alex didn't plan to make money at all, but only for the sake of the past, he made the money. Since he doesn't value this, Alex doesn't bother with this problem anymore. He said his purpose directly.
"Doctor, I'm here to ask you to help me research a batch of high-performance transistors that are small in size and light in weight."
"What do you need this transistor for? Is it going to be used to make a new computer? Shockley asked.
"yes, I heard that IBM started a transistor research project. Their computers, if they can be manufactured, are certainly the most advanced in the world. More also said on the sidelines, he was most concerned about the news.
Immediately, Noyce chimed in: "Yes, they are very ambitious and want to overpower other companies. Alex, be careful. ”
Alex nodded and said, "Their plan is indeed very powerful, but we are not bad. For IBm's 36o computer, we already have a coping plan. However, this time I didn't come for the computer, just look at this article. ”
He didn't explain in depth, and waved to the bodyguards to hand Wen Jiàn over, and one of the bodyguards took out a triplicate copy of Wen Jiàn from his briefcase and handed it to the people present.
As soon as Shockley read a few words, he immediately stood up in shock and said, "This is not a place to talk about work, let's go back to the real room." ”
The others also came to their senses from their drunken state and nodded sternly. Only insiders know the importance of this article, and when they read the first few sentences, they know that this article should be very confidential.
Alex was a little secretly amused, this article is actually nothing profound, just describing some of the ideas and needs of the earth's satellite. For him, the things that he really wants to keep secret are still in his head. There's no way anyone can steal it.