Network simulation technology has always been the trend of industrial development.

In the earlier era of paper drawings, "paper consumption" was the most intuitive indicator of the complexity of a piece of equipment.

For example, a bicycle can be constructed in 10 drawings.

At least 100 motorcycles.

The car is around 1000 sheets.

Tanks, airplanes, and other complex equipment consisting of thousands of parts may use more than 10,000 sheets of paper.

The most complex design is a ship composed of tens or hundreds of thousands of modules or parts, and the amount of paper used in the design drawings is calculated in "tons".

It is said that the design drawings of large aircraft carriers will take several trucks to load and move.

These drawings are drawn by the designers one by one, which is not only difficult to ensure absolute accuracy, but also quite inefficient.

However, after entering the computer age, with the assistance of industrial design software, it has completely bid farewell to the era of drawings, and standardization and efficiency have been greatly improved.

For example, the fifth-generation fighter J-20 of country Z took 14 years from project approval to first flight, and only 6 years from first flight to service...... It takes thirty years abroad.

The performance of the large military transport aircraft Y-20 is even more exaggerated, it took 7 years from the project to the first flight, and only 3 years from the first flight to service...... It generally takes twenty years abroad.

The reason why the efficiency of country Z is so high is that of course, there is the diligence of scientific and technological workers racing against time, and the use of computer design software throughout the entire equipment research and development cycle has also greatly accelerated the progress of the project.

Therefore, industrial design software can be called the "accelerator" of equipment research and development.

However, compared with common industrial software, the powerful "virtual factory" can no longer be simply described as an "accelerator".

It is more appropriate to describe it as "open hanging artifact".

Because the "virtual factory" can not only design the structure of the equipment, but also realistically simulate the working state of the equipment!

Can ordinary industrial software do this?

Of course, the West cannot be devalued for nothing, the engine technology of country M is so powerful, it is said that they have an advanced engine design software, which can dynamically simulate the state of the engine when it is working, and obtain some high-value data.

But the degree of simulation is not high.

The range of applications is narrow.

Compared to the "virtual factory", it is not the same dimension at all.

In other words, the "virtual factory" is the ultimate design tool.

Lin Licong also learned about the above characteristics of "virtual factory" from colleagues who have come into contact with or even operated the "virtual factory".

Then I fell into a state of worry.

Lin Licong, male, 25 years old, from Treasure Island, loves his hometown very much.

After graduating with a major in semiconductor design, the company he was most eager to enter was actually TSMC, which is known as the "Light of the Treasure Island", but because of the fierce competition on the island and the urgent shortage of relevant talents in the mainland, he went to the mainland to try it, and easily passed the interview and entered Zhongxin International.

The salary is twice as high as that of the students who entered TSMC.

He should have been happy, but he didn't, he just made it a subsistence job.

When his skills and abilities improve, he still wants to join TSMC...... Zhongxin is just a springboard for him.

But he didn't expect that the two years he joined Zhongxin would be the two years of Zhongxin's rise.

First, 7 nanometers were conquered in eight months.

In a short period of time, it broke the ban on lithography machines, and it took eight months to overcome 5 nanometers.

Now it's time to go hand in hand with TSMC.

Most of the netizens on the treasure island didn't believe this progress and thought it was fake news, but Lin Licong, as the technical backbone of the production line, saw the 5-nanometer chip walk off the production line with his own eyes, and he was extremely shocked at the time, but it was impossible to hypnotize himself.

In addition, in the process of the rise of Zhongxin, he also shared huge dividends.

For example, his salary has increased to 30,000 yuan per month, which is three times that of his classmates who joined TSMC.

Last month, Zhongxin issued new shares, and he got 100,000 yuan worth of shares, which has now appreciated to 400,000 yuan.

Even so.

In the process of chatting with his classmates online, he did not share his joy of raising his salary, but combined with some insider information he heard, he conveyed his concerns: "They have a set of design software running on a supercomputer to assist in the research and development of chips, called a 'virtual factory'...... With the help of this software, they were able to win the 5nm process process in a matter of months...... This is a deadly 'technological surprise attack'! ”

Due to identity issues, Lin Licong did not have the opportunity to operate the 'virtual factory' on the computer, but he learned a lot of detailed information from a well-connected colleague in the mainland...... That colleague regarded him as a close friend and liked to brag in front of him.

Lin Licong successfully exploited these two points.

His classmates from the treasure island were all stunned.

A virtual factory with 99.9999% fidelity.

R&D costs are reduced by more than 90%.

The efficiency of scientific research has been increased by more than 10 times.

opened such a powerful plug-in, how to call those players who have not opened the plug-in to play?

"Impossible! How could such an exaggerated technology exist? ”

"Lin Licong, have you been brainwashed? I made up this kind of nonsense! ”

"Hehe, I've been to the mainland for a long time, and I've actually learned to lie and brag."

The classmates all didn't believe it, questioned it one after another, and some wanted to break off their friendship with him.

"I really didn't lie to you!"

Lin Licong tried his best to explain: "Do you know Xinghai Technology? The virtual factory technology was developed by Xinghai Technology and then provided to Zhongxin International, do you think Xinghai Technology has the strength to develop this set of tools? ”

Xinghai Technology?

His classmates were all silent.

Although they often despise the various technological backwardness of the mainland.

But in the past few years, Xinghai Technology, which has risen at the speed of light, they really can't find an obvious spray point, and there are even a group of "star fans" in the treasure island, after experiencing various Xinghai Technology products, they began to brainlessly tout the mainland, once they put forward a rebuttal, they will be slapped in the face, "My son relied on Xiaoxing to learn the first in the machine, how many did you take the test?" ", "Awesome robot makes our family rarely get sick", "Nebula mobile phone is really easy to use, don't believe it"......

I have been slapped in the face by the "star fans" many times, and my face is a little numb, and there are very few people who spray Xinghai Technology on the island.

Now I know that the "virtual factory" technology was developed by Xinghai Technology.

Lin Licong's classmates didn't continue to question it.

Instead, they all started to panic!

In the face of the loyal core countries that have opened the hanging, what will they resist?

And with the energy of these small fish and shrimp, when the crisis comes, they will definitely be the first to be laid off.

Perhaps in order to save themselves, they hurriedly reflected the situation and made it known to the senior management of TSMC.

A few more hours later.

Lin Licong became an important informant planted by the CIA in country M, giving him the mission of investigating all the intelligence related to the "virtual factory", and he ranked 15th in importance on the CIA's list of secret mission operators.

Enjoy an activity allowance of 30,000 dollars per month.

Of course, the money never went into his pocket, and he had never even heard of it.

Lin Licong still faithfully completed his task, paid out of his own pocket, invited the colleague who had the opportunity to operate the "virtual factory" to eat and play, and obtained more information about the "virtual factory".

Even at his begging, he asked for a few pictures secretly taken by his colleagues...... Then it was quickly sent to the other side of the ocean.

……

June 18th.

Country M.

White House, Washington, Office of the President.

CIA Director Sanders Capello, who had a thick document in his hand, walked into his office, put the document in front of the president and said:

"Mr. President, we must protest to the people of country Z and demand that they immediately hand over a deadly technology that can change the geopolitical landscape and endanger the entire Western civilization...... We have enough evidence to act with iron and blood, and exert maximum pressure to protect our interests and maintain the fairness of the world! ”

Donnachuan opened the file with some confusion.

After a while, the office was filled with his roar.