No. 094 Unforgettable Political Struggle

Computer intelligent life is Wei Dongsheng's confidence.

Only by developing software and hardware in tandem can we make the best use of the advantages of computer intelligence.

The study of program optimization is the development of software, and chip manufacturing is the development of hardware. In order to firmly grasp the intelligent life of computers in his hands, hardware industries such as chip manufacturing are fields that Wei Dongsheng must set foot in. Unfortunately, the technical and financial thresholds for chip manufacturing are very high. For example, in the wafer factory, not only the core technology is blocked by Europe and the United States, but the funds for each equipment update are also billions and tens of billions of yuan, which is not something that Wei Dongsheng was able to peep at before.

However, the status of people is changing dynamically.

Today, especially the use of heterogeneous computing to pry up the supercomputer industry, Wei Dongsheng can already be involved in the chip design industry. The capital threshold of the chip design industry is low, and at least there is no need to work hard to bypass the blockade of Europe and the United States, and spend billions, billions, billions, billions of dollars to invest in the construction of wafer factories. At the same time, it is in the upstream of the chip industry, such as Apple, Qualcomm, and Huawei, which are more well-known in the field of smartphones in the future, are all based on chip design and subcontract production to foundries such as TSMC.

Wei Dongsheng can also try to set foot in chip design first.

The technical threshold for chip design is actually very high, however, computer intelligent life is precisely the unity of hardware and software. For human engineers, it is very cumbersome to verify, hardware description language coding, simulation logic forms and other verifications, in the eyes of computer intelligent life, it is as simple as asking how many times one plus one is equal. What really restricts Wei Dongsheng is more concentrated in the back-end processes such as layout planning, wiring, parasitic parameter extraction, and layout physical verification.

The supercomputer industry is closely related to chip manufacturers, and Xiao Lei is familiar with the elites of the domestic chip design industry. Wei Dongsheng walked through the interpersonal network of Jing Minqiang and Xiao Lei, and successively hired dozens of chip design engineers. Considering that experience needs to be accumulated slowly, the Wisdom Universe Integrated Circuit Design Company, a subsidiary of the Wisdom Universe series company, decided to first train with the audio decoding chip of MP3 players and other projects.

Wei Dongsheng habitually used computer intelligence to invade peers such as Philips, Sigmatel, Skylark, Atmel, and Huasi, and quickly pieced together two or three MP3 decoding chips by drawing on the core technical information of each chip. If all goes well, at the end of April 2004, the first audio decoding chip produced by Zhiyu will be delivered to the foundry for tape-out, and mass production will be achieved at the end of July or August. At that time, the assembly plant will use its own audio decoding chips and main control chips, which may reduce costs to a certain extent, and then offset the additional expenses of the Weijiazhuang branch.

After all, the era of profiteering for MP3 players is not over yet.

In order to avoid the disdain of local governments such as Panyang City, Wei Dongsheng added a number of companies to dismantle the profit structure: the profit of chip design was assigned to Wisdom Universe Integrated Circuit Design Company, the profit of MP3 player was assigned to Wisdom Universe Technology Company, and the profits of fixed assets and production lines such as factories were allocated to the newly registered Zhuwei Technology Company.

The reason why the new company is named Zhu Wei is because Wei Ma's surname is Zhu, and Zhu Wei is Zhu Wei, which is a company set up for Wei Ma.

Under this structure, Zhuwei company has become a foundry with meager profits. The status of the Weijiazhuang branch factory is even more negligible, and it can be abolished at any time, and it is not afraid of the local government of Panyang City.

Wei Dongsheng planned the structure of each company from a strategic position, and then dispatched direct employees to supervise and hire professional managers to be responsible for the construction of various physical factories under the company's command. Wei's father has no concept of MP3 player assembly factory and chip design, and chooses to believe Wei Dongsheng in ignorance. Wei's father doesn't understand the company's operation and MP3 technology, but he does his best for the Weijiazhuang branch factory within his ability. Considering the convenience of transportation and the importance of infrastructure such as water and electricity, Wei Dad used the power and prestige of the village party secretary and village director to rent the waste land of the former brick kiln factory near the provincial highway behind Weijiazhuang Village to Zhu Wei Company at a low price. Subsequently, Wei Dad coordinated the contradictions of interests of all parties and worked hard to turn the blueprint of the Weijiazhuang branch factory into reality.

The profit of Zhiyu design is higher than that of Zhiyu Technology, the profit of Zhiyu Technology is higher than that of Zhuwei Technology, and the profit of Zhuwei headquarters is higher than that of Weijiazhuang branch factory. Wei Dongsheng could not stay in Weijiazhuang for a long time for the sake of a small branch factory, and after reaching a consensus with Wei's father on the main issues, Wei Dongsheng immediately returned to Yanjing and continued to participate in the development of the "Cambrian 2004" supercomputer.

On the seventh day of returning to Beijing, Wei Dongsheng's world suddenly became noisy.

Because of Time magazine.

Because of the list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Martin Lau's former gossip has now been officially confirmed.

On April 18, 2004, Time magazine launched the list of "100 Most Influential People in the World" for the first time, and Wei Dongsheng was impressively listed. In this list, there are only a few Chinese nationals, Yao Ming is included in the "Heroes &Icons" category, Sidaimu and Ms. Wu are included in the "Leaders &Revolutionaries" category, and Wei Dongsheng is only a Chinese under the "Builders &Titans" category. Taking the country as a unit, Wei Dongsheng's influence has been ranked with Yao Ming, Sidaimu, and Ms. Wu.

Specific to the "Builders & Titans" category, Lee_Scote is the chief executive of Walmart, the Carly_Fiorina is the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, the Meg_hitmen is the chief executive of eBay, the Daniel_Vasella is the chairman and chief executive of Novartis, and Apple's Steve_jobs, the list is full of gold, which is more and more rare to set off Wei Dongsheng.

If you compare it with Yao Ming, the fourth generation, and Ms. Wu, the nature of the profession is very different, and this kind of foil is a bit nondescript. And the same list, especially the peer comparison between the Internet industry and the IT industry in general, can more clearly set off the influence that the torrent download artifact brings to the world.

In this world, the industry is becoming more and more segmented, and it is difficult for people outside the industry to understand the value of working in the industry. In this case, the public opinion of peers in the industry and the reports of well-known media will have a great probability of affecting the perception and value judgment of ordinary citizens about someone.

The torrenting artifact is there, and everyone has turned a blind eye to Wei Dongsheng's work before, simplifying it as having the same value as FlashGet and NetAnts. With the report of Time Magazine and the list of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World", it dawned on all sentient beings: "Alas, it turns out that torrenting artifacts is so amazing." ”

The media no longer regarded Wei Dongsheng as a genius high school student at the level of strange talks, as if they had re-acquainted Wei Dongsheng, and they had made appointments for in-depth interviews.

It is impossible for Wei Dongsheng to hide his name incognito for a lifetime, and public opinion will find out the details of Wei Dongsheng sooner or later, knowing that Wei Dongsheng is from Panyang City, and knowing that Wei Dongsheng is from Wuping No. 1 High School. Wei Dongsheng also has no intention of hiding his name incognito for the rest of his life, and he did not defend himself before, but he was more concerned about the bad reputation of online games among teachers and parents. At this moment, Wei Dongsheng already has a series of companies in the Wisdom Universe. Zhiyu Information Industry, which developed supercomputers, and Zhiyu integrated circuit design, which developed audio decoding chips, are all jobs that can be recognized by the public without barriers, and Wei Dongsheng no longer has to be afraid that Wei's father and Wei mother and other relatives and friends will be jointly attacked.

The list of the world's 100 most influential people was originally a perfect appearance, and Wei Dongsheng was ready for it.

What do you think, Wei Dongsheng read the list of the top 100 most influential people in the whole world, and suddenly felt uncomfortable like a fly.

Why?

Because of the Times Magazine, which never forgot the political struggle of the surname Zishe and the white skin, the old monk Wusi Zang was also included in the list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Although he was included in the "Heroes &Icons" category, it is suspected that he is deliberately rubbing Yao Ming's topic and attention, but if he is there, he is there, and with the old monk Wusizang, this honor list that could have been flaunted with great fanfare suddenly became a pile of shit.

The Chinese government will never recognize the list, let alone allow the official media to publicize it.

Wei Dongsheng hated and cursed Time Magazine: "The paralyzed Times Weekly, never forgetting the political struggle of the surname of capitalism and society, the surname of autocracy and the surname of democracy, has no bearing at all. ”

I thought it was a good thing, but it turned out to be such a bad thing.

The follow-up development turned out to be as Wei Dongsheng expected.

In newspapers, magazines and online media, there are very few reports on the list of the world's 100 most influential people. Even if there is relevant news, it is not salty or light, and the whole article does not involve the word Huaguo. Not only are the names of Yao Ming and Wei Dongsheng missing, but the words of Sidaimu and Ms. Wu have also been deliberately forgotten: "US President Bush and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan are on the list, and French President Jacques Chirac, German President Gerhard Schroeder, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other Western European leaders are on the list...... Among the 100 people, 41 are Americans, and although the selection focuses on the influence of the people on the list in the world, the list undoubtedly reflects the 'U.S.-centric' mindset. ”

Readers who read the news thought that no one in China was elected.

Wei Dongsheng was deliberately forgotten in this way.

Time Magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people was ignored by public opinion.

However, this neglect is the neglect of public opinion. Well-informed people who know the list of the world's 100 most influential people, and media workers who tacitly forget the list, all remember Wei Dongsheng's inclusion on the list. Although this year's list of the world's 100 most influential people cannot be hyped, some media still pay special attention to Wei Dongsheng's outstanding achievements and want to interview Wei Dongsheng in person. Wei Dongsheng felt that this kind of covert interview was not of much value, so he rejected all of them and hid in the "Cambrian 2004" project to do research.

The Cambrian 2004 project is progressing rapidly.

On May 24, 2004, the first phase of experiment A was put into trial operation, and the highest performance in the actual test of Linpack software was 11,610 billion floating point operations per second.

11.6 trillion!

As soon as the first phase of research was completed, Cambrian 2004 easily crossed the threshold of 10 trillion times.

This is a remarkable achievement.

In the November 2003 issue of the supercomputer Top_500, the ASCI_Q_-_AlphaServer_SC45 developed by HP ranked second in the world with the highest performance of 13.88 trillion times per second in the actual test, and ranked third in the world with the highest performance of only 10.28 trillion times in the actual test. By last year's standards, Cambrian 2004's first phase test product A has become the world's third-fastest supercomputer.