Chapter 25: The Industrial Age

wrote down the weapons and auxiliary equipment and other related equipment needed, and finally, Wei Qingyang wrote three words at the end.

Computer.

It can be said that almost all of the above projects to be developed are inseparable from the support of computers. Without the powerful computing power of computers, you can't develop anything.

Not only that, but the development of automation and control equipment also needs computer chips as a foundation.

Achieving millisecond-level responses, or even shorter times, is just a drizzle for computer chips, and it can be easily done. But in such a short period of time, it is a little difficult to judge and respond to the external situation, even with Wei Qingyang's cultivation.

It can be said that computer chip technology is the biggest advantage of the world of science and technology over the world of cultivating immortals.

However, it is quite difficult to develop this technology.

The principle of the computer, to put it simply, is just some circuit things such as and or or and and so on, and anyone on the street will know it. But this is still far from the practical computer.

Even though Wei Qingyang had specialized in computer principles and programming technology in his previous life, he still only dared to say that he knew a little bit about computer technology.

This thing is so high-tech that no one in the whole world dares to say that they have mastered all the knowledge related to computers.

But in this world, independently developing computers is something Wei Qingyang must do.

Fortunately, the knowledge he has now, in his previous life, can already independently promote the first industrial revolution. Developing computers can barely be started now.

Originally, Wei Qingyang still wanted to develop step by step, anyway, the voyage was very long. But now, the discovery of that invisible barrier has strongly aroused his sense of crisis. I can't say it, the original arrangement has to make some adjustments.

Wei Qingyang decided to start from scratch, starting from the most basic place to design and improve step by step, only in this way can he master all the knowledge related to computers in the most comprehensive way.

This is the foundation for the development of the entire computer industry in the future, and the foundation must be solid, otherwise there will be many more risks and obstacles in the future.

He beckoned to grab a lot of wood, and with a wave of his hand, the wood was automatically cut into planks of different lengths and thicknesses.

With a wave of his hand, the pieces of wood were assembled into a strange shape like a piano, but much larger, with a higher back seat and thicker seats.

It has a lot of drums on it, and a complex passage.

With another wave of his hand, many spirit grasses containing a lot of fiber were grabbed by Wei Qingyang from the medicinal fields and mountain peaks, and after simple processing, they turned into silk threads.

I have to say that the spells and Taoism of this world are also very useful. If there were no spells, just assembling this wooden machine, I don't know how much time it would take Wei Qingyang.

That's how he thinks, no matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, it's a good cat if it can catch mice. Regardless of spells or science, it is good to be able to improve one's strength and bring convenience to oneself.

If it is more convenient and useful to do things with science, then use science to do them. If it is more advantageous to use spells to do things, then use spells to do them, and finally combine the advantages of both spells and science into one, remove the chaff, and achieve the purpose of comprehensively improving your strength.

After putting the silk thread on the strange wooden machine in front of him little by little, Wei Qingyang began to ponder.

This is a loom.

But this is no ordinary loom.

It can even be said to be the ancestor of those supercomputers that have changed the face of the world in the future.

Because it's a programmable loom.

In the original world, in order to improve the efficiency of weaving in the era of the Industrial Revolution, many people researched and improved it, and finally created it. What makes it superior to other looms is that one can tell it what kind of pattern to weave on the cloth through a lot of paper with round holes, without having to adjust the machine with one pattern again.

In this respect, the workers in the original world who were responsible for punching holes in cardboard were the first programmers in the world. When Wei Qingyang crossed over, the self-proclaimed programmers of that era were all weak.

After pondering the loom for a long time and making some improvements, Wei Qingyang put some perforated cardboard at its entrance and tried to start making it work.

But unfortunately, in an instant, the needle responsible for manipulating those silk threads was messed up, and the silk threads were thrown into a mess.

Wei Qingyang's first programming job failed.

Don't look at Wei Qingyang's previous life, he was very familiar with computer manipulation, and when he was carrying out scientific research tasks, supercomputers were also very slippery, but in the face of this earliest computer prototype, even if Wei Qingyang could use thousands of people, he still made difficulties.

As a last resort, Wei Qingyang buried himself in studying for several days, and after straightening out his thinking, he made a little improvement to it, but after trying, it still didn't work.

It took a total of two months to make several improvements, and the loom was finally working properly.

In the Sky Breaking Sword Array, the first master of the solar system, the first super strong person to step into the "unknowable" realm, Wei Qingyang, who was an outstanding scientist in his last life and had seen strong winds and waves, faced this crunching loom full of ancient atmosphere, his heart was full of a sense of achievement.

It was even more exciting than seven or eight years of research in my previous life, when I finally figured out a small process in the neutron star radiation model and published several high-quality papers.

After confirming that the loom could operate normally and that his thinking was correct, Wei Qingyang waved his hand, and the loom disappeared without a trace.

With the experience of building a loom, Wei Qingyang immediately began to work on the next step of research.

This step of the study is still based on the programming model of punch cards. This kind of research can enable Wei Qingyang to have a more thorough understanding of the working principle of computers and lay a foundation for the development of practical computers.

So a small punch card was played by Wei Qingyang. Based on these cards, many complex programs were compiled by Wei Qingyang, and the machinery for applying these punched cards became more and more complex.

Later, Wei Qingyang even made a machine that could automatically process data.

For this kind of machine, that large stack of cards with many small holes in a certain pattern is the program. Input the program into it, and it will automatically execute it and output the result.

Using this kind of machine, Wei Qingyang can even carry out automatic processing of large quantities of data.

After that, Wei Qingyang introduced the scientific and technological achievements of the steam age, and began to try to build more advanced computing tools powered by steam engines.

At this point, there is a need for more related technologies. Wei Qingyang needs to forge sufficient quality minerals, needs to study metallurgical technology, needs to build machine tools to make parts, needs lubricating oil, and so on.

However, at this point, it is still difficult for Wei Qingyang, and it will take a little more time at most.

Then, after a few months, the famous difference machine and analysis machine were built.

At this time, although the computer can perform many complex calculations, it is ultimately limited in use, and it is difficult to help Wei Qingyang do what he wants to do. But if the next generation of computers can be developed, it will be different.

Newer computers can even do things that Wei Qingyang can't do. For example, a large number of calculus calculations can be carried out at a relatively fast speed, and even barely enough to develop a hydrogen bomb.

In the last world, the Manhattan Project of a certain large country basically used this kind of computer as the main computing tool.

However, if you want to develop the next step of computer development, it is not a simple thing, and it is difficult to achieve it in a short period of time.

This is because the next generation of computers will be electrically driven, but at the same time more sophisticated and powerful. The types of technologies required are more complicated, and the current Wei Qingyang does not have enough technical reserves.

At least, he hadn't mastered electromagnetism, chemistry, materials science, engineering, and so on enough to be thorough.

The technological level of the steam age is no longer enough to support the further development of computers, and it is time to enter the electric age.

As a result, Wei Qingyang's R&D work suddenly became heavy. He had to use his abilities completely and thoroughly, and every mind entered full load mode, but even so, progress was still slow.

There is no way, if you want to replace the work of the great scientists in history with your own strength, even if this is the world of cultivating immortals, it is also extremely difficult.

In the poetic and picturesque, ink-and-wash style sky-breaking sword array, the rumbling roar of the machine is increasing day by day, the thick black smoke is wafting up, the clear river water is beginning to become dirty, and the mountain peaks full of aura are also beginning to be like patients who have lost their hair, bald here and bald there.

The crane's cry began to fill with sadness, and the roar of the spirit beast began to become listless. But Wei Qingyang didn't pay any attention to it.

I can't take care of them for the time being.

Fortunately, with Ling Yunfeng and this asteroid, he can find almost all the minerals that Wei Qingyang needs, so that his research and development work can continue.

A large number of minerals full of aura, which can already be called heavenly treasures, were violently mined by Wei Qingyang, and the aura was savagely sucked away to replenish itself, and the minerals were thrown into the blast furnace to be tempered.

Wei Qingyang felt very tired. It's not the physical tiredness, but the tiredness of the mind, every thought, every consciousness, and I can't wait to ignore anything and lie down and sleep for a few months.

But even so, technological progress has been slow.

"If only my Distraction Splitting God Technique could be a hundred times more powerful. Even if it's only ten times as much. ”

Wei Qingyang thought like this more than once.