The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 180 Semiconductor Technology: Xia Country is the Best in the World
Three days flew by.

In the past few days, Li Mu has further deepened and subdivided the overall architecture plan of the supercomputer, striving to ensure that everyone who receives the plan can start research directly according to it.

In addition, he also did not give up his research on handheld game consoles, automated guidance systems, and distributed projection lithography machines, and spent all day and night in the laboratory.

At first, the leaders above were still a little worried and asked Guan Jianmin to keep an eye on him. It was not until two days later, when they saw that no problems had arisen, that they temporarily put their worries aside.

……

People's Great Hall.

Guards were everywhere, protecting the area around the conference hall tightly.

The inspection of experts and professors attending the conference is extremely strict. If there is anything wrong, they will be taken away for inspection before being released.

Even Li Mu was stopped by the guards and questioned several times before being allowed to pass.

But he didn't feel angry. The stricter the rules, the safer it would be, as it could prevent people with bad intentions from sneaking in.

In a sense, the importance of supercomputers to the Xia Kingdom is second only to the big mushroom, and it must be kept strictly confidential.

After entering the meeting hall, Li Mu first came to the lounge at the back.

When Guo Mo, Gu Zheng, Leader Qiu, Yan Peilin and others saw him coming, they smiled and quickly invited him to sit down.

"How is it? It's your first time attending this kind of conference as the chief designer and chief consultant. Are you nervous?" Guo Mo joked with a smile.

Leader Qiu at the side also said: "He has attended national conferences like this many times. He just changed his identity. I think it's okay."

"It's hard to say. Once you become a 'leader', you might feel some pressure." Gu Zheng laughed.

Previously, Li Mu attended as a spokesperson, but this time, he was the chief designer and chief consultant.

"Don't worry, leaders. I have been prepared for it." Li Mu smiled and patted the materials he had rushed out in the past few days in his bag, full of confidence.

……

The people in the lounge did not stay too long and soon prepared to go to the main hall.

As chief designer and chief consultant, his seat was arranged to the left of Yan Peilin.

When he sat down, he looked at the crowd of people below, swallowed his saliva, and quickly calmed down.

This time he is the leader and he won't be asked any questions, so what is there to be afraid of?

……

After Guo Mo and others took their seats one by one, the host began to introduce them one by one.

When it was Li Mu's turn, he paused for a moment, then said with enthusiasm, "This is Comrade Li Mu, the chief designer and chief consultant of our supercomputing research."

As soon as the voice fell, there was an uproar below.

As Li Mu's fame grew, many people actually knew Li Mu and knew that he was extremely talented, far beyond ordinary people.

But no matter how talented one is, it is inevitable that people will feel a little dissatisfied that he is appointed as chief designer and chief consultant at such a young age.

Looking at the murmurings from the audience, the host paid no attention and continued with a loud and powerful voice:
"You may wonder, how can Comrade Li Mu, who is so young, take on such an important position?"

"Actually, this question is very simple. I can tell you that Comrade Li Mu is the one who proposed the supercomputing research!"

"And the plan that will be sent to everyone soon was written by him, providing a 'R&D guide' for our upcoming supercomputing research."

……

The host praised Li Mu spared no effort and even revealed some information about his achievements. In fact, he was endorsing his abilities in order to convince the audience!
With such a young and promising leader, everyone will definitely work hard on the upcoming supercomputing research.

Although Li Mu felt a little embarrassed by the host's flattery, he still put back his humble words when he saw the high-spirited eyes of many young experts and professors in the audience.

Under reasonable conditions, competition is actually a good thing.

He was worried that if he let these people who were not familiar with the subject do the research, they would be restricted.

After all, there are not many people like Wang Shoujue and Huang Xinhua who trust him so much that they are willing to discuss anything with him.

He doesn't have time to slowly build trust with everyone, so it's better for him to follow the host's or the leader's instructions.

Thinking of this, Li Mu looked at Guo Mo on the side, who immediately smiled and winked at him.

It didn't run away, it must have been his attention.

……

After the host finished his introduction, each leader began to speak in turn.

When Li Mu picked up the microphone, his expression was obviously confused, and no one asked him to speak!
The biggest leader he had ever been in his life was the discipline committee member in high school. At this moment, he had no idea what to say.

How about we start talking about supercomputing? It seems that it is not impossible.

Just as he was hesitating, Yan Peilin beside him coughed to remind him. He came back to his senses, his brain worked rapidly, and he quickly organized his words:

"Good morning, experts!"

"I am the chief designer and chief consultant for this supercomputer development. Li Mu, I am actually very nervous and even uneasy about taking on this position."

“Although I am the one who proposed it, the research and development of supercomputers cannot be accomplished by one person alone. It requires the efforts of each of us…”

……

He borrowed some parts from the speeches of Guo Mo and others, added his own understanding, and finished his speech fluently.

Guo Mo, Leader Qiu and others on the stage obviously heard something wrong and looked at Li Mu with mocking eyes.

After he finished speaking, Guo Mo was the first to lead the applause and said, "Well said, simple and straightforward, but the summary is very insightful. We should all learn a lot from Comrade Li Mu."

There was a burst of applause in the Great Hall, but apart from people from the Semiconductor Research Institute, the Computing Technology Research Institute and the Beijing Institute of Technology, most people just followed the crowd.

They believe that there must be a reason for the country's arrangements.

However, many people still felt uncomfortable seeing someone much younger than them serving as chief designer and chief consultant.

There is an illusion that I have lived half my life as a dog.

Seeing this, Li Mu on the stage did not say anything more. He handed the microphone to Yan Peilin and sat back in his seat.

Yan Peilin coughed twice and then said, "The next step is to divide the groups. I will read out a large list first, and then the leaders of each research group will follow and explain the details to me."

"First, there are two major groups. Refer to Li Mu's plan and divide them into hardware group and software group."

"The hardware group is led by Wang Shoujue, director of the Semiconductor Research Institute, and Huang Xinhua, a professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology, is the deputy group leader."

"I will concurrently serve as the leader of the software team, and Huang Kun, a researcher at the Semiconductor Research Institute, will serve as the deputy leader."

"Then there are the subdivisions of the hardware group, the custom hardware accelerator development group, the large-scale parallel computing development group..."

"Then there are the subdivisions of the software group, including the operating system development group, the parallel programming model and environment development group, and the job scheduling system development group..."

...In the quiet hall of the people.

Following Yan Peilin's voice, nearly three hundred experts and professors from all over the country were quickly divided into different research and development groups.

Of course, the actual number of researchers is certainly much higher, and each research team will subsequently recruit capable students from universities across the country to participate in the research.

The total number of people participating in the study will be at least one thousand.

Hearing this number, Li Mu felt overwhelmed and secretly thanked his luck that he only needed to do research and didn't have to take care of miscellaneous matters.

……

After the groups were divided, Yan Peilin suggested that the people present get to know each other first.

We all come from all corners of the world and are unfamiliar with each other. Getting to know each other as quickly as possible will also help to speed up the subsequent research.

As the focus of the whole audience, Li Mu inevitably attracted the curiosity of many people.

At such a young age, he served as the chief designer and chief consultant for supercomputing research. When some experts and professors saw him coming down, they gathered around and began to test his abilities:
"It is said that the estimated computing speed of the supercomputer after completion will reach 100 million times per second. How did you come to this conclusion? What is the basis for this?"

"The development of science and technology is a process in which quantitative change leads to qualitative change. To be honest, I am not optimistic that supercomputers can reach a computing speed of 100 million times per second. Ten million times per second may be possible."

……

Looking at the people asking questions one by one, Li Mu did not feel angry.

It's normal to have doubts, just dispel them.

He smiled and said:
"The computing speed of 100 million times per second is the result of rigorous theoretical deduction. However, the process is a bit complicated. If you are interested, you can come to me privately and I will explain it in detail."

“As to whether it can be achieved or not, it all needs to be verified through experiments.”

"We don't need to underestimate ourselves. In terms of semiconductor technology, Xia Country has already left the rest of the world far behind and will soon have another breakthrough."

"For example, the distributed projection lithography research team led by Professor Huang can significantly increase the existing integration level once it succeeds, and it will not be difficult to meet the hardware requirements of supercomputers."

After saying that, Li Mu's gaze turned to Huang Xinhua, who was standing not far away with Wang Shoujue and others watching the fun, and everyone's gaze followed.

Compared with Li Mu, Huang Xinhua's credibility is obviously much higher.

A group of people soon approached Huang Xinhua and asked him questions about the distributed projection lithography machine.

Even though there were still some people who insisted on testing the waters, Li Mu always suggested with a smile that they finish reading the supercomputer plan in their hands first.

When they saw him start practicing Tai Chi, these people left in disappointment.

"Finally they left." Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, showed a helpless expression to Huang Xinhua who was surrounded not far away, and then planned to leave first.

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Li Mu."

After a moment of hesitation, he turned around and saw that it was indeed Wang Ya.

Li Mu asked: "Why are you here?"

"Why, you, the chief designer and chief consultant, are the only ones who can come to this place?" Wang Ya had a smile on her face, but a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.

I originally thought that I could make a D-bullet trajectory computer and had barely caught up with Li Mu.

However, when she saw Li Mu and Guo Moqiu and others sitting together in the audience, she realized how naive this idea was.

On the road of scientific research, although Li Mu is as young as her, he has already left his peers behind.

Even most of the senior experts and professors in the academic world can only look up to him.

"What chief designer and chief consultant? It's just a title. Actually, I do the same job as before." Li Mu smiled.

Seeing that she looked a little strange, he quickly changed the subject and asked, "Did Professor Zhuang bring you here, or did Professor Huang bring you here?"

"And if you come to participate in the supercomputer research, what will happen to the school?"

Wang Ya heard this, her eyes were full of determination, and said:
"This supercomputer research project is huge and requires a lot of manpower, so I followed my teacher and Professor Zhuang here."

"As for school matters, you don't have to worry. I've already talked to the dean. As long as I don't have any problems with the exam, I'll go to class if I can, and I'll skip it if I can't."

"I will be working in the software group later, and I will need your guidance as the chief designer and chief consultant."

After she finished speaking, she looked into Li Mu's eyes, her bright eyes full of cautious expectations.

"Time is still very tight and your health is not good. Can you take care of it?" Li Mu asked.

Wang Ya pursed her lips:

"Don't look down on me. I've heard from the teacher that you spend all your time studying and researching except for the five hours of sleep you get every day."

"If you can do it, then I can do it too."

"Don't say that people's physiques cannot be generalized. Do you know that women hold up half the sky?"

"Okay~" Li Mu looked at Wang Ya helplessly, knowing that it was impossible to persuade this stubborn girl.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Then you should exercise with me every morning to improve your physical fitness."

"I'm in good health, there's no need to spend time on it." Wang Ya refused without even thinking about it.

Exercise takes at least an hour, so it is better to use this time to study and do research.

Li Mu smiled slightly and said:
"I used to think so, but then something went wrong and my research time was restricted."

"So it's useless for you to say anything. If you don't exercise, I will tell Mr. Yan to reduce your research time."

"Of course, even if you exercise, if you have health problems due to staying up late, I will tell Mr. Yan."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Ya rolled her eyes at him: "Are you 'leading by example' and 'teaching by words and deeds'?"

"I obviously didn't want to be controlled like this before!"

"The past is the past, and the present is the present. Don't worry, as long as you exercise with me, your physical fitness will soon catch up. Then I will not restrict you." Li Mu said with a smile.

He was not looking for trouble. Wang Ya's face did not look good.

If this continued, he was really worried that something might happen.

Wang Ya frowned slightly and looked straight at Li Mu. After a long while, she turned her head away and said softly, "But we are so far apart, how can I follow you to exercise?"

"That's easy. I will run 10 kilometers every day and then go to Beijing Institute of Technology to find you." Li Mu said with a smile.

Wang Ya said weakly: "Actually there is no need to go through so much trouble. I can run away by myself."

"I know." Li Mu nodded slightly to show his understanding. Whether there is one more person exercising or one less person exercising, the effect is actually the same, but that is only when the person exercising is aware of it.

Looking at Wang Ya, he chuckled and said, "But I'm just worried that you'll be lazy."

(End of this chapter)