I asked you to modify it, what the hell is this fighter jet's engine?

More than half a month passed in the midst of intense preparations, and the air in Shanghai seemed to be imbued with the brewing storm, becoming tense and invisible.

The bustling international metropolis remains vibrant, but at this moment, the focus is undoubtedly on the Peace Hotel, which stands on the banks of the Huangpu River and carries a glorious history.

Perhaps only this legendary hotel with its profound historical heritage is worthy of this severe confrontation that will soon determine the future of the technological landscape.

A dazzling crystal chandelier hangs from the towering ceiling, its light cascading down and illuminating the nearly full seats below.

Reporters from major media outlets around the world were already on high alert, their hushed conversations in different languages ​​blending into a suppressed buzz.

Long lenses and short lenses were pointed at the empty platform, like rows of cannons poised to fire. Occasionally, flashes of light would sting the air, like an unsettling omens.

On one side of the platform, a huge screen remained silent, not yet lit up.

On a higher floor of the hotel, away from the hustle and bustle, a luxury suite was temporarily converted into a secret room for technical assessment.

The heavy velvet curtains blocked out the outside world's view and noise, while the air was filled with the rich aroma of coffee and a hint of barely perceptible anxiety.

A dozen top experts from the International Chip Testing Alliance sat around an oval mahogany conference table, which was piled high with thick documents, long data strips printed by testing instruments, and scattered coffee cups.

Everyone's face was heavier than the leaden sky outside the window.

“This is impossible…this defies all logic!” said Richard Parker, the former chief architect of Intertron, known for his meticulousness and rigidity.

He was now irritably clutching his dwindling gray hair, his bloodshot eyes fixed on a core performance test report in his hand.

"The process technology is a full generation and a half behind!"

Photolithography precision, etching uniformity, metal interconnect resistance... every key indicator shows a significant generational gap in manufacturing standards!

But... but look at this!

He slammed the report onto the center of the table with almost violent force, his finger jabbing hard at a set of comparative charts on the page. "The Navigator One's clock speed, instruction throughput, floating-point computing power... its overall performance actually surpasses the benchmark ARM architecture mobile chip by 52.7%?"

My God, fifty percent!

what does this mean?

This is like using machine tools from the last century to create an engine that is more precise and efficient than the latest CNC centers!

His voice trembled slightly with excitement and anger at the challenge to some inexplicable belief in technology: "This is not scientific!"

This can't be real!

Unless... unless they have mastered some kind of materials technology that we know nothing about, or... or a completely revolutionary chip design paradigm!

A new paradigm!

He uttered the word with difficulty, as if it contained a destructive power.

“Calm down, Richard.” Elizabeth Shaw, co-chair of ICVA and former head of the MIT Microelectronics Laboratory, appeared more composed than Parker’s outburst, but her furrowed brow and the slightly white knuckles gripping the edge of the report betrayed the turmoil within her.

She picked up another, thicker report, which was a power consumption test analysis. "What's even more puzzling is the power consumption control."

Looking at this thermal imaging data, at peak performance output, the core temperature of the Navigator chip is only four degrees Celsius higher than that of the ARM chip.

And the Moonlight Son power management system they mentioned in their report…

She paused, seemingly searching for the right words to describe this concept that felt both unfamiliar and amazing to her, "It's simply... a kind of topological magic."