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Chapter 143 Zhang and Qin show off their research progress

The second class, the fourth class, ends at 11:40.

It's still early.

It was rare to return to school informally like this again, enjoying the sight of being watched by alumni, Wen Liang left in no hurry.

Also informally visited the two laboratories where Qin Zheng and Zhang Yulin were located.

Not far, in Building 23.

It is less than 18 meters after taking two steps up the path at the back of Building 50.

Near lunch time, when Wen Liang and Chen Jiaxin walked into Qin Zheng's laboratory, there were only three or two 'kittens', and the leading Academician Cao and several nominal academicians were not there.

Without further babbling, Qin Zheng, Wen Liang and his party went to Zhang Yulin's laboratory again.

Also only three or two 'kittens'.

Still in the corridor, I could hear the warm atmosphere inside.

Seeing Wen Liang, Zhang Yulin's expression became more excited: "Hey, old Wen, you came just in time!"

Wen Liang and the others are not surprised that Zhang Yulin, who was originally melancholic, is now beaming with joy. They can tell at a glance that they want to 'show off' again.

Wen Liang laughed: "Did I just call you to eat?"

Zhang Yulin: "..."

blanched.

So Zhang Yulin shrugged his shoulders.

Wen Liang greeted several other seniors in the lab, and then left.

……

A group of people quickly walked into the canteen of Xueliu.

Li Ze, Li Bowen, and Tang Pu have already bought enough lunch and are waiting.

As soon as Wen Liang appeared, commotion broke out in the cafeteria.

Some alumni directly joked: "Hey, why did Mr. Wen come to the cafeteria to eat?"

"Isn't it a bit too simple~"

"Indeed, Mr. Wen shouldn't be so frugal~"

Hearing everyone's jokes, he smiled kindly: "You must be jealous that I eat eight cows for a meal."

Some people just laughed silly.

"..."

While talking, Wen Liang and Chen Jiaxin also walked to their seats and sat down.

The ridicule of the alumni is also adequate.

Jokes are normal.

Jealousy is basically non-existent.

There is no way, after all, Wen Liang is now facing the pony brother of the goose factory, and his excellence in the public opinion is no longer limited to the stage of his peers.

……

A table of seven people used the cafeteria for lunch.

Li Ze looked at Zhang Yulin and Qin Zheng, and said teasingly: "Old Wen is not a thing, Lao Zhang, you eat the cafeteria every day, it's so easy for Lao Wen to treat guests, and you still eat the cafeteria!"

Li Bowen interjected: "I'm afraid you forgot the money I spent on today's meal."

Wen Liang only cares about picking up the rice and doesn't respond.

"Look, look, when I heard that Xiao Li was spending money, Old Wen's head would be buried in the basin!"

"Nonsense, our President Wen must have just finished pretending to go to class again, hungry and stupid."

"really."

"..."

Talking and joking, Tang Pu also mentioned: "I just heard that the recruitment effect in the morning was much better than expected, and some seniors with doctorates went to join in the fun."

Hearing this, Chen Jiaxin's eyes lit up: "Yes, this is a good sign, which shows that our President Wen didn't talk so much in vain."

"Indeed." Even Qin Zheng agreed.

"..."

…………

While chatting, everyone finished their lunch.

Wen Liang took a sip of water, wiped his mouth, and then said comfortably: "Don't tell me, I'm really hungry, I didn't eat enough in the morning."

Then he looked at Zhang Yulin, smiled and said, "Show us how excited you were just now."

Hearing this, Li Ze immediately raised his eyebrows, and took the initiative to answer from the side: "Don't worry, let me tell you how you feel about the visit first?"

"You don't need to ask. Old Zhang's brows are about to dance." Chen Jiaxin interrupted with a smile.

Qin Zheng still gave a straight answer: "Very fulfilling!"

Tang Pu raised his eyebrows, and asked expectantly: "Have you gained something?"

Qin Zheng shook his head: "The research involving the hardware level will not be so fast, let's make little progress."

Before everyone could speak, Qin Zheng raised his smile and said excitedly: "Old Wen pointed out a very interesting path. The RISC-V instruction set is completely open source, allowing anyone to use, modify, and commercialize it for free. All the academicians are very interested in my choice of this entry point."

Qin Zheng's words were simple, but Tang Pu was confused: "I didn't hear that I gave you directions, did I?"

Zhang Yulin laughed when he heard this, and he knew that this was a misunderstanding that everyone had, just like Sun Baoyin who suddenly came up with the special version of the Xiaochengshu app with communication and social modules that Wen Liang needed.

Then Zhang Yulin answered Tang Pu's doubts: "If Lao Wen didn't point us to a relatively specific direction, we would have to find a needle in a haystack. We made a specific choice after Lao Wen drew a general direction according to our interests."

Qin Zheng next to him nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, for example, I wanted to study hardware at first, but I didn't know where to start. Lao Wen gave an example of the RISC-V instruction set and I understood it. The laboratory is now based on RISC-V instruction set. V is the prototype, and the basic theory is sorted out."

"At this stage, there are two options for the future research direction planned by the laboratory.

One is to complete the self-developed ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) based on RISC-V.

The second is based on the experience of RISC-V, self-developed instruction set and ISA from scratch. "

Speaking of this, Qin Zheng paused for a moment, and glanced at everyone: "The second is the collective suggestion of the academicians. Now the RISC-V ecosystem is almost zero, and the R&D energy invested in the two choices is almost the same. full autonomy;
Interestingly, Old Wen's early thought was the second one. "

As soon as the words fell, Li Ze yelled: "Hey, this is called coincidence, as expected of our President Wen!"

Qin Zhengyang raised his hand and interrupted: "However, after about three months, a lot of money will be burned. The initial unit is tens of millions, and the unit of junior and middle period is hundreds of millions."

Then he also admired: "If it weren't for Lao Wen's plan for the general direction at the beginning of the year, given the current development situation, the ghost knows how long it will take to realize that we may need to invest in basic research to break through business limitations. By then, it would be difficult for us to sit calmly. laboratory."

Zhang Yulin quickly said: "I can't agree more!"

Hearing what everyone said, Wen Liang laughed happily: "I wanted to hear some good news from Lao Zhang, but I didn't expect Xiao Qin to give me a surprise first. Research on the chip level requires a lot of time and talent, and you can do it so quickly. The specific direction is judged, and the progress is gratifying!"

"Sure enough, it is the most correct choice to put it in the school laboratory, which can avoid the need to consider the impact of commercialization!"

When it was finally his turn to perform, Zhang Yulin couldn't wait, but he didn't forget to joke first: "Old Wen can't be patient now, what's the rush!"

Everyone was happy.

Everyone was wondering if Zhang Yulin was shaking.

Zhang Yulin quickly said: "Just today, our laboratory found the most appropriate entry point, and completed the independent Linux embedded system first with reference to the LFS project!"

Without giving everyone a chance to speak, Zhang Yulin went on to say: "Before we thought that we could only do Android UI like MIUI first, so we developed the Android App Store, a small toy, and now we have found a better entry point. "

After listening, Wen Liang, who was becoming more and more half-hearted in the technical field, asked a question: "What is the LFS project?"

He knows about Linux, Android originated from Linux, and he has never heard of the LFS project.

Not only did Wen Liang not understand, but so did Li Ze and the others. Seeing this, Zhang Yulin introduced the LFS project in detail.

The LFS project is Linux From Scratch, literally translated as Linux from scratch, and the project began in 1998.

It provides detailed steps, specific patches, and necessary scripts to provide an easy way to create a Linux distribution.

LFS allows people to create an extremely streamlined Linux system, and can customize and build a safe, complete, autonomous and controllable Linux from the source code layer.

After introducing the LFS project, Zhang Yulin said: "Of course, neither Wen nor we are satisfied with this. The idea of ​​our laboratory is to refer to the LFS project first to create an independent Linux embedded system and complete the research from 1 to 2. work, and then go from 2 to 0 to 1 to work on autonomous system kernels!"

After talking about this, Zhang Yulin sighed: "Speaking of which, if it weren't for the research in the laboratory, neither I nor Xiao Qin would think about such a large engineering research as repeating the wheel."

Later, Zhang Yulin said: "I also considered the background of the current mobile Internet era, so I will focus on the mobile terminal first."

"Now that Android is doing so poorly, if you don't challenge it, you will miss this kind of opportunity."

After listening to Zhang Yulin's long speech, Li Ze and the others frowned and began to think. They hardly had any ideas.

Wen Liang was very satisfied with this, and he directly said: "The company supports it unconditionally."

Then he expressed his thoughts: "However, we must also face up to the advantages of Android. It has been perfected by global developers and has a basically formed ecosystem. Domestic manufacturers such as Meizu make UI based on Android, so it is not only a matter of technology. .”

Zhang Yulin listened carefully.

Li Ze and the others also pricked up their ears.

Wen Liang got straight to the point: "I don't discuss the specific technology. I believe in Lao Zhang and I also believe in the background of Huagong, but the direction of technological development still needs to be talked about."

Zhang Yulin took it seriously: "I originally wanted to sort out the information and then mention this matter. Now that I have caught up, I mainly hope that you can give me a direction."

Hearing this, Wen Liang continued: "Let's talk about some things in the general environment first, as a reference;
Nokia, which has already announced its abandonment of Symbian, flirts with Microsoft, Intel and other companies. In a short period of time, Nokia has jumped from side to side several times, from Symbian, Maemo, MeeGo to Windows Phone. In fact, I am not optimistic about this style of behavior;

In my opinion, if this situation continues, only iOS and Android will be left in the mobile phone system market. "

"The success of a mobile phone system has little to do with whether it is newly developed or the language environment is developed. Especially in this era of mobile Internet, the most important thing is the ecology!"

"In addition to the basic conditions such as the superiority of the system itself and a friendly development environment, I think the most important aspect of the ecology is to allow developers to make money. In this regard, I have already thrown an app store on the market. Although it is based on Android, it is The same can be adjusted to seize the opportunity."

"Domestic users have not yet formed a fundamental usage habit, and they have every opportunity to build our own ecology."

"We also have an advantage that we can focus on the experience of mobile games first, that is, the first official release will optimize the game experience from the bottom layer;
As long as the system can be used, we can use OEM or even OEM to make game phones first, so as to protect the company's mobile game business at the basic technology level. "

"Xiao Qin also needs to develop in a targeted manner. The two of you should not fight alone, but should communicate with each other."

"In short, only with an independent and controllable complete ecological chain can we really eat meat at the table of the mobile Internet era!"

After expressing his thoughts in one breath, Wen Liang waved his hand and said lightly: "Let's do it, even Xiaomi dares to make a mobile phone. We already have a mobile game business to create demand for users. Maybe it will be easier to start than Xiaomi."

"Don't worry about burning money. The revenue contribution of Xiaochengshu will be even stronger after the number of users exceeds [-] million. Now the revenue contribution of the mobile game business is not bad."

After hearing what Wen Liang said, Zhang Yulin shook his head and kept sighing: "Sure enough, it has to be Lao Wen. As long as we find an idea, we can find a commercial scene that will land in a short time and complete the positive cycle."

Qin Zheng also said: "Who would have thought that the mobile game business that was prepared so early could be combined with our research in this way."

Li Ze next to him smiled cheerfully: "I think you should think carefully before talking on the mic~"

Qin Zheng: "..."

Zhang Yulin: "..."

Seeing this, Wen Liang waved his hand: "Aze will really hack me, I just thought that I could make a mobile phone in the future, but I really didn't think about making a game phone."

Chen Jiaxin said vaguely from the side: "It seems to be a coincidence."

Tang Pu turned his head back, and said solemnly: "Of course it's a coincidence. We don't know the level of our President Wen's on-the-spot response and the ability to see the tricks?"

Even Li Bowen followed suit: "Yes, just like the impromptu speech our President Wen gave in the gymnasium in the morning, it was also a response on the spot, and there was no preparation at all."

Qin Zheng glanced at Wen Liang, with a straight face, as if he would not deceive others: "Mr. Wen is a man who paves the way after all, so the camera is naturally easy to respond to."

Zhang Yulin sighed with a melancholy look on his face: "Yes, I really envy our President Wen, who can always be so calm and understatement."

Wen Liang looked at this and then at that.

He finally kept his mouth shut.

"About me stepping on a horse, I explained it clearly, but my guys believed that I didn't come up with the business scene by coincidence"

He has nothing to say!
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(End of this chapter)