Chapter 58 New Challenge!
In fact, Luo Yao was reluctant to return to the company after get off work.
However, based on his analysis of Rao Huiling's previous behavior, he judged that there was a 90% chance that something had gone wrong since Rao Huiling had specifically sent him a message asking him to go back after get off work.
Various possibilities flashed through Luo Yao's mind. He knew that the most likely one was that the people from Synopsys took action after returning. Luo Yao felt vaguely uneasy and immediately put down his chopsticks and prepared to leave.
"Boss Santu, are you full after just a few bites? Is the food not to your liking?" Wang Ye looked at him in surprise.
Luo Yao stood up and said, "No, something happened at the company, I have to go back first."
"What's the rush ? It shouldn't take a little while, right?" Wu Tianming felt that Hua Ji was not a hospital where he had to rush against time. He should take care of his own health first.
Why exhaust yourself by working for capitalists?
"No, there's an emergency at the company, and I don't have time to eat." Luo Yao doesn't care whether to eat or not when he encounters a problem, he just wants to solve the problem first.
In addition, he is now worried that the people from Synopsys will join forces with the U.S. business group to make some unusual moves. The sooner he goes back to understand the situation, the sooner he can come up with a solution with others.
"Um, waiter, pack everything up!" Wang Ye hurriedly instructed the waiter to pack up the food, and then the group carried the lunch boxes and returned to the company with Luo Yao.
After we got in the car, Brother Liang continued, "Just wait for me after you finish eating at the restaurant. I'll be back to pick you up later."
Wu Tianming shook his head and said, "Our boss said something urgent happened. What if he needs our help?"
"Yes, now everyone in our team has gone off work, so won't he be alone when he goes back?" Wang Ye added.
Luo Yao, who was standing by, was slightly stunned after hearing this. At first, he didn't know why the other party followed him back. Now he realized that the other party was worried that he wouldn't be able to find anyone when he needed help.
Luo Yao felt a little touched, and for the first time ever he didn't call Wang Ye and Wu Tianming stupid.
Back to the company.
Luo Yao went straight to Building C10 as Rao Huiling had informed him, while Wang Ye and Wu Tianming returned to the empty laboratory and continued eating.
Luo Yao remembered that Building C10 of Huaji Park was where the Huaji Strategic Research Institute was located.
As soon as he stepped into the building, he was stopped by the security guard at the entrance.
"Hello, non-authorized personnel are not allowed to enter here."
Luo Yao glanced at him and took out his card: "Then I'll try swiping it."
The security guard seemed unconvinced that a young man like him had such authority, so he said, "This authority is not something that ordinary employees can have..."
"Ding—authorization approved, please enter."
Following the announcement from the access control area, the security guard's eyes widened.
How could this young man in front of me have the authority of the Strategic Research Institute?
Isn't this something only executives have?
The security guard had been guarding the gate of the Strategic Research Institute for more than five years, and all he had seen were either bald middle-aged men or men with gray hair. He had never seen a young man like Luo Yao enter, so the security guard became suspicious.
The security guard stopped Luo Yao and said, "Excuse me, I need to check your employee ID."
Luo Yao didn't understand why, but he still liked the security guard's serious and responsible work attitude. He took off his work badge from his neck and handed it over.
The security guard took the ID card and placed it on the card reader on his desk. Luo Yao's identity information immediately appeared on the computer screen.
"Head of Shannon Laboratory...Rank: Confidential."
The security guard was a little surprised. He knew that in Huaji's system, only senior executives at level 23 and above would be kept confidential. The young man in front of him didn't look like a senior executive at all, so how could he have such a high rank?
Just in case, the security guard had to ask, "Which floor, room, and person are you looking for?"
"16th floor, 1603, looking for Rao Huiling."
The security guard quickly dialed 1603 and waited for someone to pick up before saying, "There's a young man named Luo Yao downstairs who wants to go to 1603. Please verify the situation."
When the person on the other end of the phone heard it was Luo Yao, he quickly said, "Please get him up as soon as possible."
After the security guard hung up the phone, he looked at Luo Yao in confusion. As he let him in, he thought to himself that Luo Yao might just look young, and maybe he had a hair transplant!
Even if Luo Yao had an IQ of 300, he probably wouldn't have expected the security guard's brain circuits to be even more complicated than he imagined.
He walked all the way to Room 1603, and when he entered, he found that this was a conference room. Several people were already sitting there before he entered.
As soon as Zheng Housheng saw Luo Yao, he greeted him, "Look, I knew this kid just said he didn't want to work overtime, but he came right away when he heard there was something going on."
Luo Yao didn't react to Zheng Housheng's teasing. His attention was on Rao Huiling: "Boss Rao said there was something urgent. What was it?"
"Luo Yao, please sit down first. Ding Ming will explain everything."
After Luo Yao sat down, Ding Ming began to speak: "In order to cope with the chip price war and other problems that may arise in the future, our Kaitian Project needs to be accelerated."
"Kaitian Project?" Luo Yao was sure that he had never heard of this name in Huaji before.
"Hua Ji has previously developed various plans to deal with various external emergencies. The Kaitian Plan is specifically designed to address the current situation."
"Three years ago, we developed and designed a new mobile phone chip. After three years of design and verification, we are finally ready for tape-out. Before tape-out, we also conducted another test using the test tools of Pangu EDA software. This morning, the colleague in charge of verification reported that everything has met the tape-out standards."
Luo Yao was surprised at Huaji's meticulous work. He didn't expect that Huaji had already made preparations before he came up with the idea of going the high-end chip route.
"Is it a quantum chip?" Luo Yao became curious. He wanted to study the field of quantum chips next. He didn't know whether Huaji's plan three years ago was the same as his.
"Hahaha, I told you this kid must have advanced ideas, and you didn't believe it." Zheng Housheng particularly likes people who are creative and driven. Luo Yao perfectly meets his requirements, so Zheng Housheng naturally likes him very much.
Without waiting for anyone else to speak, Zheng Housheng explained to Luo Yao, "We haven't yet fully understood conventional chip manufacturing processes, so the chips in the Kaitian Project will still be upgraded using traditional manufacturing processes."
"The CPU architecture uses 12 cores, and the GPU is a new architecture. We use our own flexible instruction set and SIMT computing framework. On top of the 3D graphics engine, we have also equipped it with 2D graphics acceleration and a video engine. This means that in terms of supporting physically realistic rendering, it is no less capable than currently developed mobile phone chips on the market."
Luo Yao silently calculated the chip effect that Zheng Housheng mentioned. There was no doubt that if there were no problems with the architecture, power consumption, etc., the new chip could indeed be compared with the existing high-end mobile phone chips on the market.
but.
"Mr. Zheng, Ringo phones will also release new chips next year. Do you think the Kaitian Project's chips can compare with them?"
Luo Yao's question was as direct as ever. Zheng Housheng paused for a few seconds before saying, "Our chip technology is lagging far behind. The Kaitian Project's chips have only been tested to date, and they can only be compared with Ringo's previous generation of mobile phone chips. As for whether they can be compared with the new generation of chips, the results are probably not very optimistic."
Luo Yao nodded. As the CEO of Huaji, Zheng Housheng did not blindly say that the Kaitian Project's chips were better than Ringo's new generation. This proved that what Zheng Housheng said was indeed the truth.
Luo Yao had grown somewhat fond of this cheerful middle-aged man. Just based on the fact that he had laid out the Kaitian plan in advance, Luo Yao felt that he was much smarter than the average person.
"But Luo Yao, do you want to try developing the quantum chip you mentioned earlier?"
Zheng Housheng will never forget Luo Yao's amazing IQ. If someone has talent but doesn't use it, he is a true fool.
Luo Yao realized that he came to the meeting today to accept a task.
A new challenge? He loves it!
"As you said, it's hard to say whether the mobile phone chips we currently have can be compared with the new generation of chips from Ringo Mobile."
"But we have to strive to surpass them in the next generation."
"So, are you interested?"
Quantum chip, this topic is indeed interesting, and he wants to try it this time.
If the system doesn't give him any tasks, he plans to do the research on his own.
"I want to try it."
"Great! I knew you'd be interested." Zheng Housheng looked very happy. "This mission was actually assigned by the capital. They didn't know if you were willing to take it. After all, we have no experience in quantum chips."
Luo Yao pondered, "Other countries have achieved virtually no research results in quantum chips. We're actually on the same starting line as them. If we can overtake them, we'll be ahead of them in this area."
"You want to get ahead of them?"
Luo Yao met Zheng Housheng's eyes. "Of course, they should take action next. I wonder if the authorities will respond."
Luo Yao knew that Synopsys and its team would never give up. In this case, the only ones who could save Chinese companies were the government and themselves.
"If they really did take action, we would definitely suffer some losses, so the authorities have expanded according to the plan you provided."
"Expansion?" Luo Yao frowned, wondering if he had missed something in his calculations.
"Can't figure it out?" Zheng Housheng and the others looked at Luo Yao.
Luo Yao did not hide his true situation in front of everyone. He said, "I don't understand."
Zheng Housheng smiled, not because he finally caught what Luo Yao didn't understand, but because he felt Luo Yao's honesty.
Adults like to pretend to know things when they don't, but when Luo Yao encounters something he doesn't understand, he doesn't care about face at all. He just wants to find the answer.
This kind of person is indeed a good candidate for scientific research!
"Luo Yao, I'm afraid you won't fully understand what I'm telling you now, but when it really happens, you'll soon understand."
