Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

Chapter 28 Cannons Beat Mosquitoes

After knocking on the production line, Kang Chi suddenly felt free.

Daqin Optics has entered a relatively stable stage of development, and there is basically no need for him to worry too much.
Now we only need to wait for the first production line to gain experience and upgrade, and then consider the next layout.

So he naturally turned his attention back to the graphics card.

Laying out chips, apart from being dissatisfied with those who sell graphics cards, also paves the way for building cameras in the future.

Not even just a camera,
Of all the electrically charged things nowadays, which one can do without a chip?
Kang Chi also knows that it is difficult to make chips, but just like building a camera, although it seems to be a long way off at the moment, as long as we start from the most basic links and go step by step, one day everything will fall into place.

Last time I sent an email to the Institute of Microelectronics of Jiangsu Province University, but the result was nothing and no reply was received.

There was nothing going on at Suzhou University, so Kang Chi couldn't wait and could only consider other methods.

How about trying to assemble it?

As long as you make or repair items yourself, there will be a system panel.

But what exactly is this definition of manufacturing?
Assembly is also a type of manufacturing,
It's just an OEM that doesn't master the core technology.

With the mentality of giving it a try, Kangchi bought a bunch of graphics card parts from the Internet, and then tried to weld and assemble one by himself.

The result panel came out,

But there is no option to upgrade and parse.

This is clearly a failure.

“It seems opportunistic through assembly is not going to work anymore.”

Kangchi speculated from this:

System-defined manufacturing does not require that every screw be made by yourself.
But the manufacturer must master the core technology of this item and have a high degree of participation in manufacturing.

For example, in the lens production line, Kangchi actually uses a lot of off-the-shelf parts, which are semi-assembled goods, but the result is that they can be upgraded.

But this time the graphics card is not good, because it is just doing simple splicing, and the core technology inside is not mastered.

After trying to assemble it and failing, Kang Chi finally decided to go to Jiangsu University in person.
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"It's better to go to college!"

Walking on the campus of Jiangsu Province University, Kang Chi looked at the young and energetic college students coming and going, and felt that he was much younger.

Ok……

He seems to be very young to begin with.

After asking for directions several times, Kang Chi finally found the Microelectronics Research Institute.

This research institution affiliated with Jiangsu Province University is located not far from the School of Microelectronics building. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary teaching building.

"Which college are you from?"

As soon as Kang Chi walked through the door, the security guard sitting at the door immediately stopped him.

"Uh, hello, I'm looking for Academician Wu."

"Let me ask you which college you belong to. Have you brought your student ID card? Have you reported it in advance? If you don't report it, you can't get in even if you go to the principal."

"I sent an email in advance."

"send email?"

The security guard immediately glanced at Kang Chi alertly.
"Aren't you a student of our school?"

"No." Kang Chi answered honestly.

The security guard suddenly became more vigilant.

"Don't move yet, wait a moment."

He immediately made a call, his eyes never leaving Kang Chi during the call.

After about 5 minutes, Wang Haowen finally walked out of the research institute after receiving the call.

"Are you looking for Academician Wu?" After Wang Haowen saw Kang Chi, he looked him up and down and confirmed that he had never seen him before.

Kang Chi nodded.

Wang Haowen asked a little strangely: "What do you want to do with him? Have you made an appointment in advance?"

Faced with Wang Haowen's three consecutive questions, Kang Chi didn't answer any of them, but asked: "Who are you?"

"Wang Haowen, a doctoral student following Academician Wu." Kang Chi nodded: "Hello, Dr. Wang, I am Kang Chi, the boss of Longteng Technology. Our company has a project that we want to cooperate with your research institute. I have sent an email before. I don’t know if you have received it..."

After listening to Kang Chi's introduction, Wang Haowen suddenly remembered,

It seems that this is indeed the case!
Then he showed a strange expression.

this person...

Are you okay?

Forget about sending a prank by email, and now come to find someone in person?

"Ahem, hello Mr. Kang... Academician Wu went to Yanjing to hold an academic conference. If you have anything to do, just tell me. Well, it's not convenient here. How about we go for a walk outside?"

Kang Chi nodded immediately.

He found the Institute of Microelectronics of Jiangsu Province University simply because he had a dark eye in the semiconductor field and didn't know anyone who could lead the way. He could only find a research institution that seemed to be quite reliable and give it a try.

Even if cooperation cannot be reached, it would not hurt to know one or two practitioners in related industries and learn more about the industry.

This Wang Haowen meets Kang Chi's standards very well.

One of the two men is a science and engineering man, and the other is a technical geek. Neither of them is very good at talking.
The two of them walked more than 100 meters each with their own ulterior motives, without saying a word.

The atmosphere seemed a little awkward.

In the end, Kang Chi couldn't help but ask: "Um... did you receive the email?"

"Received." Wang Haowen was straightforward, "I happen to be in charge of issuing emails, but I thought it was just a prank at the time, so I ignored it, so... you can't be serious, right?"

"What, can't you?"

"..."

Wang Haowen looked at Kang Chi speechlessly: "It seems that you know nothing about semiconductors. Do you know how much scientific research funds this seemingly ordinary research institute burns every year?"

"How many?"

"30 billion!"

"Amortized every day, more than 800 million yuan is being burned, and yet you want to borrow our equipment to create a 2D accelerator card that can't even be called a graphics card..."

"With all due respect, only a true layman would have the idea of ​​using a cannon to kill mosquitoes."

30 million?
A college laboratory burns 30 billion every year?
Kang Chi was also surprised after hearing this.

He remembered that the total of more than a dozen colleges in his former alma mater seemed to have only 40 billion in scientific research funding, and it was also a 211 key university.

At Jiangsu Province University, almost one college was burned down...

All I can say is that it has to be 985 to be awesome!

In fact, Kang Chi had wanted to try his luck from the beginning when he asked Jiangsu University for help. But now after hearing Wang Haowen's words, Kang Chi realized that this was not a chance, but a lottery.

It's a little embarrassing...

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I thought too simplistically." Kang Chi admitted his mistake generously, and then asked, "Where do you think I should go to find a mosquito killer... Xiaopao?"

"Some mid- to low-end integrated circuit factories should be able to meet your needs."

Wang Haowen said and hesitated again.
"But you just made one, and you asked to do it yourself... I don't think others will pay attention to you. Is this your company's business, or is it your personal hobby?"

"As a personal hobby, I'm quite interested in semiconductors."

Kang Chi found an excuse to deal with it.

"You must have many acquaintances in this field, right? Can you help me think of a solution? Don't worry, I won't let your work go in vain."

Wang Haowen immediately waved his hand: "It's not a matter of working in vain. If you can help me, I will definitely help."

After saying that, he fell into deep thought. After a while, he seemed to suddenly think of something, so he took out his mobile phone and opened his address book.

"I have an undergraduate classmate whose family makes integrated circuits, but I haven't contacted him in many years. I don't know if he is still working."

Wang Haowen said and dialed the phone.

I finally got through the phone with an old classmate I hadn’t contacted for several years, and it was definitely time to catch up.

So Kang Chi wisely took a few steps further.

(End of this chapter)