The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 217, Traveling Around the World

"Leader, what is the specific situation? Can the power supply be supplied smoothly at the power plant?"

After seeing Qiu Zongyue and the others coming back, Chen Guohua couldn't help but ask.

However, Qiu Zongyue's face looked very ugly at this time.

"Not yet. We may not be able to complete the maintenance smoothly today. Either we need to connect other circuits, or we need to test it again tomorrow."

Regarding what happened at the power plant, Qiu Zongyue sighed before speaking out.

The specific cause is still under investigation, but the matter is very simple: there was a technical failure in the generator set.

I don’t know whose negligence caused such a technical failure.

But there is no doubt that the power plant will not be able to provide electricity in a short period of time.

When Chen Guohua heard this, he frowned.

This is really annoying.

Although he really wanted to comfort himself with the words 'good things come in vain', this sentence had no effect on him at all.

Chen Guohua didn't go out to see what was going on in the outside world, so he didn't know.

But in the first half of this year, whether it was the previous laboratory explosion, Hou Sihe's incident, or today's power outage at the power plant, he was very annoyed.

Obviously Zhenhua Research Institute is also a military-industrial enterprise, so why are there so many rats?

Really are!

The key is that we haven’t caught this mouse yet. Is he that cunning? Trick everyone around.

With his brain running at high speed, Chen Guohua thought about this matter carefully.

After a while, I reluctantly gave up.

He was not sure if there were rats at all. Maybe he was used to the state in later generations where everything was normal and there were very few unexpected situations.

So he brought this habit to this era, and he has never changed it.

But in this era, all kinds of equipment, conditions, and personnel are very backward.

Even the researchers at Zhenhua Research Institute are already selected among the best, but during the experiment, there are still some people who don't understand.

Just like Wan Qingxuan's mind wandering, there will always be someone who takes a nap and cannot concentrate.

So when such a situation occurs, the resulting chain reaction, a small mistake, will be magnified, and then by chance it becomes the current situation.

After all, Chen Guohua can bring out a lot of skills, but that doesn't mean that Xue Jinquan and other super academics are very powerful. Other college students will also be very powerful.

Let’s not talk about other people’s success, let’s talk about Lin Jixiang, Tian Wenchang and others who joined the company in March this year.

Among this group of people, there are also smart people who are at a super-academic level, but not many.

At the same time, they also have college students with average IQs, but they happened to be very lucky to be admitted to college, and they happened to be selected by Zhenhua Research Institute.

To make a simple comparison, high school students in the 1950s might just take a test on the knowledge in the textbook.

But high school students in 2023 need to prepare before their parents get married.

For example, the parents of well-matched Qingbei graduates had their entire lives planned clearly, from marriage, to pregnancy preparation, to the birth of the child, and to the child's elementary school, middle school, high school, and university. Almost their entire life was clearly planned.

Therefore, when they face these harsh challenges, they can defeat their peers and become one of the top few in society.

In the 1950s and 1960s, as long as they were admitted to college, they were among the top few.

You know, these college students have the opportunity to be selected by ministries and commissions.

Therefore, Chen Guohua led a group of undergraduates who may be equivalent to ordinary Er Yao Yao, 985, and some Qingbei graduates in later generations, and they are engaged in very cutting-edge computer research and development work.

It seems that such an unexpected situation is rare, and he has controlled it to an extremely low level.

"So, I'm just too demanding?"

While Chen Guohua was reflecting, Qiu Zongyue and the others were also silent.

The scene was very quiet for a while.

After a while, Chen Guohua finally said:

"Leader, if this is the case, then take the computer away and go to the Second Department of the Institute of Physics for testing."

Anyway, the emergency repair work at the power plant can no longer be completed.

It's better to go directly to the second department. This computer needs to be moved to the second department anyway.

Now it's better to move there in advance.

When Qiu Zongyue heard this, he hesitated and asked:

"Is this appropriate? If you don't have to repair it then, I'm afraid it will be more troublesome."

Chen Guohua shook his head, "As long as I go there, there will be no need for repairs. Anyway, we went to the second department suddenly. I don't believe that the power plant over there also suddenly lost power?"

"Stop being such a mouthful."

After hearing Chen Guohua's last words, Qiu Zongyue said quickly.

The latter felt that today's incident had something to do with his nervousness in the morning, as if he had been told by his crow's mouth.

The matter was settled quickly, and Xue Jinquan and Yao Shiqiong hurried to work.

The computer was disassembled, then shipped separately to the car, and headed straight to the Second Department of the Institute of Physics.

I was so busy that the whole morning was consumed.

After installing the computers in the second department, everyone did not rush to start the computers for testing, but had lunch first.

Wait until lunch is over, then connect the power supply, and then start the computer for testing.

While Chen Guohua and the others were having lunch, they were in Armonk City, North America.

In the office of the president of IBM, Watson Jr. received a phone call.

"Mr. Thomas, I am Lundberg. I believe you should have heard of my name. Now I invite you to come to New York. I need your help with something."

Lundberg's voice came from the phone.

After hearing this, Little Watson became nervous instantly.

Just because he has a close relationship with the other party's assistant Christian, if Lundberg finds out about their relationship, I'm afraid it won't be that simple to go to New York this time.

Hongmen Banquet? then what?

On second thought, Watson felt that he was the CEO of a listed company, and IBM was also a giant in the computer industry.

If something happens to him, IBM's stock price will be shaken and investors will be dissatisfied.

Besides, his father is not an ordinary person.

Forget it, let's take a step by step.

After agreeing, Watson sat in a chair and thought for a while, then ordered the bodyguard to prepare, and then asked the driver to drive him to New York.

After arriving in New York, Watson Jr. did not meet with Lundberg immediately, but asked his bodyguard to prepare.

After everything was ready, he headed to the hotel.

That's right, Lundberg did not ask Watson Jr. to go to the department office, but held the meeting in a hotel room.

After knocking on the door and entering, little Watson saw Christian and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Just because the latter's eyes were normal and he had a business-like attitude, and he didn't seem to recognize him.

But this Bichi is quite wild when in bed.

Such an attitude at this moment made little Watson feel ripples in his heart.

"Hello, Mr. Sanders, is this the first time we have met?"

Little Watson, who was determined in his heart, looked at Lundberg Sanders with a smile. The latter smiled slightly, showing his big white teeth:

"Hello, Mr. Thomas, this is indeed the first time we have met. However, you should be familiar with my secretary, but I just saw that you didn't seem to know each other."

As soon as these words came out, Watson's smile suddenly stiffened.

I was complaining madly in my heart: Farke, God, how can you know these things?

You know, every time he meets Christian, he is very careful. How could anyone know about it?

When Christian heard what Lundberg said, his body stiffened for a moment, and then he pretended to be busy again as if nothing had happened.

After all, Lundberg is the boss of the intelligence department and has a lot of unknown information, so it is quite normal to know that she has a relationship with Watson.

After all, if you often walk by the river, how can you avoid getting your shoes wet?

"Haha, Mr. Sanders, you are kidding me. I am not familiar with her. This is the first time we have met."

Little Watson reacted and explained awkwardly.

If his Qi-nurturing skills were perfect, Lundberg really hadn't discovered it yet.

It's a pity that when little Watson came in just now, the secret was already exposed.

Everyone is a fox, but Lundberg is obviously more powerful.

"Is it?"

Lundberg glanced at Watson with a half-smile, and then said:

"I don't care whether you have a relationship with Chris or not, but if you dare to do something that endangers national interests, you will bear the consequences."

With a simple warning, Lundberg got to the point of today.

"That's right, our department encountered a strange thing when we were on Hong Kong Island."

Along with Lundberg's narration, Watson's face changed instantly.

Just because Lundberg said it, the intelligence they received showed that a company was transferring funds to a company in Hong Kong Island, amounting to as much as 10 million US dollars.

These funds were exchanged for medicine, cutting-edge industrial equipment, etc., and then transferred back to the mainland via Hong Kong Island.

Some cutting-edge industrial equipment is exported from North America, and part of the funds are channeled through IBM.

According to Lundberg, as a computer company, IBM should not need such industrial equipment. Why would it purchase such equipment? And also transported to Hong Kong Island?

"Slander, this is naked slander and slander."

said little Watson angrily, appearing very angry and furious.

Lundberg had little to say about it.

Whether it's true or not doesn't matter.

Next, he showed Watson Jr. another piece of evidence, which was a check with his signature arranged by Watson's personal assistant.

In addition to the check, there are also photos of his assistant meeting people.

The evidence is conclusive.

But if that's the case, then Lundberg shouldn't ask Watson to meet him at the hotel.

Just ask people to arrest little Watson.

After the check came out, Watson Jr. explained:

"This is what I arranged, but he is a member of a murderous organization. I just asked him to go to Hong Kong Island."

Before, when he met Yu Chengsan at Beiqi Martial Arts Hall, he wanted the latter to help.

As a result, Yu Chengsan naturally ignored it.

Even though Watson Jr. raised the price to 200,000 US dollars, Yu Chengsan remained indifferent.

Of course, little Watson did not give up, and then found a killer organization in Chinatown.

The other party did take it, and the asking price wasn't too harsh, just asking for $100,000.

One hundred thousand dollars in this era is already a lot for an individual.

But little Watson didn't expect that his actions would be filmed by Lundberg.

It can only explain one thing. Lundberg may have started paying attention to him very early, right?

In fact, this is not the case. Little Watson is just a coincidence.

The killer named Sauron was actually a line that the intelligence department was watching, and he was found by little Watson by chance.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been called over for questioning.

Based on Watson's answers and reactions, Lundberg was basically certain that IBM had nothing to do with Sauron, the killer.

In other words, Watson Jr. simply wants to obtain chip technology.

Now that it was confirmed, Lundberg suddenly said:

"Mr. Thomas, since your IBM company likes chip technology so much, I wonder if you are interested in a certain piece of information?"

"What information?"

Little Watson breathed a sigh of relief and asked casually and curiously.

"For two million dollars, you can take this piece of information."

"What? Impossible!"

After hearing this number, Watson stood up in surprise.

Good guy, two million dollars just to buy a piece of intelligence information. Is he crazy or crazy?

No matter what, there is no way he would make such a stupid decision.

He was even making up his mind to ask Christian to find out what kind of information it was.

Lundberg leaned back and chuckled:

"Your IBM company spends 80 million US dollars to purchase a batch of chips. Are you reluctant to spend 2 million US dollars to purchase a piece of information?"

"You have to know that the reason why I dare to offer this price must be to confirm that this intelligence information is very important to you."

"If you don't want to, I believe Cray or Texas Instruments will be very interested. By then, I'm afraid your IBM company's dominance will not be guaranteed!"

Such a naked threat immediately made Watson confused.

It's not just that two million dollars is too expensive, it's also because of two companies, Cray and Texas Instruments.

These two companies are very interested in IBM's dominance in the computer industry.

Last year and this year, both of their companies were working hard to catch up. Especially this year, they took away many large orders that originally belonged to IBM.

For this reason, Watson Jr. scolded these two companies.

But the battle of will is useless after all, and we still have to rely on means.

After thinking for a long time, little Watson said in a deep voice:

"Two million is too expensive, I can only give half a million, otherwise you can go find them."

"Haha, deal!"

Lundberg agreed without haggling.

Is there anything wrong with selling one piece of information three times?

The intelligence agencies are also poor, and money is being spent everywhere.

IBM, Cray Corporation, Texas Instruments and other companies are all wealthy owners.

Let alone half a million US dollars, even five million US dollars is nothing to them.

Little Watson said softly, and suddenly felt like he had lost millions.

"Mr. Sanders, you can only sell this information to me and not to anyone else."

Little Watson hurriedly added, staring at Lundberg with sharp eyes.

If the latter doesn't agree, they won't even be able to earn half a million US dollars.

"Impossible, I can't be sure that the information others learned from other channels will also be attributed to me, right?"

As soon as these words came out, little Watson was immediately asked.

After a long while, he said:

"Then you must ensure that nothing is leaked from your side."

How to guarantee?

As an expert in intelligence work, Lundberg said he would definitely remain tight-lipped.

But if it's someone else, that's unknown.

The two finally made the agreement.

Although little Watson felt that he was taken advantage of, he couldn't do anything without receiving this blow.

After all, Lundberg had immediately exposed the fact that he and Christian had an intimate relationship. Little Watson knew what he wanted.

So even if you feel angry, no matter how uncomfortable you are, you can only admit it.

"So, may I ask Mr. Sanders, what is that information?"

After paying the check for half a million dollars, Watson, whose heart was bleeding, asked solemnly.

Lundberg looked at the brand new check, fascinated by the zeros on it.

"Do you know why the East can make a chip with two thousand transistors built in?"

It was just a rhetorical question, obviously still trying to show off, but little Watson stood up instantly.

His whole face was filled with shock and disbelief:

"What are you talking about? They've already made a chip with two thousand transistors?"

hiss!

This is really scary!

IBM, their company, is still unable to manufacture a chip with 500 transistors. It cannot do it at the technological and technical level.

The most advanced chips they currently use cost US$80 million to purchase from China Resources.

As a result, the East side can actually produce chips with two thousand transistors? "Haha, you heard it right, it's a chip with two thousand transistors. It seems you're not that stupid."

Lundberg still said with a smile.

At this time, little Watson had already realized that with a chip of two thousand transistors, their IBM company was actually being fooled.

Not only IBM, but also other companies that placed orders, are also victims of the same.

But so what?

It is normal for people to hide this information and not let competitors like them know it.

Alas, if you fall behind, you will be beaten!

"Mr. Sanders, what did you say they used to make chips?"

"Would you like to take a guess?"

Seeing Lundberg's face, Watson wanted to hit someone.

So he didn't answer the other person, but just stared at the other person until the other person felt scared.

"Really boring!"

Lundberg curled his lips and said directly: "Don't you know that Dongfang uses a photolithography machine, right? Haha, you still let the researchers directly carve it manually?"

The mocking words immediately caused Watson's anger level to soar instantly.

It's not aimed at Lundberg, but at China Resources and the technical staff of their company.

Especially Winkelmann, the head of their technical department, why didn't he think of using a machine to engrave?

Lithography machine, isn't this a lithography machine?

"Mr. Sanders, do you have more detailed information about this photolithography machine?"

Little Watson took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and asked in a deep voice.

"No more, there is only so much information we have, and you know what? This kind of information is very difficult to obtain."

Lundberg shook his head and continued:

"The Sauron you sent before, haha, will definitely not bring you any useful news."

"Okay, that's all, Mr. Thomas, you can go back."

Up until this moment, the two of them still looked polite, but in fact they had clashed more than once.

Anyway, Watson wanted to strangle Lundberg to death.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do it.

After returning to Armonk City, Watson Jr. directly opened the door of the technical department.

"Winkelmann, come out!"

Winkelmann, who was busy examining the 500-built-in transistor chip produced by Zhenhua Research Institute on the microscope, was almost frightened to death when he heard Watson's angry voice.

"Watson, I'm doing some research. Next time you come in, could you knock on the door first?"

An angry Winkelmann looked at little Watson with an evil look in his eyes and said.

Normally, he would still respect little Watson, after all, he is the boss.

But at this moment, he was very unhappy, so he spoke very rudely.

"You still have the nerve to be angry?"

Little Watson's expression froze, and then he became even more furious:

"Do you know how much money you, stupid pig, have caused IBM to lose? If you hadn't encouraged me to purchase transistors and chips from China Resources, why would we have given them so much money?"

"Asshole, Fuck"

After greeting Winkelmann's 18th-generation women in turn, little Watson didn't give her a chance to fire and continued to spray:

"Stupid Winkelmann, why did you suggest that researchers carve the chip by hand? Why not use a machine?"

"Do you know how the chips in the East are made?"

"It's a lithography machine. You stupid big fat pig. Look how fat you are, and you still eat donuts every day? God, I really can't stand you."

"Lithography machine, you stupid pig, why didn't you think of this?"

On the way back from New York, every time he thought about the many orders IBM purchased from China Resources, involving hundreds of millions of dollars, he felt so distressed that he couldn't breathe.

Damn China Resources, they are simply demonic beings.

The media also said that their IBM company is capital?

Shit, China Resources is naked capital. They have made so much profit from IBM and gained a good reputation.

Fake!

Little Watson had an evil fire in his heart and almost nowhere to vent it. Even though he bombarded Winkelmann, he could not stop being angry.

At this moment, the latter, while furious, also heard the word "lithography machine".

But how does he know what a photolithography machine is?

A chip the size of a fingernail, that is, a unit of one square centimeter, has five hundred transistors built in, which is already a ceiling-level difficulty.

Even if you use a photolithography machine, someone must control it, right?

So, what exactly is this lithography machine?

Using light to sculpt?

Laser?

At this time, Watson's wild bombing attracted the attention of all researchers in the entire technical department.

No one expected that the boss, Watson Jr., would be so angry.

And he poured all his anger directly on Winkelmann.

So everyone became a crowd. As for the three words "lithography machine" they heard?

Some people are thoughtful, some are disapproving, and some are keen on eating melons.

How can chip manufacturing be so simple? It took more than a day or two for them to get chips from China Resources.

Performance improvement is one aspect, and technology improvement is another aspect.

Nowadays, they manufacture chips with 200 transistors, and the yield rate barely reaches 36%.

As for the chip with 500 transistors built in, haha, I have just started researching it, it is too difficult.

The main reason is that trying to engrave such a small transistor on a silicon chip is really a challenge to your eyesight and concentration.

Coupled with photoresist, exposure and other technical processes, it is too difficult to break through.

Not to mention IBM's current internal conflicts, at Texas Instruments, Lundberg sent a right-hand man to contact their president Fraser.

"Two million dollars just to buy a piece of information?"

After learning the other party's intention, Fraser raised an eyebrow and asked.

The staff of the intelligence department said businesslikely:

"Yes, Mr. Rickson, our boss did say that."

"Are you sure it has something to do with chip manufacturing?"

"Of course, to prove this, we all know that many of your companies, such as Fairchild Semiconductor and IBM, use extremely traditional processes."

Fraser was shocked when he heard the other party directly explain the process of how they made the chip.

Good guy, do the intelligence agencies know so much about the chip manufacturing processes of their semiconductor and computer companies?

Professional enough!

Even if he believed that the information given by the other party was valuable, two million US dollars was still too expensive.

So Fraser directly negotiated the price down to one hundred thousand dollars.

This price will naturally not be accepted.

After all, the intelligence service is very poor, its activity funds are tight, and many agents are killed or injured.

After some wrangling, the final price was set at $750,000.

After getting the money, the staff immediately informed Fraser about the photolithography machine.

After hearing this, the latter felt that he had been fooled.

"Is there only three words for "lithography machine"? You want to make $750,000 from me with just these three words?"

"So Mr. Rickson, do you know how many people we sacrificed in order to obtain these three words of information?"

The staff member's rhetorical question immediately confused Fraser.

But no matter what, the deal is done.

The happy staff left Texas Instruments with their checks.

He was thinking that it was his commission. After all, out of the $750,000, US$250,000 was his commission.

The remaining $500,000 was for Lundberg.

Almost at the same time, related companies such as Fairchild Semiconductor Company, Cray Corporation, and Ector Mochley Computer Company also had specialists sent by Lundberg to complete such transactions.

Intelligence is also a commodity in North America and can be bought and sold.

In fact, Kennedy was very supportive of the development of the computer industry, and even allocated funds to IBM to support military orders such as national defense.

It's just that IBM is definitely not satisfied with these, so the civilian market is their future, and orders from the military, government and other departments are only their basic base.

In addition to government support, these companies also have capital support, so they are actually not short of money.

Probably only some companies such as Fairchild Semiconductor, which were bombarded by China Resources at the beginning, suffered painfully in the difficulties and moved forward slowly.

No matter what, Lundberg directly made a lot of money this time.

So with a wave of his hand, more people were sent to Hong Kong Island to obtain more information from there.

After all, Kennedy, the big boss, also wants to take over China Resources, so Lundberg can make some pension money on the way, which is fine!

The three words "lithography machine" have caused huge waves in the semiconductor and computer industries in North America.

Especially Fairchild Semiconductor. After they paid a high price to learn the information about the lithography machine from the intelligence department, they all took action.

The Eight Rebels, including Noyce, are both industrial shareholders and very powerful R&D personnel.

So after they learned the words "lithography machine", their brains were suddenly opened to new ideas, as if the road to a new world appeared in front of them.

"Everyone, this is the last chance for our Fairchild Semiconductor Company. This time, we will do whatever it takes to regain everything we have lost before."

Looking at Blanc, Gordon Moore, Greenick and others, Robert Noyce said in a deep voice.

The tone is extremely provocative:

"The three words "lithography machine" have given me a lot of ideas. Let's first analyze from the technical level, what are the technologies that can use light to engrave."

The eight of them were once researchers at the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, and they are not unfamiliar with many aspects of physics, fluid mechanics, optics and other aspects of knowledge.

The manufacturing of transistors, especially the technical research and development of fifty-micron transistors, involves many of these disciplines.

Therefore, just three words of photolithography machine gave them unlimited imagination.

Inspiration is like a gush of water that cannot be stopped.

In almost just one week, they had come up with the prototype design of the projection lithography machine.

Although there are still many detailed designs and technologies that have not yet been completed, Noyce and the others are very happy even so, praising the original money as it was well spent.

Compared to Fairchild Semiconductor, which was extremely excited, Cray's technology research and development department looked gloomy.

They are all researchers who were excavated by Cray Company's huge sum of money, and they are part of a makeshift ragtag army.

Although each of them is considered to be the top R&D personnel in the industry.

But let them face the word lithography machine, start thinking, and come up with a lithography machine for chip manufacturing. Isn't this nonsense?

No one of us agrees with the other. The father-in-law is right and the mother-in-law is right. How can we cooperate?

You know, even William Shockley, the father of the transistor, was often criticized by his subordinates in the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory he established.

This is the situation in North America. Everyone is arrogant and refuses to admit defeat.

It is probably because of this atmosphere that they have so many academic research results, right?

At IBM, Little Watson already knew that Texas Instruments and Cray were also developing lithography machines, and he was speechless for a while.

He knew he had been tricked by Lundberg.

In other words, these computer companies and semiconductor companies were all fooled by Lundberg.

But there is no way, business competition is like this, if you don't advance, you will retreat.

Now it's time to see who can stand out first in this wave of intense competition.

No one is still looking at those 500-transistor chips. They have all shifted their research and development directions.

As for those first-generation chip engineers, they no longer have to keep their eyes open all day long to draw the integrated circuit layout with colored pencils on graph paper, and then use fine blades to cut the transistors and transistors on the photomask master with their bare hands. The circuit connections were carved out bit by bit.

Like many semiconductor laboratories in North America, Kai Tak Airport on Hong Kong Island has become increasingly busy.

Many ordinary citizens on Hong Kong Island turn a blind eye to this phenomenon.

Simply because there are already two to three hundred thousand white people on Hong Kong Island, most of whom came from London and hold middle and high-level management positions in government departments, police stations, large companies, etc.

There are also some ordinary migrant workers.

Therefore, for Hong Kong's population of only 3.17 million, 200,000 to 300,000 white people already account for almost 1% of the population, and are already commonplace.

Then, of course, other white people who come to Hong Kong Island from North America or other places, ordinary citizens will not feel anything.

However, Liu Guanzhong was still quite surprised by this situation.

China Resources is not an ordinary company, it is relatively special, so they are very vigilant about some changes in Hong Kong Island.

What's more, in the past year or two, China Resources has made more than one billion US dollars from foreign countries.

With so much money, if the foreigners didn't make the slightest move, Liu Guanzhong would become suspicious.

While Liu Guanzhong was busy keeping an eye on these people, far away in Moscow, Yurio Sorkin was frowning.

"Have you not developed it yet?"

Semiconductor factory director Serant looked at Osokin and asked with some dissatisfaction.

"No, director, how could it be so fast?"

Osokin said very impatiently.

"Then you have to speed up. You have to know that these chips are all obtained from North America with a lot of money."

Serante said in a broken voice. Seeing that Osokin ignored him, he felt bored and left.

If he didn't rely on Osokin, a technical expert, how could Serante allow the other party to be so rude?

The chips he was talking about, the chips placed in front of Osokin at the moment, were actually chips with five hundred transistors built into them.

Chen Guohua probably didn't expect that the chips from Zhenhua Research Institute would be sold by China Resources Corporation and then cross the ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Then some chips will actually cross the ocean again and arrive at a semiconductor factory on the outskirts of Moscow.

It can almost be said that these chips have completed a voyage around the world.

"What an amazing chip. How did they make it?"

Through the microscope, Osokin stared at these chips and said to himself in surprise.

Immediately, he summoned many researchers and started the technical research and development work on these chips.

Although Serante is annoying, he is right. These chips are indeed hard-earned.

The Moscow semiconductor industry started slowly. This is a fact that the entire Moscow scientific community cannot deny.

Although basic subjects such as physics in Moscow are not bad, it is a fact that it starts slowly.

As we all know, even though the relationship between Helu and Kennedy was very bad, they still sent overseas students to each other for exchanges.

In the fall of 1959, Anatoly Trutko, a Moscow semiconductor engineer, moved into a dormitory called Crothers Memorial Hall at Stanford University.

Trutko attended a lecture given by William Shockley, the then-famous inventor of the transistor.

And after the lecture, Trutko also asked William Shockley, the Nobel Prize winner, to sign his masterpiece "Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors".

Trutko really understood Shockley's lecture.

Moreover, at that time, Kennedy also saw a report submitted by Lundberg.

The report stated that the quality of transistors produced in North America at that time was only about two years ahead of Moscow.

From here we can know that although Moscow Semiconductor lags behind North America, the basic subjects are really awesome.

Many international students in Moscow do not find it difficult when they study in North America, just because the knowledge in North America is not ahead of Moscow.

Even so, Moscow still wants to catch up with North America, and catch up comprehensively.

Helu knew nothing about science, but he was very keen to surpass North America in various fields, including the semiconductor industry.

From Rokossov to Kleo, Helu has sent many people to Hong Kong Island, just to get the most advanced semiconductor chip products in the world.

Then it implements Moscow’s usual strategy: copy and paste, imitating other countries’ advanced technologies.

Just like the research and development of technologies such as mushroom eggs and nuclear submarines, Moscow does this.

Therefore, in 1961, in a semiconductor factory on the outskirts of Moscow, Osokin was given the important task of building a circuit with multiple components on a piece of germanium, a so-called integrated circuit.

Before Moscow, no one could do this.

Of course it is not easy for Osokin to do it.

But even though he knew it was difficult to do, Osokin could only work hard in order for the semiconductor industry to catch up with North America.

After all, Moscow's heavy aviation industry is ahead of North America's, and there is no reason why the semiconductor industry cannot surpass it.

While Osokin was working hard on chip research, far away in the capital, the Second Department of the Institute of Physics officially started testing a computer with a speed of 500 million operations per second.

(End of this chapter)