"It's just for this reason!" Our boss Huang never lies.

"Okay!" Ni Guangnan glanced at Huang He speechlessly, and then said, "So, your main purpose of developing chips is to build servers?"

"Yes!" Huang He said.

"Then this is actually a bit simpler!" Ni Guangnan thought about it for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Really? Isn't it said that servers are more difficult than computers? Why are server chips simpler than computer chips?" Huang He asked in confusion.

"Because there is no computer chip now that can run Windows systems!" Ni Guangnan sighed, with a helpless expression on his face. "Computer chips do not meet the needs of computers and can be used as long as they can calculate. In fact, computer chips still need to cooperate.

Only a controlled system can perform perfectly."

"Now, except for Apple, 99.99% of the computers in the world use Microsoft's Windows system, so all computer chips must match the Windows system, and they must be designed around the Windows system.

."

"The Windows system has always been tied to Intel chips, which use many Intel technology patents. If you want to design a chip that can perfectly match the Windows system, you have to find a way to bypass these Intel technologies.

Patents are full of pitfalls. If I really want to do this, I’m afraid it won’t be possible in my lifetime!”

"Since we can't get around Intel's patents, let's get around the Windows system!" Huang He said with a smile.

"Yeah, that's what I thought at the beginning, so that's why we cooperated with Ark Company before!" Ni Guangnan's expression became even more depressed. "At the beginning, Ark Company was an OEM for IBM and Intel, and the chip production and

The manufacturing technology is available, and there are dozens of related engineers. It can be said that the foundation for development is excellent. Later, IBM and Intel stopped letting him do OEM work, and instead chose TSMC over there, so they

The business was cut off, and in order to survive, they approached me to cooperate in the production of brand new computer chips."

"It happened that I met the Linux system at that time. This is a foreign open source system. Although it is very crude compared to the Windows system, it has great potential and is extremely scalable. From this system itself, a complete set of

, no less than a Windows system comes out!”

"So I think this is the great savior of China's chip industry. We can design an embedded chip completely around the Linux system, which can greatly reduce the difficulty of chip design and patent traps."

"Facts have proven that my idea was correct. It only took two years for Ark 1 to be born. But in only half a year, Ark 1 completely withdrew from all markets and no longer had any company or unit.

Are you willing to buy our computers, do you know why?" Ni Guangnan asked.

"I think it's probably because there is no software that can be used on Linux!" Huang He thought for a moment and said. In fact, he did not deliberately investigate the reasons for the failure of Ark 1, because he knew it without thinking about it without combining it with the experience of later generations.

, where Linux fails is that the software library is approximately zero.

Not to mention anything else, take a normal white-collar worker as an example. When he works on a computer, he needs at least a set of wps family bucket. Depending on the profession, he may also need ps, financial management software, medical software, etc.

A wide variety of professional software.

However, the current Linux system does not even have a set of software that can open office files. There are only a handful of software that can be used in the entire system, and there has never been a software company that specifically produces software for this system. They are all personal computer enthusiasts.

We, the open source software created by our own efforts.

This is a system that was born entirely out of interest and love, but interest and love are ultimately no match for capital. Without capital to enter in batches, the Linux system is nothing more than a toy for some enthusiasts.

By 2021, the Linux system has made great progress, and it also has a lot of its own software. At least the WPA Family Bucket can be opened, but let alone shake the Windows system, it has even jumped to 1% of the market.

Those are things that don't exist.

On the contrary, strictly closing their own Apple system has really moved the market, but Apple's sales strategy also determines that their market share is only so large, and it is impossible to shake the dominance of Windows.

"You are very smart, so I think you also understand why I said that server chips are easier to design than computer chips!" Ni Guangnan asked.

"I probably understand!" Huang He nodded. Servers require a large amount of data storage, circulation, and calculations. They don't need a lot of professional software. They only need a set of control programs customized for the server.

That’s it.

Therefore, the server does not need a windows system at all, not even a linux system, as long as it has the most basic dos system.

In this way, the server chip will be much simpler in terms of distance architecture and design, which is simpler and easier than the previous Ark 1 chip.

"Well, but after all, server chips are for server services, so our chips can also be specially designed according to the characteristics of the server. This can save a lot of unnecessary designs and improve the computing power as much as possible.

Or storage capacity!" Ni Guangnan smiled and said, "If you can find a qualified chip OEM manufacturer and assemble a team for me, then I will be confident that I can design the server chip for you within a year.

Get it out."

"However, I can't make too high-end chips. They can only be mid- to low-end chips. For high-end chips, we have no foundation. Don't think about soaring into the sky!"

"Although such a chip is useless when used in computers, it is not a big problem when used in servers. Anyway, servers can be designed with multiple multiple chips in series, so servers don't actually need high-end chips. As long as you connect the server group in series

If there are enough, low-end chips can also achieve the effects of high-end chips, which is called the power of many people."

"For example, there are supercomputers that are being promoted in foreign countries and in our country recently. How powerful their computing power is, it seems to show how advanced our domestic computer technology is."

"Actually, these are just stringing together thousands of CPUs and then performing calculations. It's actually quite simple."

"Moreover, it is your network company's server. Its purpose is mostly to store and transmit data. It does not have high requirements for computing, but high requirements for storage functions. It can be directly connected in series."

"Okay!" Huang He nodded vigorously. As expected, Professor Ni Guangnan did not find his fault. With just a few words, he completely helped Huang He clear the clouds and opened a way out.

This road is actually a bit opportunistic. For example, if you want to lift a stone weighing 100 tons, the advanced level abroad is to design a lifting equipment that can lift a huge stone of 100 tons by itself.

But Ni Guangnan's plan does design 10 lifting equipment that can work together to lift the stone. Although this sounds a bit silly, the effect is indeed the same.

And there is a saying that the more precise things are, the easier they are to be damaged, while simple things are actually very solid when used.

"Teacher Ni, are you willing to lead a team to cooperate with us to accomplish this?" Huang He asked excitedly.

"Me? Let's forget it!" Unexpectedly, Ni Guangnan shook his head and said, "You don't need me to be famous for this matter. I have a student who is very capable. He can help you solve these problems."

Ni Guangnan's subtext is very simple, that is, Huang He's server chip design is too simple and has no breakthrough, so our teacher Ni is not interested in it.

"Teacher, you are wrong. Although the server chip is simpler than the computer chip, it is a chip that we do not have in China. Without an experienced master like you to control it, how could we succeed?"

Huang He quickly said, "Besides, server chips are only the first step. Once we understand the server, we will definitely move into higher-end servers in the future. Moreover, right now, we have another way to go around the corner and overtake.

Opportunity for windows system!”

"More than Windows system?" Ni Guangnan listened and looked at Huang He as if he were an idiot. "Son, I know you need it, but don't say such stupid things that even laymen won't believe. This won't happen."

Makes you appear smart or ambitious."

"It is indeed unbeatable on computers. I'm talking about within 20 years!" Huang He smiled and nodded. "But if we change the platform, it's still unclear."

"Change a platform? What platform? There are still platforms in the world that demand chips. Can they surpass computers?" Ni Guangnan asked in surprise.

"This!" Huang He took out his Tianxing mobile phone from his waist.

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"This old guy didn't even let me eat!" It wasn't until 8 o'clock in the evening that Huang He came out of Ni Guangnan's room. Although he still didn't get Ni Guangnan to agree to help him on the spot, Ni Guangnan agreed to follow Huang He there next week.

Caoxian, go to Wenzhou again to investigate the actual situation of Jiangnan Group, and prepare more detailed plans and plans.

In other words, as long as Ni Guangnan believes that Huang He is really serious about servers and chips, then he will come out to help our boss Huang for the third time, which makes Huang He very happy.

It's just that Ni Guangnan didn't care about the food, which made Huang He very painful. Now he was very hungry.

"Zhiwen, you're still waiting for me here!" When Huang He came out of the unit building, he found a girl standing under the unit building, looking at a large bare tree in a daze.

"Oops! I forgot about her!" Huang He slapped his head. Originally, Huang He brought Leng Zhiwen there, but when he thought, it would be a bit frivolous to bring a female secretary like Leng Zhiwen there, so he went there by himself

He went up alone, but forgot to tell Leng Zhiwen to go home.

Well, Huang He actually didn't expect that he would actually chat from three o'clock in the afternoon to eight o'clock in the evening, a full five hours. Leng Zhiwen might have been waiting down there for the same five hours.

"It's nothing, this is the duty of a secretary!" Leng Zhiwen said without sadness or joy, but when the girl showed such an expression, it meant that she was already angry.

[ps: I have been coding with high intensity this week, and I really can’t stand it anymore. I have two days off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so there will be no more updates. I will maintain the normal update rate of two updates a day, starting from August 1st.

, to make up for the extra updates promised before!]
Chapter completed!