Chapter 142 Zhang and Qin are dazzling their research progress
The second class, the fourth period, 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, so Wen Liang was not in a hurry to leave.
I also visited the two laboratories where Qin Zheng and Zhang Yulin worked in an informal way.
Not far away, in Building 23.
It’s less than 50 meters after walking up two steps from the path at the back of Building 18.
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 a few academicians in name were not there.
Without further ado, Qin Zheng, Wen Liang and the other three went to the laboratory where Zhang Yulin was.
There were also only three or two ‘kittens’.
While still in the corridor, I heard the warm atmosphere inside.
Seeing Wen Liang, Zhang Yulin looked obviously more excited: "Hey, Old Wen, you came just in time!"
Wen Liang and the others were not surprised that Zhang Yulin, who originally had a melancholy temperament, was now beaming with joy. One look at him and he knew that he wanted to 'show off' again.
Wen Liang laughed: "Did I just call you to eat?"
Zhang Yulin: "..."
Blanch.
So, Zhang Yulin shrugged his shoulders.
Wen Liang greeted several other seniors in the laboratory and then left.
…
The group of people quickly walked into the Xueliu cafeteria.
Li Ze, Li Bowen, and Tang Pu have already bought enough lunch and are waiting.
As soon as Wen Liang appeared, there was an immediate commotion in the cafeteria.
Some alumni directly joked: "Hey, why did Mr. Wen come to the cafeteria to eat?"
"Isn't it a bit too plain~"
"Indeed, Mr. Wen shouldn't be so frugal~"
Listening to everyone's joking, Liang smiled kindly: "You must be jealous that I have to eat eight cows in one meal."
Some people just laughed out loud.
"..."
While talking, Wen Liang and Chen Jiaxin also walked to their seats and sat down.
The teasing from alumni is just enough.
Joking is normal.
Jealousy is basically non-existent.
There is no way, after all, Wen Liang is now facing Ma Ge from Goose Factory, and excellence in the public opinion is no longer limited to those of the same age.
…
There were seven people at a table, using the cafeteria for lunch.
Li Ze looked at Zhang Yulin and Qin Zheng, and said teasingly: "Old Wen is such a jerk. You guys, Old Zhang, eat in the canteen every day, but it's so easy for Lao Wen to treat you, and you still eat in the canteen!"
Li Bowen interjected from the side: "I'm afraid you forgot the money I spent on today's meal."
Wen Liang only took care of the rice and paid no attention to it.
"Look, look, once I heard that it was Xiao Li who spent the money, Lao Wen's head would be buried in the basin!"
"Nonsense, we, Mr. Wen, must have just finished pretending to be cool and went to class, so we were starving."
"really."
"..."
While joking, Tang Pu also mentioned: "I just heard that the recruitment results this morning were much better than expected, and some PhD seniors went to join in the fun."
Hearing this, Chen Jiaxin's eyes lit up: "Okay, this is a good sign. It shows that Mr. Wen didn't talk so much in vain."
"Indeed." Even Qin Zheng deeply agreed.
"..."
…………
While chatting, everyone finished lunch.
Wen Liang took a sip of water, wiped his mouth, and then said comfortably: "Don't tell me, I am really hungry and I didn't eat enough in the morning."
Then he looked at Zhang Yulin and said with a smile: "Show us off your excitement just now."
Upon hearing this, Li Ze immediately raised his eyebrows and answered from the side: "Don't worry, first tell me how it feels to visit?"
"No need to ask, Lao Zhang's eyebrows are about to dance." Chen Jiaxin interrupted with a smile.
Qin Zheng still answered solemnly: "Very fulfilling!"
Tang Pu raised his eyebrows and asked expectantly: "Did you get something?"
Qin Zheng shook his head: "Research involving the hardware level will not be very fast, it will be a small progress."
Before everyone could speak, Qin Zheng also raised a smile and said excitedly: "Old Wen pointed out a very interesting path. The Japanese SC-V instruction set is completely open source, allowing anyone to use, modify, and use it for commercial purposes for free.
Several academicians are very interested in my choice of this entry point."
Qin Zheng said simply, but Tang Pu was confused when he heard it: "I haven't heard of him giving you directions?"
Zhang Yulin laughed when he heard this, and he knew that this was a misunderstanding shared by everyone, just like Sun Baoyin suddenly came up with the Xiaocheng Book Special Edition App with communication and social modules that Wen Liang needed.
Then Zhang Yulin answered Tang Pu's doubts: "If Lao Wen didn't point out a relatively specific direction for us, we would have to find a needle in a haystack. We made specific choices after Lao Wen drew the general direction based on our interests."
Qin Zheng next to him nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, for example, I wanted to study hardware at first and didn't know where to start. Lao Wen gave an example of the SC-V instruction set and I understood. The laboratory is now based on the Japanese
SC-V is the prototype and the basic theory is sorted out.”
"At this stage, there are two options for the future research direction of the laboratory planning.
The first is to complete the self-developed ISA (instruction set architecture) based on the Japanese SC-V.
The second is to develop the instruction set and ISA from scratch based on the experience of Japan’s SC-V.”
Speaking of this, Qin Zheng paused for a moment and glanced at everyone: "The second one is the collective suggestion of the academicians. Now the Japanese SC-V ecology is almost zero. The research and development energy invested in the two options is almost the same. The second one is still
Have full autonomy;
What’s interesting is that Lao Wen’s idea early in the morning was the second one.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ze shouted: "Hey, this is called coincidence. He is indeed our President Wen!"
Qin Zhengyang raised his hand and interrupted: "However, we will need to burn a lot of money in about three months. The unit will be tens of millions in the initial stage and hundreds of millions in the early and mid-term."
Then he also praised: "If Lao Wen hadn't planned the general direction at the beginning of the year, with the current development situation, who knows how long it would have taken for us to realize that we might need to invest in basic research to break through the business limitations. By then, it would be difficult for us to sit still.
laboratory."
Zhang Yulin quickly said: "I can't agree more!"
Hearing what everyone said, Wen Liang laughed happily: "I originally wanted to hear any good news from Lao Zhang, but I didn't expect Xiao Qin to give me a surprise first. Research at the chip level requires a lot of time and talent, but you can actually do it so quickly.
We have come up with specific directions and the progress is gratifying!”
"Sure enough, conducting it in the school laboratory is the most correct choice, which can avoid the need to consider the impact of commercialization!"
It was finally his turn to perform. Zhang Yulin couldn't wait, but he didn't forget to joke first: "Lao Wen can't be patient now, why are you in such a hurry!"
Everyone was happy.
Everyone thought that Zhang Yulin was shaking.
Zhang Yulin spoke quickly: "Just today, our laboratory found the most appropriate entry point to complete the independent Linux embedded system with reference to the LFS project!"
Without giving everyone a chance to speak, Zhang Yulin continued: "Before, we thought we could only make Android UI like Mi UI first, so we developed the Android App Store, a small toy. Now we have found a better entry point.
.”
After listening, Wen Liang, who was becoming more and more amateurish in the technical field, asked a question: "What is the LFS project?"
He knows about Linux, and Android is derived from Linux, but he has never heard of the LFS project.
Not only Wen Liang didn't understand, but Li Ze and the others also didn't understand. Upon seeing this, Zhang Yulin introduced the LFS project in detail.
The LFS project is LinuxFrSrath, which literally means Linux starts from scratch. The project started in 1998.
It provides specific steps, specific patches, and necessary scripts, providing an easy way to create a Linux distribution.
LFS allows people to create an extremely streamlined Linux system, and can customize a safe, complete, autonomous and controllable Linux from the source code layer.
After introducing the LFS project, Zhang Yulin said: "Of course, neither Lao Wen nor we are satisfied with this. The idea of our laboratory is to first refer to the LFS project to create an independent Linux embedded system and complete the research from 1 to 2.
Work, and then start working on the autonomous system kernel from 2 to 0 to 1!"
After saying this, Zhang Yulin sighed: "Speaking of which, if it were not for laboratory research, neither I nor Xiao Qin would think of repeating such a large engineering research as reinventing the wheel."
Later, Zhang Yulin said: "I have also considered the general background of the current mobile Internet era, so I will focus on mobile phones first."
"Now that Android is doing so badly, if you don't challenge it, you'll miss this opportunity."
After listening to Zhang Yulin's long speech, Li Ze and others frowned and pondered. They had almost no formed ideas.
Wen Liang was very satisfied with this. He directly said: "The company supports it unconditionally."
Then he expressed his thoughts: "But we must also face up to the advantages of Android. It has been perfected by global developers and has a basically established ecosystem. Domestic manufacturers such as Meizu are making UIs based on Android, so it is not just a matter of the technical layer.
.”
Zhang Yulin listened carefully.
Li Ze and the others also pricked up their ears.
Wen Liang got straight to the point: "I won't discuss the specific technology. I believe in Lao Zhang and the foundation of Huagong, but the direction of technological development still needs to be discussed."
Zhang Yulin agreed: "I originally wanted to sort out the information before mentioning this matter, but now I've caught up. I mainly hope you can give me some direction."
After hearing this, Wen Liang continued: "Let's talk about some things about the general environment first, as a reference;
Nokia, which has announced that it will abandon Symbian, has been flirting with Microsoft, Intel and other companies. In a short period of time, Nokia has jumped around several times, from Symbian, Mae Touch, MeeGo to Windows Phone. I am actually not optimistic about this kind of behavior;
In my opinion, if this situation continues, only iOS and Android will be left in the mobile phone system market."
"The success or failure of a mobile phone system has little to do with whether it is a new development or the development language environment. Especially in this era of mobile Internet, the most important thing is the ecology!"
“In addition to the superiority of the system itself and the friendly development environment and other basic conditions, I think the most important aspect of the ecosystem is to allow developers to make money. In this regard, I have already put an app store on the market. Although it is based on Android,
You can also adjust to seize the opportunity.”
"Domestic users have not yet formed fundamental usage habits, so they have every opportunity to build our own ecosystem."
“We also have the advantage that we can focus on the mobile game experience first, that is, the first official release version must optimize the game experience from the bottom up;
As long as the system can be used, we can use OEM or even OEM to make game phones first, which can also protect the company's mobile game business at the basic technology level."
"Xiao Qin's side also needs to have certain targeted development. The two of you should not fight alone, but should learn from each other."
"In short, with a complete ecological chain that is autonomous and controllable, we can really eat meat on the table of the mobile Internet era!"
After finishing his thoughts in one breath, Wen Liang waved his hand and said lightly: "Let's go and do it. Even Xiaomi dares to make mobile phones. We already have a mobile game business to create demand for users. Maybe we can start it easier than Xiaomi."
"Don't worry about burning money. Xiaocheng Book's revenue contribution will be even stronger after its users exceed 100 million. The current revenue contribution from the mobile game business is not bad either."
After listening to what Wen Liang said, Zhang Yulin shook his head and kept sighing: "As expected, it still has to be Lao Wen. As long as we find the idea, we can find a business scenario that can be implemented 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 happily: "I think you should think carefully before talking on the mic~"
Qin Zheng: "..."
Zhang Yulin: "..."
Seeing this, Wen Liang waved his hand: "Aze is really going to hack me. I just thought about making a mobile phone in the future, but I really never thought about making a gaming phone."
Chen Jiaxin said from the side, "It seems to be a coincidence."
Tang Pu rubbed his back and said seriously: "Of course it's just a coincidence. How can we not be clear about Mr. Wen's ability to respond to situations and find tricks on the spot?"
Even Li Bowen spoke up: "Yes, just like our impromptu speech by Mr. Wen in the gymnasium this morning, it was made on the spot and was not prepared at all."
Qin Zheng glanced at Wen Liang, with a straight face, as if he would not lie to others: "Mr. Wen is a pavement person after all, and he can naturally adapt to the camera easily."
Zhang Yulin sighed with a melancholy look on his face: "Yes, I really envy our Mr. Wen, who can always be so calm and understated."
Wen Liang looked at this and that.
He finally shut his mouth.
"I clearly explained that I stepped on the horse, but my boys are more convinced that I didn't come up with the business scene by coincidence."