In China, there are actually many knowledgeable people who hold the same idea as Cao Weidong.
Just like the old saying goes.
It is better to be prepared than to use it, and not to be prepared when it is not needed.
However, under the influence of public intellectuals, compradors, and cultural spies, the West once became a beacon for the world. Moving closer to the West means moving closer to the civilized world. Even the air in the West is sweet.
Especially the donuts, delicious!
In the future experienced by Cao Weidong.
For example, scientific and technological progress is achieved through Western technology.
Such as the foot pot toilet and craftsmanship.
Such as sewers built by foreigners.
Etc., etc.
Comments like this are loud and clear.
There is only one core idea in these remarks.
Anyway, you are all behind us. There is no need to spend a lot of money on research and development, just copy our stuff.
We give you advanced technology.
We give you cultural institutions.
We give you democracy and freedom.
You can use the money you save to promote propaganda, democracy, and a free market economy.
How simple is this?
You don't have to do anything, just buy or rent from us.
What?
National sentiment?
It doesn't matter, we can help you with publicity.
What is the result of this?
It means abolishing one's martial arts and being controlled by others.
In short, there is a saying, if you fall behind, you will be beaten.
Thinking this way, Cao Weidong felt distressed.
He came to this world and accumulated a lot of wealth. At this time, he suddenly came up with the idea of changing the world.
That’s right, change the world!
Cao Weidong wants to take Shenzhou Chip to the top of the world!
And now is undoubtedly the best opportunity.
Because the technological barriers have not yet been formed at this time, and the monopoly has not yet been formed, it has every opportunity to break the barriers.
However, Cao Weidong also knows very well that chips are not a battlefield for one person, but a battlefield for a team.
What's more, engaging in chip research is not just about having money, it also requires countless talents who specialize in chip research, as well as a completed, self-consistent, and accepted industrial chain and market by customers.
After all, what users use is not a chip, but a series of application ecosystems built on the chip.
This is true in the field of communications.
This is true in the computer field.
This is true in the field of industrial automation.
The same is true in the fields of home appliances and medical electronics.
Cao Weidong lit a cigarette.
While he was smoking, he was thinking about where to start.
At this moment, another term flashed through Cao Weidong's mind.
Ark Chip!
In 2001, Ark-1 was born.
This chip is the first general-purpose processor designed and produced by the Shenzhou scientific research team for the general market, which is of extraordinary significance.
At that time, what the Ark team wanted to do was to use its own Ark CPU, equipped with an open source operating system, to replace the wintel system developed by Intel and Microsoft.
It’s just that the development path of Ark Chip is quite bumpy.
After all, no matter how powerful the chip is, users only use the hardware motherboard, computer, operating system and massive application software built on the chip. If you want users to pay for the Ark chip, you must have a complete ecosystem.
The Ark team has great ambitions.
So after receiving the support of massive resources, it quickly expanded from a team responsible only for CPU design to include a hardware design team, operating system adaptation team, key software transplant team, etc., all the way to the "luxury configuration" of the end-user service team
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However, in the end, after burning all the research funds, the Ark chip failed.
It is true that it is too demanding to build the entire CPU industry chain with less than 20 million yuan.
After all, the personal business computer market is a huge market worth tens of billions and hundreds of billions. If you want to drive the development of this market, let alone an Ark team, even if there are ten or hundreds of them, it may not be possible.
Of course, massive funds are one aspect, and whether you can encounter opportunities is also a very important reason.
The software and hardware systems that Intel and Microsoft worked together back then were also very weak in the 1990s.
The giants on the market at that time were IBM and DOS.
Wintel seized the blank market of graphical personal computers, fought a beautiful offensive war, and solved the core needs of users. Only then did Wintel gain a firm foothold in the market and gradually eliminated the latter from the track.
Subversive reform is an eternal law of the market.
Therefore, in Cao Weidong's view.
In fact, the direction of Ark Chip is not wrong, but it is a pity that it did not encounter the right opportunity.
But he can learn from this direction.
"First create a set of EDA to attract the attention of relevant domestic and foreign big players, and then proceed with the development and production of one or two chips."
"For specific chip types, you can start with the simpler Walkman, MP3 chip, or communication chip."
"After you have accumulated a certain reputation and talent, you can then enter the computer field and engage in CPU..."
"The Ark chip failed, but at this time, it is not necessarily the case."
"After the above plans are successful, I might try to enter the smart ecology and lead China to achieve iterative upgrading of the industrial chain."
Cao Weidong thought so freely.
Of course, this is just a preliminary idea, and there will definitely be many difficulties involved.
Foreseeable problems include depletion of cash flow, difficulty in finding talents in related fields, criticism from domestic public intellectuals, suppression by the Western world, etc.
But he is still willing to work hard in this direction.
It also involves the question of how to start.
"Well, we can start with publicity. After all, the conference was just held a few years ago, and there is still a strong scientific research atmosphere here. As long as the publicity is done well, there is no need to worry about recruiting talents."
After thinking about it, Cao Weidong made up his mind.
At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew by, and this cool breeze penetrated directly into his neck through his collar.
Cao Weidong couldn't help but shrink his neck and stand up his collar.
Tall buildings rise from the ground.
What he has to do now is deliver the letters mailed to Lou Xiao'e and Ding Qiunan.
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After delivering the letter, Cao Weidong still didn't want to go back, so he walked aimlessly in Sijiu City.
As he walked, he found that he had unknowingly returned to the courtyard where he had lived before.
Looking at this courtyard, Cao Weidong suddenly had an impulse and turned around and entered it, wanting to reminisce about the past with his old friends.
Today is Sunday, and the neighbors should all be there.
But as soon as I walked into the yard, I heard a scream like a slaughtering pig in the distance.
"Hitting someone, Silly Zhu is beating someone!"
Cao Weidong raised his eyebrows.
What's happening here?
He pushed open the ajar door and saw many neighbors standing in the yard. They formed a circle and looked in intently.
Cao Weidong was curious, so he walked over and saw Shazhu pressing Xu Damao on a pillar in the courtyard and tying Xu Damao to the pillar with a rope.
And the sound that just came out was Xu Damao's cry for help.