Great warships

Chapter 388 Domestic Air Defense Ship Radar Must Have Domestic Chips

14 canteens.

After reheating the meal several times, someone finally came to eat it.The people in the cafeteria cheered up and served meals for these sleepless people.

However, when a few new faces came in, they were still a little curious.

It was even weirder when these people came to ask for food with dinner plates.

"Vinegar potato shreds, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and another serving of rice!"

When Qin Tao was sitting in a corner with a dinner plate, the old Ben who sat down with the dinner plate couldn't help being curious: "Mr. Qin, we have braised pork and sweet and sour pork ribs here. Why don't you eat them? Just eat them." These two vegetarian dishes?"

"I recently lost weight." Qin Tao said.

Wu Shengli also came over. He took a meaningful look at his son-in-law, and was somewhat moved in his heart.

There are not many meat dishes in it. Qin Tao and his fellow outsiders originally had no rice in the pot. If they eat those meat dishes, it means that these technicians will not be able to eat them.

Therefore, Qin Tao only ordered two vegetarian dishes.

Wu Shengli looked at the chicken leg on his dinner plate, and suddenly felt that it was no longer delicious. He looked at Ben Lao's dinner plate opposite, and then clamped the chicken leg over.

"Yeah, I also lost weight recently, Lao Ben, you took care of the chicken legs."

Looking at the chicken legs in the dinner plate, Mr. Ben was also emotional. Then, he picked up the chopsticks, and the chicken legs went into the dinner plate beside him.

"Xiao Chen, you are pregnant, you need to add more nutrition, this chicken leg, you eat it."

The female engineer named Chen Lihua looked at the chicken legs that had been pinched several times, and hesitated.

"If you don't eat it, you just dislike our dirty chopsticks. We haven't eaten them yet. The chopsticks are new."

"Okay." Chen Lihua picked up the drumstick and started eating.

"What does Mr. Chen do? I was at the antenna installation site just now, but I didn't seem to see you." Qin Tao asked casually.

Although the big guys are all wearing white coats, white hats and masks, Qin Tao can still identify them through their eyes. The Chen Gong in front of him has black and shiny eyes, as if he has never seen him before.

"I'm in charge of the feeder system," said Chen Lihua.

A radar consists of many parts. Although the antenna is the most talked about, in fact, there are many subsystems other than the antenna, which require effort to develop.

"Mr. Chen is not easy. A master from Western Polytechnic University, she has been here with her lover for five years. She has been busy with work and she didn't get pregnant until this year. We wouldn't have known about it if she hadn't fainted at work once." old said.

Looking at the thin Chen Gong in front of him, and thinking about his wife, Qin Tao felt very emotional.

The strength of the motherland is inseparable from these scientific and technological workers!They are unknown and rarely have the opportunity to show their faces, but they continue to contribute in ordinary positions. They are also the cutest people in our time!

"Leader Wu, I have an idea."

"Say."

"Our 346 radar is about to be tested. As the research and development and production plant of warships, we want to connect with the radar unit as soon as possible, determine the specific installation position of the radar antenna, conduct electromagnetic compatibility tests, etc." Qin Tao said: " Invite a group of experts from the 14 institutes to stay permanently in our shipyard."

Qin Tao's meaning is also very simple. He wants to invite these people to the shipyard. After all, the food in the shipyard is much better than here, and the working environment is also good.

Moreover, these do need to be docked in advance. The weight, size, etc. of the antenna have a great influence on the design of the warship.

Wu Shengli smiled, and then looked at Old Ben.

Old Ben smiled wryly and shook his head: "At least not yet, we need land tests first, and after the land tests, we need to conduct sea tests. We are ready for a protracted war, which may take two or three years, or even longer. After these tests are completed, it will not be too late to connect with you.”

He is aware of Qin Tao's kindness, but it's not the time yet.

Wu Shengli nodded: "Our new generation of destroyers, in addition to the problem of the radar system, also has the problem of the power system. These subsystems are still under development, so, Taozi, we can understand your urgency. But let’s hold on for a while longer.”

Qin Tao could only give up.

"By the way, is there a special weapon test ship for sea testing?" Qin Tao became concerned again.

Wu Shengli nodded: "Yes, it is currently under construction."

The Mingzhou Shipyard can't take all the benefits. There is only one weapon test ship, and the navy will directly hand it over to a certain shipyard.Wu Shengli had also brought up this matter before.

"Well, the design of this warship has taken into account the needs of power supply, right?"

The power consumption of warships with four-sided phased array radar has been greatly improved compared with previous warships, which requires the power supply capacity of warships to keep up.

"Of course."

"Fin stabilizers must be set up to simulate the scene of tossing in the waves, and the side-to-side shaking can reach more than [-] degrees, and the safety of the hull must also be ensured."

"Warships must consider explosion-proof requirements. Special explosion-proof glass must be used on the bridge. If the missile is not launched, or falls and explodes, the warship must be able to withstand it."

"The bow of the ship needs to be specially strengthened. When the electromagnetic gun comes out in the future, the recoil will be very strong."

Hearing Qin Tao say one by one, Wu Shengli regretted that kind of worried look. If he knew it earlier, he would hand it over to Mingzhou Shipyard. It should be able to complete the task better, right?

"Boss Qin, your spirit is admirable." Elder Ben said.

Qin Tao smiled: "I was a little worried just now. Since we are not in charge, comrades in other departments will definitely consider these factors. Come, eat, eat quickly, the food is cold."

Qin Tao didn't know why, he just raised so many questions, in fact, he didn't care about the design and construction of this ship, why did he think so much?
It's not that I am the only one with this ability, there are a lot of excellent ship designers in China.

"President Qin, you are really a serious and responsible person. When we meet in the future, I hope we can work together." Chen Lihua said with a smile.

"Okay, I will stay at our Mingzhou Shipyard in the future and eat chicken legs as I please."

"Boss Qin, are you here to poach people?" Old Ben was not happy.

Qin Tao smiled: "Of course not. Think about it. The 346 radar is constantly being upgraded. We always need someone to connect with it. In the future... By the way, what is the model of the supporting computer?"

The four-sided phased array radar has brought about a rapid increase in the amount of computing data. If there is no outstanding computing power, it will not be possible at all.

Even the American Aegis system uses commercial computers. If this domestic Aegis system does not have strong data processing capabilities, it will be impossible to complete the system integration work.

"At present, we use chips purchased from abroad and assemble them ourselves." Ben Lao said: "Although we also want to use domestic chips, our current technical strength is too backward to meet our needs at all. .”

Huge data processing requires powerful chips, and only imported chips can meet the demand, because in the 80s, the relevant higher-level departments had already given up the research and development of VLSI!
Qin Tao suddenly thought of something: "Old Ben, can't your 14th institute produce chips?"

Essentially speaking, the T/R component of phased array radar is equivalent to a chip, and their 14 institutes are engaged in radar, so naturally they also need chips for radar processing systems.

"Yes, we are also developing related chips, such as DSP chips on pulse Doppler radars, but these are just getting started, and to meet the data processing needs of four-sided phased array radars, not only professional A DSP chip, and a general-purpose processor chip." Old Ben said.

(I checked a lot of information, but I didn't find the specific model. It is probably classified. Generally speaking, the radar processing system of a fighter plane only needs a professional chip, such as a DSP chip. However, warship radar To process massive amounts of data, only powerful civilian chips are sufficient. Even fighter jets, like the AWG-9 radar of Tomcat fighter jets, use 8086 processors. American Aegis directly uses commercial minicomputers to Moved up. What kind of processor does our Aegis system use? Huadong Zhixiong can only guess, according to the progress in the book, it uses a 486 or Pentium chip. The most advanced multi-core DSP chip released in China It is said that Guorui Zhongshu and Loongson chose the architecture based on Loongson No. 3 general-purpose processor, combined with practical applications to extract and add some special instructions and computing units to develop Huarui No. 1 DSP chip.)
"Although we used their chips, we designed the peripheral circuits and wrote the system, so there shouldn't be any problem with safety." Mr. Ben looked at Wu Shengli and explained.

It is impossible for the kind of bully hackers in the folk to break into the warship's system. After all, the other party must first enter the military data link system before entering the warship's computer system. The dedicated system is not so easy to crack of.

"We still have to have our own system!"

"Is there any way to do this? After all, the superiors have given up on the development of VLSI. This thing is too expensive." Old Ben said.

"Burning money? We Mingzhou Group are not afraid of burning money." Qin Tao said: "It seems that our chip branch company of Mingzhou Group has to be established."

In the past, when Sanxing Heavy Industry approached him, Qin Tao put forward conditions, requiring the introduction of a chip production line, which was the prerequisite for cooperation. However, the other party refused to live or die, so the cooperation was temporarily stranded.

Qin Tao has been busy, so he has no time to think about it. Now it seems that he has to act.

Domestic warships must have domestic chips!Whether it is a DSP chip or a general-purpose processor chip!
"Boss Qin, if you want to build a modern chip production line, you need at least a few hundred million yuan. If you want to develop a 486-level processor, the research and development cost will also be several hundred million yuan. If you add these up, it is expected to invest one billion yuan!" Mr. Ben Looking at Qin Tao: "For you Mingzhou Group, this is not easy!"

"Old Ben, you underestimate our Mingzhou Group." Qin Tao said, "Needless to say one billion yuan, we can afford one billion dollars. It's just that we start from scratch, and talents and technology are the big ones. question."

Here at Qin Tao, money is not a problem!
Needless to say the warship project, just talking about civilian ships, as well as foreign cooperation, Mingzhou Group is constantly making money. Although investing in this kind of funds will also burden Mingzhou Group, it will definitely not hinder the development of Mingzhou Group .

If you have money, you have to do practical things!
"Mr. Qin, if you are really determined to engage in this kind of project, you must seek our authority in the chip industry." Old Ben said.

authority?Qin Tao asked, "Old Ni?"

"Mr. Qin is really well-informed!" said Mr. Ben, "Mr. Ni has spent half his life working on making our own chips. Just this year, he has already facilitated the establishment of a joint venture with Huating University and Changjiang Computer Company." The intention of the chip design center is to establish the Lianhai Microelectronics Design Center and prepare to vigorously develop integrated circuit chip design capabilities.”

After all, the 14th Institute is an electronic system, and they are more concerned about this aspect, so they know these things. However, Qin Tao, a shipbuilder, often runs outside, knows about Mr. Ni, which makes Mr. Ben feel surprised.

However, what Qin Tao said next surprised Mr. Ben even more.

"This design center is impossible to build."

"why?"

"Because L thinks that the company doesn't want to engage in technology at all. They think that they only need to engage in the market. In terms of technology, they have invested a lot of money, and they may not be able to compete with the combination of Microsoft and Intel. Why bother?" Qin Tao said.

Old Ben opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Mr. Qin, do you even know the inside story of these companies?"

Of course Qin Tao knew, this is the divergence of the technical routes between the famous Trade Industry Technology and Technology Industry Trade. In the end, Mr. Ni failed and was squeezed out of L's thinking, but he did not give up. He spent his whole life in order to create Work hard for domestic chips.

Qin Tao admired Mr. Ni.

Originally, shipbuilding and chip making had no intersection. However, when Mingzhou Group grows stronger, it will inevitably expand to other industries. Just like Hyundai Group and Sanxing Group, it will eventually develop into a large multinational group with various business projects.

In terms of making money, chips are definitely huge profits. For domestic imported products, the first is oil, and the second is chips.

Now this opportunity should be the most suitable one. Around 94, Mr. Ni traveled all over the country, recruiting talents, and discovered a complete technical team capable of designing CPUs. He planned to establish "Lianhai Microelectronics Design Center", He devoted great enthusiasm to this project called "China Core".

However, he was thrown a bucket of cold water by the company.

Li Qin, the company's executive vice president, shook his head and rejected the project. Mr. Ni went to find his old partner again, but his old partner, who had always been obedient to him, also shook his head.The once intimate "Gemini" is on the verge of breaking up.

Mr. Ni is talented, but he has no money!Mingzhou Group has no technology and knows nothing, but they are rich!
Qin Tao made up his mind, and then he did it.

That's right, Qin Tao belongs to the practical school, so after he came out from the 14th institute, he immediately asked someone to investigate Mr. Ni's whereabouts, and the result was very happy: Mr. Ni was at Huating University in the past few days.

The next day, a Mercedes-Benz G drove into Huating University and stopped in front of the building of the Department of Computer Science.

In the lecture theater, a report is being made.Qin Tao was also attracted by the ups and downs and impassioned voice, so he pushed open the door from behind and walked over gently.

On the podium, there was a thin man with white hair on his forehead, wearing glasses, and the light of hope was radiating there.

"Now, the whole world has entered the era of personal computers. The X86 architecture processor represented by Intel and the Windows95 desktop operating system of Microsoft have built a huge ecosystem of global home computers. At present, although there are a large number of computer brands in our country, but The upstream chip, processor and software industries are firmly in the hands of American technology giants. We call this combination of Windows and Intel the Wintel Alliance."

As he spoke, he wrote this word on the blackboard: "They have formed a monopoly advantage in the world. To develop our own IT core technology is related to our information security and also related to the development of our country’s electronics industry.”

"If these goals cannot be achieved, then our information industry will lack cores and souls. The core refers to the chip, and the soul refers to the operating system. In this way, we can only survive in the jungle built by others. Others occupy the industry The upstream of the industrial chain can easily earn high profits, but we can only earn meager profits at the lowest end of the industrial chain by assembling computers without technical content."

Qin Tao felt a little emotional, this situation, even in 2020, has not changed!In the field of electronics, there is a magical Moore's Law, one step behind, one step behind, and it is not so easy to catch up.

After the two-hour report was finished, there was applause in the entire auditorium. At this time, the hearts of these students were filled with boundless enthusiasm.

But how long will this enthusiasm last?In the future, they will be hit by reality and lose their fighting spirit.

Qin Tao stood up, walked out from the back door, and strode after Mr. Ni to the department head's office on the second floor.

"Old Ni, this report was done very well. I saw a pair of eyes full of expectation. They are the future of the motherland. Their hearts are full of fighting spirit. They will definitely contribute their own efforts to the chips of the motherland in the future." Strength." Department Head Luo Minghai said with a smile.

"Yes, they are the future of the motherland, but we can't wait for the future, we have to wait for the present. How is your university thinking?"

Hearing Elder Ni's question, the smile on Luo Minghai's face disappeared.

"The Institute of Computer Science does not dare to independently develop general-purpose processors. As a university, how can we have this ability? Old Ni, you are embarrassing me! Unless there is a strong company to support it, otherwise, designing chips by yourself will be a problem. Idiots are dreaming, let's forget about our Lianhai Microelectronics Design Center!"

"No, absolutely not, how can we forget it? Lao Luo, 1 years is too long, just seize the day! We have a gap with the West for more than ten years, if we don't catch up, the gap will be even bigger! "

"Everyone knows this, but what about the money? If you want to design a chip, you need to invest at least hundreds of millions! So much money, where do you get it? Our university does not have so much research funding. At the beginning, because your company is strong, Now…"

Elder Ni clenched his fists: "It seems that I have to go back and continue arguing with them. Without technology, just being a machine builder has no future!"

"Forget it, Mr. Ni, it's useless for you to go back." At this moment, a voice came from the door.

Elder Ni looked over in surprise and saw a young man standing at the door with a secretary. This man looked familiar.

"Boss Qin, you're finally here. We've been waiting for you since we received the news from our superiors. We didn't expect you to come just now."

"I've come here a long time ago and listened to Mr. Ni's report in the auditorium." Qin Tao said, "I'm also very emotional. Our chip industry is far behind."

President Qin?Elder Ni suddenly thought of something: "You are Mr. Qin of Mingzhou Group?"

Mingzhou Group has now developed into a first-class enterprise in the country, even if they think that even though they are leaders in the industry, it is impossible to compare with Mingzhou Group!After all, they are shipbuilders, and a ship costs tens of millions or even hundreds of millions!
"That's right, it's me." Qin Tao said, "Old Ni, L thinks the group only intends to do business, not technology at all, so now there is a new road in front of us, I don't know if you are willing to take it .”

"What way?"

"Leave Lxiang Group, which only intends to do business, and join our Mingzhou Group. We will set up a chip branch company in Pudong New District, Huating. The goal of this company is to design our own processors."

"Really? Your Mingzhou Group wants to invest in chips? Are you also optimistic about the road of general-purpose processors for civilian use?" Old Ni became excited.

Qin Tao shook his head slowly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ni, in today's report, you also said that there is a big gap between us and the West. This gap is difficult to catch up. For now, even if we spend a lot of effort, we have developed a civilian General-purpose processors will also face a situation of no ecology, and it will be difficult to fight against the Wintel alliance."

It cannot be used with a CPU and an operating system, because it requires ecological support. If all kinds of software cannot run, then this kind of computer is just a brick.

"Then you invest in chips, what are you going to do?"

"Military use." Qin Tao explained: "At present, the lack of chips in our country has affected military equipment. We need advanced processor chips for military purposes. For example, to monitor a large number of incoming missiles at the same time. High-speed processing capability is required, and in this regard, we do not have similar chips in China, so we need to use imported ones.”

"However, the demand for such chips is too small."

"That's better than no sales." Qin Tao said: "For now, if we want to develop chips ourselves, the ecological problems we face are almost unsolvable."

After leaving L Xiang, Mr. Ni once founded Ark Technology. In the new millennium, Ark 1 was born.The combination of Ark CPU, Yongzhong Office, NC thin client and Linux operating system has created a purely domestic computer system.

The results of it?
It is not compatible with Wintel's system at all, so even if this system is purchased by the government, it cannot work normally. In the end, the project failed, and it also taught many people a bloody lesson.

The market and users are the real touchstones of the product.Ark hopes to bypass Wintel's patent barriers through its own architecture CPU and open source Linux system, but it cannot create a suitable ecosystem.Even with strong policy and financial support as the backing, it is difficult to succeed.

(End of this chapter)