Hammer of Technology

At the same time, for Ningshe, these days are not very peaceful, and more people consult the Sunshine News evaluation algorithm through various methods.Fortunately, Chen Diancheng had long thought of the possibility of this situation, and soon gave an explanation on the official website, and completely pushed this matter to Ningfeng Software.

After all, Ningfeng Software has a customer service department, but Ningshe does not, so it can only be killed or buried.

But how to put it, the cleaned network looks much more comfortable.After many tragic headlines were eliminated, the whole world seemed to be much more normal.

In addition, Ningshe's account allocated another small goal, and finally the money was transferred to the account of Zhang Dingxi's laboratory.The process was very low-key, but there were many necessary procedures. Chen Diancheng took the two vice presidents of Ningshe to sign two contracts, which probably means that the money will be used to update the laboratory equipment. The results have been marketized, and Ningshe can also share dividends.

To put it simply, Ningshe took a stake in Zhang Dingxi's laboratory.However, this investment is not based on Ningshe. After all, Ningshe is just a student association, so there is a circle around Ningfeng Software in the middle, so two contracts need to be signed, one between Ningshe and Ningfeng Software Yes, and then Ningfeng Software will sign a contract with Zhang Dingxi.

Of course, these did not make any publicity to the outside world.

It didn't even get out at all, and it probably caused some small complaints. After all, this is not friendly to some social capital.It's just that at this time, no one dares to say anything, let alone the Chinese New Year.

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In 2028, January 25th is also December 12th in the ancient Chinese calendar, the last day of the Year of the Goat, New Year's Eve.

For Ning Wei, this year is actually nothing special. Chen Shuang's grandma left, and after little Ning Ke was born, the Ning family and the Jiang family lived in the capital every year.

But for Huaxia, there are still many things to talk about this year.

For example, after a lapse of 20 years, in the summer not long after, Huaxia Capital will once again host the world-renowned Olympic Games.

In fact, the Beijing Olympic Committee did not decide the 2028 Summer Olympics in China, but who would have thought that something that was decided ten years in advance would go wrong at the last minute. , So I put down the burden directly two years ago. At that time, the World Olympic Committee was confused.

After all, there has never been such a bad thing in the history of the Olympics. Everyone has long accepted the fact that hosting the Olympics may not make money and lose money, but this way of playing is still too capricious.

Originally, the Olympic Committee still had many ways to hold the city responsible, but after arguing, the World Olympic Committee found that there was really no good way to force the city to take responsibility, and could only choose a remedial plan.

In the end, the International Olympic Committee turned to China.

After all, looking at the world, it only takes two years to prepare a passable Olympic event. At present, it seems that only China has this ability.After all, this is not something that can be done with money, and it also involves the ability to mobilize the people.

It is said that after the Olympic Committee promised a bunch of benefits, as the most responsible country on earth, China finally agreed to hold this Olympic Games in the capital of China.This was also shocking news two years ago, but now everyone has already accepted it.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Ning Wei.After all, Ning Wei is not an athlete.

But this day he still received good news.

While he was teasing Ning Ke with Lao Ning in the living room, Yan Ming called and opened his mouth with great news: "Academician Ning, our Ningxin No. [-] has been taped successfully! When the packaged Ningxin No. [-] arrived, the company delivered a new generation of Kunpeng engineering board yesterday, and then the engineers worked overtime to adjust the serial port, and just now we have successfully run the Hongmeng system. Academician Ning, congratulations!"

The voice from the microphone was full of joy that could not be concealed, and there was a trembling cry in the joy, which showed how excited Yan Ming was at this time.

Of course, this is also understandable, Ning Wei actually knows how much pressure Yan Ming has endured in the past few years.On the one hand, financial pressure is high. If the decision fails, the blow is really unbearable.

Especially after the first tape-out failed, the debate on whether it is necessary to repeat the mature technology that others have already done has begun to rise again. At this time, the tape-out finally succeeded, one can imagine how exciting it is.

Of course, the success of tape-out is only the first step.

Generally speaking, the failure of chip tape-out means that there are unsolvable waste films regardless of software and hardware. Successful tape-out does not necessarily mean that the chip is perfect, and it cannot guarantee that there are no bugs at all, but that even if there are bugs, a solution can be found. solve.

For example, now Ningxin No. [-] can successfully run the Hongmeng system on the motherboard.

The pressure on Yan Ming can be said to have dropped drastically.

"Congratulations, congratulations, by the way, is there a good product rate report for this tape-out?" Ning Wei casually asked the question he was most concerned about.

Generally speaking, at the stage of trying to tape out a chip that has just been designed, the foundry is not responsible for the yield rate, but only for the PCM parameters.But this time the situation is different. Huaxin Precision, which is in charge of tape-out, is one of the major shareholders of Ningsi Lab. In other words, Foundry is the major shareholder of the chip design unit. Follow this data.

"Yes, the yield rate report is currently around 70.00%. Now we have 19 pieces of Ningxin No. [-] that can be used for the next performance tests. By the way, I have already prepared two sets in the laboratory. The engineering prototype was notified to the Smart Center to come and pick it up, they said that the plane arrived in the afternoon, and it should be delivered to the laboratory in the capital tomorrow morning."

"Okay, by the way, is Ning Si ready for publicity? It just happens to take advantage of the wave of Chinese New Year, so I'm more happy than happy."

"Haha, I'll leave the publicity to you. Academician Ning, you are familiar with this. When do you think is the right time to report this good news to the people of the whole country? We will definitely cooperate."

"By the way, there is one more thing. The frame-type stereoscopic display I talked to you before here is also done similarly. Although the shape is still ugly now, it can be matched together to test our CPU and Hongmeng system. .Have the colleagues from the Smart Center set off? If not, you can ask them to come here and bring two of them by the way."

"Look at me, I'm so excited, I forgot such a big thing. It's okay, they have already set off, and I will arrange a special plane to get it. By the way, there should be someone in the laboratory during the Chinese New Year, right?"

"It's okay, the laboratory is open all year round. There must be someone on duty. By the way, it's New Year's Eve on your side, and you haven't had a holiday yet?"

"Haha, what's the holiday? In your words, only those who don't make much contribution to society need a holiday. Our test engineers have given up their holidays on their own initiative. Don't worry, everyone is voluntary. After all, this success Yes, that is historic progress, no one has any objections!"

"Okay, then I'll hang up first and wait for your good news."

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After hanging up the phone, Lao Ning cast a glance at his son and asked, "Anything else?"

"Well, thanks to our family's Keke, the tape-out was successful this time, at least the system has been successfully run." Ning Wei replied beamingly.

While talking, he touched Ning Ke's pink and tender face while he was hugging her.

"Then you're still staying at home?" Lao Ning asked after thinking about it.

"Otherwise, where should I go? My work has already been done, and the next step is various testing sessions. After all-round testing is completed, I will know whether it is necessary to modify the project layout. I don't need to participate in these things, and of course I don't need to work overtime. .”

"I just heard Mr. Yan on the phone saying that only those who have not contributed to society need to take a vacation..."

"Haha, that's trying to trick me into working overtime. I won't be fooled."

"Oh! Keke, your father is dead, and now you don't have to work overtime during the Spring Festival." Lao Ning looked at his granddaughter who was still in Ning Wei's arms, and said with a sigh.

No way, when Ning Wei was at home, this little girl wouldn't let him hug her, which made Lao Ning feel deeply disappointed.

Ning Wei: "?"

Fortunately, it was my little padded jacket that warmed my heart. I slapped my hands and said, "Grandpa is a liar. Dad is not useless. Dad is the best. Every time he goes to work overtime, he brings gifts to his little baby."

"Oh, so if your father doesn't work overtime, does it mean that the little one will have no gifts?" Lao Ning said again.

This sentence stunned Ning Kewen, stretched out his chubby little hand, supported his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head desperately, looked at his father who was watching him, then twisted his body, from Ning Wei Crawled down from the body, stood on the sofa, hugged Ningwei's head, and kissed Ningwei fiercely, then said in a childish voice: "Dad, you should go to work overtime, remember to bring your little baby Oh gift."

Ning Wei: "..."

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Of course, it’s impossible to work overtime during the Chinese New Year, and it’s not just for himself. Liu Weiyi has been with him for the New Year for the past few years. Familiar, it is not good to let people go outside to suffer from the cold during Chinese New Year.

But Ning Wei got up depressed and ran to the study, and made several phone calls.

The laboratory needs to be notified, and the supporting work must be done. At least two engineering prototypes must be assembled and brought over to Ning Si.

In addition, the computers that received two new chipsets from the Smart Center will also be sent to Yanbei University.

Since Ningxin No. [-] has not been announced to the public, after the equipment is transferred, the necessary confidentiality measures must be taken.

After knowing that even Ningsi's laboratory has commercial spies, Ningwei has become more concerned about keeping secrets.

After arranging a round of work, Ning Wei sat at the table and thought about it, and then opened Xingyu Weibo, which is half dead at this stage...

In fact, after Penguin Weibo restarted, he had been invited to authenticate a Weibo account with his real name, but he hadn't used it yet.

But this time, there was a reason for opening Xingyu Weibo first.

Ning Wei, who has not updated Weibo for nearly three years, updated another Weibo on the day when everyone was busy welcoming the Year of the Monkey.

"Release a piece of news that has not been confirmed with your own eyes, and you need to judge whether it is true or false: Huaxia's first general-purpose desktop CPU with more than 90.00% of its independent property rights, Ningxin No. [-] has successfully taped out! After returning the chip, it will communicate with the Kunpeng motherboard as soon as possible. Tune through, the Hongmeng system has been started and running, I heard that the effect is not bad, follow-up full report, may be updated on Penguin Weibo. By the way, tomorrow is the Year of the Monkey. I wish all netizens a happy new year in advance and a happy Year of the Monkey! Don’t say too much, don’t disturb some people!”

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386 Don't worry, everyone

how to say……

Ning's declaration of not creating trouble for the Chinese New Year definitely caused trouble for many people.The connotation is too obvious...

Many people want to ask Ning Wei by the ear, what is "news that has not been verified with your own eyes, and you have to judge whether it is true or false"?

Who is this playing? !

That's all, you post this news on Xingyu Weibo, if there is any follow-up news, you post it on Penguin Weibo?

what?

Is it true that Xingyu Weibo is only worthy of seeing unconfirmed news, and after confirmation, you have to post it on Penguin Weibo?

Academician Ning really wants to support his own students to the end!

Anyway, whatever your Ningshe is doing is right!

Of course, the most important thing is, what is the situation of Ning Xin No. [-] now?

Is this done or not?

It's not April Fool's Day, but Ningwei's microblog just made the taste of April Fool's Day, and I'm so anxious to death.

You must know that from the moment Ning Xin established the project, Ning Wei had already started to promote it on Weibo. Later, Huawei established the Ning Si Lab with great fanfare, telling the public that it will start making independent desktop-level CPUs without hesitation. Now three years In the past, the answer sheet was not clear...

What's more annoying is that many people who care about Ningxin have uninstalled Weibo because of Ningshe's software. After seeing this Weibo screenshot or news through other means, in order to leave a message One footprint, one more question, and I have to download the APP...

He also said that he would not add congestion, which is obviously adding obstruction to the people of the whole country.After all, such a big news makes people imagine whether it is true or false, which is really tricky.

All the official media didn't know whether to forward this news or not.

Of course, many people don't even know how many phone calls kept ringing behind the scenes because of this Weibo, and countless people began to inquire about the authenticity of this incident through various channels.After all, on New Year's Eve, if this news is true, it would be very exciting. .

It is not an exaggeration to call it explosive news.

God knows what Huaxia has experienced because of the shortcoming of the chip.In the darkest moment, it is obviously our own company but because it has no technical autonomy, it has to be controlled by other people. What is even more annoying is that these people have to be paid high wages, otherwise they will have to pay for technical reasons. outright bankruptcy.

Now if Huaxia has really done its homework on the desktop-level CPU technology, and it is still a purely independent property right, and the performance of the Hongmeng system over the years is not too bad, a set of ecology has been initially established.In other words, if the product of Ningxin No. [-] is not bad and the price is acceptable, it means that this CPU has at least a certain market potential in China.

As Ning Wei said on Weibo, the motherboard has the Kunpeng series, and the system has Hongmeng, and most of these two have achieved independent production.Leaving aside the performance and quality of the product, at least Huaxia now has it!This also means that the long-term monopoly has finally been broken...

Fortunately, except for Ning Wei, most of the other personnel involved in the project still know the general idea.

In 10 minutes, the official Weibo account of Ningsi Lab, which had passed real-name authentication, posted the first message after the birth of the new account on Penguin Weibo.

"The following news is not only what we saw with our own eyes, but also our personal participation, so we can ensure the authenticity, and we welcome supervision to find faults: Ningxin No. 1 is really here! On the evening of January 22, it is confirmed that the tape-out is successful; on January 1 , received the packaged chip from Huaxin Precision Jiangcheng Base; on January 23, Ningxin and Kunpeng were successfully connected, and the serial port connection was completed on the same day; one hour ago, Hongmeng was officially launched. All Ningsi people give thanks to everyone who cares about the Chinese chip industry Netizens, Happy New Year! And sincerely say, thank you all! Thank you @宁 for the hard work of these three years!"

This time it was more than just a Weibo.

Ningsi Lab also directly exposed nine pictures, recording the whole process from getting the chip to starting Hongmeng...

The last picture was obviously carefully selected, and it was fixed at the moment when the Hongmeng system was started.

This is probably a stone hammer, and the comment area suddenly became lively.

Of course, for Penguin Weibo, this Weibo can also be regarded as the biggest benefit of the Year of the Monkey. God knows how many people have specially downloaded Penguin Weibo to comment, like, and forward one-stop for this news.

At the same time, less than 2 minutes after the news was released on the official Weibo of Ningsi Lab, all major official media began to forward this Weibo.

It's just that this time everyone is not in a hurry to say what is going on, but started to collect information from various parties, such as the executives of Huaxin Precision, the contractor of this tape-out, interviewing well-known people in the chip industry to understand the difficulty of Ningxin's design. Craft difficulty...

But there is no doubt that on this New Year's Eve, Ning Xin No. [-] is still popular after all, and it is a mess.

Countless people began to ask about the specific parameters of Ningxin No. [-], the effect of use, and various electronic enthusiast forums have all kinds of news from time to time. Ning Wei and his students were pushed to the forefront again.

Ningwei's name dominates all the hot searches again. Fortunately, this time, Ningsi Lab has shared a part of it. Of course, Ningxin No. [-] is still a well-deserved protagonist.Even at night, the powerful central media brought out one of Ning Wei's students, Zhou Zhenghao, who participated in the design of Ning Xin No. [-] almost all the way. Although he had already returned home, he still spared half an hour I accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from the central media, and released it directly through the major network channels of the central media.

Question: "Dr. Zhou, hello, we took a look at the highest-ranked questions among netizens. We hope you can tell everyone in detail about the details behind the Ningxin No. [-] project that everyone doesn't know."

Answer: "Oh, this... There are too many details behind it. Because our design is different from the previous work. For example, we all know that foreign EDA software is generally required for chip design. It is Synopsys, Cadence or Mentor. Their software has many advantages, such as the whole process, more advanced technology, and more technical support. But the design of Ningxin No. 100 is almost [-]% by our own minimalist EDA For the completed design, only a very small part of the layout of the border lines uses the ready-made design modules of Cadence, mainly to rush the progress."

"So I think everyone should not just pay attention to our chip design. In fact, the teachers of the software laboratory of Jiangcheng University, as well as many colleagues in our minimalist EDA department, during this time, in order not to delay the whole chip project. I have been working overtime to catch up with the progress. It can be said that our entire Ningxin design process is actually combined with our basic software advancement process.”

Question: "This sounds like a lot of hard work! Thank you Dr. Zhou for sharing, let us know that there is an upstream software company that has been silently supporting Ningsi Lab. The second most popular question among netizens is , The outside world has never reported who the chief scientist of Ningsi Laboratory is, so everyone wants to ask, is Ningxin No. [-] actually designed by your mentor, Academician Ning?"

Answer: "Haha, do you need to talk about it? Otherwise, why would it be called Ningxin No. 86. But when it comes to this issue, there is actually a detail that everyone may not know. At the beginning, Huawei and Jitu Group decided to make a desktop CPU. At that time, I actually consulted our director Ning’s opinion, mainly about the instruction set. At that time, there were two opinions. One was to buy someone else’s instruction set, such as Intel’s X[-], and continue to use it after modifying it. The other was to make it yourself. .”

"At that time, Director Ning directly decided to do it. Since he decided to do it, of course it must be controllable and independent, so Director Ning went off in person and overcame various difficulties with the laboratory staff. It took about three months to make the CNMD order. From a global perspective, this speed is also super fast. Of course, this is not to flatter us, Ningdao, as our artificial intelligence platform March has also made a lot of contributions.”

Question: "So academician Ning is the well-deserved chief designer of Ning Xin?"

Hearing this question, Zhou Zhenghao smiled and replied: "It is inevitable. This is also the reason why Ningsi Laboratory does not have any chief scientist or chief designer. Our director Ning doesn't like these empty positions. Anyway, we all work together. Work. In the words of our Director Ning, Ningxin No. 1.2 is the output of the joint efforts of [-] engineers in Ningsi Laboratory. As for whether there is a chief designer, it is not important, whether Ningxin No. [-] can be made is the most important thing of."

Question: "Many netizens are still very interested in the parameters of Ningxin No. [-]. Can you take this opportunity to tell everyone?"

Answer: "Because Ningxin-60 is still in the testing stage, I can't directly announce the specific parameters. But please rest assured that although Ningxin-12 uses a [-]nm manufacturing process, its performance has been simulated and tested. Worse than Intel’s [-]th generation, hehe, it doesn’t seem very modest to say that, Director Ning may be unhappy when he hears it, help me cut this paragraph, let’s put it this way, each has its own advantages and disadvantages!”

Question: "Haha, Dr. Zhou, don't worry, by the way, is there anything else you want to say to the netizens who care about Ningxin No. [-]?"

Answer: "Don't just pay attention to Ningxin No. [-]. We have done a lot of work in the past three years. It is not so much to promote Ningxin No. [-] as it is to give you a brand new desktop-level solution. Ningxin No. [-] Of course, the number is very important, but no matter how important it is, it is only one of the links. It is not convenient for me to say too much here, but I think that when this solution is officially released in March, it will definitely surprise everyone.”

"So don't worry, please give us a little more time. There is still a lot of work to be done, including the adjustment of the overall solution, various systematic debugging, and various supporting software. For example, everyone pays attention to Ningxin When I was on the [-]st, I probably forgot the research of my brother Zhang Dingxi, and my little sister Li Jingwen has been modifying and debugging the new Hongmeng system in the system laboratory, all of which are for the service of Ningxin No. [-]."

"I believe that when this overall solution is officially announced, everyone will understand why our Director Ning will suddenly stand up as a judge for the March Award, allowing Brother Zhang to win the March Award this year. To put it bluntly, it is only in the Due to the need for technical secrecy, we have not announced many achievements, which has caused the whole world to underestimate the achievements of Senior Brother Zhang in the past three years..."

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After the video of this interview was posted online, it went viral on New Year's Eve.

I thought that Ning Xin No. [-]'s smooth filming was already the year of the monkey, but who would have thought that from Zhou Zhenghao's mouth, Ning Wei's gaze was not only on Ning Xin No. A big surprise for everyone after this year.