Chapter 1470 Future and Past (Second update, please subscribe)
Whether it is failure or success.
People's journey to the stars and the sea will never stop!
After all, in any era, there are always people who look up to the stars. As long as they exist, the stars and the sea will one day be conquered by humans.
There are many stars and seas. For Luo Mingjie, what is his star sea?
It's a microprocessor!
He's been working on what he calls a cheap processor since securing Growth Ladder funding a year ago.
Not cheap, but a cheaper processor.
Over the past year, he and his team have been conducting research in this area.
In the past year, the progress of processors has been amazing. First, GAD broke through the 30-micron process and designed a processor with more than 6,000 transistors. A few months ago, International Electronics Company launched the Cyclone processor with 10,000 transistors.
"It has exceeded 10,000!"
Faced with such an astonishing rate of progress, Luo Mingjie even felt that "Li's Law" was not enough because the progress was too fast.
"We need to design a better, more advanced processor..."
In the office, Luo Mingjie said directly:
"It includes at least 30,000 transistors, and its performance is at least three times that of the Cyclone processor..."
Luo Mingjie's requests came out of Luo Mingjie's mouth one by one, as if they were a fairy tale in the Arabian Nights. When he said these requests, the air conditioner blew so hard that the spider plants in the corner shook.
No one spoke. They were either smoking or reading reports.
Liu Chenghui took the report from Marcus, only to see that it was full of dense numbers and charts.
Turning to the end, Liu Chenghui’s brows were furrowed.
At that moment, there seemed to be a voice in Liu Chenghui's heart saying - impossible, impossible, we can't do it.
But Liu Chenghui stared at the thick report in his hand.
Those cold numbers and those rigid charts are like little people telling them - we can do it, we can do it!
But...this is just a theory!
"You should know that this is only possible in theory."
Liu Chenghui shook off the report and had to look up at Luo Mingjie.
Luo Mingjie didn't care about Liu Chenghui's attitude. After working for so many days, he finally got the plan and said excitedly:
"I have studied the current technology for such a long time and came to the following conclusion... We can design and build an epoch-making processor."
Luo Mingjie looked down at Liu Chenghui's back and said:
"So, if we want to take the lead in this market, we must aim at a higher goal from the beginning. Only in this way can we stand out!"
Facing the direct gaze of Luo Ming's wife, Liu Chenghui thought about it for a long time before he said:
"Well, although the risk is a bit higher, we always have to take a little risk!"
Well, on this day, in this office, they made a decision.
Sometimes, the world changes in an instant. When the world is changed, no one knows what is happening here.
In fact, in Silicon Valley, here, thousands of engineers conduct research that is changing the world every day. Although it is only a small change, who knows?
It is precisely because of this little change that the world is being changed little by little.
While engineers are working hard to change the world, there are others who are also working hard to change the world, in a completely different way. If engineers are using their ingenuity to create the future, then As a Ph.D. in biology, Yang Chunqiu uses his own way to protect the past, or to allow people in the future to see the past and the animals that have lived on the earth for hundreds of millions of years.
"Paddlefish."
While the boat was going upstream along the Larang River, Yang Chunqiu said to the students beside him:
"Our job is to ensure that a variety of animals, including paddlefish, thrive on this land..."
The white sturgeon he mentioned was not a native species here, but an "alien species" from the Yangtze River.
"Teacher, is this river the only river suitable for paddlefish to live in?"
The student on the side asked:
"Yes, this is because the Yangtze River paddlefish has very high requirements for water quality. The water temperature range for its survival is between 0 and 37°C, the suitable water temperature for growth is 13 to 25°C, and the optimal growth water temperature is 20 to 22°C. In Borneo The Chau Rajang River is the only river suitable for white sturgeons. The upper reaches of this river are located in The average altitude of the upper reaches of the Central Mountain Range is between 1,500 meters and 2,500 meters, and the annual average water temperature is just suitable for the growth of Yangtze River paddlefish." Yang Chunqiu, a doctor of biology, has been studying the breeding of Yangtze River paddlefish since ten years ago. , most of his life was spent on this research.
"But, teacher, until now, we have released tens of thousands of white sturgeon fry every year, but they have never come back..."
The student on the side said with some confusion:
"What is the point of us constantly releasing fry?"
What is the meaning?
"Yeah, if those species of fish come to an end, we won't even have fry anymore."
In the past ten years or so, they established a research center in a reservoir on the plateau, where hundreds of adult paddlefish live from the Yangtze River. It is by relying on those artificially raised paddlefish that they conduct research. The center can only release white sturgeons and Chinese sturgeons in units of 100,000 each year.
"No, we have bred paddlefish for several generations now."
In recent years, thanks to the advancement of breeding technology, the institute is now able to not only raise paddlefish and Chinese sturgeons from eggs to adulthood, so the individuals released in recent years are usually more than 20 centimeters in the river. There are few natural predators that can eat them.
Listening to the students' worries, Yang Chunqiu said:
"This is because of time. After the paddlefish enters the river, they will first swim to the sea and live for more than 10 years before returning to their birthplace to lay eggs. Therefore, the effects of the individuals we have effectively released in recent years have not yet appeared.
I believe they will come back, they will remember this place, remember the place where they were born, then find this place, and finally return here..."
Yang Chunqiu, who said these words, looked at the calm river surface. There was only one thought left in his mind - can those paddlefish find their way home?
Could they have swam to the Yangtze River or somewhere else?
All this is unknown, at least until they return, this is still unknown. When the boat goes upstream, they will see some crocodiles staying motionless on the shore.
Those crocodiles are not ferocious crocodiles. More than ten years of hunting has long made the crocodiles virtually extinct in this river. Along with several other large rivers, crocodiles are rarely seen because We need to make room for aquatic animals such as baiji dolphins.
And these crocodiles are the shame of crocodiles - alligators. Although they are crocodiles, they are only toads that threaten. If the toad is bigger, it may not even be a threat.
Because there are almost no human settlements on both sides of the river, the water of the Rejang River is clear, and groups of fish can be vaguely seen in the river. The heavy rain in the rainforest has brought a lot of nutrients to the Rejang River, breeding a large number of Schools of fish, because it is located in a protected area, there are dense schools of fish everywhere.
Suddenly, Yang Chunqiu discovered that on the sparkling river, small fish were jumping in groups on the water. They were obviously not playing.
"They were frightened, it must have been a predator."
"There must be big fish below the river!"
One student said that the reason for this judgment was that the fish jumping out of the fish surface were not only small fish, but also big fish more than a foot long. This meant that there must be big fish moving in the river, and the number was still large. Quite a few.
What is it?
Is it a white-finned dolphin, or another predatory fish?
When I was confused, suddenly, someone pointed at the river and said:
"Doctor, look, what is there?"
They saw a black shadow on the river, swimming against the current. Suddenly, despite the distance, they saw a giant fish two or three meters long leaping out of the water, as straight as a sword. The elephant's snout was clearly visible. When it opened its mouth wide and bit a big fish flying out of the water, the students on the boat shouted in surprise.
"It's the paddlefish! It's the paddlefish, they're back..."
"They're back! They're back..."
Amid people's cheers, we saw large fishes piled on top of each other on the river. From time to time, people saw their vigorous and graceful postures when they jumped out of the water. The two or three-meter-long paddlefish came out of the water and hit the high waves. .
"Back, back..."
Yang Chunqiu looked at the sturgeons excitedly, his lips trembling with excitement.
"They found their way home, they found their way home..."
Yes, these white sturgeons released more than ten years ago finally grew into giant fish after living in the sea for more than ten years. At the right time, relying on instinct, they found their way home!
They are back from the sea!
After going through all kinds of hardships, they return to their birthplace, lay eggs and reproduce their offspring. Although this is not the land where their ancestors lived hundreds of millions of years ago, the moment they were born here, their memory of this land remains. remain in their hearts.
During their long and difficult migration, they have suffered various dangers. On the sea, ferocious sharks and other predators often set their sights on these sturgeons. The turbulent ocean currents are like huge obstacles, constantly impacting them. It, knocks them off course.
But now, they are finally back.
On the river, fish shadows overlap. As tens of thousands of white sturgeons migrate upstream, they stir up waves of fish on the river. These sturgeons are like overlords in the water. The moment they enter the river, they become The king of the river.
A few days later, they finally entered the spawning ground and the place where they grew up. Tens of thousands of white sturgeons swam happily in the plateau river, seemingly cheering and celebrating their return home. In the past few days, reporters who heard the news pointed their cameras at them. Almost everyone saw them through the TV screen, saw them occupying the river surface, and saw that there would be thousands of them. Thousands of fish eggs are laid into the river. It will not take long for these eggs to hatch naturally. Then they will swim hard to the sea, grow in the sea, and swim back here again when they become adults...
(End of chapter)