Chapter 397 Vacuum Diode
Although it was said that they were competing, neither Weier nor Purficott showed an attitude of guarding against each other. Instead, both of them used their own skills. Come out and have technical exchanges.
"It's amazing. You can actually make this big thing move just by relying on these gears! How on earth is it done? Just rely on the rotation of these gears?" Weier said to Purfico The self-discipline core of the specially made autonomous robot was shocked. She originally thought that Perficott used golem technology to achieve robot autonomy, but she did not expect that she relied on pure machinery.
Perfect did not hide this, but nodded and said: "Indeed, it is by relying on the rotation of these gears to digitize the instructions and then through the rotation of these gears, The digital output drives other gears to rotate to achieve its operation.
But the most core part is the instruction set, which is to convert our normal speaking sentences into digital codes. This is the core of this system. This is the part that I really spent a lot of time and thought on.”
After hearing this, Weier knew that this instruction set was the core part of Purficott's technology.
But she didn’t have any peeps about it. She just asked Purficott: "How many instructions can this big guy store? How efficient is it?"
"From now on Look, the number of data instructions it can store is not very large. After all, it is just a mechanical gear, and the amount of information it can store is very limited. It is impossible for me to use the technology I used on the alchemy doll on such a large machine." Purfey. Kurt had told the truth. As for the technical difference she mentioned, it was nothing more than a cost issue.
The differential engine used in large machinery is larger and has more power to drive the differential engine, but the gears are relatively larger.
After all, the small gears are driven by large power, and it is easy to break those precision gears.
Therefore, it is impossible for Purficott to use some of the precision technology she applied to the alchemy dolls on large machinery.
And the cost is not worth it. The gears and springs used on those alchemy dolls are all made with watch-level precision, and some of the shafts are made directly from gemstones. The cost and labor are quite staggering.
That is to say, in this world, alchemy can easily obtain the ability of precision processing. Otherwise, precision gears of this level can only be knocked out by hand bit by bit by watchmakers. Wait until technology develops to the point where we can make precision machining lathes.
As for whether it is possible to use precision gears to drive large machinery? In fact, it can be done if Purficott is willing to take the time.
Even for her now, she does not need to design it herself. She only needs to drive Cuiyulu to optimize and upgrade the design drawings and deduce relevant designs.
But this is not the optimal solution for efficiency and cost, and this large machinery does not require such sophisticated components to increase its intelligence. As long as it can understand the commands and perform the corresponding operations, it is enough.
After all, alchemy dolls are used as "people", while large machines are more used as tools. "People" need to be smart enough to cope with the need to accurately execute commands in complex environments, and in Machinery that works in a fixed environment is not used.
Weier was also the top alchemist back then. Of course she understood this.
So after Purficott briefly explained a few words, Weier said that she understood, but then she raised a new question: "Then if the working efficiency of this machine is enhanced, Do you have any good ideas? After all, you designed this thing, and only you know how to improve it." Weier didn't mind asking her for advice just because she wanted to compete with Purficott. This didn't mean that anyone was inferior to the other. , it’s just that she is not familiar with the equipment designed by Purficott.
Let her explore on her own, and she can figure out the working principle of the difference engine and even the concept of mechanical logic.
But doing this will consume a lot of time. Why do you need to do more useless work when you can solve it by just asking?
Perfect didn't mean to be self-conscious about this. Except for the instruction set and programming of the mechanical logic core, which she didn't tell Weier, she told everything else she could.
Not to mention programming and instruction sets, it is more difficult for Weier to understand this set of things.
After all, she was a person who lived more than a hundred years ago, and her knowledge structure and thinking mode have long been fixed. Although she is still learning new knowledge, her ability to accept new things has lagged far behind.
And as an alchemist who relied on her golem skills to become a legend, she was more accustomed to the set of things made by her own golems, rather than the digital programming of Purficott.
However, after the two had another technical exchange, Weier, who had already understood the working principle of the difference engine, was dissatisfied with the computing speed of this device.
Although there is no direct relationship between the operation speed of the difference engine and its volume, there is nothing wrong with the faster the difference engine, the larger the size. Unless alchemy can be used for high-precision processing to make gears and parts Shrunk down to a very small size.
And its data storage is also embarrassing. The difference engine used on large robots has a total of nine storage columns. One storage column can only store a set of numbers, which is one instruction. This is very important to Wei Er’s desire. It is really not enough for the effect achieved.
So she put forward a new design idea: "I used golem technology to make a unit that can perform calculations, and then connected multiple units together. Each unit is only responsible for the calculation of one digit. In this way This should greatly improve computing speed and efficiency? ”
Hearing Weier's words, Purficott's mind couldn't help but buzz, as if a thunder exploded in her mind.
Yes, why should I be limited to gears and levers?
It is true that the application of electricity in this era is basically blank, but this does not mean that you cannot make an electronic computer!
If you can’t make chips or transistors, can’t you make vacuum diodes?
And even if the vacuum diode cannot be made, as Weier said, it is still easy to build a simple unit that can perform calculations, right?
Thinking of this, Purficott hurriedly asked Weier: "Can the computing unit you made be made small enough? I don't need it to have very complicated functions, I just need it to be able to recognize positive and negative signals. "
"It's very simple. As for making it small enough, there's no problem. With my current level, I can probably make it as big as a grain of wheat. Is it enough if you still want it? If it's younger, I'm afraid you need to lend me the Philosopher's Stone." Wei'er thought for a while and gave an answer based on her current strength level.
(End of this chapter)