"The docking authority has been tested and the intelligent assisted development of Yinglong EDA can now be started at any time."
May 22, 2020, Warwick Technology Headquarters, Shenzhen City.
In the office area on the floor where the Yinglong EDA industrial software project is located, Zhang Tao gradually calmed down after listening to the reports from the employees below. He took a deep breath and gave an order.
"let's start."
As the words fell, the engineer sitting in front of the computer screen immediately started operating.
Zhang Tao stared intently, eager to know the final result.
Although he now knows that Deepin Technology's artificial intelligence model Benben has been iteratively upgraded to version 3.0, it is not yet clear to what extent it can be achieved.
If the efficiency of software development can be greatly improved, everyone will undoubtedly be happy.
Otherwise, the plan is declared a failure.
At this moment, a voice from behind caught his attention, and he subconsciously turned around to look.
"Artificial intelligence can never replace humans. What you are doing now is just useless."
All he could see was a middle-aged man in a suit walking in. No emotion could be seen on his face.
Zhang Tao obviously knew the man in front of him. When he heard this, he frowned and then replied: "Using artificial intelligence to speed up the development of the Yinglong project was personally approved by Director Ren. In addition, I don't think what we are doing now is useless." .” I completely disagree with the other party’s point of view.
The man was not angry when Zhang Tao rebutted him, he just emphasized his point of view again.
"No matter how powerful artificial intelligence is, it cannot match the efficiency of humans, not to mention that existing artificial intelligence cannot reach that level at all."
"That's not necessarily the case, Mr. Zhou."
Zhang Tao shook his head calmly and expressed his opinion: "The artificial intelligence model developed by Deepin Technology is already very powerful."
Zhang Tao really didn't know what to say to the company president in front of him, Zhou Qin.
It gives me a headache every time I mention it.
Although they are in the same company, their concepts are completely different.
Zhou Qin has always insisted that the future development of science and technology will mainly rely on humans, and artificial intelligence will play a very limited role.
Representations in science fiction movies can only exist in movies.
There will be no such thing as an intelligent brain.
Originally, the company decided to speed up the development of Yinglong's EDA project to deal with the current situation. His proposal at the meeting was to increase the investment of technical personnel.
As long as more outstanding relevant talents are recruited, the development speed will definitely speed up.
However, the problem is that in addition to increasing project costs, the most critical thing is the shortage of talents.
It is difficult to recruit outstanding talents in related fields.
There are only a limited number of people engaged in EDA software development in the country, and this aspect is completely incomparable with overseas Xinsi Kaiden.
If we really adopt this plan, we may not be able to recruit many people in a few months.
After all, what they want is to increase the development speed, which requires new recruits to get started immediately.
This experience alone can eliminate many people.
If you are cultivating relevant talents, then there is no problem in recruiting new people.
Unfortunately that is not the case right now.
In this case, Zhang Tao put forward his own suggestion at the meeting and wanted to use the artificial intelligence model developed by Deepin Technology to assist.
Many people who can participate in such meetings have technical backgrounds, and naturally understand the value of the deep technology artificial intelligence models that have shocked the world before, and they may really be helpful.
With the powerful learning speed of Deepin Technology's artificial intelligence, it only needs to be familiar with the Yinglong EDA under development to automatically improve the software.
After talking about his proposal, finally with the vote of Director Ren and other senior executives, the plan was successfully passed and implemented immediately.
For this reason, Zhang Tao led people to Jincheng urgently.
Fortunately, the process went smoothly, and he successfully persuaded Xu Yun to cooperate with Deepin Technology.
At this point, Zhang Tao had no desire to continue talking to Zhou Qin. He couldn't help but fell into silence and just stared ahead.
Anyway, it won't take long for the results to appear, which will naturally prove that his proposal is correct.
Even if Zhou Qin doesn't support it then, he will have nothing to say in the face of reality.
However, Zhou Qin obviously had no intention of stopping, and continued to speak.
"Deepin Technology's artificial intelligence technology is indeed world-leading, but when it comes to developing large-scale industrial software like EDA, I'm afraid it's still more difficult for humans than it is."
But this time it was not Zhang Tao who answered immediately, but Zhong Lingling, a researcher sent by the Deepin Technology Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
"It seems that Mr. Zhou doesn't know much about our artificial intelligence. I believe I will give you a surprise later."
Zhong Lingling suppressed the anger in her heart and forced a smile to answer before Zhang Tao.
After all, the personnel from Warwick did not know much about artificial intelligence. Now that the two parties have established cooperation, the Deepin Technology Laboratory must send personnel to follow up.
This way, if there is an emergency, it can be dealt with promptly.
Zhong Lingling was sent here.
She followed Zhang Tao from Jingzhou to Shenzhen City.
At first, she didn't really want to perform this task. After all, the laboratory is currently developing an intelligent driving project, and participating in the laboratory's key projects is definitely much better than such a trivial matter.
The key is to improve yourself.
The main reason is that she knows very well the capabilities that Benben, who has been iteratively updated to version 3.0, can unleash.
If it's just to assist in software development, she basically doesn't need much help.
It is nothing more than a formality to express the sincerity of in-depth scientific and technological cooperation.
Her plan was to help Zhang Tao and the others get on the right track as soon as possible, so that she would not have to stay in Shenzhen City.
If you return to Jingzhou City in time, you can continue to participate in the research of intelligent driving projects.
As a result, I heard the conversation between Zhang Tao and Zhou Qin in the morning.
Zhou Qin doesn't believe in Benben's ability, which is equivalent to questioning the artificial intelligence laboratory.
More importantly, Benben was developed by Xu Yun, which makes it even less likely to be disparaged by others.
After all, in the eyes of everyone at Deepin Technology, Xu Yun is the greatest person who can continuously create miracles.
Zhou Qin is certainly not stupid to achieve the position of president. Although he is very skeptical of Zhang Tao's plan, he will not openly argue with people from Deepin Technology.
In addition to the influence and strength of Deepin Technology today, it is also because the two companies have reached a cooperation.
After listening to Zhong Lingling's words, she just replied calmly.
"I'll wait and see."
Zhang Tao's lips moved in response, but finally chose to swallow the words that came to his lips and did not answer Zhou Qin's words again.
Soon the three of them fell into silence, and the only sound left in the entire space was the sound of typing on the keyboard.
To determine how specifically AI models can help software development, comprehensive data is definitely needed.
It’s definitely not possible to expect immediate results.
It was under this circumstance that Zhong Lingling, Zhang Tao and Zhou Qin did not leave at noon.
We even had lunch together.
It was not until close to five o'clock in the afternoon that the preliminary data was finally compiled.
…
"Mr. Zhang and Zhou, our test results are out."
The manager of the technical department hurriedly came to the office with a document in his hand and immediately told the good news after greeting the two leaders.
Although the specific test results were not disclosed, judging from the unconcealed joy and excitement on his face, it is estimated that the test results were relatively satisfactory.
Zhang Tao is even more aware of the character of his manager, and it can be said that he never hides his emotions.
How I feel every day is basically written on my face.
Seeing this, he basically made a judgment in his mind, but in order to prove it to Zhou Qin, he began to preach quickly: "The test results can be said directly."
I didn't choose to take the document and check it myself.
Faced with Zhang Tao's inquiry, the manager naturally did not dare to hesitate and immediately told the contents of the document.
"According to our actual tests today, using artificial intelligence models to assist development can increase the development speed by 50% compared to the previous development speed."
"And this is a relatively conservative figure."
"According to today's efficiency, we will be able to completely complete the development of Yinglong EDA by the end of the year at most."
After listening to all the words of his subordinates word for word, Zhang Tao could no longer control his inner joy.
He stood up from the sofa excitedly.
"Very good."
"good."
"OK."
After saying hello three times in a row, and after his emotions calmed down a little, he turned around and thanked Zhong Lingling next to him.
"I really want to thank your company for your help this time."
"You're welcome. We will definitely try our best to complete what Mr. Xu has given us."
"Besides, this is something that is conducive to the development of domestic semiconductors." Zhong Lingling answered with a slight smile on her lips.
It would be a good thing to let outsiders clearly understand the power of deep technology artificial intelligence.
By this time, Zhang Tao's worries were completely relieved.
There is no doubt that this data has far exceeded his estimate, proving that his plan is feasible, which can be regarded as a perfect answer to the company.
Compared to Zhang Tao and Zhong Lingling who were relaxed and happy, Zhou Qin next to them was full of surprise.
"Fifty percent improvement speed?"
"This is absolutely impossible."
He was mumbling something, as if he was trying to find evidence to overturn this result.
What is the concept of 50% improvement speed? Assuming that there are currently 100 technical staff participating in the project, reaching this figure is equivalent to continuing to recruit 50 people to join.
And the people recruited must be able to enter the state immediately.
Although it is difficult to recruit relevant talents in a short period of time, with the assistance of deep technology artificial intelligence, there is indeed hope that Yinglong EDA development can be fully put into the market in a short period of time.
But he really doesn't believe that the current level of development of artificial intelligence alone can achieve this point.
He seemed to have thought of something in the next second, and suddenly walked up to the technical manager and snatched the document directly from the other person's hand.
But as he read through it, his expression became increasingly ugly.
Later, he raised his eyes and asked: "Are you sure there were no problems during the test?"
As soon as these words came out, the joy on the technical department manager's face gradually disappeared, and he looked very impatient.
"Mr. Zhou."
"What do you mean?"
In any case, he is Zhang Tao's subordinate, and it is the time to be happy to have completed the task. Being questioned by Zhou Qin like this shows that their technical level is very limited.
But knowing that they have been developing Yinglong EDA for such a long time, how could they get the development speed wrong.
After hearing what the other party said, Zhou Qin also realized that he had made a mistake, because the data on the file did reach 50%.
Although this data is hard to believe, it is undoubtedly true.
This means that Deepin Technology’s research on artificial intelligence has reached a very high level.
If the outside world knew Benben's true ability, it might cause a lot of panic.
Just as his mind was racing and thinking about this, Zhong Lingling beside him no longer remained silent, and made some supplements to the actual capabilities of the artificial intelligence model.
"Fifty percent of the improvement speed only belongs to today. As Benben receives enough data, the software development speed will continue to increase."
"I wonder what Mr. Zhou thinks of our artificial intelligence now?" The last sentence was asked to Zhou Qin.
By this time, Zhou Qin had long lost his previous persistence, and his original ideas had already changed with the data in the document.
After hearing what Zhong Lingling said, she was stunned for a few seconds before she came back to her senses.
A very emotional and heartfelt answer.
"It's really strong."
"It turns out that this is the power of real artificial intelligence."
"My previous concept was wrong."
Zhou Qin did not continue on one path to the end, but chose to follow his heart and make changes.
In the past, he was not optimistic about artificial intelligence because he had never seen the power of real artificial intelligence.
Today he found out.
This kind of super efficiency and speed is indeed incomparable to humans.
If used properly, it will certainly accelerate the development of human civilization.
"I'm going to report the good news to Director Ren." After listening to the conversation between the two, Zhang Tao also reacted. After taking the document again, he planned to go to the chairman's office to inform him of the situation.
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In the following time, with the help of Benben, Yinglong EDA successfully got on the right track and its development speed continued to increase.
After Zhong Lingling arranged things in Shenzhen City, she also returned to Jingzhou to continue participating in the research and development of the intelligent driving project.
And just as domestic EDA software is becoming increasingly mature, photolithography machines, the most critical link in the high-end chip manufacturing industry chain, have finally begun to make progress.
“The light source problem is the most important part of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, so let’s start from here.”
In the office, Xu Yun stared at the 430 points on the light screen in front of him, secretly thinking about the direction of use.
The higher the level of knowledge he masters, the fewer points it will cost to turn on brain overclocking to solve problems. Having grown to this level, he thinks he is no longer weak.
What's more, compared to the field of biogenetic medicine, he is better at optoelectronics.
With these more than 400 points alone, we can surely complete the research and development of domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.
Prioritizing the development of a light source with sufficient power was a resolution previously passed at the project meeting, and Xu Yun did not want to change it temporarily at this time.
The thought stayed here, and the next second he stopped hesitating. With the slight movement of consciousness, the brain overclocking officially started.
Instantly the familiar feeling swept through my body again.
The world around me seemed to be at a standstill, and I felt like I was in a vacuum without hearing any sound.
The brain becomes extremely active, and it seems that just thinking about the problem of extreme ultraviolet light sources will lead to various solutions.
Xu Yun has entered the brain overclocking state many times and is very familiar with its application methods.
He knows how to solve the desired problem with the least amount of points, so he immediately focuses his attention and selects the one that is most suitable for the current research situation based on the extended solutions.
After all, this also needs to consider the level of materials and whether such a light source can be manufactured.
If you choose a solution whose technological level is far higher than that of human civilization, it will not be possible to manufacture it at all.
Even if you can use your brain to overclock and continue to study in depth, the points required will still be a huge number. You must know that the gap between different civilization levels is absolutely astronomical.
"Tin Vapor Light Source."
"Xenon light source."
"Xenon Fluoride Light Source."
…
As multiple light source research directions were considered and extended, Xu Yun quickly chose one of them and continued to study its specific manufacturing process and technology.
Right now, his brain is like a sophisticated quantum computer, automatically simulating the manufacturing process of the light source.
Make sure to master all technical details.
I have to say that this feeling of being able to discover the truth with just one thought is indeed very attractive, making people unable to extricate themselves from it. If he didn't have enough points and time to support overclocking, he would even want to stay here forever. in a state.
Because he had already explained it to the people in the project team before entering the brain overclocking state, no one disturbed him during the process.
Xu Yun decisively quit brain overclocking after basically mastering the entire manufacturing process of the selected light source solution.
When a small voice sounded next to his ears again, and the time on the desktop computer screen started to beat again, he took a big breath of fresh air in order to adapt to the change between the two states as soon as possible.
After about half a minute of touching him, he finally returned to normal, with a happy smile on his face.
"Finally the light source problem has been solved. Academician Luo and others will probably be surprised when they see my plan."
He murmured secretly, and then he returned his attention to the light screen summoned in front of him.
Check the points consumption.
As the numbers in the column of light screen points came into view, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"There are 280 points left, which means that 150 points have been spent on starting brain overclocking this time."
"It's within the expected range."
Facts have proved that his guess was not wrong. After his own strength continued to improve, the number of points required to activate brain overclocking has been greatly reduced compared to the beginning.
Even solving the problem of the light source of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine only costs 150 points.
Calculated according to this consumption rate, the remaining points are enough to support the other two difficult problems.
Then he checked the time in the lower right corner of the computer screen and found that two hours had passed since he turned on brain overclocking.
In other words, he still has six hours left to overclock his brain.
After making a rough estimate, he finally felt relieved.
"The integration and overclocking times are basically within expectations, which should be enough to develop a domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine."
As the person in charge of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project this time, I was unable to generate a task.
Naturally, points and task rewards cannot be obtained.
If the points are not enough to enable brain overclocking for a long time, then the delivery time of domestic lithography machines will definitely be significantly extended.
Fortunately, the situation is still under his control.
Knowing this clearly, he immediately recalled the light source manufacturing technology in his mind and began to write a plan...
(End of chapter)
