L Xiang Group Headquarters.

Liu Zhonglie's face turned pale: "What's going on?"

"In this floppy disk, there is a special test program to perform a division test on our Pentium processor. Through the test, we found that there is a one in nine billion chance of an arithmetic error." Yang Qingfeng's face was also extremely ugly.

"How is it possible? How could there be an error in Intel's processor?" Liu Zhonglie almost shouted: "There must be something wrong with this program, it must be like this!"

"Yes, at first we thought there was something wrong with this program, so our technicians designed the same program for testing." Yang Qingfeng reluctantly told the test results: "With our program, it also works.

Similar problems have occurred, which shows that Intel's processors do have this problem. There is a problem with the design of its FPU unit."

"The United States has the most advanced technology, how could they make such a mistake? Damn it!" Liu Zhonglie's face was extremely ugly, and he could already predict what the result would be.

If you are an ordinary user, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake once. However, for many state agencies, processor errors will have very terrible consequences! As a result, the computers used in these state agencies will give up using Intel's processing

device!

He walked back and forth, thinking of countermeasures.

"What about AMD's products? Do they have this kind of defect?" Liu Zhongyeol asked.

"During current testing, no such problem has been found in AMD's products."

In the decades of processor history, Intel has been exposed to a lot of scandals, and a hardware defect will pop up every few years. However, AMD has always been stable and has not had any major problems.

"Okay, if government agencies want to replace these computers, then we can provide two solutions." Liu Zhonglie said: "On the one hand, we need to contact Intel urgently and tell them about this defect, hoping that they can provide

The remedy, on the other hand, is that we can sell AMD computers to the government. Through this kind of promotion, we can sell more computers! Go to work now!"

Just change it. Anyway, the government spends the country's money on replacing computers. If they eliminate the existing computers and replace them with new ones, then they hope that the company, the largest computer supplier in the country, can still get greater benefits.

profit!

A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.

After hearing what he said, Yang Qingfeng nodded and hurried to prepare. Yes, this was a new opportunity for them!

As for the Loongson, they still don't pay attention to it for the time being. How can users like a brand-new computer that has not been tested by the market? Over the years, Intel has defeated many opponents with absolute advantages and has become

A strong man in this field!

Huanglou.

"Dear leaders, this is our first Loongson computer in the country." Mr. Ni's face was filled with excitement, his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, but his mental state was very good.

Since the first Loongson chip started to be taped out, all kinds of good news have been coming. The supplier VIA has also followed the tapeout and created a batch of north and south bridge chips specifically for Loongson. By the way, it also made the motherboard.

VIA has been supplying Intel over the years and has developed a perfect process for manufacturing motherboards, so it can be done quite quickly.

As for system problems, just input the code into the compiler of the Loongson instruction set and recompile.

Therefore, Mr. Ni has already brought his computer over.

From the outside, it looks like other computers of this era, just an upright chassis, but its interior has been completely changed.

Relying on their good relationship with the Navy, they can of course come directly to the Navy to sell. Various units of the Navy must also have needs for computers.

"The performance of this computer will not be worse than Intel's computer." Mr. Ni continued to sell melons.

When he heard this, even Qin Tao felt a little embarrassed.

Godson made by us

The highest frequency is only 100 MHz, just like the 486. Intel's is already a Pentium Pro, and the frequency can easily reach 200 MHz. We still have a long way to go in this regard. Wait until next year.

When the Pentium 2 is launched, the frequency will start from 233 and reach a maximum of 450. However, our Gou Sheng 2 will not be released until a few years later.

"How did you do it?" asked a Navy leader.

"The frequency is not enough to make up the quantity." Mr. Ni said: "Our main frequency cannot reach the frequency of Intel's processor, but our processor is cheap. At the same price, you can only buy one Intel processor.

, Ours can be bought for three to five yuan, and their main frequency is two hundred, so we only need to use two hundred yuan to catch up."

Multi-processor! This is the method that Mr. Ni came up with, and it is also a common method in this era.

Personal computers only need one processor, but for servers and the like, if one processor is not enough, multiple processors must be used to work together!

"Moreover, in multi-tasking mode, we use two processors, which is much better than one processor, so the overall performance is not worse than theirs." Mr. Ni continued.

Qin Tao opened his eyes wide, it was indeed true!

There is only one processor, which can only handle one task at a time, but for a computer, there are many tasks that need to be processed. In this way, a large number of tasks will be divided into pieces and enter the processor, cutting out one second of processing time and dividing it among

Each task is just like a computer that can perform multitasking.

In this era, it is not very good for computers to handle things like this. Take the most important anti-virus software as an example. As long as the anti-virus software is turned on, the computer's running speed will instantly slow down.

What if there are two processors? One processor runs anti-virus software and one processor runs other software so that the computer does not slow down.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Mr. Ni, your method is good." Qin Tao said: "In the future, when our chips are more integrated, we can still work together

Inside the processor, multiple cores are integrated."

Multi-core processors have been very popular in later generations, which is also the inevitable development of processors. At the beginning, processors were competing for the peak of frequency. By the time Pentium 4 was released, it could reach frequencies above 3G.

What next? People found that it was meaningless to continue to increase the frequency. The performance of the computer would not be improved because of the high frequency. On the contrary, it would bring a series of heating and other problems, so they started to build multiple cores.

On one processor, several cores are integrated to achieve multi-tasking functions.

Dual-core, quad-core, eight-core, and even four big and four small ones will gradually become popular. As they continue to develop, Moore's Law will gradually expire and processor performance will gradually become excessive.

Now, when Qin Tao made this suggestion, it was definitely an innovation. Mr. Ni opened his eyes wide and carefully understood Qin Tao's words, feeling that they contained rich philosophy.

Perhaps, this is really the future development path for processors?

"We discovered a vulnerability in Intel processors, which is an important development opportunity for us. However, do our own processors have design flaws?" Wu Shengli thought of something and asked Mr. Ni.

The expression on Mr. Ni's face was very serious: "No one knows about this flaw, and it needs to be tested continuously. Therefore, the prototype we provide to the troops is, on the one hand, to let the troops experience the excellent performance of our Loongson computers.

On the other hand, I also want you to test it in your own way to see if there is any problem with this computer."

For a R&D team, to complete the R&D project, a large amount of testing is required before it can be put on the market. Testing also requires more money. Under the current circumstances, the best way for the Loongson team is to put these tests into practice.

The computers were sent out to many government agencies for them to use and test during use.

Wu Shengli smiled: "Okay, we will give you free labor once."

"What is this called free labor? Didn't you get some benefits? You can use our computers for free, even if they are better than Intel computers.

It’s so cheap, it costs seven to eight thousand per unit!”

Qin Tao complained dissatisfiedly.

Wu Shengli smiled and said nothing, while Mr. Ni continued: "When the next batch of tape-out comes out, we plan to make it into a blade server. In a cabinet, there can be more than 20 Loongson processors. In this way

One cabinet should be able to meet the needs of the 14th school.”

This Loongson processor is not only for civilian use, but also for military use!

The project prepared for 14 is of course used on the Aegis Battleship. This Loongson core server will undertake the massive computing tasks of the Aegis Battleship!

"How is the anti-electromagnetic interference capability of this processor?" Wu Shengli asked.

"The problem of electromagnetic interference is not difficult." Qin Tao answered directly: "We only need to make special shielding devices on the circuit board and the outer main casing."

Speaking of electromagnetic interference, it seems very powerful. In fact, a simple shielding device can solve this problem. Under the protection of a Faraday cage, the internal devices will not be interfered with.

"What we need to guard against is electromagnetic pulse. However, except for electron tubes, it seems that nothing can prevent it." Qin Tao continued: "However, except for nuclear bombs, there is no device that can produce a large amount of electromagnetic pulse. If that time really comes

, it is no longer a conventional war. If a nuclear war really breaks out, then only one of our anti-ship ballistic missiles can destroy the enemy's entire fleet. In the end of the war, all kinds of high-tech weapons will

Being destroyed, it finally becomes a battle between people. If we fight against people, we have an absolute advantage."

Many people are laughing at Lao Maozi's strategy. In fact, there is nothing wrong with Lao Maozi's strategy. People have always aimed at nuclear war and large-scale war. However, this kind of war has never been fought. Therefore, Lao Maozi's strategy

Technical equipment has begun to be criticized.

Nuclear weapons are very powerful and can destroy the entire world. Therefore, under the shadow of nuclear weapons, the three world wars did not start.

Now, Qin Tao's theory can be recognized by those present.

"Our navy is looking forward to your Loongson server." Wu Shengli said: "In this way, our warships can truly have our own heart and avoid various loopholes."

The matter was finalized. Mr. Ni took other prototypes and went to sell them to other departments. Qin Tao continued to stay in the capital. He didn't need to worry about this kind of thing, but another thing was already approaching.

Bidding for the new Aegis destroyer!

Everything was ready, and the bidding finally kicked off in early May.

Huanglou.

When Sun Xuewen, the director of Bincheng Shipyard, walked into the venue, his eyes wandered around, and soon fell on a young man, and then walked over quickly.

"Mr. Qin!"

"Mr. Sun, hello." Qin Tao smiled and stretched out his hand.

"President Qin, your Mingzhou Group has been preparing for several years, and it is a major warship construction company in China. We will accompany you in this bidding, and you are the main force." Sun Xuewen said with a smile.

The two have a competitive relationship at this time, but Sun Xuewen and Qin Tao are communicating like good friends at this time.

Of course Qin Tao knew what was going on.

Seeing that Huating Shipyard has started to make a lot of money by building natural gas ships, other shipyards of course can't sit still. Bincheng Shipyard has also sent a large number of craftsmen to Mingzhou Group to study. Now, they are also starting to build natural gas ships.
To be continued...