"Mr. Luo, I heard that you, Xingyuan, are behind Dami's joining the chip alliance?" Mr. Li asked with a smile.

"Chip Alliance? Mr. Li, Baidu wants to join the Chip Alliance?" Luo Fan asked in surprise.

"Not only us, but now Alibaba and Penguin are looking for opportunities to join the chip alliance." Mr. Li replied.

"Internet companies have nothing to do with the chip manufacturing industry, right? Why do you all want to join the chip alliance?"

"It doesn't matter. We won't get involved in the chip manufacturing industry, but we must exist in this industry. We all know what the chip industry means. Once we leave this industry, there may be some bad consequences for us.

Impact.

So no matter what, we will find ways to join the chip alliance so that we can make corresponding adjustments according to changes in the industry."

After listening to Mr. Li's words, Luo Fan understood that the chip alliance is more of a channel for Internet giants to get information so that they can adjust and respond to various variables that will arise as the chip industry chain matures.

Luo Fan didn't want to agree to join the chip alliance with this purpose.

But all aspects of autonomous driving data are inseparable from Baidu Taxi.

Moreover, Mr. Li also took the risk that Luo Fan might use this data to upgrade KuWo Map to a high-definition three-dimensional map.

"Okay! Mr. Li, I promise you, but now the members invited by the Chip Alliance are basically companies in the chip industry chain. If Internet companies like Baidu want to join, it should be after the tenth batch."

"Which batch are you inviting now?" Mr. Li asked.

"In the seventh batch, only 4 to 5 companies were approved. According to the plan of the Chip Alliance, the first ten batches basically included all the large domestic chip industry companies.

The next ten to fifteen batches are various companies that may be helpful to the development of the chip industry.

After the fifteen batches of invitations are over, the Chip Alliance will no longer issue invitations. If the remaining companies want to join, they must submit their own applications, which will then be reviewed internally by the Chip Alliance.

It is very difficult to join the chip alliance at this time, and only about 2 to 3 companies can join the chip alliance every year."

After listening to Luo Fan's words, Mr. Li secretly thought it was dangerous. Fortunately, he made this request to Luo Fan today.

Otherwise, judging from this trend, the first fifteen batches of companies invited by the Chip Alliance will definitely not have the status of Internet companies like them, and it will be really difficult to apply for them later.

It is said to be an internal audit of the Chip Alliance, but who doesn’t know that the Chip Alliance was established with the help of Xingyuan from above, so the audit must have the final say.

It's really difficult to join.

Thinking of this, Mr. Li quickly said: "Mr. Luo, my requirements are not high. It would be great if we can join the chip alliance in the first fifteen batches. It is best to keep Alibaba and Penguin out."

"This is no problem. If nothing goes wrong, Mr. Li and Baidu will be able to join in the eleventh or twelfth batch. As for Alibaba and Penguin, I don't want them to join the chip alliance in the first fifteen batches."

After speaking, Luo Fan and Mr. Li looked at each other and smiled, and they reached a consensus on this matter.

In the evening, Mr. Li invited Luo Fan and Li Jingyi to eat Lao B's authentic hot-boiled pork.

This meal is not expensive, but it is very enjoyable.

Luo Fan liked to eat this kind of shabu-shabu in his previous life, but unfortunately he didn't have much money in his previous life, so the food he ate was not very authentic.

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After purchasing the title for the Spring Festival Gala two years ago, the leader of the Spring Festival Gala treated him to a meal of hot-boiled pork.

The shabu-shabu tasted good that time, but it was not as good as this time.

I don’t know if the beef used for the shabu-shabu this time is better, or the recipe of the soup base is different, but it tastes particularly fragrant.

After Li summarized the accounts, Luo Fan also specially applied for a membership card for this store and charged 10,000 yuan into it.

This time, the three of us ate more than 10 plates of meat and spent more than 1,100 yuan. According to this consumption level, 10,000 yuan is enough to eat ten times.

After having enough wine and food, Luo Fan and Li Jingyi went to the presidential suite that had been reserved by the company.

The two of them stayed in the imperial capital for three days.

The next day, Luo Fan and Li Jingyi went to inspect the headquarters of Xingyuan Imperial Capital.

Compared with the headquarters in Shanghai, the headquarters in Imperial City obviously looked more impressive. Luo Fan went to the president's office and found that the area was almost 200 square meters. When he opened the door next to it, there was a study room with two bedrooms and one living room.

rooms, the total area of ​​this office is probably 300 square meters.

"I don't come here very often. It's a waste to have such a big office!" Luo Fan murmured to himself.

"Then it would be nice if you came here often." After saying that, Li Jingyi ran to the chair behind the president's desk and sat down.

After visiting the office, Luo Fan went to the place where the supercomputer was stored and put Xiaoqi into this computer.

Now Xiaoqi has control over the Xingyuan Cloud Service Center located in Luo Fan's hometown, the chip industrial park in Bingzhou, and the supercomputing rights of Xingyuan's second headquarters in the imperial capital.

If these three computers are used at the same time, Xiaoqi's computing power should be liberated by 100%.

On the third day, Luo Fan went to visit Professor Liu and several other professors who helped him establish the chip industrial park.

After the matter in the imperial capital was settled, Luo Fan and Li Jingyi took a plane back to Shanghai.

A week later, Baidu Taxi found its first batch of drivers.

There are a total of 500 drivers in this group. They all have more than ten years of driving experience and have no accidents. They have rich driving experience.

Baidu Taxi will give these drivers who voluntarily participate in the test an additional subsidy of 500 yuan per month.

After the two parties signed the contract, Baidu Taxi installed 8 sets of cameras on their cars.

These cameras will capture videos during daily driving. When the car stops at night, the cameras will use the nearby w network wirelessly to upload these videos to the server prepared by Xingyuan.

After the data arrives at the server, Xiaoqi will slowly simulate the program based on the movements in the video, and perform calculations on various driving conditions on the computer, and finally obtain the most perfect behavioral logic.

However, simulation alone is definitely not enough. Even with the most perfect behavioral logic, corresponding testing is necessary.

After all, practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and nothing works without practice.

After the algorithm is perfected, a road test must be conducted.

However, the requirements for the road test site are actually not high. As long as the area is large enough and the traffic is not too remote, it is enough.
Chapter completed!