Free Web NovelChapter 1357: Chapter 648: The Major Event of Yixing_2
Creating a Chinese compilation system from scratch means completely demolishing the existing architecture and starting from the ground up, a prospect that’s enough to make one’s scalp tingle just thinking about the workload involved.
Yuan Zhongchen continued, "The basic architecture for a Chinese system isn’t impossible to create, but the investment is huge, and the returns are minimal, with barely any profit in sight."
This is also why very few domestic tech companies are willing to develop a Chinese compilation system from the ground up.
Even if it were developed, what then? Could its functionality ever catch up with current operating systems?
Moreover, such development would take a very long time and require massive investment, and even if it were accomplished, it wouldn’t be able to break the existing systems; embarking on this kind of research and development is simply not worth the loss.
Zhao Yi nodded, "I know what you’re saying, but I believe it’s still something that we must do. We are preparing to have the Unlimited Power Automobiles and space shuttles use a brand-new system."
"This way, we ensure security, and moreover, by leveraging the new technological developments in space exploration, it is also an excellent opportunity to reshuffle the deck for computer software and the electronics technology systems."
Yuan Zhongchen listened, his eyes lighting up.
If it were only for the development of an operating system for cars, to develop a separate Chinese system would certainly be more loss than gain.
But with the help of new technologies, allowing for a wide range coverage and expansion of the developed system, the situation would be different.
Take, for instance, the development of an entirely new operating system.
Firstly, the operating system would be implemented in the field of space shuttles, and as space exploration develops, this would effectively be setting the standard early. Future space explorations, whether satellites or shuttles, will have to use the same operating system to link with other satellites or shuttles or to join the existing system.
At the same time, the market for Unlimited Power Automobiles is very broad, allowing for broad system coverage; the more cars that are sold, the wider the reach of the system.
Then there’s Space Link Technology. freewёbnoνel.com
The current Space Link Technology doesn’t have a broad coverage yet, but in the future, it will be employed by more devices and will take up a larger market share in data transmission.
All these technologies are domestically monopolized.
If we can capture the leading edge in the latest technologies and apply them on a massive scale to the civilian sector, we can then continue to expand to mobile phones and computers; at the very least, this would be completely feasible within the domestic market.
Once the system is applied in domestic spheres, and with the domestic market holding the reins of the latest technologies, even if the international community is reluctant to accept the new system, they will ultimately have no means to ’resist’; at best, the existing system can only hold its ground.
From this angle, developing Chinese compilation software from scratch and expanding upon it to create operating systems and software to overturn the existing systems is indeed very promising.
Other companies might have similar ideas, but achieving it is impossible for them, because even if they developed it and it worked well, limited by the existing system, they couldn’t possibly capture much of the market.
However, it’s different with Zhao Yi. He can directly promote the new system across all the latest technology-related devices. As long as it can be developed, the prospects are extremely broad.
Many projects’ research and development goals aren’t necessarily to make money but to seize the market dominance.
Once you have a dominant market position and more users, you are at the top of the pyramid, becoming the rule maker, and making money becomes much easier.
Yuan Zhongchen and Zhao Yi discussed for a whole day, covering many topics, and eventually finalized the initial cooperation.
Yutu Robot Company and Yixing would establish a new company together, specializing in the development of Chinese compilation software and subsequent computer technologies.
Both parties would jointly invest, with the initial R&D investment reaching as high as three billion yuan.
And that was just the beginning.
The new company would definitely recruit a large number of computer engineers, expecting the scale to exceed a thousand people, and possibly reach several thousands, with continuous investments to follow.
But both Zhao Yi and Yuan Zhongchen believed that all the investments would be worth it. As long as they could produce a Chinese compilation software and develop a brand-new Chinese operating system and various functional Chinese software on top of it, even if the cost was as high as a hundred billion or two hundred billion, it would absolutely be deserved because the market size of the computer field is enormous. As long as they could secure a portion of the foundational domain’s dominance, an investment of several hundred billion could easily be recouped in the future.
It was like Yutu Robot Company, which initially possessed only a basic operating system but expanded to a market value of several hundred billion.
Zhao Yi and Yuan Zhongchen had agreed earlier, and they dined together that evening. freēwebnovel.com
Yuan Zhongchen spoke about He Mingcheng, his most proud disciple, and was very attentive towards him. He would visit the old master with gifts every now and then.
Yuan Zhongchen mentioned He Mingcheng’s health issues and sighed, "Zhao Yi, it’s been a while since you last visited, right? Teacher He has not been well lately, he no longer has the strength to walk and now can only be wheeled outside for a bit."
"Is it that serious?"
"It’s not sickness, just old age," Yuan Zhongchen said with a sigh.
"Huff~~"
Zhao Yi took a deep breath, digesting the news, and decided that he would visit the old master the next time he was back at Yanhua University.
Although He Mingcheng did not acknowledge him as a disciple, he still considered himself a student of He Mingcheng. He Mingcheng had offered many suggestions in solving some mathematical problems in the past, and the old man was truly a good person. He had dedicated his life to mathematical research and made significant contributions to the country.
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Soon.
Yixing encountered a major event, which was also a significant occasion for the Aerospace Bureau as well as the whole country.
The launch of the second Energy-Gathering Satellite into space.
Due to the high interest in the solar orbit Energy-Gathering Satellites, the Aerospace Bureau and Yixing decided to live broadcast the launch process to the public.
The heavy-gravity propulsor carried the satellite straight into space, then the view cut to the auxiliary satellite responsible for filming.
From the auxiliary satellite’s perspective, people saw the high-power Z-wave satellite for the first time, its dazzling light filling the screen, forcing the camera to shift away from most of the brightness and focus on the anti-gravity spacecraft slowly entering its orbit, carrying the Energy-Gathering Satellite.
After releasing the high-energy Z-wave, the anti-gravity spacecraft swiftly slid into the Z-wave trajectory and quickly vanished from sight.
This broadcasting of the event was much smoother than the previous experiment with the spacecraft.
The television commentator was also more informed; he explained directly to the audience, "After the anti-gravity spacecraft enters the shuttle trajectory, it will travel over one hundred and forty million kilometers in eight seconds. And now, it has appeared at a position ten million kilometers away from space."
"We can now see—"
The screen turned into a pitch-black map dotted with several markers, one for the Sun, another for Earth, and near the Sun, a small blue dot kept flashing.
"That small blue dot is the anti-gravity spacecraft. The spacecraft will use the remaining fuel and the high gravitational pull of the Sun to accelerate, and when the fuel is depleted at about three million kilometers from the Sun, the Energy-Gathering Satellite will detach from the spacecraft and continue into its predetermined orbit under the Sun’s gravitational pull."
"The spacecraft’s speed is currently about six kilometers per second, but the final speed will reach up to sixty thousand kilometers per second, with the acceleration process lasting three days."
"Which means, from launch to entering orbit, the Energy-Gathering Satellite will only spend about four days en route."
"This speed is astounding. Think about it, traveling over one hundred and fifty million kilometers in just four days, completing the journey from launch to orbit—"
"The spacecraft’s speed is currently about six kilometers per second, but the final speed will reach up to sixty thousand kilometers per second, with the acceleration process lasting three days."
"Which means, from launch to entering orbit, the Energy-Gathering Satellite will only spend about four days en route."
"This speed is astounding. Think about it, traveling over one hundred and fifty million kilometers in just four days, completing the journey from launch to orbit—"
