Star Sky Technology Building.
Top floor office.
As usual, during working hours, Chen Yushan meticulously read through the documents sent by the various departments of the company and made comments.
Even though this kind of life was a bit busy, she enjoyed it.
Especially when she saw Star Sky Technology's rise to prominence around the world, she felt like her life had been fulfilled.
Speaking of which, if it weren't for that guy who invited her that day, she would probably be rotting in some department in Beijing with her master's degree in Wharton and her dad's connections.
Even though this kind of life would make a lot of people jealous …
But she always felt that her Wharton MBA was in vain.
She stretched and was about to stand up and walk around the office. Suddenly, the phone on the corner of her desk began to ring.
She picked up the phone and casually said hello.
"Hello?"
"It's me."
A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone. Chen Yushan was slightly taken aback, but then a surprised smile appeared on her face as she asked in a joking tone.
"Aren't you on a retreat researching Riemann's conjecture? Why did you suddenly call me? "
Lu Zhou: "Yeah, I was on a retreat a while ago, but it ended recently … Speaking of which, do you remember the carbon-based chip project I mentioned to you before?"
Chen Yushan couldn't help but smile when she heard Lu Zhou talk about this.
"I remember, is there a result?"
To be honest, she wasn't very optimistic about the carbon-based chip project. This was because this concept had been hyped up for a long time. Microsoft had been rumored to have made "significant" progress in this area since 2018. However, there was still no progress until now.
However, Lu Zhou didn't care.
He liked to spend money on this project, and no one could stop him.
Just like when he wanted to do aerospace …
However, just as Chen Yushan was thinking about this, the voice that came from the other end of the phone made her completely stunned.
"Yeah, last night, I already made it."
Already made it …
After he said that, the phone fell into silence.
Lu Zhou held his phone and waited for a while.
Just as he was about to wonder if he had accidentally hung up and was about to move the phone away from his ear, the sound of something falling to the ground came from the other end of the phone.
Chen Yushan, who picked up the phone again, didn't have the time to feel sorry for her phone that was accidentally knocked off the corner of the table. She asked in an incredulous tone.
"You made it? What did he make? Carbon-based chips? Are you sure? are-U-sure？”
Lu Zhou couldn't help but move his phone away. After Chen Yushan finished speaking, he coughed and continued.
"Yes, I'm sure … this isn't a joke."
A hissing sound came from the other end of the phone.
Chen Yushan took a deep breath and spoke in a complicated tone.
"… You don't know what this means?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhou was instantly displeased.
Are you kidding me?
He was the one who discovered the characteristics of the Mott insulator in graphene, and he was the one who created the SG-1 superconducting material. Who else would know better than him what this meant?
Before Lu Zhou could speak, Chen Yushan continued to speak.
"… Carbon-based chips will expand the lower limit of chip manufacturing technology. In the future, we will get at least 30% of the profits from each chip. This will be closer to the core field than the chip architecture. We will become the Qualcomm of the chip field … No, not just Qualcomm, even Qualcomm will have to call us daddy!
"Not just that … This will also be the best opportunity for our country's electronics industry to achieve a breakthrough. Do you know what this means? This means that the support we will receive from Beijing and the local government will be unimaginable for other companies! "
After saying all these things, Chen Yushan, who felt a little thirsty, reached out to pick up the tea on the table and took a sip.
However, even then, her chest was still heaving up and down.
Suddenly, a cough came from the other end of the phone.
Lu Zhou spoke slowly.
"Of course I know what you're talking about.
"Also, you probably missed out one thing. It's not just the function of traditional chips. Zero-energy Majorana fermions will be formed in the vortex core area at the interface of the three-dimensional topological insulator and superconductor. The existence of Majorana fermions will create the possibility of building topological qubits. Do you know what this means? "
Lu Zhou didn't give Chen Yushan time to react. He smiled and spoke.
"It means that quantum computers are no longer something that only appears in science fiction movies. We have indeed found a material that can build topological qubits!"
The moment Chen Yushan heard this, she froze. Her face was full of question marks.
"Wait a second, quantum computer? I don't … quite understand. "
She didn't understand how the carbon-based chips were related to quantum computers. She didn't understand the topological insulators and Majorana fermions.
Ah, dumb * ss.
Lu Zhou smiled proudly in his heart. He didn't explain too much and just spoke briefly.
"Let's talk about how the carbon-based chips are related to quantum computers when we have time. In short, the breakthrough in carbon-based chip technology is far more than just the chip itself.
"Also, regarding this matter, I've already sent a letter to Beijing. If everything goes well, the State Administration for National Defense and the Patent Office will call in two days. What I need you to do is to coordinate with the relevant departments to complete our patent layout. If it's convenient, send our best patent agency team to the Institute for Advanced Study today. "
Chen Yushan nodded seriously and spoke confidently.
"Don't worry about this, I'll take care of it!"
Lu Zhou nodded and spoke in a serious tone.
"En, then I'll leave it to you!"
The patent wasn't the only thing that needed to be done. There was a lot of preparatory work that needed to be done around this world-changing chip.
For example, they needed to find manufacturers to cooperate with, develop a production process that met the market's expectations, further reduce the size of carbon-based transistors, and catch up with silicon-based chips that had dominated the electronics industry for decades.
No matter how dark the technology was, if it couldn't be successfully industrialized and accepted by the market, it would just be empty talk.
But once it was industrialized and accepted by the market …
Therefore, even if it didn't want to move forward, it would still be pushed forward by the huge amount of resources gathered by society.
When it came to technical matters, Lu Zhou would pick the right people to do it.
As for things that involved business and other areas that he didn't understand, Chen Yushan had to keep an eye on them …
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