April 18th.
Less than a month after the establishment of the Star Alliance, the Star Cloud system released its first major version update – Star Cloud 1.1.
The features of this version were:
Added 36 common functions.
Number of bugs fixed: 172.
System smoothness increased by 5%.
The technical director of the project, Ma Xiaobing, said, "The scope of this upgrade is equivalent to upgrading from Android 1.0 to Android 3.0. But Mr. Chen said that we must be honest. A small upgrade is not necessary to take up a precious version number."
"Moreover, we will maintain this pace of updating. We will release an upgraded version about every month. It is estimated that by the end of the year, our Star Cloud system will be able to evolve to Android 9.0. It will have more than 95% of the functions of the Android system. I'm not talking big. It's just that our work efficiency is that fast."
"Another piece of good news is that the development tool 'Star Cloud Studio 1.0' that the majority of programmers need has been released on the official Star Cloud website. The relevant technical documents, learning videos, Star Cloud virtual machine, and SDK can all be downloaded for the development of the Star Cloud app. Rest assured, our tool is purely written in Z language. The learning cost is much lower than that of Android development. We guarantee that we can get started within three hours, master it within three days, and produce a complete application within a week. "
However, the mobile phone that was specially equipped with the Star Cloud system had not yet been produced. It would have to wait at least two months.
If they wanted to do application testing, the programmers could only refresh their phones. They would refresh the downloaded Star Cloud 1.1 system onto their mobile phones and turn it into a testing machine … There was a certain chance that the refresh would fail, resulting in the phone being scrapped … This risk and cost could only be borne by the programmers themselves.
Everything was difficult at the beginning. The pioneers were the greatest. Xing Hai Technologies could only release a few chicken soup articles, promising that all progress would be sped up. They hoped that the pioneers who followed Xing Hai Technologies would not give up easily.
This attitude won the favor of the majority of programmers. On the day of the launch of Star Cloud Studio, the number of downloads exceeded 500,000. About one-tenth of the programmers were very interested in the development of the Star Cloud app.
After two days, the number of downloads exceeded one million. Some programmers who were quick to learn had even uploaded some simpler Star Cloud apps. The momentum was very good.
…
In the technical staff conference room.
Ma Xiaobing was talking non-stop.
"Chief Chen, those gurus in Team X are really too awesome. After they joined the Star Cloud project, the system has matured at two or three times the speed."
"In the Star Cloud 1.1 system, there are 19 new functions, 86 bugs, and more than a hundred improvements to make the system run more smoothly. These were all proposed by those gurus … Although there are less than 50 gurus participating in the project, the problems they discovered and the workload they completed are more than the 500 people in our project team."
"You have to know that they have only just joined the Nebula Project. If all of them are deeply involved …"
Ma Xiaobing shook his head. This was what he was most puzzled about. "Since our Almighty is so powerful, why didn't they make an operating system that can replace Android earlier? Why did they wait for our Star Cloud system to come out before coming over to give advice and point out what's wrong and what needs to be changed?"
There was a tinge of resentment in his words. Everyone had a bad temper. These days, Ma Xiaobing was being bossed around by those gurus like a little brother. He could not even flare up. It would be strange if he was not depressed.
"What this kind of systematic project lacks is not technology, but huge funds, strong willpower, and the ability to rally hundreds upon a single call. It's the same for domestic computer operating systems. It's not that those systems can't be used normally, and the country has the will to promote them. But because they don't have the ability to rally hundreds upon a single call, and without the cooperation of a large number of hardware manufacturers and users, they all end up in failure." Chen Jin shook his head.
Even the will of the country was useless in promoting an autonomous operating system, not to mention an individual who had no influence or appeal.
Could Xing Hai Technologies do it?
Xing Hai Technologies also had a technical team working on the computer operating system. Could Xing Hai Technologies produce it?
Regarding this, he would have to wait until the operating system was produced. At present, Chen Jin did not dare to make a 100% guarantee.
"Chief Chen, what you said makes sense."
Ma Xiaobing nodded. The depression in his heart slowly dissipated. Who asked those gurus to be so awesome?
…
Other than the "Star Cloud System" project, the gurus from Team X were also involved.
Xing Hai Technologies also had two mysterious software projects. Some of the gurus from Team X had also joined them. These gurus specialized in different areas. Some were good at operating systems, some were good at algorithms, and some were good at other things. There was almost no one who was all-rounded.
Li Yicheng was an exception. He seemed to know everything. He had learned and done all kinds of programming. He had been a teacher in a training school for more than ten years. He could teach anything and had the title of "all-rounder."
However, after the establishment of Team X, Li Yicheng's ranking in each of the many internal competitions that were held were in the lower tens.
But he was ranked first overall.
He was crushed by God in the algorithm competition, but he won against God in many unpopular fields.
It was most appropriate to describe Li Yicheng as "the best singer in the field of mathematics, and the best singer is the best in mathematics."
This time, no one said that Li Yicheng was a fake. But Li Yicheng felt that he was in an awkward situation. There were people who crushed him in every single field. He did not have any particularly outstanding talents. Moreover, after the launch of the "Work Assistant," an all-rounded talent like him could not be abandoned anymore. He wanted to delve deeper into a certain field and achieve results that would convince everyone.
Therefore, Chen Jin handed over the "Film and Television Special Effects Rendering Engine" project to Li Yicheng and the others for their help in perfecting it.
This software project was established even earlier than the "Star Cloud System." It had been almost a year since it was established. But the technical team in charge of this project had yet to finish it.
This was because the core of the special effects rendering engine was brought over by Chen Jin from the Base of Operations. It was so powerful that it could shoot virtual reality movies. The simulation of the scene could be achieved above 99.99%, rendering a world that was infinitely close to the real world.
The scene rendering core used in the virtual factory was also this core.
Therefore, Chen Jin hoped that the technical staff of Xing Hai Technologies could build a "Film and Television Special Effects Rendering Engine" on the basis of this core.
In the end, the performance of the technical team disappointed Chen Jin. They had been working on it for nearly a year and only managed to understand about 30% of it. It would take them another two years to completely understand it.
"President Chen, this rendering core is too advanced! There are many algorithms that we can't understand at all. Please give us a little more time! "said the project leader.
But Chen Jin had run out of patience. He demoted him and made him a pawn. Then, he let the more than 50 gurus in Team X participate in this project.
Things would definitely be different if the gurus were involved. Although the gurus did not quite understand some of the more advanced algorithms, they knew how to use them.
Therefore, it only took them a month.
The "Film and Television Special Effects Rendering Engine", which had gone through the hands of the gurus, could already unleash more than 80% of the power of the rendering core.
This was enough to beat special effects production software such as Maya, Flame, AE, Nuke, Fusion, and Combustion in seconds.
Coincidentally, Shi Xiao Tao called at this moment. "President Chen, I've thought about what to shoot for the next movie. The script has also been prepared and the actors have been confirmed. We can start shooting very soon. May I ask if you can sell the special effects software that you mentioned to my Tao Tao Studio so that our special effects artists can learn from it?"
"So soon?"
Chen Jin was a little surprised. Wasn't he supposed to rest for three months? Why was he back to work so soon?
"I'll give you a few dozen sets of the special effects software for testing. Let the special effects artists in your studio try it out for a period of time. As for the fees … we'll talk about it later."
"Alright, thank you, President Chen."
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