Virtual factory!
Make the impossible possible.
There was also the example of Zhong Xin International taking down the 7-nanometer chip in eight months.
He Jin Long believed most of the father and son's words.
After all, Zhong Xin International's breakthrough was an industrial myth. Until now, many people thought that it was not real, but a scam. There were many articles exposing this on the internet. For example, the famous anti-fraud fighter Fang Zhouzi wrote an article titled "Zhong Xin's Ten Questions on the 7-nanometer Chip". This article had a huge impact. It even caused Zhong Xin's stock price to plummet.
He Jin Long had read that article. After reading it, he was filled with doubts.
But now, all his doubts were cleared. He got the best answer.
The magical virtual factory technology could indeed create an industrial myth!
"President He, the virtual factory technology cannot be announced to the public yet. I hope you can keep it a secret. It's better not to let too many people know about this technology."
Chen Jin reminded him.
"Okay, I'll keep my mouth shut!"
…
The next day.
Commercial Aircraft Engine Company.
Tan Ruisong, the chairman of Shang Fa Corporation, was feeling the pressure from the Western ban on the sale of the LeapX engine. He received a call from President He from Shang Fei Corporation yesterday.
"How is this possible?"
His first reaction after hearing about the virtual factory technology was shock and disbelief. "How can computer simulation technology be so powerful?"
He Jin Long had to explain. He also used Zhong Xin International as an example.
Tan Ruisong believed about 50% to 60%.
He immediately said, "I'll make a trip to Xing Hai Technologies tomorrow to discuss cooperation with President Chen!"
…
The headquarters of Shang Fa Corporation was also in Shang Hai.
Early in the morning.
Tan Ruisong arrived at the headquarters of Xing Hai Technologies.
He waited for nearly two hours before he finally saw Chen Jin.
In the conference room.
Tan Ruisong, who was sitting opposite Chen Jin, asked impatiently, "President Chen, has your company's' virtual factory 'technology really reached the level of simulating real objects?"
Chen Jin shook his head. "Seeing is believing. How about this, I'll give you a TC9000 computer for you to try out. It's equipped with the 'Virtual Factory 1.0' technology. You can send a group of engineers over to assemble an engine in the virtual factory. You can directly see if there's much difference between the simulated environment and the actual environment."
"Okay!"
In the afternoon.
Shang Fa Corporation sent a technical team consisting of hundreds of engine experts into the fourth R&D plant of Xing Hai Technologies.
Due to the small size of the engine,
Moreover, the CAD industrial design drawings could be imported into the virtual factory to directly generate an engine. The team of experts assembled an engine in just a few hours.
That night.
They had obtained the first batch of valuable data.
"It works, it really works!"
"The difference between the thrust of the engine and the actual thrust is less than 0.1KN. The law of thrust change is basically the same."
"Increase the fuel supply and increase the thrust to about 148KN … Eh, it's actually happening. There's also the intermittent surge problem here. This means that our engine does indeed have an obvious design flaw."
"Continue to increase the fuel supply. Let's see how long it can run under extreme conditions."
About ten hours later.
Boom ~!
Inside the virtual factory, the engine that was overheated exploded into pieces.
An expert who had been staring at the experimental data and hadn't slept all night said, "Pretty much. All the experimental results are pretty much the same as the real situation."
Therefore …
Everyone looked at each other, unable to conceal their joy and excitement.
Some people could not help but shed tears.
"All these years, we've been scolded and blamed too much."
"It's not that we're not doing our best. The 1.5 billion annual funding given by the higher-ups is too little."
"According to the plan, the CJ1000 engine should have been put into commercial use last year. However, as the main technical indicators are obviously inferior to the LeapX engine, we still have to continue to improve. It will take at least five years to catch up … But we've caught up. The West has introduced better and more advanced engines, but we'll never be able to catch up."
"Now, we have hope. We can see the hope of catching up!"
"Artifact, this is really an artifact!"
Not bad.
Déjà vu.
The dilemma faced by the Z citizens using the engine was almost exactly the same as the chip.
The exploration of the advanced chip manufacturing process was to constantly adjust the production process … It took a lot of time.
The development of the engine, on the other hand, required burning a lot of money.
The annual funding of more than a billion, excluding some personnel expenses, was only enough to produce more than a dozen verification machines and conduct more than 10,000 hours of testing. The average cost per hour of testing was about 100,000 yuan.
This seemed quite impressive. However, with the current efficiency of Shang Fa, the number of verification machines had to be increased to more than 30 and the test hours reached more than 30,000 per year. Only then could it be possible to produce the CJ1000 with the same technical level as the LeapX engine before 20X5.
This meant that the annual funding had to be increased to more than 3 billion.
However, although the Z country had a large industry, there were also many expenses. It was impossible for them to have "unlimited funds" for the development of the engine.
However, with the virtual factory, Shang Fa's poor situation would immediately be fundamentally improved.
As long as the computing power of the supercomputer was large enough, they could place 100 or even 1,000 test platforms in the virtual factory. Each test platform would be equipped with an engine and experiments would be carried out at the same time. They would constantly make adjustments and optimizations. If the engine was damaged, they could immediately produce another one …
The money and time saved by carrying out the engine development in this way might be even more exaggerated than the development of the chip.
It was not impossible to produce a qualified version of the CJ1000 engine in about half a year. The problem could be completely solved within a year!
…
"President Chen, how much does it cost? How much does your company charge for the use of the virtual factory? "
Tan Ruisong asked. He no longer doubted the power of the virtual factory. Now, he only wanted to know about the fee!
"I'll give you two proposals," Chen Jin said.
"First, rent the TC900 with a computing power of less than 100 billion Cycles per second. I'll charge you a friendly price. Just pay 100,000 yuan for the electricity every day. This price shouldn't be expensive, right?"
"It's not expensive, not expensive!"
Tan Ruisong shook his head. This was simply too cheap!
"But the computing power of the TC9000 is too low. It can only run 15 engines at the same time. There's still a certain degree of error between the simulation and reality.
So, I have a second option. That is to directly purchase a 'Supernova 1' supercomputer with a computing power of more than 100 billion Cycles per second. Its computing speed is 15 times that of the TC9000. At most, it can run more than 200 engines at the same time. The 'Virtual Factory 2.0' that is installed on it has a higher degree of simulation than reality, and the error is even smaller.
After you buy the supercomputer, you can use it however you want. You can even develop two or more types of engines at the same time. You can make your own arrangements. "
Tan Ruisong's eyes brightened. "How much does it cost to buy the supercomputer from your company?"
"One billion."
Chen Jin said, "This price is absolutely cheap. My dad specially instructed me not to earn your money. I'll only recover the hardware costs and software development costs."
His dad, Chen Gang, had indeed exhorted him to support the large domestic passenger plane project and reduce the cost of the project. In the future, there would be more sales of the C919. Chen Jin had also contributed to this … After thinking about it, Chen Jin agreed.
"I choose the second option!"
Tan Ruisong said without hesitation. It was indeed cheap! He had never heard of a supercomputer with a computing power of more than 100 billion Cycles per second. Not to mention, the value of the "Virtual Factory" technology was much higher than the supercomputer itself.
Thus, the cooperation was reached.
…
However.
Only one day had passed.
A group of soldiers in blue military uniforms arrived at Xing Hai Technologies.
Their leader was Yuan Lang, a tall and strong man with the rank of a major general. He was the military procurement representative of the Z Aviation Industry Group.
After receiving this group of people, Chen Jin was asked about the purpose of their visit.
Yuan Lang's first words shocked Chen Jin. "Uh, we want to buy three 'Supernova 1's. Err, the type that is installed with the Virtual Factory."
F * ck.
Chen Jin immediately wanted to curse. Tan Ruisong, that guy. It was bad enough that he took advantage of me, but he actually betrayed me and summoned his companions to take even greater advantage of me.
Shang Fa Corporation was a joint-stock company. The Z Aviation Industry Group held 40% of the shares and was the largest shareholder of Shang Fa Corporation. Tan Ruisong had just signed the procurement contract with Xing Hai Technologies yesterday. Today, the military representatives came over.
It was self-evident who was the one who leaked the secret.
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