Chapter 505: Fuxi Chip Progress, the Country Promotes IPv6 Internet Protocol
"In front is the R&D building of our Longxing Group. Although it is not as good as the Imperial Academy of Dragon Sciences, it is still small but has all the internal organs." Chen Xing walked in the front and introduced to the team of academicians of the Imperial Academy of Dragon Sciences.
Looking at the U-shaped building with exquisite structure and standing majestically at the Longxing base, many academicians were amazed.
"So high!"
"This building must cover an area of over 10,000 square meters on a single floor, right? It has more than ten or twenty floors. Mr. Chen is so humble."
"It is indeed modest. At first glance, I thought it was a New York Commercial Building!"
"As for the experimental building, I feel that our Longxing Academy needs to invest money to improve it. They are all three or four-story small flat buildings from decades ago. You have to run back and forth to do an experiment. It is better to learn from the Longxing Group. One building is enough.”
"Well said."
Listening to the sentiments of academician friends, Qu Cheng also echoed: "I have long proposed to rebuild the R&D base of Longke Academy, but Dean Qin just is not willing to give up the money."
"I mentioned it too, but when he said money should be spent wisely, he was really a tough guy." Liu Dongsheng also complained.
"I don't think it's about money. Dean Qin is probably afraid that reconstruction will delay the progress of the project. After all, reconstruction is not a trivial matter. It can be as fast as half a year, or as slow as two or three years." Chen Xing said good things to Qin Long as he walked. .
"Haha, maybe that's true."
"Then it seems that we wrongly blamed Dean Qin, and Mr. Chen must see clearly."
"As expected of Mr. Chen."
The academicians did not argue, but followed Chen Xing's words. They simply complained, not that they had to argue whether Qin Long was stingy or not.
Moreover, those who speak ill of others behind their backs are still their "immediate bosses". If they find out, they will always suffer, and the project funds may be cut off.
While everyone was chatting casually, they also came to the fountain square of the R&D building.
Before Chen Xing and others reached the main entrance, Gao Zhengqian, Pei Hui, Jiang Ce and other main leaders of the ternary R&D team who were waiting in front of the R&D building stepped forward to greet them.
"President."
"Good afternoon, President."
"Yeah." Chen Xing nodded, then turned to the side and introduced: "I won't introduce academicians Qu Cheng and Liu Dongsheng in too much. Everyone knows them. As for these few, they are Wang Jie in the field of semiconductor chips. Academician, Academician Xu Weiguo in the field of computer science..."
"Hello, Academician Wang Jie, I am Gao Zhengqian, chief of the chip team of Longxing Group."
"Hello, hello, I didn't expect you to be Chief Gao. You are too young. Qu Cheng often mentions you in my ears."
"I have heard about Academician Zhang Manman's name for a long time. I am engaged in chip lithography. My name is Lin Tian, the forest of the woods, the lawless sky."
"I've heard people mention Chief Lin a long time ago. He really has an extraordinary personality."
"Hello, Academician Xu Weiguo, my name is Jiang Ce and I am a programmer."
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The two groups of people shook hands and said hello to each other. After a brief familiarization, Qu Cheng on the side couldn't hold it any longer. He looked at Gao Zhengqian and asked, "By the way, Chief Gao, I have a question to ask you. I don't know if it's convenient." ”
"Please tell me."
Gao Zhengqian smiled lightly.
The moment Qu Cheng opened his mouth, the surrounding air suddenly became quiet, as if the mute button had been pressed.
Liu Dongsheng, Wang Jie, Jiang Ce, Lin Tian, and Chen Xing all set their sights on Qu Cheng and Gao Zhengqian.
This seemed to be an academic exchange, but in fact they came with a mission.
As long as the ternary project can be realized and have far-reaching impact, then the Dragon Academy of Science and Technology will mobilize to work together to get it out.
Because during the listing speech, Chen Xing once proposed a ternary computer.
Anyone who has been a programmer knows that an ordinary patch update requires weeks of coding, and bugs may occur, requiring continuous optimization.
Ordinary system patching and building a brand new digital system are not at the same level of effort, just like the difference between a stream at home and the vast ocean.
It was with this in mind that Qin Long and Wang Shan decided to take advantage of the opportunity of academic exchange to have a group of academicians come over first to see if there was anything they could do to help.
"That's it." Qu Cheng calmed down his thoughts and continued: "Chief Gao, we are colleagues in chip design. Logically speaking, we cannot design nanoscale chips without suitable EDA chip design software. After all, It is impossible to draw logic circuits by hand."
"What I want to ask is, how do you design the logic circuit of a ternary chip without ternary EDA chip design software?"
As we all know, the number of transistors in a chip is measured in hundreds of millions. Take the 5-nanometer Huaxia chip as an example. Its number of transistors is as high as 30 billion.
What does 30 billion transistors mean?
At full power, it can provide 15 billion 1s and 15 billion 0s every 0.1 seconds, forming the basic logical unit of computing power.
Due to the technical blockade of the three major EDA chip design software giants, Synopsys, Cadence, and Mentor, Longxing Group has always used the internal EDA chip design software of Longxing Academy.
The EDA chip design software within Longke Academy is binary, and there is no way to conduct circuit logic testing on ternary chips.
If you insist on using binary EDA chip design software to design ternary chips, it's not impossible, but it is almost like walking blindfolded. You have no way to judge whether you are walking in a straight line and what the road conditions are like.
First there is ternary EDA chip design software, then there is ternary chip, this is Qu Cheng's personal understanding.
If Qu Cheng is right, then the question is again, running ternary EDA chip design software requires a ternary computer, does Longxing Group really have this condition?
Judging from various factors, ternary chips may still be in the theoretical stage, which is what Qu Cheng wants to verify.
Gao Zhengqian listened to Qu Cheng's question, thought about it for a while, and responded: "Yes, it does require ternary EDA chip design software, and it must be paired with a ternary computer. At present, the logic circuit of "Fuxi Chip" has not been officially built."
The moment the voice fell, the academician of Longke Academy was disappointed, and the expectation in his eyes disappeared without a trace.
But think about it carefully, it is indeed impossible to enter the chip design stage so quickly. After all, this is a ternary chip, a brand new field.
"Alas, as expected!"
Qu Cheng sighed in his heart.
Although he also knew that the ternary chip was tied to too many things and it was impossible for all of them to become a reality at once, Gao Zhengqian was an omnipotent god in his heart. He had hope for Gao Zhengqian, but now that hope was shattered, he could only face the cruel reality.
Just as the academicians of the Long Academy of Sciences had a tacit understanding and different ideas, Gao Zhengqian suddenly changed the subject and said again: "Although the ternary logic circuit has not been officially built, the binary logic circuit has been completed for the most part."
"???"
"???"
"???"
Didn't you say that you were going to design a ternary chip?
Why is there a binary logic circuit again?
Is this a ternary chip or a binary chip?
Academicians in the field of semiconductor chips such as Qu Cheng, Liu Dongsheng, and Wang Jie were collectively confused. They only felt that their "CPU" was a little overloaded.
Since there was no reference literature for ternary chips and it was a smart chip in a new field, they really didn't understand it.
Looking at the confused academicians, Gao Zhengqian smiled calmly and explained: "The logic circuit of the ternary chip is not obscure. It only has one more negative logic circuit than the binary logic circuit, which means that a transistor is needed to express negative logic."
"That is to say, the ternary system is based on the 1 and 0 transistors, and then adds a transistor to express negative numbers."
Gao Zhengqian took a breath and continued to explain: "As we all know, using EDA tools to design chips is like building blocks. Without the auxiliary verification of ternary EDA software, we can first design the relevant circuit components and materials, and then start to build the 1 and 0 parts. When the ternary EDA software tools are put into use, we can complete the negative part."
"To put it simply, build a rough house first, and then slowly renovate it until you are satisfied."
"Pa pa pa——"
When Gao Zhengqian finished speaking, Qu Cheng couldn't help but applaud him.
Build a rough house first, and then do fine decoration. This set of things is actually applicable to chip design. This is something he had never thought of.
"Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years. Chief Gao is indeed the expert that Academician Qu Cheng often mentions. He is so knowledgeable."
"We have been building blocks for so long, but we have never thought of this way of building. Chief Gao is amazing!"
"A great man who hides himself in the city is amazing!"
"Then Chief Gao, how are your electronic components and materials? Is there anything you need our help with?"
"Yes, yes, yes, if you need us, just let us know, and we can also learn in depth."
An expert knows whether there is anything or not as soon as he makes a move. A simple conversation made this group of academicians of the Longke Academy deeply understand that there is always a sky beyond the sky.
According to their fixed thinking, eggs come first and then chickens are hatched, that is, EDA chip design software comes first, and then the chip logic circuit is designed. This is basically the consensus of the industry.
But Gao Zhengqian's words broke their stereotyped thinking.
Why can only eggs come first and then chickens are hatched, and other species are not allowed to evolve and mutate, and live birth becomes oviparous?
Listening to the final statement of the academicians, Gao Zhengqian looked at Chen Xing and asked for his opinion.
Chen Xing nodded slightly and responded.
He still trusted the academicians of Longke Academy, and Qin Long's meaning was very clear. It seemed that he wanted the academicians to exchange and learn, but in fact he wanted to accelerate the incubation of the ternary project.
Moreover, the second-generation Beidou chip has been mass-produced, and the third-generation Beidou chip is not in a hurry to start the project. The semiconductor chip academicians of Longke Academy also have a lot of free time.
In previous years, during the project window period, they often went to colleges to give lectures or participate in academic forums.
But now, it seems that there are more urgent, more important, and more interesting things to do than the third-generation Beidou chip.
With Chen Xing's permission, Gao Zhengqian also made a gesture of invitation and said, "Since all the academicians are interested, let's go up and talk in detail."
"Okay, then excuse me."
"Without further delay, let's go up and take a look. I am really interested in the ternary chip project."
"Me too."
"Excuse me, Chief Gao."
Gao Zhengqian moved aside and gestured for Chen Xing and the academicians of Longke Academy to go first.
At this time, Xu Weiguo, an academician in the field of computer science, spoke up.
"I don't know much about chips, so I won't go. Chief Jiang, can you let me see our ternary computer?"
"The code is not finished yet..."
Jiang Ce politely declined.
Rebuilding the number system is a huge project. Even if they have used AI tools to write it, they have only completed about 30%. There is no point in visiting now because it is still a string of codes.
Seeing this, Xu Weiguo did not hide his true thoughts and said: "Actually, I came to our Longxing Group this time with a mission. I just want to ask Chief Jiang and General Manager Chen whether the ternary computer can support the IPv6 Internet Protocol."
"IPv6?"
Jiang Ce looked at Chen Xing. He seemed to remember that this project was handed over to other teams, and he was not an expert in this area.
"There is a layout in this regard."
Chen Xing gave an accurate response.
Since Longxing Group wants to do ternary system, it is natural to carry it through to the end.
Perhaps many people do not understand what the IPv6 Internet Protocol is, let alone what IPv is.
The so-called IPv Internet Protocol is like a house number. With this house number, you can go online and the data can accurately find the target device on the network.
This is like when you shop online, if you don't enter the delivery address, how can the merchant deliver the goods to you? You can't just guess it, so you need the delivery address to shop online.
The current mainstream is IPv4, the full name is Internet Protocol version 4, that is, the fourth version of the Internet Communication Protocol.
The IPv4 Internet Protocol was proposed by the IETF Internet Engineering Task Force in September 1981. It was described in RFC 791 released at that time. It replaced the previous version of RFC 760 and will use 32-bit 4-byte addresses. Theoretically, the number of addressable nodes is 2^32, which is about 4.295 billion.
However, since some addresses are reserved for specific purposes, such as private networks and multicast addresses, the actual number of addressable nodes is about 3.8 billion.
With the rise of the Internet, at the 2011 "Internet Addressable Node Conference", 3.8 billion IP addresses have been allocated, and they are shared globally and cannot be repeated. Longguo has allocated a total of 300 million IP addresses.
With a population of more than one billion, there are only 300 million IP addresses, which is obviously not enough, especially with the rise of online shopping after 2012, the demand for IP addresses has skyrocketed.
It is obviously impossible to have one IP address per person, and the shortage problem can only be temporarily alleviated through technical means such as CIDR classless inter-domain routing and NAT network address translation.
Compared with the shortage of IP addresses in IPv4, IPv6 can solve it perfectly.
Because it uses 128-bit addresses, it can theoretically provide more than 3.4×10^38 IP addresses, which is enough to support the networking needs of all devices worldwide.
To put it bluntly, it is basically infinite, and a dog passing by can be assigned a dedicated IP address!
In recent years, Longguo and APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center member countries have continuously proposed to ICANN Number Assignment Agency and RIRs Regional Internet Registry Management Agency to update the IPv4 Internet Protocol to the IPv6 Internet Protocol, but they have been repeatedly perfunctory.
There is a saying that scarce resources are valuable.
Upgrade IPv6?
What about the beneficiary countries of IPv4?
As the leading country in the Internet Protocol, the West not only holds a large number of IP addresses, but also sells a batch of IP addresses to other countries every year to make huge profits. It also holds 13 root servers.
If you successfully promote the IPv6 Internet Protocol, won't the interests of the vested interest countries be damaged?
Will they agree?
Obviously.
They won't agree.
In order to solve the problem of IP address shortage, Longguo and other countries in the same predicament have been promoting the IPv6 Internet Protocol, but there has not been much progress. Western countries insist on using the IPv4 Internet Protocol.
But with Chen Xing's proposal of the ternary computer, things have taken a different turn.
In the eyes of the top leaders, Longxing Group dared to reconstruct the computer's number system alone. Why can't such a big Longguo win over other countries that are also short of IP addresses to work together on the IPv6 Internet Protocol?
However, if you want to achieve IPv6 alone, it involves infrastructure construction, technical preparation, policy support and user popularization.
Let's talk about infrastructure construction first. If you want the IPv6 Internet protocol to be successfully implemented, you must upgrade the existing backbone network and metropolitan area network equipment to ensure that they support the IPv6 protocol.
This includes the replacement or software upgrade of core network equipment such as routers and switches.
In addition, the access network also needs to be transformed, such as the upgrade of access equipment such as optical modems and DSL modems, as well as the corresponding wiring transformation.
Only when these infrastructures are in place can home and corporate users access the IPv6 network.
Secondly, it is the upgrade of data centers and network architecture.
The servers and storage devices of data centers and cloud service providers must support IPv6 in order to provide IPv6 services to users.
As for the network architecture, it is necessary to build a data center network architecture that supports IPv6, including intranet and extranet connections, as well as security equipment such as load balancing and firewalls.
Of course.
There is also the most critical technical preparation.
1 is protocol stack support. If you want to implement IPv6, the operating system and devices must support the IPv6 protocol stack.
For example, mainstream operating systems such as Hongmeng, Tianxuan, Windows, and Linux, and hardware devices such as smartphones, tablets, and smart homes.
2 is application software, which encourages application software developers to update their products to support IPv6 network access and data transmission.
3 is transition technology. During the transition period from IPv4 to IPv6, dual stack and tunnel technologies can be used to achieve interconnection and interoperability between IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
Only by completing all the above, will IPv6 be able to replace the IPv4 Internet protocol, so that IP address resources will no longer be in short supply.
It is precisely because of the complexity and the fact that leading Western operating systems such as Windows, iOS, and Android do not support it that IPv6 has not been popularized for a long time.
But now, things have turned around.
iOS, Android, and Windows have all been gradually seized by the Tianxuan operating system. In terms of equipment, Apple mobile phones and Korean mobile phones have gradually lost market share.
Now Longxing Group is going to build a ternary computer, which means that the root servers will also have to be redistributed, and IPv6 can be popularized by taking advantage of this east wind.
This is also the purpose of Xu Weiguo's trip, which is to explore Chen Xing's tone.
Seeing that Chen Xing said there was a plan, he knew that things needed to be discussed.
"Then Mr. Chen said that ternary computers, Tianxuan operating systems, and future smart devices will support the IPv6 Internet protocol?" Xu Weiguo wanted to know the exact answer.
Although Qu Cheng, Liu Dongsheng and other chip academicians do not understand the IPv6 Internet protocol, they have heard about it and know that Longguo is in urgent need of IP addresses and has to spend a sum of money to purchase them every year.
"No wonder Xu Weiguo came with him. It turns out he has a mission."
Qu Cheng murmured to himself.
Chen Xing did not deny it and gave a definite answer: "As long as the country is determined to promote it, then I will definitely answer the call."
He has long wanted to take action on the Internet Protocol, but due to his weak background in the past, he could not express his position.
But things are different now. Today's Longxing Group needs operating systems and smart devices, and its market share is still far ahead in the world.
To put it bluntly, even if the country doesn't mention it, Chen Xing will mention it.
Because he is currently planning a smart home, and if it involves the smart field, he will definitely need to be connected to the Internet.
As long as you are connected to the Internet, you are at risk of being hacked.
The security of IPv4 depends on the website and application, and the protocol itself has no built-in security mechanism.
Generally, in order to improve security, it is usually necessary to add additional security layers to the network architecture, such as firewalls, IPSec, etc.
This is also the reason why many home surveillance images are leaked.
The IPv4 Internet protocol is no longer suitable for the current era. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as your mobile phone is connected to the Internet, there is already a risk of privacy leakage.
IPv6 is completely different. It was designed with security issues in mind, integrated Internet protocol security standards, and built-in IPSec protocol, providing a standards-based solution for network security, including data encryption and data integrity. Features such as sexual verification and end-to-end authentication.
Longguo and member countries of APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center have promoted the security of IPv6 in public more than once, but in the end they have all come to nothing and have been unable to promote popularization.
After hearing Chen Xing's statement, Xu Weiguo's face instantly filled with joy, he gave a thumbs up and said: "As expected of Mr. Chen, with your words, I can go back and do business."
"Academician Xu is not in a hurry to deliver. We cannot rely solely on Longxing Group to build the IPv6 Internet. Data protocols such as routers, switches, optical modems, DSL modems, and software applications all require in-depth study."
"What does Mr. Chen mean?"
"We have to reach an agreement with Kunpeng Company, Penguin Ali and other companies. After all, the industry has specializations, and they cannot be left out in building IPv6."
"Mr. Chen is right. Then I will explain the situation to Dean Qin Long later and then visit them one by one."
"No need to bother."
As soon as Xu Weiguo finished speaking, Chen Xing waved his hand and continued: "Now that the Internet is so developed, there is no need to run around. It is too inefficient. Move to my office and I will set up a video conference to listen to their ideas. "
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."
Xu Weiguo said gratefully.
"Mr. Qu, Mr. Liu, and all the academicians have also heard it. Academician Xu and I have a meeting to hold, so I need to excuse myself."
Chen Xing looked at the academicians around him and joked to himself: "But it doesn't seem to matter. After all, I am not engaged in scientific research, I don't know much about chips, and I can't have academic exchanges with you, so I won't bother you to discuss the three issues with Chief Gao. Made the chip."
"Well, Mr. Chen, you go ahead."
"Mr. Chen is joking, you are not academically engaged, but you know as much as we do."
"Let's talk about Mr. Chen later."
Academicians responded one after another.
With a smile on his lips, Chen Xing looked at Gao Zhengqian and said, "Then let's go first. Chief Gao needs to discuss ternary chips with the academicians and make progress together."
"I will, don't worry."
Gao Zhengqian nodded in response.