Chapter 359: Robbing an EUV Lithography Machine? It's Not Entirely Out of the Question...
“Doo — Doo — Doo —”
In a sixteen-person conference room, Wu Shuang's phone rang.
During meetings, her phone would be set to silent, and only a select few could bypass the silent mode and make it ring.
Wu Shuang didn't hesitate at all and immediately interrupted the meeting to answer the call.
Seeing that the caller was Xu Meng, she got up at once and headed out of the conference room.
The others were used to it and calmly watched her leave, only hearing a sentence before she closed the door: “Server? It's already in the final stages, in three days…”
“It can be officially handed over in three days, is it needed urgently now?” Wu Shuang asked, puzzled, outside the conference room.
“I'm not talking about the large server center in Qianzhou.” Xu Meng shook his head. “I mean, I'm planning to build a new server center.”
“New one?” While speaking, Wu Shuang had already entered another small conference room, closing and locking the door.
She was very confused. “The current server center has already reserved enough space. If it's not enough, we can just build more. Why build a new one?”
The Zh Meng Qianzhou Large Server Center was built to the highest specifications and has very powerful performance.
Compared to the world's top cloud service providers, it's only smaller in scale — after all, the time has been too short to expand to their size, which takes time.
She hadn't heard of it.
But just hearing the name, she felt that this thing was very advanced!
“What is that?”
“Well, it's too troublesome to explain in detail, roughly it's… a particularly powerful server array.”
“How powerful?” Wu Shuang had no concept. “A supercomputer?”
Wu Shuang's answer exposed her lack of expertise in this area.
So Xu Meng didn't talk about any technical details, just simply saying: “Almost, but even more powerful than that.”
Xu Meng's overly bland answer made Wu Shuang feel a bit wasteful.
But she knew that she wasn't a professional, and she couldn't get anywhere talking to Xu Meng on the phone.
So she replied: “Don't worry, isn't the server center in Qianzhou about to be put into use? You can use that as a transition for now.”
“I'll find some experts in this area tomorrow and talk to you in person.”
“Okay.” Xu Meng nodded and said, “There's also something else, I plan to publicly release the Dream Weaver in a few days.”
“Dream Weaver?” Wu Shuang immediately felt a headache coming on.
Initially, in order to freely list and sell holographic display devices globally, Xu Meng took out the big weapon of the Dream Weaver.
But it wasn't clearly stated whether the Dream Weaver could be freely listed and sold on the market.
Now the Dream Weaver's super potential has been revealed, and several key departments have put it into use.
To ask her inner thoughts, she certainly hoped to keep it secret forever.
But Xu Meng's opinion must also be seriously considered.
She had no choice but to say: “Okay, I'll report to the higher-ups right away. Wait for my news.”
Xu Meng nodded and hung up the phone.
He didn't move and just slumped on the sofa, stroking Xiao Meng's head while browsing Meng Jin and social networks.
At the same time, he quietly waited for Wu Shuang's call.
He didn't wait long.
Just 8 minutes later, the phone rang again.
Xu Meng answered the phone, and Wu Shuang's hurried voice immediately rang in his ear: “Boss Xu! The photonic topological server array you mentioned earlier, is it a server array built based on the combination of silicon photonic chips and topological quantum materials?”
“Yes.” Xu Meng nodded, “Otherwise?”
Through the phone, Xu Meng could hear Wu Shuang taking a deep breath.
She tried hard to suppress her excited emotions, but she couldn't calm down at all: “You should have told me clearly how exaggerated this thing is!”
After ending the meeting, she immediately found technical personnel in the corresponding field to understand the server array that Xu Meng mentioned.
Her original intention was to understand how strong this new server was and how high the cost was, so that she could report to the leaders later with a clear purpose.
But the reaction of the technical personnel far exceeded her expectations —
Professor Fang, who was already 53 years old and usually had a serious and stern face, was stunned when she said the words [Photonic Topological Server Array].
The first sentence after reacting was: “Impossible!”
“Absolutely impossible!”
Wu Shuang blinked and asked why.
Professor Fang really understood the technology, starting from silicon photonic chips, to topological insulator material technology, to precious rare earth materials, the domestic semiconductor industry, processing technology, yield rate…
He spoke a lot about the difficulties, proving that his statement of “impossible” was by no means false.
Wu Shuang realized the difficulty of this matter.
But she didn't agree with Professor Fang's judgment.
— She felt that Professor Fang understood the technology, but didn't understand Xu Meng.
A person who has continuously created three scientific research miracles, why can't he create a fourth miracle?
Don't mention any academic background or technical field issues.
Xu Meng is not the first time he has created miracles across professional fields!
But she didn't refute Professor Fang's words, just asked: “If it can really be built, what will happen?”
“What will happen?” Professor Fang's voice unknowingly became high-pitched.
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“This thing can reconstruct human computing power civilization!”
“Cracking RSA-4096 encryption is as easy as taking something out of a bag!”
“Do you know what this means? The global financial system will usher in a systemic security crisis!”
“Also! The process of building a photonic topological server is the process of redefining the global semiconductor industry standards!”
“You should also understand how important it is to master and define standards.”
“This thing is definitely the technology closest to computing power monopoly!”
…
Professor Fang talked endlessly.
And “cracking encryption”, “shaking financial security”, “computing power monopoly”, “redefining semiconductor industry standards”…
These keywords caused a strong psychological impact on Wu Shuang.
Even more exaggerated than hearing about [Dream Weaver] for the first time!
— Dream Weaver is certainly very strong, but after all, it is not like this server array, which will have such a strong and direct impact on the economy and society!
—
“So, like the previous holographic display equipment and Dream Weaver, this time you also have specific ideas?” Wu Shuang asked on the phone.
“Yes.” Xu Meng nodded, “I have it, but I'm still lacking a bit of conditions.”
Wu Shuang took a deep breath.
“Just tell me! This time, the support you get is [unlimited]!”
“Unlimited?” Xu Meng was a little surprised to hear this.
“Then can we rob it?”
“Ah?” Wu Shuang hadn't thought of this.
Xu Meng said with a faint smile: “In a few days, Photonautix will ship the latest EUV lithography machine to the United States. How about we rob it? You let people bring holographic equipment, and I will provide full optical camouflage and digital obscuration. Let's cooperate and do something big!”
Wu Shuang was messed up by Xu Meng.
After a long time, she managed to say with difficulty: “In this case, I need to report and discuss it.”
Xu Meng nodded knowingly, probably understanding the upper limit of [unlimited support].
“Don't report it, I'm just kidding.”
Wu Shuang was even more confused.
“Silicon photonic chips are different from traditional electronic chips.” Xu Meng explained, “EUV lithography is not needed, DUV is enough, and these are available in China.”
Then, before Wu Shuang could speak, he said again: “Compared to the lithography machine, what is more critical now is: we must publicly release the Dream Weaver as soon as possible, and then gradually arrange the listing of the Dream Weaver.”
“? ? ? ” There were even more question marks on Wu Shuang's head.
What does the server have to do with the Dream Weaver?
You are simply taking advantage of the fire, right? ?
But even if Xu Meng was really taking advantage of the fire, she couldn't do anything about it, so she could only nod and agree: “Understood, if you want to make it public, then make it public.”
“Okay! Next, give me a few days to sort out my thoughts, write out the specific plan, and we'll talk more when we meet later.”
Xu Meng said, planning to hang up the phone.
Next, it's time to arrange a brand new course for Xiao Meng!
And the public release of the Dream Weaver also requires him to come forward in person. These things must be completed before April 1st.
But Wu Shuang stopped him: “Wait a minute!”
“What's wrong?” Xu Meng asked.
Wu Shuang asked seriously: “Are you sure that the latest EUV lithography machine is not needed?”
“If it's needed, don't worry, you must tell me.”
“If necessary… the action you mentioned earlier is not completely impossible.”
