As for memory, that's easy. Just explain the requirements to the Samsung branch and get a batch of high-capacity memory.

Currently, the maximum capacity of a single memory chip is 128KB. Similar to making memory modules, these chips are connected in parallel to increase the capacity. A single chip can be made into a 4MB memory module; add more as needed.

At worst, we can ask the software developers to work on it and compile a large-capacity driver.

Xing Baohua made it sound so easy when he said these things to Chen Shuoyue, but in reality, the process was quite difficult.

With more memory, the motherboard needs to support it, and more memory slots need to be designed, just like computers in the 80s and 90s, such as 286 and 386. When you opened the case, you would see the motherboard filled with all kinds of memory sticks.

The prevailing technological philosophy of this era is: if hardware is insufficient, expand. Continue expanding until the demand is met.

It's similar to the server concept. You just plug in memory and hard drives whenever you want.

As Xing Baohua was about to leave the optics lab, he suddenly remembered something and asked Chen Shuoyue, "Have you considered image stabilization inside the camera?"

Chen Shuoyue thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I haven't thought about it!"

"At high speeds, blurring occurs when taking photos, leaving no time for you to focus. Therefore, a stabilizer needs to be built inside the camera," Xing Baohua reminded.

"What you said reminds me of an academic report from within Nikon, where they first proposed the concept of a stabilizer in mechanical SLR cameras, which is to add a miniature gyroscope to the camera."

I don't know if it was successful or what the results were, but judging from the high-end film cameras currently on the market, they don't have an added stabilization system; instead, they use external stabilizers, such as tripods, monopods, or Steadicam stabilizers.

"Here's what you'd like to do: call China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and ask them if the space camera needs a stabilizer and how to add one."

"Then I'll ask." With that, Chen Shuoyue took out her phone and dialed the number.

Because of the close cooperation with AVIC, they often have questions about various aspects of the project and require our cooperation. We communicate frequently by phone, sometimes making many calls a day.

Shortly after, Chen Shuoyue finished communicating and reported to Xing Baohua, saying that a stabilization system had to be added. The mechanism inside was very simple: a mechanical gyroscope.

So here's the question: In a fully digital camera, if you add a mechanical gyroscope, how do you use the mechanical gyroscope to convert signals and send them to the processor?

Xing Baohua was too lazy to think about how to convert it. He would rather spend that time developing an electronic gyroscope, since he would need it in the future anyway.

Therefore, launching a satellite this time was the right thing to do, because many technologies are born out of necessity, which further illustrates that many advanced technologies are used in the military and are only transferred to civilian use after they have been used to the military.

Although Nikon's database was emptied, many of the technologies were completely useless when applied to satellite cameras.

Civilian technology and ultra-advanced technology are completely different concepts in two different regions. Xing Baohua can only explore and move forward now. Fortunately, AVIC can provide some technical support.

If this satellite digital camera project is successful, it's estimated that AVIC will place orders with them in the future.

They don't want just a meter or two; they want it to be as big as possible. It seems the former Soviet Union built one with a diameter of six meters.

Although lens size is related to clarity, look at Hubble, its diameter is only two or three meters.

The advent of digital cameras has saved on costs. Mechanical cameras require recycling technology, which costs money! Moreover, their lifespan is quite short once they are sent into space.

Once the film inside is used up, it needs to be recycled. If digital cameras existed, the satellite's lifespan wouldn't be as short as ten or twenty days; it could stay on the satellite for years until it runs out of fuel for orbital maneuvers.

But electronic gyroscopes are another troublesome issue.