What can give you a headache is a bunch of numbers, but what can give you comfort is also a bunch of numbers.
No one knows the tedium behind these numbers, but Xing Baohua's team finds joy in them.
Xing Baohua has created the initial Super Dragon framework. At first glance, it looks like an upgraded version of Loongson, since it contains an ARM core. However, upon closer inspection, it is different from the initial Loongson.
Zhang Dongshuo was quite surprised when he received the framework structure diagram. It was done so quickly, but after looking at it carefully, he couldn't help but sigh and say, "It looks good but is useless."
Xing Baohua nodded in agreement, saying that only experts could see the essence of the core.
No matter how powerful a mobile chip is, or how many nanometers it is, it can't compare to a complex CPU. The architectures are completely different; there's no way to compare them.
Several Xiaomi models have had issues with their chips. A machine designed for high performance, can it truly live up to the "high performance" label if it doesn't actually deliver?
To be honest, Xiaomi's flagship phones all use the latest cutting-edge chips. Their performance is undeniable, but their overall combination is somewhat lacking.
The specifications of mobile phone chips have been touted by the media as incredibly powerful: 14 nanometers, 7 nanometers? Come on, let's try overclocking it. If it doesn't operate at low temperatures, it'll change its name.
Overclocking at room temperature, haha, you could fry an egg, but it would turn into a Barbie Q before it was even cooked.
The 64-bit SuperDragon looks impressive, but it's really just that simple; it only expands the processing capabilities. If you were to use this chip to calculate data… wouldn't you burn yourself out?
Zhang Dongshuo didn't dare to ask any questions. He took the structural diagram given to him by Xing Baohua and returned to his office to prepare for refining the details.
It involves arranging the transistors inside and adding some combined functions.
Afterwards, Xing Baohua called Xiao Tian over, and the two discussed creating a system based on Mount Everest, removing the cumbersome functions and making it simple and straightforward.
Enhance the computing unit. When the device is powered on, it should ideally enter the system within seconds without needing to retrieve hardware information, and immediately begin working with the software.
It is necessary to achieve a basic handover with the roadbed.
When the FAST telescope is taxiing on the runway, it needs to enter working mode. Once it's in the air, it takes over the work from the ground-based system. If it's at sea, then the sea-based system works in conjunction with the FAST telescope.
The FAST telescope is designed to search an area of approximately 400 kilometers in all directions, reaching a minimum depth of 8 meters above sea level.
Even if the enemy tries to fly at extremely low altitudes, they can't escape the Sky Eye's detection.
It also needs to analyze more than 200 moving targets and include features like target locking and tracking. While this is indeed challenging to achieve with just a chip, there are also the system and software components.
In this process, the software also needs to assist the chip, undertaking more than 30% of the computing functions. In the past, Xing Baohua would have Xiao Tian shrink, simplify, and optimize the software until it was the size of a sesame seed, just enough for a human to use. This time, he was given free rein to design it.
Regardless of size, all calculation functions will be fully covered. Someone will assist Xiaotian in completing this task, including the calculation functions and the formulas for trajectory changes.
Back then, Xing Baohua was incredibly impressed by the mathematicians he met in the capital!
After discussing with Xiao Tian, Xing Baohua began designing the motherboard.
This thing is different from a computer motherboard, and its purpose is different too. Given the poor performance of mobile chips, will it burn out? When will it burn out? These are all unknowns.
Forget about craftsmanship and aesthetics; just be simple and straightforward. No matter how beautiful it is, nobody will appreciate it. This thing is meant to be used and consumed.
To be on the safe side, Xing Baohua designed the motherboard with four CPUs, meaning that four chips would be embedded on one motherboard.
It's not that we're worried about insufficient computing power and trying to compensate with quantity; it's that we're afraid of them burning out and failing at crucial moments. If one chip burns out, it doesn't affect usage and can continue working. But if all four burn out, we'll have to replace the entire motherboard.
Replacing the motherboard still takes time. It's fine for routine patrols, searching for targets, or doing exercises, but what about in a critical moment?
A major accident could occur during the motherboard replacement process. The Sky Eye is not only used as eyes, but also as an aerial command center. All combat units, whether flying, running, or swimming in the sea, are initially commanded by it.
So Xing Baohua had a sudden inspiration to design the motherboard to be larger and give it a hot-swappable mode for the four CPUs.
Use modular design to replace damaged chips and other module groups.
If one chip burns out and a fault alarm is issued, the damaged chip can be replaced while the other chips are working, without interrupting power, thus achieving a cycle of use without delaying the process and ensuring perfect execution of computing power.
That's not even the best option; we also need a spare motherboard. And this spare motherboard must operate in an interference-free environment.
It's essentially a system where one side is visible and the other is not. The visible motherboard operates normally, but it's vulnerable to electronic interference during wartime, which could cause it to shut down. In such cases, the interference-resistant motherboard will automatically start up and begin working.
There is a technical problem that Xing Baohua cannot solve: even when working in an anti-interference environment, the motherboard itself is already being interfered with.
Calculating the ball is beyond his knowledge. He can design the motherboard, and as for the anti-interference environment, there are so many experts and academicians who can easily do it with a little thought, which is much better than Xing Baohua's endless pondering.
The modularization of memory and hard drive refers to a different concept from that of a computer's internal hard drive.
Besides the operating system, the motherboard hard drive is mainly for software; data exchange can only be handled by the hard drive enclosure.
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