After Xiaofeng left, the laboratory became quiet for a while, with only the slight hum of instruments.
Zhao Qiang turned around, with a kind smile on his face, and said to Lin Zhiyue: "Comrade Xiaolin, Xiaofeng is a down-to-earth and reliable kid, and he works carefully. Don't worry, he will definitely be able to get the materials smoothly."
Lin Zhiyue nodded slightly, her eyes full of gratitude: "That's good, Grandpa Zhao, I feel much more at ease with your and Xiaofeng's help."
While waiting for the materials, Lin Zhiyue and Zhao Qiang began to discuss the preliminary plan for computer research.
Relying on his years of accumulated experience, Zhao Qiang often puts forward unique insights, while Lin Zhiyue combines her cutting-edge knowledge reserves to have lively discussions with Zhao Qiang.
The two of them talked back and forth, and sparks of thought collided in the air.
Before we knew it, time had passed.
Suddenly, there was a gentle knock on the laboratory door.
"Come in!" Lin Zhiyue responded.
Xiaofeng came in pushing a cart full of materials, with beads of sweat on his forehead and a few strands of hair wet with sweat and sticking to his cheeks, but his eyes revealed the pride of completing the task.
"Teacher, Comrade Lin, all the materials are ready! I checked them carefully three times, and the specifications and models are all correct."
As Xiaofeng spoke, he carefully moved the materials from the car and placed them neatly on the laboratory table.
Lin Zhiyue walked forward and carefully checked the materials, with a satisfied smile on her face: "Xiaofeng, thank you for your hard work and your efficiency! These materials are very important. With them, our research can officially start."
Xiaofeng scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "It's not hard. I'm very happy to be able to contribute to computer research."
Under Lin Zhiyue's command, Xiaofeng and Zhao Qiang assisted in sorting and placing the materials. Various silicon crystals and electronic components were arranged in order on the laboratory table, and professional testing instruments were also debugged to the best condition.
Everything was ready. Lin Zhiyue took a deep breath, her eyes full of determination and expectation for future scientific research. She looked at Zhao Qiang and Xiaofeng and said firmly: "Then let's get started. I believe that through our efforts, we will be able to overcome the difficulties in computer research!"
Zhao Qiang and Xiao Feng looked at each other and nodded heavily.
Lin Zhiyue tilted her head slightly, closed her eyes, and her brain was like a high-speed precision instrument, rapidly sorting out her thoughts.
It was 1976, and the domestic computer industry was still in its infancy, and the journey to independently develop computers had just begun.
She knew very well that the research direction must not be too advanced and divorced from current reality.
In this environment with limited technology and resources, everything must be done step by step.
Recalling the information about computers of this period that she had seen in various precious documents, those slightly rough design drawings and technical specifications that contained unlimited potential became clearer in her mind.
A feeling of helplessness flashed through her heart. It was not that she did not want to make a computer with excellent performance and far ahead of its time in one go, but the reality and the background of the times constrained the wings of her imagination.
Lin Zhiyue slowly opened his eyes, looked at his colleagues in the laboratory who were full of expectation and enthusiasm, cleared his throat, and began to explain in an orderly manner: "Everyone knows that what we are trying to overcome now is the computer research and development difficulties. Take the most basic display as an example. Its working principle is based on the electron gun emitting electron beams, which hit the screen coated with fluorescent material. By controlling the scanning path and intensity of the electron beam, different images and characters are displayed. The host is like the heart of the computer. It is responsible for processing and storing various data. It contains key components such as the arithmetic unit, controller, and memory. Through complex circuit connections and instruction systems, data calculation and processing are realized."
During the explanation, she sometimes picked up paper and pen to draw simple and easy-to-understand schematic diagrams on the blackboard, and sometimes used electronic components on the laboratory table to perform simulation demonstrations, striving to make every colleague understand clearly.
After everyone had basically mastered the principles, Lin Zhiyue began to assign tasks based on each person's professional background and areas of expertise: "Xiaofeng, you are experienced in electronic circuits, so the circuit design inside the host will be handed over to you. Focus on optimizing the circuit layout of the arithmetic unit and controller to increase data processing speed. Grandpa Zhao, you have profound attainments in material research. Please lead the team to screen and improve silicon crystal materials suitable for chip production to improve chip performance. And Engineer Wang, you have a lot of experience in display technology, so the image optimization and display effect debugging of the display will depend on you."
After receiving the order, everyone quickly dispersed and went to their own research posts.
The laboratory suddenly became busy, with the sounds of discussion and instruments running intertwined. A scientific research battle without the smoke of gunpowder officially began, and everyone went all out to achieve the goal of independently developing computers.
As everyone got busy, Lin Zhiyue did not slack off at all. She shuttled between various work areas, occasionally stopping to look at Xiaofeng's circuit design sketches and pointing out some potential optimization directions;
Sometimes he would come to Zhao Qiang's team to discuss with them the details of improving silicon crystal materials and put forward new ideas he had obtained from the literature.
In the display research area, Engineer Wang was repeatedly debugging parameters on the simulated display screen with a frown on his face.
Lin Zhiyue walked forward, looked at the flickering image on the screen, thought for a moment and said, "Engineer Wang, maybe we can try to adjust the emission frequency of the electron gun, maybe we can improve the stability of the image."
Engineer Wang's eyes lit up and he immediately started to operate. After some tests, the image became more stable and clear.
Engineer Wang raised his head excitedly: "Comrade Lin, your idea is brilliant!"
Lin Zhiyue smiled and waved her hand: "Let's work together and try different methods, and we will always find the best solution."
However, the research journey is not always smooth.
A few days later, Xiaofeng encountered a thorny problem in circuit design - the signal transmission between the operator and the controller was often delayed, seriously affecting the data processing efficiency.
He found Lin Zhiyue with an anxious look on his face and said, "Comrade Lin, I have tried several methods to solve this problem but none of them worked. Can you help me?"
Lin Zhiyue carefully looked over the design drawings and experimental data and fell into deep thought.
She recalled a paper she had read on signal transmission optimization, and an idea suddenly came to her mind. She proposed adding a special buffer circuit to the circuit to adjust the signal transmission speed.
Xiaofeng modified the design according to her suggestion with some doubts. When testing it again, the signal delay problem was miraculously improved.
Xiaofeng jumped up excitedly: "Comrade Lin, thank you so much! You are really our think tank!"
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