Chapter 242 A Military Representative (1/2)
The virtual factory! t could make the impossible possible. The 7-nanometer, which was conquered by Zhongxin International within 8 months, was an example of its capabilities.
He Jin Long was more or less sold by the words of father and son. After all, the breakthrough achieved by Zhongxin International was an industrial legend. Even now, there were many who did not believe that it was real. They still insisted that it was an elaborate hoax… There were many related articles on the internet claiming that they had exposed the so-called hoax. For example, the famous anti-counterfeit activist, 'Fang Zhouzi,' had written an article titled ”Ten questions surrounding Zhongxin International's 7-nm chip.” The resulting impact of this article was huge. The price of Zhongxin International's stock fell steeply.
He Jin Long had read the article too and he had become extremely doubtful about the 7-nanometer chip. But the doubts that he had had all disappeared. He received an excellent answer to his questions. The amazing technology of the virtual factory could indeed create an industrial legend!
Chen Jin exhorted, ”President He, the technology of the virtual factory cannot be announced to the public yet. I hope that that you can help to keep it a secret. It's best that this technology is only known by a few.”
”Yes, I will keep my lips sealed!”
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The next day, at the commercial aircraft engine manufacturing company., the Chairman of Shangfa Corporation, Tan Ruisong, who was feeling the abrupt pressure by the West's recent ban on Leap X engines, had received a call from President He from Shang Fei Corporation yesterday.
”How is this possible?” Upon hearing of the virtual factory, his initial reaction was one of shock and disbelief. ”How can the simulation technology of a supercomputer be so powerful?”
He Jinlong had no choice but to provide an explanation. He also used Zhongxin International as an example. Tan Ruisong was very close to being sold on the idea. He said on the spot, ”I'll go to Xing Hai Technologies tomorrow to discuss a partnership with President Chen!”
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As Shangfa's headquarters was also located in Shang Hai, in the early morning, Tan Ruisong arrived at the lobby of Xing Hai Technologies headquarters. He managed to get a meeting with Chen Jin only after waiting for nearly two hours.
In the meeting room, sitting across from Chen Jin, Tan Ruisong asked impatiently, ”President Chen, is it true that the virtual factory technology from your company is able to simulate the development of physical objects?”
Chen Jin shook his head. ”You can't always believe what you hear, but what you see is always real. How about this, I can let you have a trial run of the TC9000 supercomputer. It's installed with the 'virtual factory 1.0 technology.' You can send over a group of engineers to assemble an engine in the virtual factory and see for yourself the extent of difference in the simulated environment and reality.”
”OK!”
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In the afternoon, a technical team composed of more than a hundred engine specialists was sent by Shangfa Corporation. The team entered the fourth development plant of Xing Hai Technologies. As the body of the engine was on the smaller side and the CAD industrial design blueprint could be imported into the virtual factory, the engine could be generated straightaway. The expert team assembled an engine in just a few hours.
On that very same night, they received the first batch of valuable data.
”This is really useful!”
”There is less than 0.1-kilonewton difference between the thrust generated by the simulated engine and what is generated in reality. The law of thrust changes basically remains the same.”
”By increasing the supply of fuel, the thrust is raised to around 148-kilonewtons… Eh, the engine interval surge issue actually appears here too. This indicates that our engine does have significant design flaws.”
”Continue to increase fuel supply and see how long it can run under extreme conditions?”
After about ten hours...
Boom!
In the virtual factory, the internal parts of the engine had overheated and subsequently been blown into bits. A specialist who had been monitoring the test data all night long with no sleep said, ”It's nearly the same. All the test results are virtually the same as what happened in reality.”
Everyone looked at each other. Then, the joy and excitement that they could not suppress burst out of them. There were even some who could not hold back their tears and started crying.
”We've suffered too many scoldings and have been the target of too much finger-pointing all these years.”