Chapter 1207: Chapter 1101: A missed opportunity will not co again!_1 Chapter 1207: Chapter 1101: A missed opportunity will not co again!_1 “That quickly??”
Lincoln was extrely surprised.
In the middle of last month, he had just handed over the foundational technology of the carbon-based chip to Henry.
Although it was a systematic technology and relatively well developed, it was expected that breakthroughs would occur, but in just over a month…
This was a bit too fast!
“Yes, it has been successful.” Henry said with absolute certainty.
Lincoln didn’t care about any other arrangents.
He called Yue Pengju and they headed off to et up with Henry, who then led them to the chip research base.
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For Lincoln, of course, there was no need for any confidential asures.
But poor Pengju, before entering the base, was pulled aside to sign a thick stack of confidentiality agreents.
When he returned, he was green-faced.
From the outside, there was nothing about the base that suggested it was a place for chip research.
Not even a sign at the gate.
“In the interest of urgency, this place was made available on a temporary basis.
Fortunately, the space is large enough and the security is sufficient, so we placed the research and developnt base here.”
Lincoln nodded, refraining from expressing any opinion.
He wasn’t a specialist in the field, and he didn’t work here, so it was best to listen quietly.
After they changed cars inside the base, Lincoln watched in disbelief as the car circled around the nurous unremarkable office buildings and turned into the entrance of the parking lot.
But beneath it was not a parking lot at all.
This was the real entrance to the research base!
After that was a series of doors and verification…
Lincoln couldn’t help but question: Was the production environnt of his consciousness chip too relaxed?
The consciousness chip was far more advanced than the chips currently produced in this base, but the security asures were much less.
Maybe when he got back, he should increase the security asures a few more layers?
This sentint of Lincoln’s reached its peak after he saw the product of the chip research base-
“What did you just say this thing’s process is?” Lincoln looked at the “massive” chip in his hand, asking loudly.
“130nm.” confird Henry, “A major breakthrough!”
“???” Lincoln was very confused, “130nm…
I know the breakthrough from nothing to sothing of the graphene chip is very important, but this thing…
is it really useful?”
The joy didn’t leave Henry’s face: “The data you provided was very solid.
130nm was just a practical attempt, the new generation 79nm graphene chip is also in preparation.
If all goes well, we will see the finished product next week!”
“79nm…
what can it be used for?
A calculator?” Lincoln was still a little confused, “Even if it’s made into a calculator, the cost would be much higher than traditional silicon-based chips, right?”
Henry waved his hand: “The cost is not an issue.”
“Normally, the cost of developnt would be extrely high.
As soon as a product is produced, it needs to be put into use as soon as possible, and it is usually digested through governnt procurent.”
“But not now!”
“The data you provided was so complete that we skipped the most difficult ‘trial and error’ phase, sharply reducing research and developnt costs, plus the acceleration effect of the [Focus Headband], the cost is fully bearable.”
“Up next, until we hit a bottleneck, this base will ignore the issues of application and cost, and continue pushing for more advanced graphene chip fabrication processes!”
Lincoln: “Oh.”
Henry was very excited, when had they ever been so well-off?
But Lincoln was very calm.
Except for when he first ti travelled and had to scrape by for a few thousand, he hadn’t been troubled by money since, so naturally he couldn’t understand Henry’s feelings.
His reaction left Henry and the other three professors sowhat speechless.
But then they rembered that Lincoln was truly different from them.
Not to ntion that he had more money than he could spend, if he ever wanted to apply for research funding, he could easily obtain almost unlimited funding…
Upon this realization, resentnt surged within these individuals whose lives essentially revolved around scientific research.
It took a good while for Henry to adjust his mindset.
Pulling Lincoln aside, he asked in a hushed voice, “You ntioned before that the widespread utilization of hibernation technology depends on the breakthrough in graphene chips.
Even though we have just taken the first step towards this breakthrough, could you shed so light on the extent of progress necessary before we could call it usable?”
Ah, that issue.
Lincoln understood now.
“At present, we still don’t have a precise understanding of how much computing power a graphene chip can muster as its manufacturing process becos more advanced.
But if I were to estimate, we would probably need a chip size of about 14nm.”
“14nm…” Henry murmured to himself.
Seeing his friend distressed, Lincoln sighed and asked, “Why, are there more of you in desperate need of hibernation?”
“A few very aged ritorious academicians,” Henry replied without hesitation.
“?” Lincoln gave him a puzzled look, “I did ntion before, right?
Hibernation is only applicable in stalling incurable diseases, leaving hope for the future.
It would have minimal effects on those who are at the end of their natural lives.”
Henry looked down silently, avoiding Lincoln’s scrutinizing gaze.
After a long while, he reluctantly stated, “At the very least, it significantly reduces bodily exhaustion.
Any additional days that they can live are always a bonus.”
Lincoln was in a bind.
A big part of why he had refrained from announcing explicitly was to prevent the [Consciousness Chip] from becoming a tool used by the nobles to pursue eternal life, and potentially even everlasting rule.
Though hibernation may not lead to such an end, forcefully extending human life is already an alarming on.
Thus far it’s only academicians and scholars.
But what about the future?
He has to proceed with caution.
But before he could even speak, Henry pulled out a bunch of docunts from his bag and handed them to Lincoln.
These were extrely classified files that might not even be declassified upon the death of their owner, detailing the birth and developnt of several significant weapons that have driven Daxia from a state of decline to power.
Lincoln patiently flipped through the docunts, reading about the individuals, unknown to the world, who had made these brilliant contributions.
—None of them were as shocking as nuclear weapons, but they were equally indispensable and have played incredibly important roles in their respective fields.
Henry sat quietly, watching Lincoln thumb through the docunts.
Twenty minutes later, Lincoln closed the file and asked an unexpected question, “There should be many more people like this, right?”
“What?” Henry was caught off guard.
“What I an is, Daxia didn’t recover from such a state of decline solely based on the contributions of academicians.
There must have been a lot of others as well, right?”
“Of course!” Henry stated confidently.
“Many of them are elderly as well?”
“At least a thousand of them are over 90!” He was so sure because there were more than this number of war veterans recorded in the registry, not to ntion the substantial number of centenarian veterans.
There were definitely more, albeit not within his sphere of knowledge.
These veterans had no sickness or accidents; their only problem was old age.
Still, according to Lincoln, the hibernation technology only provides limited extension to one’s life once they reach the end of their lifespan.
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For these veterans, facing death was not sothing to be fearful of, as they had no unfinished business to take care of.
Thus, nobody suggested bringing them to Xiajing City for hibernation to fight for a little more ti in their lives.
Arguing for these academicians was because they had spent the majority of their lives conducting scientific research in anonymity, far away from ho.
Daxia owed them a lot, hence the desire to compensate them as much as possible.
Moreover, they indeed had unfinished matters – many of them were still working even at such an old age.
Extending their lives would certainly add extra value.
Lincoln didn’t respond imdiately, though he was already leaning towards agreent in his heart.
More than just agreent, he also wanted to keep all of these people.
He even considered the idea of letting them “reincarnate” in the virtual world, giving them a second life!
In all senses, these people represent the most precious part of Daxia!
The existence of similar people in the future was still questionable – in fact, it was highly likely that once a chance was missed, it would be irreplaceable; once a life was lost, it would be one less.
If he was genuinely planning to create a “second world”, a “paradise after death”, or an “electronic underworld”, then the first batch of residents couldn’t have a better selection than these people!
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