The End of Technology

Thirty million US dollars, two chips, a unit price of 15 million, which is already the highest in history. Price-wise, it's quite expensive.

But obviously the big guys' perspective on the problem is not so superficial, because from an intelligence perspective, these two chips can also be priceless, so someone quickly gave their opinion.

"So what are you waiting for? I hope to see these two chips as soon as possible. If everyone is not interested in these chips, the money can be paid by Intel alone. Of course, we will share the final report with the alliance .”

Pat Gelsinger, the wealthy president of Intel, gave his opinion directly.

Of course, Intel is definitely not the only one with deep pockets in the alliance. In fact, if it really has more money, Intel may not even be as good as Google. It's just that everyone's main business is different. However, it is normal for Intel to be more anxious than Google.

After all, Intel's heavy assets are concentrated in wafer fabs. As one of the few companies in the world with a complete industrial chain in chip design and manufacturing, Intel naturally pays more attention to new chip technology than Google.

Of course, it's not just Intel that's paying attention.

Representatives of Samsung Group, both IDM companies, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a well-known semiconductor foundry, also expressed their stance almost at the same time.

"Since the alliance is a whole, on behalf of Samsung, I hope to get these two chips in the name of the alliance."

"Yes, we should get this information as soon as possible."

Sundar Pichai, who had been silent after the explanation, said: "Okay, friends, I put this issue for discussion here, of course, not just because Mr. Mountbatten offered 30 million U.S. dollars. In fact, he There is one more condition.

If you decide to purchase these two chips at this price, then the CEOs, presidents, and chairmen of all companies in the alliance will need to publish a paragraph on the public network first advising the citizens of the company’s location to eat more vegetables and less meat, or even just The promotional video for eating vegetables instead of meat must contain a sentence saying goodbye to meat, eggs and milk, and live happily every day.

Moreover, the alliance must spend no less than 10 million US dollars or corresponding resources to conduct large-scale advertising promotion of all these videos on major social platforms and websites. Of course, if we promote it on Google, we can not charge this advertising fee and use it as a public service advertisement. Of course, the good news is that we should be able to make these videos cool down quickly after a short period of fermentation. "

When Sundar Pichai finished speaking, the video conference room suddenly became quiet.

Everyone finally understood the reason why Google did not directly acquire these two chips. It's not about money at all...

The big bosses of all the companies in the alliance have different personalities. Some like to appear in the media frequently, while others never like to appear in the spotlight and quietly work as bosses behind the scenes. Moreover, there are more than 50 companies in the alliance, and all CEOs and presidents are required to follow them. The chairman of the board specially records videos, which is somewhat excessive.

Everyone was silent. After a long time, Huang Wenhuang spoke up and said, "What does he mean? Is Mr. Mountbatten crazy?"

Sundar Pichai answered: "Nissan Mountbatten explained everything sincerely, don't take your anger out on him. Because he was also entrusted by others, and I think everyone knows who it is. He also said specifically , the attitude that person wanted to express was that it feels good to be able to teach others how to do things, he likes it very much, and hopes that we can get used to it."

This is probably shouting from a distance.

These words also caused another silence in the conference room.

The moods of all the big guys are probably extremely complicated.

I want to say something, but I don’t know what to say.

After a while, Huang Wenhuang said: "So what if we reject this deal?"

Sundar Pichai replied: "He said it doesn't matter. Anyway, there will be many opportunities in the future. I believe there will always be a chance for us to happily agree to this condition. Of course, Nissen Mountbatten repeatedly stated that this sentence was also said on behalf of that person. . In addition, the other party asked him to tell us that if we rejected this transaction, he would have a hundred ways to let the public know the truth before us. He felt that this was not a good idea.

The technological generation gap is not an easy thing to accept. Especially within the alliance, disagreements are likely to arise at this time. This needs to be considered individually. He very much welcomes companies that have needs for this technology to come to the University to discuss cooperation plans. I know that everyone doesn't want to hear this news on this occasion, but I feel that I need to say it now, because even if I don't say it, he will still have channels to let everyone know. "

Sundar Pichai spread his hands. This Indian-American understands business struggles.

Rather than letting someone contact each other privately, it would be better for everyone to spread the word, which might allow the alliance to exist longer.

After all, Google is different from other companies. It makes chips to lay out the future. It is not too heavy on asset layout. Not to mention that for now, Google's main revenue is still advertising, and the semiconductor field is still in the investment stage. The steering can be said to be very flexible, so Sundar Pichai hopes that the alliance can survive longer.

But for the EDA software providers in the alliance, equipment manufacturers in the upper reaches of the industry chain, as well as asset-heavy DMI companies such as Intel and Samsung, and asset-heavy and low-profit OEMs, they are probably the most urgent to understand the real situation. Then develop strategies accordingly.

The basis for the existence of the alliance is that everyone can have common long-term interests. The so-called unity can at least create a pie that everyone agrees with. When this pie no longer exists, the disintegration of the alliance is probably not far away.

There is nothing more to say.

As the first speaker in the alliance, Huang Wenhuang said simply after everyone was silent: "Then, let's start voting now. If you agree with this deal and get these two chips as soon as possible, please raise your hands."

He himself did not raise his hand, but it is obvious that his opinion does not represent the mainstream opinion within the league.

It's nothing more than a few words of advocacy in public. Although it feels a bit PUA, considering the importance of the intelligence of these two chips, it is not unacceptable to express some opinions publicly. Although not many of these big guys are true vegetarians, what does it have to do with them just calling on others to eat more vegetarian foods?

"Okay, then the money will be paid by the alliance. After getting the chip, members of the alliance can send their own scientists to study the two chips. The final report can be freely reviewed by the alliance. With that Nissen Mountbatten I’ll leave the contact to you, Mr. Pichai.”

Sundar Pichai nodded casually, of course he knew that Huang Wenhuang must not be satisfied with him.

After all, he didn't communicate with the so-called alliance talker in advance, but who cares?

Perhaps it proves that this chip technology can really represent the future. Whether this semiconductor alliance can still exist is a question.

"Okay, that's the end of today's meeting. But I believe we will be able to prove everything soon."

…

Just when the big guys reached a consensus, classmate Lu Xiaoya also made a choice.

"For the first question, choose 37!" Although Lu Xiaoya said it confidently, the answer was actually misleading.

There was no way. Even though Lu Xiaoya was very confident in solving quadratic equations, she wanted to ask why there was a K in the second equation question? She had never seen this type of problem before, and when she wanted to solve it, she just felt that she had no way to start.

So the first multiple-choice question is easier.

After all, it is about fifth grade elementary school, and among the three numbers 36, 37, and 38, 37 is obviously the most similar. Because if you choose 37, the first three are 33, 34, and 35, and the last three are 35, 37, and 39. Lu Xiaoya thinks it is very neat to see it this way. She even thinks that it can be seen at the level of a fifth grade primary school student. This pattern is already quite clever.

"Are you sure?" Ning Zi asked without any expression.

"Don't try to fool me in this way, making me think that I might be wrong, and then change the answer. It's 37, very...certain...and...certain!" Lu Xiaoya stared at Ning Zi and used the extension Yin answered, hoping to see the answer from Ning Zi's expression. If she saw this guy starting to feel proud, she planned to change her answer.

It's a pity that Ning Zi had no expression from beginning to end, no pride, no happiness, not even a trace of smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Very good, you... answered wrongly." Only then did Lu Xiaoya see the corners of Ning Zi's mouth finally rising.

"Wrong answer? How is it possible?" Lu Xiaoya said in surprise.

"In fact, the answer is wrong. If you don't believe it, you can contact a primary school teacher. If you don't have a friend who is a math teacher, you can also send this question to your mother and ask her to ask. This question The answer to the question should be 38. As I reminded you, this question tests the content of fifth grade primary school mathematics."

"38? Why? What is the content of the test?"

"Decompose prime factors. From 33 to 39, this sequence obviously satisfies monotonically increasing, so I won't go into that. So the answer can only be chosen among three numbers: 36, 37, and 38. Among them, 33 can be written as 3 times 11. 34 is 2 times 17, 35 is 5 times 7, and 39 is 3 times 13. Here, the four numbers 33, 34, 35, and 39 can and can only be written in the form of the product of two prime numbers, so they are all is a semi-prime number.

So now let’s look at the answer. 37 itself is a prime number, so it is eliminated first. Looking at 36, it can be written as 2X2X3X3, which is obviously not the product of two prime numbers, so it is not the correct answer. 38 can be written as 2 times 19. Obviously 2 and 19 are both prime numbers, so 38 is also a semi-prime number.

As long as you have clearly memorized the concepts of prime numbers, semi-prime numbers, and so on in the fifth grade of elementary school, you can solve this problem in 10 seconds. Of course, if you have memorized the minimum twenty and a half prime numbers in fifth grade, you will be able to get the correct answer in about one second. "

Lu Xiaoya, who was searching on her mobile phone and trying to prove that this was not elementary school content at all, was shattered.

Because it turned out that these seemed to be the contents of elementary school, and she actually saw similar questions on the elementary school exam questions, and she felt very complicated.

Classmate Lu Xiaoya couldn't accept the fact that she couldn't even solve elementary school math problems. Not to mention the results are so simple.

"As for the second question, the answer is k=-7/11, or the conditions are met on 7/19. Do you want me to help you write down the solution process?"

"No, I suspect you look down on my IQ." Lu Xiaoya said viciously.

This question made Ning Zi silent for a long time, and then he replied seriously: "Don't think so... If you must think so, you may not believe it. Dominic often said this during group meetings. Although I really don’t mean it, sometimes I look down on my own IQ. Okay, let’s not talk about it anymore.”

Ning Zi straightened his body, then looked at Classmate Lu seriously and said, "According to the bet we just made, you have to listen to me tonight. Let's go, leave your phone behind, and then go to your bedroom first."

"What do you want to do?" Lu Xiaoya looked at Ning Zi warily.

Ning Zi was slightly nervous, but still said seriously: "Today is the first lesson of mathematical analysis. I will teach you the definition of the set of real numbers."

"What is the definition of the set of real numbers? Then why can't you bring a mobile phone?"

"Mobile phones will affect teaching efficiency."

"Are you serious?"

"Of course, very seriously."

Finally, Lu Xiaoya quickly stood up and followed Ning Jue up the stairs honestly.

Two mobile phones were left in the living room...

"First, the set of real numbers refers to the set containing all rational and irrational numbers, usually represented by a capital letter R."

"Uh? R?"

"okay……"

"Well, what's good? Ah..."

(At the request of book friends, the 12,368 words of the complete teaching course are omitted below.)

…

When China finally fell silent, on the other side of the earth, suddenly a group of big guys in the semiconductor field began to speak out collectively.

The first person to appear on camera was the chairman of Ericsson, who does not often appear in the media.

“The global food system is facing numerous threats, and any unnatural response measures will have a devastating blow to the supply and consumer sides of the food system. The fundamental reason is that our diet consumes too much meat. resource.

Therefore, I suggest that European people should change their traditional dietary structure, consume more green vegetables, and replace animal protein with plant protein. This will not only be healthier, but also contribute to our environment. Say goodbye to meat, eggs and milk, and live happily every day. "

Later, Ericsson's president and CEO also echoed the chairman's statement in the media.

Then a promotional video featuring Intel President and CEO Pat Gelsinger also appeared on the Internet.

"Think about it carefully. If the creatures we eat have the ability to think, would they really want to be eaten by us? With a kind heart, maybe we can start by eating less steak every meal. After all, there is no consumption. No harm done. So please say goodbye to meat, egg and milk, and be happy every day."

Then there are the president and executives of Google.

"What many people don't know is that animal protein comes from consuming a lot of plant protein. In fact, plant protein is enough to meet daily needs. Maybe we can get rid of our dependence on animal protein. Yes, that's what scientists say. Say goodbye to meat and eggs. Milk, happiness every day..."

When more and more big figures familiar and unfamiliar to ordinary people appeared in front of the camera and said these things, the Internet finally boiled.

From Europe to the United States, to South Korea, Taiwan...

"Farewell to meat, eggs and milk, happy every day" has unsurprisingly become a hot search topic on the global Internet. Although most people don’t know exactly what this is...

Especially for employees of these companies, when they see big figures who are rarely seen in daily life suddenly speaking out collectively on the Internet for eating less meat, they are full of confusion.

After all, a chip technology with a new material and structure was just announced at the March forum. Isn’t this the time to inquire about the authenticity of the news and formulate targeted research directions and business policies? Why are these big guys starting to compete with eating meat?

What the hell...

Did the animal protection organization directly attack the top management?

For these big guys, the video that accomplished the same task was released as soon as it was planned to be released. After a wave of publicity, it was treated coldly.

But no one expected that with a mere 10 million yuan in publicity funds, the effect would be so good, and the short videos would quickly spread everywhere. It also attracted the impact of countless ordinary people.

The food in the cafeteria of large companies has been posted online. Those exquisite steaks, foie gras, seafood, caviar... just looking at the pictures can stimulate people's taste buds.

After all, those who can join the World Semiconductor Alliance are the best in the industry. They are large companies in the world's top 500. All aspects of treatment are excellent, including meals. The inconsistency between words and deeds has also led to an increase in all kinds of ridicule in these videos.

It was different from the original expectation. I thought it would be easy to control the spread speed of these videos. After all, whether it is search engines or social software such as Twitter and Facebook, they are originally in the hands of these technology giants. The original plan was to only complete a certain amount of publicity and immediately remove the popularity operation, but it seems to have no effect. .

Even after the video became popular, measures were taken to reduce its popularity, but the spread did not slow down at all, and was even accelerating. In the end, it even started to turn into a carnival on the Internet.

This is definitely something that no one expected.

So after all, some companies couldn't hold on.

Probably to protect the face of the top management, Google took the lead in issuing an announcement that it would tentatively designate every Wednesday as a meat-free day. The company's catering will no longer provide food such as meat, eggs, milk, etc., and will only provide vegetarian food and imitation meat products. Like soy milk, other companies are starting to follow suit...

In short, this policy is indeed ahead of everyone.

The videos have even begun to affect the stock prices of many companies on Wall Street.

For example, the stock prices of some traditional chain suppliers that mainly provide meat have begun to fall significantly...

On Quora, the American version of KnowHu, similar questions are frequently searched.

For example: "Have the bosses of these high-tech companies all had their brains implanted by animals? What nonsense are they collectively talking about?"