Chapter 1054: Product launch

New York International Airport.
In an inconspicuous corner of the waiting room, there are two inconspicuous old men, with large and small suitcases in their hands.
If someone from the physics community passes by here, they will surely recognize the identity of the two people, and even pull out a quantum mechanics textbook and ask for a signature.
Unfortunately, knowledge and opportunities are always in the hands of a small number of people. On the same flight, the probability of encountering a peer who can recognize the identity of two people is less than one in 10,000.
Even if the IMCRC headquarters in Shanghai will hold the first Asian High Energy Physics Research Summit in a few days, this probability will not increase much.
But then again, it is thanks to these that we can let Witten steal half of the tranquility that is hard to enjoy in Princeton in this noisy terminal, and watch something quietly without worrying about The person who came to discuss the problem interrupted his thoughts.
Sitting next to Professor Witten, Frank Werzek, who also went to a meeting in Shanghai, glanced at the journal in his hands, and his eyes were subconsciously slit.
3.7Ghz Integrated Circuit Based on Carbon Nanotube Film
What the hell?
"When did you become interested in integrated circuits?"
Although he didn't really want to interrupt Yaxing who was reading extracurricular books, but couldn't hold back his curiosity, Werzek couldn't help asking the confusion in his heart.
"Although I don't understand it, it looks interesting."
I turned over the periodical with great interest. Witten said to himself, "A new chip based on graphene materials is expected to redefine the concept of semiconductors and lead the industrial revolution of the electronics industry. ... Fuck, no wonder the IEEE is so anxious to withdraw this paper. "
Although he is in the physics world, this does not mean that he does not know anything about other industries.
In fact, because he has been walking in various countries all year round and contacting various people, he knows much more about certain things than the average person.
Although the IEEE is nominally a non-profit professional technical society, mainly composed of engineers in the fields of electrical, electronics, computer engineering, etc., this does not mean that they can completely exclude the influence from the industry or even the political world.
Especially the application disciplines such as integrated circuits that serve specific industries, when the value of research can only be reflected in industrial practice, the boundary between industry and academia becomes very delicate.
Moreover, this is still an academic organization registered in the United States.
There is no doubt that this small carbon-based chip has shaken North America ... and even the global semiconductor industry for decades. Neither the giants of Intel nor the United States, which has a strong position in the semiconductor industry, will allow this to happen.
In fact, if such technology is made by companies such as Intel or AMD, the resistance to implementation may be slightly smaller.
But now the company that came up with this technology is not only a company located in the middle of the industrial chain, but also from countries outside the United States ...
Not to mention China.
Even if it is its own ally, the White House can't be reconciled.
Withdrawing a manuscript from the IEEE should be only the first step, the purpose is to control the right to speak from the source, what will happen next, Witten can basically imagine.
Once this battle is fought, a coalition consisting of a series of semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, etc., will definitely use all the means and influence in the industry. The industry chain released top-down pressure and eventually excluded this technology ... until they researched it themselves.
But this time, the IEEE is clearly miscalculated.
It may include those who instructed them to retract the manuscript. The professor Lu actually was so rigid. He turned this journal back on his own, and hung up the thesis without changing it.
Now the entire academic world is stunned by his saucy operations.
However, with that being said, the fact that Witten itself is not at all surprising.
After all, this man who was able to adhere to the truth without compromise even in the face of Faltings' rejection of the manuscript.
Ask yourself, he doesn't necessarily have the courage to argue with the stubborn old Germanic man.
Staring thoughtfully at the journal in his hand, Professor Wurzek sitting next to him suddenly said.
"Do you think this is a good thing?"
As if knowing what he was asking, Witten said with a smile.
"It's a good thing in the long run."
"Do you actually think this is a good thing?" Werzek glanced down. "We have unified academia for a century, and now they have changed it back. Anyway, at least now we exchange academic questions. You can use the same language, instead of seeing the Chinese-English translation of the layman, or learning another language. "
Although "Future" is bilingual, in fact, for those who are really engaged in related fields, their choice can only be the latter-that is, to learn another language.
After all, academic works are different from literary works.
The latter has been polished by the translation, and it may happen that the translation looks better than the original.
But for the former, for those who seek the truth, the most taboo thing is to eat what other people chew again and spit out. Regardless of in-house or out-of-house translation, there is no such thing as a translation that fully reflects the views expressed by the original author 100%.
And, this is not just a matter of several papers. Once the influence of Future really reaches the height of Science and Nature, it is difficult to say that this trend of linguistic fragmentation will not be further increased in the macro. expand.
And this is where Werzek was most anxious.
In fact, it wasn't just him who came up with similar ideas.
This anxiety had quietly permeated the physics community at the moment when the IMCRC was unveiled.
Looking at his old friend, Witten clearly saw what was really worrying in his mind, but just smiled indifferently.
Turning Future in his hand, he said casually.
"Language has never been a hindrance to academic prosperity. In fact, the most prosperous period of European scholarship was when Europe was most divided ... but at the same time, it was also when the spark of culture and thought burst out."
"What's so bad about learning a language more? I learned French in a month when I was at CERN. Although it's not as young as I am now, I shouldn't take too long to learn another language. ...... I urge you to also try to learn a little Chinese, even if you do n’t consider that the first-hand information of Yue Gong is published in Chinese, now IMCRC is getting more and more important in the international physics community. Wait until the moon hadron collider is completed , We may go to Shanghai more days than Switzerland and France combined. "
Wilzek ​​shook his head and said, "I tried to learn ... but those symbols are too difficult."
"It's not the language itself, it's the resistance and prejudice in your subconscious," Witten said in a relaxed tone. "Many times, what prevents us from searching for the truth is precisely this kind of prejudice. It's like Centuries ago, we stubbornly believed that the earth was square, the sea was the boundary of the world, and the sun was moving around us. "
"Even now, I still remember what my father said to me. Science is an idea and a tool, and it is often used to solve the problems our civilization has encountered, is facing, and the future. Everything you might encounter. "
"At the height of human civilization, they are obviously also a part of human civilization that cannot be ignored ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The arrogance that has long been rooted in our hearts has allowed us to ignore their problems for too long, and arrogance will breed a lot Problems, even contradictions, including many of the problems we are facing, is a manifestation of this contradiction ... "
After closing the journal in hand, Witten glanced at the watch on his hand, then looked at Professor Wurzek in deep thought, and said with a smile.
"Stop it, it's almost time, we should board the plane."
...
The recent meeting in Shanghai is obviously not just the IMCRC.
Just when Witten and his party boarded a flight to Shanghai, two executives from Intel, Swan and Maybury, had already landed at Shanghai International Airport.
After passing the customs, Maybury, who has not yet reversed the jet lag, could not help but yawn several times along the way to the waiting area.
Walking next to him, Swan frowned and asked him a glance.
"There are two hours left for their product launch ... Are you all right?"
"No problem, I'm just a little ... I haven't reversed jet lag." Shaking his drowsy brain, Mayberry reached out and rubbed his temple, and continued, "In fact, I think it's enough for me to come alone. Obviously they just want to give us the next Marvel, we don't need to bother them at all, just follow our plan here. "
"That's right," looked away from Mayberry's face, and Swan looked forward blankly. "But only by knowing the opponent can they be defeated. Since they are arrogant and willing to give us It ’s a pity to miss this opportunity. "
"No matter what products they plan to come up with at the press conference, at least we have to figure out exactly what step they have done with that carbon-based chip."