Chapter 27: The professor personally invites you, why don’t you go?
Luo Yao didn't plan to touch the bank card after getting it.
He only has 500,000 yuan now. According to the thinking of ordinary people, with such spare money, he must want to invest it. Generally, there are two options, either buying funds or buying stocks.
He can now predict that stocks in the chip industry will rise in the near future, but this is not important because he knows that the core technology he currently possesses is more valuable.
Being a retail investor is worse than being a banker. Luo Yao definitely wants the most efficient way to make money.
Luo Yao actually still had more than 3,000 yuan that he had saved up. The Luo family had just arrived in Dongcheng, and Luo Yao planned to keep the 500,000 yuan in the card for emergencies.
It was only seven o'clock now, so Luo Yao decided not to go back to the dormitory yet. He turned around and went straight to the library.
The homework Xia Qing left behind was very simple for Luo Yao. It was like Luo Yao had the ability to build a skyscraper, but others asked him to make bricks.
Luo Yao didn't bother with the IP core assignment. He continued to write his code according to his own plan.
The library is convenient in every way, but he cannot set up the development environment on a public computer.
The only thing that needs to be solved now is to build a reliable development environment.
If you just type code without setting up a development environment, then important tools such as compilers, debuggers, unit tests, and automated tests will not be available.
Moreover, in order to develop EDA now, the computer computing power cannot be too poor. The library computer is still OK for typing code, but when it comes to distributed simulation or layout and routing modules, the computers here will be so slow that you will doubt your life.
Luo Yao realized that he needed to find a new place to develop his EDA.
Tokyo Institute of Technology is a research-oriented university, and there should be many majors that require strong computing power.
Luo Yao searched online and found a supercomputing experimental training center on campus. He picked up his phone and sent a text message to Xia Qing.
[Professor Xia, I would like to apply to use the school's supercomputer system.]
When Xia Qing heard the text message ringtone, she didn't pay much attention at first.
Nowadays, people who use text messages are either working in e-commerce or are committing fraud.
Xia Qing was basically too lazy to watch.
But soon, the text message ringtone rang again.
Xia Qing's mind moved, and she picked up her phone, then saw two text messages from Luo Yao.
[Professor Xia, I would like to apply to use the school's supercomputer system.]
【I am Luo Yao.】
It was the first time Xia Qing encountered a student who sent text messages, and right from the start she noticed Luo Yao's unusual request.
She remembered the homework she assigned. Given their level, they shouldn't need a supercomputer.
Why did Luo Yao apply?
Could it be that Luo Yao is going to give him another surprise?
Xia Qing actually wanted to include Luo Yao in his own research project to participate in scientific research practice, and let him start with the basics. In this way, Luo Yao would improve faster than if he stayed in school.
After being silent for a few seconds, Xia Qing readily gave Luo Yao his account and password, and took the opportunity to ask Luo Yao about his intentions.
[You can use it for free for 300 hours every month, which is enough for you. ]
[Also, are you interested in joining my research project? My research interests are general-purpose chips and basic software.]
After receiving the text message, Luo Yao thought that Professor Xia Qing's research direction was indeed good, but there was no doubt that it was all single research and could not bring about qualitative changes in the chip industry.
What he wants to develop now is a complete set of EDA, which can affect the entire chip industry chain. It is clear at a glance which one is more important.
Now that he has joined Professor Xia's project, Luo Yao knows that his role is definitely to do odd jobs.
It was okay for him to join the project, but he absolutely couldn't just do odd jobs, so Luo Yao replied quickly.
【I am not participating at this time.】
Before reading the text message, Xia Qing thought Luo Yao would agree, but she didn't expect that he would refuse.
You know, she was still reluctant to accept many students who wanted to join her project. As a result, when it was her turn to take the initiative to invite them, she was rejected by Luo Yao.
Xia Qing felt both amused and helpless when she was rejected by a student for the first time.
It seems that Luo Yao is still too young to understand what this means.
Xia Qing actually just reached a preliminary agreement with Huaji today to develop EDA software.
Huaji is now facing a dilemma. Several major foundries that are cooperating with Huaji are now being restrained by foreign EDA manufacturers.
Today they use the excuse of software upgrade to restrict usage, and tomorrow they say there is a problem with the activation code system and it cannot be used, causing Huaji's chip foundry manufacturers to be led by the nose.
The domestic focus is on the research and development of wafers and lithography machines, but there is not much investment in the research and development of EDA, which has led to Huaji's current passive situation.
Once the chip foundry stops production, Huaji, as a downstream customer in the chip industry chain, will be 100% affected.
Now mature EDA software is concentrated in the United States. If the EDA manufacturers in the United States make trouble and do not authorize Huaji's foundry to use EDA software, Huaji will obviously have no chips available.
Being at the bottom of the food chain, you can only be manipulated by others.
Because of this, Huaji wants to start independently developing a full set of EDA software.
Developing a complete set of EDA software is not something that can be accomplished overnight, but being able to start now is progress.
To set up a new research institute, one must recruit people, and Xia Qing plans to announce the decision .
That evening, Xia Qing issued a notice, saying that she would recruit 1-3 outstanding freshmen majoring in microelectronics to join her new project. The requirement for recruitment was to complete her most recent project assignment.
As soon as the news came out, students from the three departments of microelectronics became excited.
A large group of microelectronics professionals.
"You Feng Yi Ye: Being able to join Professor Xia's project means a bright future after graduation!"
"Calcium-deficient Wangzai: I want to go! But the latest assignment is so difficult; I have to design an IP core!"
"Hi Dazha: Is your project also about IP cores?"
"Calcium-deficient Wangzai: It seems that all three of our departments are working on this topic, and the competitive pressure has instantly increased!"
"Dinosaurs Fighting the Waves: There are over 200 people vying for those few spots. You have to be incredibly lucky to get selected!"
"Tank 6: What is the IP core?"
While everyone was discussing the issue enthusiastically in the group, Luo Yao went to the school's supercomputing experimental training center alone to start his formal development work.
It has to be said that Luo Yao benefited a lot from Xia Qing's guidance today, and Luo Yao has a deeper understanding of the technology provided by the system.
The graphical user interface, circuit modeling, layout design, timing analysis, simulation and verification modules in EDA were all displayed clearly before his eyes, like puzzle pieces marked with numerical sequences.
Now, he just needs to put the puzzle pieces in numerical order.
Time quickly came to half past nine. Seeing that Luo Yao had not returned home yet, Wu Tianming called him to ask about his situation. Luo Yao looked at the time and decided to go back to the dormitory first.
In order to facilitate research groups in the school to conduct research, the entire Supercomputing Experimental Training Center is actually open all night.
Of course Luo Yao wanted to develop EDA all night, but he was not a robot and it was impossible for him not to sleep, so he planned to go back to sleep first and come back early tomorrow morning.
When he returned to the dormitory, Wang Ye couldn't wait to tell Luo Yao that Xia Qing would select 1-3 freshmen to join her project.
Wang Ye could see that Luo Yao still had some admiration for Xia Qing, otherwise Luo Yao would never have listened attentively when Xia Qing was giving him private instruction today.
He thought Luo Yao would be interested after he told her about the selection process, but he didn't expect Luo Yao to say, "Yeah, I know. Professor Xia told me."
Wang Ye froze in place, his eyes widening: "Professor Xia told you personally?"
"Tianming, look at this treatment! We only found out about this through the group notification, but Professor Xia actually told him individually!"
Tianming was holding a textbook on integrated circuit EDA technology in his hand, and he sighed when he heard this.
"Santu is better than us even if he studies on his own. Professor Xia Qing will definitely accept him. By the way, Santu, when will you start working on the project?"
"I didn't say I was going."
"What?!" Wu Tianming and Wang Ye were both stunned. The professor personally invited you, and you refused to go. Are you crazy?!
Wang Ye walked up to Luo Yao and placed his palm on his forehead while Luo Yao was not paying attention.
"The child doesn't have a fever, why is he talking nonsense?"
Luo Yao pulled his head back uncomfortably, saying expressionlessly, "I wasn't sick in the first place. What I want to do now is more valuable than joining Professor Xia's project, so not going is the right decision."
"Hey, you're not that old, why are you so arrogant? Just say this in front of us. Don't spread it around. Otherwise, people will tell Professor Xia about it and he'll be unhappy."
Will Professor Xia be unhappy?
This aroused Luo Yao's interest.
"Why is Professor Xia unhappy?"
For most people to ask this question would be somewhat silly, but Wu Tianming and Wang Ye knew that Luo Yao really didn't know.
For a person whose mind is filled with knowledge and academics, he will not take the time to understand the complex psychology of a person who is belittled by students.
"It's like if your mother cooked a table of food and we went to eat it and said it wasn't tasty, she would definitely be unhappy."
Wu Tianming found the simplest and clearest example to explain to Luo Yao.
After listening to this, Luo Yao thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I won't say such things in front of Professor Xia."
After Luo Yao finished speaking, he prepared to wash up and go to bed.
Wang Ye glanced at Wu Tianming, then said to Luo Yao, "Santu, I don't understand much about IP cores. Could you explain it to me?"
Luo Yao was about to go to the balcony to get some toiletries when he heard Wang Ye say that. He turned around and asked Wang Ye, "Only a small part do you not understand?"
Wang Ye chuckled and said shamelessly, "I don't understand anything."
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Luo Yao felt that he had never seen anyone who was so confident and righteous and said that he understood nothing.
"Santu, I don't quite understand either." Wu Tianming thought that the opportunity should not be missed, so he hurried to follow Wang Ye's rhythm and act pitifully in front of this brother who was two years younger than them.
