Chapter 1055 Product Launch

New York International Airport.

In an inconspicuous corner of the waiting room, two inconspicuous old men sat with a large and a small suitcase beside them.

If someone from the field of physics passes by here, they will be surprised to recognize the identities of the two people, and even take out the textbook of quantum mechanics 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 colleague who can recognize the identity of the two people can be said to be less than one in ten thousand.

Even if the first Asian High Energy Physics Research Summit will be held at the IMCRC headquarters in Shanghai in a few days, the probability will not increase much.

But then again, it is thanks to these that Wei Teng can steal half of the peace that is difficult to enjoy in Princeton in this noisy terminal, and watch something quietly without worrying about being caught. The person who came to discuss the problem interrupted the train of thought.

Sitting next to Professor Witten, Frank Wilczek, who was also going to Shanghai for a meeting, glanced at the journal in his hand, his eyes narrowed subconsciously.

"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 his pleasure of reading extracurricular books, but couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, Wilczek still couldn't help asking out the confusion in his heart.

"Although I don't understand it, it looks quite interesting."

Flipping through the journals in his hand with great interest, Wei Teng said as if talking to himself, "A new type of chip based on graphene material is expected to redefine the concept of semiconductors and lead the industrial revolution of the electronics industry." Fate... tsk tsk, no wonder IEEE is so anxious to withdraw this paper."

Although he is in the field of physics, it does not mean that he does not know anything about other industries.

In fact, because he has been traveling in various countries and contacting various people all year round, he knows a lot more about certain things than ordinary people.

Although IEEE is a non-profit professional technical society in name, it is mainly composed of engineers in electrical, electronic, computer engineering and other fields, but this does not mean that they can completely exclude the influence from industry or even politics.

Especially for applied 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.

What's more, this is 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 that has been stable for decades. Neither giants like Intel nor the United States, which occupies a strong position in the semiconductor industry, will absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.

In fact, if such a technology is produced by companies such as Intel or AMD, the resistance to implementation may be slightly smaller.

But now the company that comes up with this technology is not only a company located in the middle of the industrial chain, but also comes from countries other than the United States...

Not to mention China.

Even if it is its own ally, it is absolutely impossible for the White House to be merciful.

Withdrawing the manuscript from IEEE should be only the first step, the purpose is to control the right to speak from the source, what will happen next, Weiteng can basically imagine.

Once this battle starts, the coalition composed of a series of semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, etc. will definitely use all means and influence in the industry to use all means not limited to smearing and exclusive agreements. The industry chain unleashes top-down pressure to eventually rule out the technology...until they figure it out themselves.

But this time, IEEE obviously miscalculated.

Perhaps including those who ordered them to withdraw the manuscript behind the scenes, they didn't expect that this Professor Lu would be so bold, he would turn around and get this journal out by himself, and hang up the paper without changing a word.

Now the entire academic world is stunned by his showmanship.

However, having said that, in fact Witten himself was not surprised at all.

After all, this is a man who can insist on the truth without compromise even in the face of Faltings' rejection of the manuscript.

Just ask yourself, he might not even have the courage to quarrel with that stubborn Germanic old man.

Staring thoughtfully at the journal in his hand, Professor Wilczek, who was sitting next to him, suddenly spoke.

"Do you think this is a good thing?"

As if knowing what he was asking, Wei Teng said with a smile.

"It's a good thing in the long run."

"You think this is a good thing?" Wilzek ​​glanced at the corner of his mouth, "We unified the academic world for a century, and now they changed it back. Anyway, at least now we communicate academic issues You can use the same language, instead of looking at layman’s Chinese-English translation or learning another language like now.”

Although "Future" has a bilingual version, in fact, for those who are really engaged in research 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 translation, and it may happen that the translation is better than the original.

But for the former, for those scholars who seek the truth, the most taboo thing is to eat something that others have chewed and then spit it out. Regardless of whether it is an expert or an amateur translation, there is no such thing as a translation that fully reflects the original author's point of view 100%.

Moreover, this is not just a matter of a few papers. Once the influence of "Future" really reaches a level comparable to that of "Science" and "Nature", it is difficult to say that this trend of linguistic division will not go further in the macroscopic expand.

And this is where Wilczek feels most anxious.

In fact, he was not the only one who had similar thoughts.

This kind of anxiety has quietly permeated the physics community when IMCRC was just inaugurated.

Glancing at his old friend, Wei Teng clearly saw what he was really worried about, but he just smiled indifferently.

Turning the page of "Future" in his hand, he said casually.

"Language has never been an obstacle to the prosperity of academics. In fact, the period when European academics flourished the most was when Europe was most divided...but at the same time, it was also the time when the sparks of culture and thought burst forth most brilliantly."

"What's more, what's wrong with learning another language? When I was at CERN, I learned French in one month. Although it is not as good as when I was young, it shouldn't take too long to learn another language. ...I advise you to try to learn a little Chinese, even if you don’t consider that the first-hand materials of the Moon Palace are all released in Chinese, and now IMCRC is becoming more and more important in the international physics community. Wait until the Lunar Hadron Collider is completed , we may spend more days in Shanghai than in Switzerland and France combined.”

Wilczek shook his head and said, "I tried to learn...but those symbols are too difficult."

"The difficulty is not the language itself, but the resistance and prejudice in your subconscious," Witten said in a relaxed tone, "and in many cases, it is this unreasonable prejudice that hinders us from exploring the truth. Like Centuries ago, we stubbornly believed that the earth was square, the sea was the boundary of the world, and the sun revolved around us."

"Even now, I still think back to what my father once said to me, that science is an idea and a tool, usually used to solve what our civilization has encountered, is facing now, and the future. any problems that may arise.”

"Standing at the height of human civilization, they are obviously a part of human civilization that cannot be ignored. The arrogance that has been rooted in our hearts for a long time has made us ignore their problems for too long, and arrogance will breed many problems, even contradictions. It is a manifestation of this contradiction, including many of the problems we are facing...”

Closing the journal in his hand, Witten glanced at the watch in his hand, then looked at Professor Wilczek who was in deep thought, and said with a smile.

"Stop talking, it's almost time, we should board the plane."

...

It is obvious that IMCRC is not the only one that held a meeting in Shanghai recently.

Just as Witten and his group boarded the flight to Shanghai, the plane that Swann and Maybury, two executives from Intel, had already landed at Shanghai International Airport.

After passing through the customs, Maybury, who had not yet reversed the jet lag, couldn't help yawning several times on the way to the waiting area.

Walking beside him, Swan frowned, glanced at him and asked.

"There's still two hours left for their product launch... Are you okay?"

"No problem, I'm just a little... jet lagged." Shaking his drowsy brain, Maybury rubbed his temples and continued, "Actually, I think it's enough for me to come alone, Obviously they just want to give us a Mawy, we don't need to pay attention to them at all, just follow the plan we have here."

"That's right." Averting his eyes from Maybury's face, Swan looked forward expressionlessly, "but you can only defeat your opponent if you understand your opponent. Since they are so arrogant that they are willing to give us this It would be a pity to miss this opportunity.”

"No matter what product they plan to present at the press conference, at least we have to figure out how far their carbon-based chip has been researched."