Chapter 48: Chapter 47 Ternary or Binary?_1

Lin Ju quickly scanned the items available for purchase and nearly suffocated due to their vast number.

The system shop offered such a rich variety of categories that they even thoughtfully designed classification effects.

For instance, traditional engines mainly include three types: liquid oxygen kerosene, liquid oxygen liquid hydrogen, and liquid oxygen methane, which are also divided into open-cycle, staged combustion cycle, and full flow, plus various other types like the vacuum version and the reusable version, making the list very complex.

According to the system prompt, most of the C-level technologies were available, purchasable with money, and they nearly encompassed all of humanity’s aerospace achievements.

Only two items for B-level were unlocked: one was the B-level skill upgrade card, and the other was the B-level base upgrade card.

Both B-level items were extremely expensive, with the latter having conditions for use; the execution area had to be no less than 2,000 acres, and the construction time was as long as 210 days.

Moreover, to fully activate a B-level base, it was necessary to have one B-level engineer and three C＋ level engineers in management; otherwise, some equipment would be unusable.

However, Lin Ju was rather pleased as buying upgrade cards was much more convenient than constructing a base himself.

The cost estimates for new land construction were based on the Domestic Aerospace Administration Tingu Rocket Manufacturing Base, with expected construction expenses of 40 billion, but the actual cost could exceed 50 billion yuan. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The B-level base upgrade card and several engineering cards would cost just over thirty billion yuan, and the system’s speed and quality were absolutely superior, with no comparison to conventional construction.

Back at the company, he spent 530 million yuan to buy five B-level cards, three C-level cards, upgrading three system engineers to B-level and Guo Shen to B＋ level.

Above C-level, using the same level technology card could only upgrade to an enhanced version; it required a higher-level upgrade card to advance beyond that.

As the four system engineers each moved up a level, the system popped up a prompt:

[You now have 1 B＋ level engineer and 4 B-level engineers. The research institute’s research speed gain is ＋19.9%. After increasing the number of C-level engineers to 100, it can be upgraded to an advanced unit: research institute, which after upgrading can accommodate up to 1,500 apprentices and gain comprehensive research capabilities.]

Currently, the company had fewer than 20 C-level engineers, but Lin Ju decisively spent over 400 million yuan, promoting almost everyone with a bit of research ability to C-level using upgrade cards.

After exactly spending 1 billion yuan, he formed the upgraded System Research Institute.

Unlike the research institute, the research institute possessed research capabilities in all known human disciplines, although the research capacity in different specialties would be affected by technical foundations and engineers; still, they could continue research activities.

In the end, after consulting with the four engineers of B-level and above, they unanimously agreed to purchase the B-level base upgrade card.

As for the rationalization method, it was completely entrusted to the system.

After using the upgrade card on the vast wasteland, Lin Ju heard the sound of the ground shaking just ten or so seconds later.

Turning around, he saw hundreds of trucks and construction vehicles huffing and puffing their way into the wilderness, quickly filling up the viewable area.

A middle-aged man with a white hard hat got down from a pickup truck and walked up to Lin Ju:

"Construction Bureaus No. 2, 3, and 6, the first construction teams have arrived. Please, Mr. Lin, verify the construction blueprints and project details. Once confirmed, we will immediately commence construction!"

And it was at this time that Lin Ju could find out exactly which workshops the B-level base had, the specific details of the machinery equipment, and the factory designs.

Flipping through the list of contents, Lin Ju stopped on one page and pointed to a line, asking:

"This spaceborne computer chip production center... what is it?"

"Mr. Lin, a fully automatic silicon carbide chip production line that integrates chip production, circuit etching, and protective packaging will be placed here. With different designs, its daily productive capacity can range from 40 to 150 chips,"

"Only a very few engineers need to enter key positions to adjust the optimal process for production according to the blueprints."

"So, which is more powerful, the silicon carbide chip or the silicon-based chip?"

"..."

This was not something the construction party could explain. The System Engineer wearing a red hat simply stayed silent, which made Lin Ju realize that the person opposite him was merely representing the will of the system.

He promptly confirmed the commencement of construction, and the other party quickly disappeared into the massive construction crew, starting to set up barriers and build service roads for the construction.

Lin Ju continued to frantically flip through the catalog, but most of what he saw clearly belonged to the aerospace field, with only this fully automatic silicon carbide production line stirring his interest.

Fortunately, although he couldn’t understand the technical data, Guo Shen, who had been upgraded to a B+ System Engineer, had the relevant knowledge base. He carefully reviewed the technical specifications and then explained them in a way that Lin Ju could understand.

This silicon carbide chip production line was designed specifically for aerospace, because compared to traditional silicon-based chips, silicon carbide as a substrate has stronger anti-interference, anti-radiation capabilities, lower power consumption, and better heat dissipation. Under the same process and standards, its performance is mostly consistent with traditional chips, and it’s a standard configuration for B-level Bases.

From the beginning of raw material synthesis to the various usage of chemical agents and the closed processing environment, everything is in place. All that’s needed is the provision of the initially processed raw materials, and the line can continue to produce chips.

Although its maximum daily production capacity is only 150 chips, it’s completely sufficient for aerospace needs.

This made Lin Ju extremely excited because it meant that there was no longer any threat from New Yuan in the high-end field.

The DSP high-speed data processing chips, used for aerospace, were also domestically produced but in small quantities, essentially only supplied to the domestic aerospace administration and the military. Civilian enterprises could buy them, but not in significant quantities.

Now, at least for his own use, it was more than enough, solving the high-end material supply issue.

It was a pity, though, that the entire line’s annual capacity was only a little over 50,000 chips, preventing it from being commercialized for profit...

However, the system store mentioned props related to the chips: the X32035 Ternary Universal Chip and the SC09 Smart Spaceship Control System.

Within the company, Lin Ju organized System Engineers to study these technologies, and they eventually reached a conclusion:

Through the system’s description and the technical summaries in the props, it was known that in an unnamed plane, there exists a series of chips called X320, with the X32035 being one of them.

The X32035 is a universal chip, meaning it can undertake various tasks. In theory, it could handle all the data processing for an entire spacecraft or rocket.

Moreover, the X32035 is a ternary chip. Compared to binary chips of the same process, its mathematical performance is 1.58 times higher, with more room and stronger processing capabilities. Additionally, the System Engineers believed that with a third state beyond 1 and 0, it had potential for simulating quantum computing.

The SC09 smart system, on the other hand, analyzes the entire spaceship or rocket’s control system comprehensively, can arrange some instructions using AI on its own, and simplifies them for the operator to choose.

They also discovered that the RX01 data bus could work with the ternary chip – or rather, it seemed designed specifically to be compatible with ternary processing.

This turn of events made Lin Ju’s expression incredibly animated; the system was pushing him into the heretical path of ternary computing!

In the last century, only the Union dabbled in ternary computing because they believed their computer numeric system should be different from America’s, which they considered incorrect. And they did indeed make some headway.

Theoretically, ternary computing was indeed more efficient than binary, but it only developed a bit before being submerged in history with the collapse of the Union.

But the system clearly demonstrated that humanity could master ternary computing, with achievements that might not even be inferior to binary computing.