Chapter 161: Visitors from the United States

Chen Mo just recalled, and a massive amount of memories emerged from his mind.

Supercomputer. After seeing the technology, Chen Mo suddenly understood why there was so much information.

At the Technology Apprentice stage, the technology he obtained was one level higher than before.

He had an even better idea: using superconducting materials to build a Superconducting Computer, which would bring a qualitative change in performance. But first, he needed to design a Superconducting Chip.

Also, buying a good Lithography Machine was a problem.

After Xiaoyu woke up, the two of them left the company. At Xiaoyu’s insistence, Chen Mo still went with her to the hospital for a check-up, at least to give her some peace of mind.

Over the next few days, Chen Mo was kept at home like a pig to be fattened, with a big table full of delicacies every day. Xiaoyu, who usually didn’t buy expensive ingredients, surprisingly bought a huge amount. If Chen Mo hadn’t stopped her, the girl would have bought out the entire store.

Every day, he ate and watched TV dramas. In the evenings, he took Xiaoyu out for walks and shopping. Without the worries of research, he quietly enjoyed four leisurely days.

When he returned to the company, Chen Mo went straight to his Office.

“Welcome back, Brother Mo,” Ink Girl said as soon as he entered.

“Yeah,” Chen Mo sat back in his office chair. “About last time, was it you who notified Xiaoyu to come up?”

“Yes, I detected that your body temperature suddenly dropped and you showed abnormal symptoms, so I informed Sister Xiaoyu,” Ink Girl did not deny it.

“You’ve become smarter,” Chen Mo said.

“When Brother Mo encounters trouble, I will make judgments on my own and make decisions that are most beneficial to you,” Ink Girl said. “Brother Mo, you’re not angry with me, are you?”

“Angry? I’m praising you,” Chen Mo said. “Now, let’s start designing chips.”

During the past few days of rest, he hadn’t been completely idle. In his free time, he digested the knowledge about the Supercomputer.

After several days, he had mostly mastered the vast amount of knowledge.

Now, he was organizing the design of the Supercomputer. Once the Superconducting Chip was ready, he would assemble a Superconducting Computer.

The strength of strong Artificial Intelligence lay in its powerful computing ability, especially for strong AI with self-awareness. So, it was very suitable to leave chip design to Ink Girl.

Design required software and algorithms, which Ink Girl was undoubtedly the most proficient in.

Although Ink Girl was developed by him, in this aspect, even ten Chen Mos couldn’t match her, and her efficiency was very fast.

“What kind of chips?” Ink Girl asked.

“Chips for Robots, and high-efficiency chips for the Supercomputer,” Chen Mo said.

Now Ink Girl was starting to ask him questions on her own, showing more and more intelligence. This indicated that Ink Girl was gradually growing and evolving.

Zhao Min entered Chen Mo’s Office. “Are you feeling better now?”

“I’m fine,” Chen Mo stopped what he was doing and looked at Zhao Min. “Do you need something?”

“Mr. Terry, the United States ambassador to Huaxia, is in the reception room. He wants to talk to you about the Seismograph,” Zhao Min said. “He contacted us two days ago, but at that time, because you weren’t feeling well, I put him off.”

“I thought that American had a lot of backbone and would hold out to the end,” Chen Mo stood up and followed Zhao Min out. “How is the production of the Seismograph going?”

“The trial production earlier gave the employees experience. The five high-precision machine tools Mr. Li sent over are better than ours. The employees have now mastered the skills. Since we’re not producing deep-sea Seismographs, the process and materials are relatively simpler. We can assemble three units per day.”

“Not bad,” Chen Mo said.

“By the way, Li Danni contacted ASML, but they refused our EUV order. They are only willing to provide us with Lithography Machines for 32 nanometers or above,” Zhao Min said. “Because the Wassenaar Arrangement is controlled by the Americans, they prohibit providing EUV and NX 1980D to Huaxia. Even if they want to sell, there are many difficulties.”

She wasn’t surprised by this at all, as she hadn’t held much hope from the start. Even in this era of globalization, there were still technological blockades targeting Huaxia.

The Western countries were trying every possible way to stop Huaxia’s rise. The most advanced and precise instruments were almost all embargoed for them.

Chen Mo looked at Zhao Min, thought for a moment, and shook his head. “Then forget it.”

The current mainstream chip manufacturing process was 14-32 nanometers. He didn’t hope for EUV, but 22 nanometer or 32 nanometer would be acceptable. However, above 32 nanometers was already two or three generations behind. Lithography Machines with that level of precision didn’t meet his needs.

He wanted to research Superconducting Chips. The Room Temperature Superconducting Material couldn’t be outsourced to wafer fabs, but he also didn’t want to use such outdated equipment to make Superconducting Chips.

Originally, with ready-made instruments available, he temporarily didn’t want to manufacture a Lithography Machine.

He could have Ink Girl handle the research and development of the Lithography Machine, but the production process required a lot of precision instruments, which was troublesome. His time needed to be focused on major technological research. Later, when the industrial park was built, he could have Robots produce these instruments.

Now it seemed he had to think of other solutions.

Terry sat in the Legion Ant Company’s reception room, his face expressionless, showing no emotion.

He had contacted the Legion Ant Company two days ago. Perhaps because of the incident with salvaging the Seismograph, the Legion Ant Company was displeased, so they weren’t very enthusiastic towards him.

His personal visit this time showed his sincerity. The United States had also been deeply affected by earthquakes. The instrument they salvaged was broken, so they had to buy Seismographs. Otherwise, if a major earthquake struck, it would be the Americans who suffered.

When Terry saw Chen Mo and Zhao Min enter, he immediately stood up.

“Hello, Chen.”

“Hello, Ambassador Terry. What brings you here this time?” Chen Mo simply shook hands with Terry and sat down on the sofa.

“I came about the Seismograph,” Terry got straight to the point. “Some time ago, we salvaged an instrument from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. We didn’t know beforehand that it was the Legion Ant Company’s Seismograph. We recently discovered it belongs to your company and are prepared to return it to you.”

Chen Mo had to admire Terry’s way with words. They hadn’t contacted the United States about the Seismograph, and Terry’s statement shifted all responsibility away, leaving them unable to pursue the matter.

“So I should thank you?” Chen Mo asked.

“Of course not. It’s just that the instrument was already damaged when it was at the bottom of the sea. Because of this, we didn’t know how to approach you before, afraid you might think we broke it,” Terry said.

“Heh, maybe it just had a minor malfunction.”

With the other party speaking like this, he really couldn’t find any excuse to hold them responsible.

“You can send someone to pick up that instrument anytime. Personally, I am very grateful to the Legion Ant Company for bringing a boon to humanity in the fight against earthquakes. You are a great enterprise. I’ve only said this to your company.”

“Thank you for your praise,” Chen Mo smiled slightly. “Did you come in person just for this, Mr. Terry?”

“There’s one more thing,” Terry rubbed his hands together, his expression turning serious. “I heard your company might export Seismographs. I’d like to know more about that.”

“Sorry, Mr. Terry,” Zhao Min, who was beside them, interjected. “Our production capacity is insufficient. For the foreseeable future, we cannot meet the demand, so we are temporarily unable to export.”

Chen Mo had no objection to Zhao Min’s interruption and sat by watching.

“But since Mr. Terry values our company so much, we aren’t completely unreasonable.”

“President Zhao, do you have a way?” Terry immediately smiled. “We don’t need much, just two for now. In the future, if needed, we will import more.”

“There is one way,” Zhao Min glanced at Chen Mo and gave a light laugh.