Chapter 1054

New York International Airport.

In an inconspicuous corner of the waiting room sat two inconspicuous old people, with a large and a small suitcase by their hand.

If someone from the field of physics passes by here, he will be surprised to recognize the identity of the two people, and even take out the 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 ten thousand.

Even if imcrc headquarters in Shanghai will hold the first Asia high energy physics research summit in a few days, the probability will not increase much.

But then again, it's thanks to this that Witten can enjoy the peace that is hard to enjoy in Princeton in this noisy waiting hall. He can see something quietly without worrying about being interrupted by the people who come to discuss the problem.

Sitting next to Professor Witten, Frank vilzek, who also went to Shanghai for a meeting, took a look at the journal in his hand, and his subconscious eyes narrowed into a seam.

"3.7GHz integrated circuit based on carbon nanotube film"

what?

"When did you start to be interested in integrated circuits?"

Although he didn't want to interrupt his interest in reading extra-curricular books, he couldn't resist the curiosity in his heart, and vilzek couldn't help asking out the confusion in his heart.

"I can't understand it, but it looks interesting."

With great interest, Witten turned over the periodicals in his hand and said to himself, "a new type of chip based on graphene material is expected to redefine the concept of semiconductor and lead the industrial revolution of electronic industry Tut Tut, no wonder IEEE would be so anxious to remove this paper. "

Although he is in physics, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know anything about other industries.

In fact, he knows much more about certain things than ordinary people because he walks in various countries and contacts with various people all the year round.

Although IEEE is nominally a non-profit professional technology institute, mainly composed of engineers in the fields of electrical, electronic, computer engineering, etc., this does not mean that they can completely exclude the influence from industry or even politics.

Especially when the value of research can only be reflected in industrial practice, the boundary between industry and academia becomes very delicate.

Besides, it's an academic organization registered in the United States.

There is no doubt that this small carbon based chip has shaken North America Even the global semiconductor industry has been stable for decades. No matter Intel or the United States, which has a strong position in the semiconductor industry, will allow such a thing to happen.

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

But now the enterprise that brings out this technology is not only an enterprise located in the middle of the industrial chain, but also from a country other than the United States

Let alone China.

Even its own allies, the White House is absolutely impossible to be soft hearted.

It should be the first step to withdraw from IEEE. The purpose is to control the right of speech from the source. What will happen next? Witten can basically imagine.

Once this battle is launched, a coalition of semiconductor manufacturers, including Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, and so on, will use all means and influence in the industry to release top-down pressure to the industrial chain through all means, including not limited to defamation and exclusive agreements, and finally exclude this technology Until they figure it out.

But this time, IEEE is clearly miscalculated.

It may not have occurred to those behind them that Professor Lu was so rigid that he went back to get a journal and hung the paper word for word.

Now the whole academic circle is stunned by his coquettish operation.

However, in fact, Witten is not surprised at all.

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

Ask yourself, he does not have the courage to fight with that stubborn old Germanic man.

Staring thoughtfully at the journal in his hand, Professor vilzek, sitting next to him, suddenly said.

"Do you think it's a good thing?"

As if knowing what he asked, Witten said with a smile.

"It's good in the long run."

"You think it's a good thing?" "We unified academia in a century, and now they've changed it back," vilzek said. In any case, at least now we can use the same language to exchange academic issues, rather than as we do now, either look at the Chinese-English translation of laymen or learn another language. "Although future has a bilingual version, in fact, for people 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.

After the latter is polished by translation, it may happen that the translation is more beautiful than the original.

But for the former, the most taboo for those scholars who seek truth is to eat what others chew and spit out again. No matter it's an expert or a layman translation, there is no translation that wants to fully reflect the original author's views.

Moreover, this is not just a matter of several papers. Once the influence of future really reaches the level of comparison with science and nature, it is difficult to say that this trend of Language Division will not be further expanded in the macro level.

And that's what worries vilzek the most.

In fact, it wasn't just him who came up with similar ideas.

This kind of anxiety, just when imcrc was founded, had been quietly permeated in the physics field.

Looking at his old friend, Witten clearly saw what he was really worried about, but he just smiled.

Turn the page of future in his hand, he said casually.

"Language has never been an obstacle to academic prosperity. In fact, the most prosperous period in Europe is the most divided period in Europe But at the same time, it is also the most brilliant time when the sparks of culture and thought burst out. "

"What's the disadvantage of learning another language? I learned French in a month when I was at CERN. Although I can't compare with my youth now, I don't think it will take long to learn another language I advise you to try to learn a little Chinese, even if the first-hand materials of the Moon Palace are published in Chinese, now imcrc is more and more important in the international physics field. When the LHC is completed, we may have more days in Shanghai than in Switzerland and France combined. "

Vilzek shook his head and said, "I tried to learn But those symbols are too hard. "

"It's not the language itself that's hard, it's the conflicts and prejudices in your subconscious mind," Witten said in a relaxed tone. "And most of the time, it's this kind of unjustified prejudices that hinder us from seeking the truth. Just like a few centuries ago, we insisted that the earth is square, the sea is the boundary of the world, and the sun revolves around us. "

"Even now, I will still recall what my father said to me that science is an idea and a tool, which is usually used to solve all the problems that our civilization has encountered, is facing and may encounter in the future."

"At the height of human civilization, they are obviously an indispensable part of human civilization. The arrogance that has been rooted in our hearts for a long time makes us ignore their problems for too long, and arrogance will breed many problems, even contradictions. Including many problems we are facing, which is a manifestation of this contradiction... "

Closing the journal, Witten glanced at the wristwatch in his hand, then looked at professor vilzek, who was in deep thought, and said with a smile.

"No, it's almost time. It's time for us to board."

……

It is obvious that imcrc is not the only one meeting in Shanghai recently.

When the group boarded the flight to Shanghai, Swann and Maybury, two executives from Intel, had landed at Shanghai International Airport.

After passing the customs, mabery, who had not reversed the time difference, yawned several times on the way to the waiting area.

Walking beside him, Swann frowned, looked at him and asked.

"Their product launch is about to start in two hours Are you ok? "

"No problem, I'm just a little No time difference. " After shaking his drowsy brain, Maybury reached out his hand and rubbed his temple. He continued, "actually, I think it's enough for me to come alone. It's obvious that they just want to give us another marvel. We don't need to pay attention to them at all. Just follow our plan here."

"That's right," he said, looking away from mabery's face and Swann's expressionless face toward the front. "But only by understanding the opponent can we defeat him. Since they are so arrogant that they are willing to give us this opportunity, it's a pity to miss it. "

"No matter what products they plan to produce at the conference, at least we have to find out what step they have taken in their carbon based chip research."