diskusbooks Chapter 208 Can a fantasy come true?
Chapter 208 Can a fantasy come true?
400 points is a great score for a top student!
Looking at the rewards given by the system, Lin Chen couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
If he hadn't been in such a rush to accumulate academic excellence points, he could have actually received even more rewards with only one month left.
Pity.
Lin Chen only felt regret for a second before opening the Academic Master Shop, eager to redeem his prize.
"Natasha! Find me the EDA patented gadget!"
Soon, the online store in front of Lin Chen automatically retrieved the items he wanted.
"Patent: Unnamed full-process electronic design automation software system. It can be used for design methods in the process of functional design, synthesis, verification, and physical design of very large-scale integrated circuit chips."
"Exchange Requirements: Mathematics LV2, Informatics LV2, Engineering LV2. Exchange Price: 500 Academic Points"
This time, the previously grayed-out redemption button is now lit up.
"exchange!"
Academic Excellence Value: 631 → 131
As soon as Lin Chen pressed the button, a jolt of electricity shot into his brain.
Then, a massive amount of data flooded into his mind.
With his improved knowledge of informatics and engineering, Lin Chen quickly identified that the data was the source code of an electronic design automation software system.
No wonder the system required Lin Chen to improve his knowledge level before he could redeem the item.
If it were the old Lin Chen, he probably wouldn't have understood what these data meant at all.
Lin Chen sat in the chair, stunned, for a full hour before the data that kept flooding into his mind finally stopped.
But this was only the system completing the transfer of the source code. Lin Chen remained in a daze for almost two more hours until the bell signaling the end of today's military training rang in the distance, at which point he opened his eyes again.
Done!
Lin Chen inwardly cried out in alarm.
In the past two hours, he had basically digested the massive amount of information in his mind.
Only after digesting the information did Lin Chen realize that although he knew how to design an EDA, he was still struggling.
But to translate that vast amount of source code in his mind into a real-world program...
It will take him at least several more years!
This is absolutely not an exaggeration.
Based on what Lin Chen has now grasped from his mind.
This unnamed EDA software is in no way inferior to the most advanced EDA software currently available, and even surpasses it in some aspects.
It perfectly supports every stage from chip design onwards, including algorithm development, front-end design, back-end physical design, verification, and PCB design, and integrates a large number of process libraries, models, and sample files.
It can be said that it has all the functions that EDA software on the market should have, and it also has functions that it doesn't have.
This software is just outrageously complex.
If we simply calculate based on the number of lines of source code, Lin Chen roughly estimates that this EDA's source code has at least ten million lines!
That's a whopping ten million!
Even if he worked non-stop, copying 10,000 lines of code every day, it would still take him at least a thousand days!
This is outrageous!
"Natasha, can't you just give me this EDA directly? Do I have to write the code myself?"
Lin Chen had only made a casual complaint, but unexpectedly Natasha suddenly replied:
"Of course, comrade, you just need to pay an extra 100 academic points."
What?
Can they really give it to me?
Why don't you just give it to me directly instead of making me spend an extra 100 academic points?
What a damn swindler!
Despite cursing under his breath, Lin Chen's body still honestly paid the money.
Simply put, exchanging 100 academic achievements for two or three years of work is totally worth it!
After nearly depleting his last bit of academic points, Lin Chen found himself facing an external hard drive without warning.
This portable hard drive is just a common, no-name brand product on the market; there's nothing special about it.
But what's inside is no ordinary thing!
Lin Chen enthusiastically connected the hard drive to his laptop, and sure enough, it contained a complete, unencrypted chip software design system.
In addition, there is even a custom packaging software that allows Lin Chen to package the required software function modules into a software installation package for distribution according to his needs.
In this way, although the entire system is not encrypted, Lin Chen can package only some functions into a demo when demonstrating it to others, thus avoiding the possibility of someone stealing the entire software.
100 academic excellence points, definitely worth the money!
After quickly checking the contents of his hard drive, Lin Chen immediately called Chen Xiaoxiao's mother, Meng Lan, before his roommates returned.
The phone rang a few times before being answered, and Meng Lan's slightly tired voice came through.
"Lin Chen? Why did you suddenly decide to call me? Did something happen to Xiaoxiao?"
"No, Auntie. Xiaoxiao is still in military training, everything is fine. I need to talk to you about something."
"you?"
"Do you remember our promise? I've finished the chip design software you requested."
"Chip design software? EDA!?"
Upon hearing this news, Meng Lan on the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.
Lin Chen thought the signal was lost and called out "Auntie" a few times uncertainly before he heard Meng Lan's slightly angry voice on the other end.
"Lin Chen, Auntie's been quite busy at work lately, I don't have time to joke with you!"
Meng Lan rubbed her temples on the other end of the phone, looking exhausted.
Meng Lan's company is called Longtian, and it is one of the few leading domestic EDA development companies in the Dragon Kingdom of this world.
However, even as a leading company, Longtian's EDA technology is at least twenty years behind that of foreign countries, and can only be used to develop some low-end chips.
Recently, a new generation of EDA software that Longtian had been developing with high hopes was found to have major flaws during testing, and several years of investment have almost gone to waste.
So when Meng Lan heard Lin Chen's words, she instinctively felt that Lin Chen might know about her company's affairs and was joking with her!
"Auntie, I'm not joking with you. My EDA has just finished testing, and I estimate that its performance should be roughly equivalent to that of current EDAs from abroad."
If you don't believe me, I can give you a test version to check out first.
Lin Chen remained calm and composed, his tone quite even.
Meng Lan didn't believe a word Lin Chen said, but she still had a sliver of hope in her heart.
What if what this kid is saying is true?
What if he actually creates an EDA?
Thinking about it carefully, compared to making an EDA, this kid went from a vocational school student to a student at a 985 university and became the top scorer in the national college entrance examination.
The latter seems more like a fantasy.
But he actually did it.
So what if he wasn't lying this time either?
"Okay, Lin Chen, I'll give you an email address. Send it to me so I can take a look!"
After leaving her company email address, Meng Lan hung up the phone and turned on her computer screen.
Meng Lan was in her company office at that moment.
She rested her chin on one hand and kept refreshing her email with the other.
Am I going crazy?
Meng Lan suddenly felt a little ridiculous that she had actually agreed to give Lin Chen a chance?
You should know that the agreement I made with Lin Chen was only made two or three months ago.
How is it possible to develop a mature EDA in just two or three months?
But what if it's true?
Meng Lan's breathing suddenly became rapid.
If this is true, then one of the two major shackles holding China's chip industry back will be broken!