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After several key resource arrangements were finalized, the meeting finally moved on to personnel and technology matters.

Gu Shaoting placed a recommendation for appointment on the table.

"Project Dawn needs a chief designer, as well as a commander-in-chief who can coordinate funding, research, industry, and strategic clients."

"My suggestion is that Chen Mo should fill both positions."

A moment of surprise rippled through the conference room as several managers who had never met Chen Mo before turned their attention to the young man.

10 billion yuan of national special funds.

Hundreds of researchers and engineers.

In the future, it will expand into multiple fields such as packaging, storage, EDA, servers, communications, and high-performance computing.

Any one of these tasks, in a typical project, would require someone with decades of experience to be in charge.

"Comrade Shaoting."

"A technology system manager asked."

"We all agree on the value of Chen Mo's first-generation architecture."

"But proposing a route and managing a national project are two different things."

Gu Shaoting stated directly, "That's why I serve as the director of the academic committee."

Wu Huaqiang was appointed as the chief engineer.

"Technical decisions are reviewed by an expert committee, and special funds are managed by an independent finance and audit team."

"The chief architect does not mean that one person has drawn up the entire map, nor does it mean that he can bypass the system and use money at will."

Gu Shaoting looked at Chen Mo.

"What we need is a leader who can see the future of the industry and unite this disparate force into a cohesive whole."

"Looking across the country, besides Chen Mo, no one else can sit there."

Faced with scrutinizing and probing gazes from everyone in the room, Chen Mo did not wait for Gu Shaoting to continue defending himself.

He calmly opened the black folder he carried with him.

The contents were not prepared on short notice.

Months ago, in his study in Building 3 of Shengyin Academy, which was brightly lit until dawn, he broke down the 2035 technology roadmap into four levels.

At that time, many things could only be written down as names and directions.

After six months of testing by Qingjia, he was able to identify two paths that could truly move forward.

The first page has only six characters.

High-bandwidth stacked storage.

"The initial local advantage of Dawn's first generation was essentially a benefit gained by moving computing next to storage."

Chen Mo walked to the screen.

"But the memory chips used in the first generation were simply existing products that had been reorganized."

"As computing scale increases, storage bandwidth will become a new bottleneck."

He drew several layers of stacked storage units next to the architecture diagram.

"In the first phase, we will not start with the most difficult part: memory wafer manufacturing."

"First, we will utilize existing DRAM dies to develop our own controllers, wide interfaces, interposers, and stacked packages."

"Placing storage directly next to the computing chip widens the previously narrow data channels by tens of times."

"In the second phase, we will work with domestic storage teams to develop dedicated storage chips that are compatible with Dawn."

"Ultimately, an independent high-bandwidth storage system will be formed, encompassing controllers, interface protocols, packaging, and testing."

A storage expert from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's eyes sharpened, and he asked in a deep voice, "Overseas giants already have numerous patents on HBM and HMC standards. How can they break through?"

"Do not copy the other party's interface and encapsulation definition."

Chen Mo flipped to the patent map.

"The controller, channel mapping, error correction, thermal management, and intermediary layer layout have all been redesigned."

"The time limit and authorization boundaries of existing basic patents will be confirmed one by one."

"For the parts that must be used, we'll discuss cross-licensing; for those that can be circumvented, we'll establish domestic solutions."

"Our goal is not to rename high-bandwidth memory from abroad, but to build a storage system that is compatible with the Dawn architecture."

The title on the second page is shorter.

Integrate storage and calculation.

"The energy consumed by data transfer will gradually exceed that of computing itself."

Chen Mo drew arrows on the whiteboard that constantly moved back and forth between the computing units and the storage array.

"Existing chips retrieve data from storage, send it to the computing unit, perform the calculation, and then write it back."

"Many of the time and power wasted in artificial intelligence and signal processing tasks occur on this road."

"In-memory computing means that some of the computations happen directly inside or next to the storage."

"The first stage involves near-memory computation."

"Add reconfigurable computing units around the cache and storage cores to first address data retrieval, matrix multiplication and addition, filtering, and compression."

"The second phase verifies SRAM digital storage."

"Resistive switching memory, phase-change memory, and analog in-memory computing will remain in the laboratory; we will not force mass production just to grab the concept."

"We'll move on to the next generation once the materials, error control, and lifespan meet the requirements."

Chen Mo did not only show the finish line.

Each route is followed by a list of current infrastructure, key equipment, potential teams, risks of failure, patent boundaries, and five-year milestones.

High-bandwidth storage can first utilize existing die and packaging conditions to build an engineering prototype.

Near-memory computing can continue to evolve on the existing scheduling framework of Dawn.

Truly immature analog computing and novel storage materials are explicitly placed in the long-term verification zone.

The skepticism around the conference table gradually subsided.

Several experts began to actively look through the architectural sketches at the back of the document.

What they saw was not a youthful, impetuous idea, but a well-reasoned, step-by-step battle plan that could support the entire nation's breakthrough in semiconductor computing power for five years.

The elderly man in the main seat listened quietly from beginning to end, until Chen Mo put away his notes, at which point the old man looked around the room.

"The Development and Reform Commission's opinion?"

Lu Changming remained calm: "I fully support you."

"Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund?"

"agree."

"Ministry of Finance, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Tsinghua University?"

"I agree to the proposal."

The appointment of the chief designer and chief commander of Project Dawn was approved unanimously.

Gu Shaoting was appointed as the director of the academic committee.

Wu Huaqiang was appointed as the chief engineer.

Chen Jing joined the core group for reliability and failure analysis, continuing to be responsible for packaging the database and thermal stress model.

Wen Zhixia joined the project management office, where she was responsible for coordinating the university, industry companies, external supply chains, and technology transfer.

The document in front of Chen Mo was turned to the last page.

His name has already been written in the appointment column.

Chief designer and commander of the Qingjia Project and the Chenxi Project.

Chen Mo.

……

At 2 p.m., the five-hour closed-door meeting of senior management officially ended.

The crowd filed out, but the elderly man with gray hair gestured for Chen Mo to stay.

The two did not remain seated in the meeting room.

They slowly walked forward along the stone path behind the building.

The early spring wind still carried a chill.

Birdsong occasionally drifted from among the pines and cypresses, while several guards in the distance maintained a distance from which their conversation could not be heard.

Do you know when I first noticed you?

The old man asked.

"That closed-door meeting?"

"Even earlier."

The old man smiled.

"When Qingjia received its first investment from the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, your name appeared in the application materials."

"Later, data from Star Technology, Primordial II, Paris, and Creation were gradually placed on my desk."

"A young man who had just entered university did many things that people in their fifties wouldn't dare to do."

Chen Mo remained calm and did not utter any words of self-deprecation.

"Procedural problems must be investigated and clarified through procedures."

"I simply had someone write down the names of those who secretly and illegally accessed your file, along with the channels through which they were sending messages to the outside world."

"The rule of protection is to protect people like you who can truly break through the current situation for the country."

Chen Mo's eyes flickered slightly, and he sincerely said, "Thank you."

"No need to thank me, this is the self-correction that a national system should have."

The old man walked to the ancient pavilion and gazed at the distant, vast mountains.

"Comrade Changming has moved to a new position."

"He advocates for the joint participation of the state's long-term capital, scientific research system, and capable private industries in strategic technologies."

"The dawn proves that this path is at least worth continuing."

"But you also need to understand that from today onwards, there will only be more eyes on you."

"Some people in China will question your age, worry that you might lose control, and even start looking for flaws in you in various ways."

"Intelligence agencies across the ocean will use every means to spy on Qingjia's secrets, and international capital giants will regard the capital and technology networks you control as a thorn in their side."

Chen Mo asked calmly, "So you're planning to restrict me?"

The old man turned around, his deep gaze fixed on Chen Mo:

"No red lines or rules that should be established will be omitted."

"But you will not be given any less strategic depth or room for maneuver."

"You have proven your ability with your own judgment, funds, and results."

"We won't put you in a glass case and treat you like a specimen that can only be viewed, just because you're young."

The old man raised his hand and pointed to the guards standing solemnly on the perimeter.

"Starting today, your personal security level will be directly upgraded to the standard of a national first-level strategic expert."

"The central security agency will dispatch a dedicated team of guards to seamlessly integrate into your private security system."

"They are responsible for political security, major events, route review, and handling of the highest risks."

"The original team will continue to be responsible for daily travel, accommodation, and business trips."

Chen Mo replied, "I understand."

The old man looked at the tall, upright young man before him, a sincere expectation in his eyes:

"Chen Mo."

"Your age is both your weakness and your greatest asset."

"Don't deliberately turn yourself into a lethargic person in order to prove you're mature."

"Similarly, don't think you'll never make mistakes just because you have support."

"Within the red line, show your true colors."

The old man's voice gradually rose in volume, becoming increasingly powerful.

"I want to see for myself just how much brilliance you, this young man, can unleash."

"I also want to see how many more earth-shattering surprises you can bring to this country that is currently overcoming difficulties."

Meeting the old man's weathered yet ardent gaze, Chen Mo bowed deeply and said, "I will make sure you see everything you desire with your own eyes."

The old man laughed heartily and patted the young man on the shoulder: "Okay, I'll be waiting."

……

As I stepped out of the western suburbs compound, the midday sun was already shining down on the steps.

Wei Shan and the others stood at the bottom of the steps, accompanied by two more stern-looking guards.

One of them showed Chen Mo his identification and then handed him a new security coordination plan.

The side of Weishan Mountain is slightly raised.

Chen Mo glanced at it but didn't say anything.

The Hongqi sedan slowly passed through the heavily guarded checkpoints in the western suburbs and merged into the rolling river of traffic in Kyoto.