462: Chapter 457 Too Radical an Idea? Don't Forget the Rules

Shen Yan didn't give them a chance to complain; the pen in his hand was already moving across the whiteboard.

He didn't draw the complete architecture of "Kuafu," which was so precise it was terrifying.

That would have scared them and exposed himself.

He simply drew an extremely simple, one could even say crude, framework.

A brand-new chip architecture that overturned all their previous assumptions.

"These are some of my unrefined thoughts."

Shen Yan's voice was calm, as if he were stating a trivial matter.

"Everyone can take a look and see if it's possible for us to proceed along this line of thinking."

A deathly silence fell over the conference room.

Everyone's eyes were fixed intently on the few lines and boxes on the whiteboard.

At first, there was confusion.

Then, shock.

Finally, it turned into disbelief.

"This... this is impossible."

An Engineer responsible for the underlying architecture murmured to himself.

"This kind of heterogeneous design will create massive data redundancy and scheduling conflicts; power consumption will explode."

"Exactly, and the layout of this neuron processing unit completely violates existing design logic."

"President Shen, this idea... is a bit too radical."

Voices of doubt rose one after another.

Chen Hao also frowned; he felt his boss was truly indulging in a pipe dream this time.

Only Dr. Li Bo remained silent.

His eyes were glued to a certain part of the framework, and a terrifying light gradually dawned in his cloudy eyes.

"Wait a moment."

Dr. Li suddenly spoke, his voice somewhat raspy.

He walked tremblingly to the whiteboard and picked up a red pen.

"What if... what if we add a three-level dynamic cache pool here and introduce a predictive scheduling algorithm?"

He added a few strokes to Shen Yan's framework.

It was like adding the finishing touch to a dragon.

Instantly, the architecture that had seemed full of conflicts and contradictions seemed to be infused with a soul.

The entire conference room fell silent once again.

This time, it was a deathly silence.

The minds of all the Engineers were racing.

In their minds, they were simulating this modified architecture.

The problem of data redundancy seemed to be solved.

Scheduling conflicts also seemed to have found a point of balance.

Power consumption was actually within an acceptable range.

How... how was this possible?

The corner of Shen Yan's mouth twitched imperceptibly.

This was exactly the effect he wanted.

He threw out a seemingly impossible "problem."

Then he guided them to find the only "answer" themselves.

"Dr. Li's idea is excellent."

Shen Yan spoke, breaking the silence.

"However, the energy efficiency ratio of the predictive scheduling algorithm is too low; it's not suitable for mobile devices."

He seemingly casually proposed a new "incorrect" direction.

This was to clear any suspicion that he had come to the exam with the standard answers.

Sure enough, Chen Hao immediately countered.

"President Shen, not necessarily! If we abandon the traditional von Neumann architecture and adopt an integrated storage and computing model here, we can significantly reduce the power consumption caused by data movement!"

The more Chen Hao spoke, the more excited he became. He grabbed a pen and began drawing on the whiteboard as well.

He felt he had grasped a spark of inspiration.

The atmosphere in the conference room changed completely.

The previous fatigue and resentment were swept away.

In its place was intense debate and the collision of intellectual sparks.

"No, integrated storage and computing has too high a requirement for material processes; we can't achieve it at this stage!"

"It can be implemented locally! Only in the core computing units!"

"Then what about the data interface? The protocols would have to be completely rewritten!"

"Then rewrite them! If this architecture can be made to work, it will be absolutely revolutionary!"

Shen Yan stepped aside, quietly watching this group of fanatical Artificial Intelligence Engineers.

They argued fiercely, reached a consensus through their arguments, then overturned it together, and rebuilt it together.

The sketch on the whiteboard became more complex and more precise.

It also drew closer and closer to the blueprint of "Kuafu" in Shen Yan's mind.

Shen Yan knew he had succeeded.

From this moment on, this drawing was no longer his secret alone.

It was the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the entire "Janus Project" team.

This would give this group of people an unparalleled sense of belonging and achievement toward the project.

These people would burn everything they had for the miracle "they themselves" had created.

Three birds with one stone.

The meeting continued until dawn.

When the first ray of morning light shone through the window, a brand-new chip architecture, shining with the light of genius, had already appeared on the whiteboard.

Everyone slumped in their chairs, exhausted.

But in their eyes, an unprecedented fire was burning.

The bottleneck that had troubled them for months was completely shattered in a single crazy night.

The subsequent research and development process progressed by leaps and bounds.

Shen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

But he didn't stay idle.

He returned to his office, closed the door, and dialed a number.

On the other end of the line, Wang Haidong's slightly excited and weary voice soon came through.

"Brother Shen, your 'fishing in troubled waters' move was truly brilliant!"

"Everything on my end is going smoothly, exactly as you predicted."

Wang Haidong's tone was full of awe.

"As soon as that anonymous report was submitted, the anti-smuggling team of the Dutch Customs pounced like mad dogs."

"Zhao Hong's shipment from Hongyuan Trading was seized on the spot. I heard both the goods and the people have been detained."

"Now, the entire Berth 2 area of the Port of Rotterdam is a mess; all customs clearance processes have been suspended."

"That idiot Zhao Hong is still running around looking for connections, having no idea who is targeting him."

Shen Yan listened, his face expressionless.

"What about Van der Sar?" he asked.

"Contact has been made."

Wang Haidong lowered his voice.

"My people met him through a consulting firm under the guise of providing solutions."

"That guy is overwhelmed right now. The pressure from above and the complaints from the cargo owners below are driving him crazy."

"Right now, he's treating our people like a life-saving straw."

Shen Yan nodded.

Everything was under control.

"The timing is about right."

"Leak the 'precise' intelligence about Hongyuan Trading to him in batches."

"Let him take the credit, and then let him close the case quickly."

"Understood."

Wang Haidong paused and then said, "Then on our side..."

Shen Yan interrupted him.

"Don't forget the things I told you to prepare."

"Things?" Wang Haidong was stunned for a moment.

Shen Yan's voice turned cold.

"We are helping him solve his troubles, but our sincerity must be shown."

"Favors are favors, and rules are rules."

Wang Haidong reacted instantly, a layer of cold sweat breaking out on his back.

He had been so focused on the excitement that he almost forgot this most crucial link.

"Understood, understood! Don't worry, Brother Shen!"