118: Chapter 118 Hidden Dragon

"Domestic operating system?" These words slammed into the conference room, and the heads of over a hundred people on both sides of the long table froze in unison.

Several chief engineers from mobile terminal manufacturers, who had just been burning with excitement over the imminent receipt of the Fifth-Generation Communication Technology terminal adaptation materials, were stunned.

They had even planned out how to assign their staff to work around the clock once they returned.

But at this moment, they were completely stunned on the spot by this sudden piece of information.

"Operating system? Lin Yuan actually managed to come up with this thing too?!"

Lin Yuan slowly withdrew his finger from the fourth hard drive, interlaced his fingers, and rested them on the table.

"Everyone here should understand the current status of operating systems, right?"

His tone was flat, as if he were just making small talk. But the people present subconsciously swallowed, nodding stiffly.

As for the status of operating systems, those of them who dealt with it every day could recite it in their sleep...

Lin Yuan took in the subtle silence below. Naturally, he didn't expect anyone to stand up and answer, so he continued on his own.

"On the current PC side, the Win system is in its prime. Once Win7 was released, it became legendary, its market share crushing everything else."

"Next is Mac, which follows a high-end, niche route, holding its own ground."

"Combined, these two companies have gobbled up over ninety percent of the global market share."

"On the mobile side, although Symbian has started to go downhill, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse; it remains the mobile operating system with the largest installed base at the moment."

"At the same time, the two new smart powers, iOS and Android, are on the rise."

"One creates a closed ecological loop, the other engages in wild, open-source growth. There's no need for me to say how fierce their momentum is; you terminal developers know better than I do."

Lin Yuan spread his hands slightly at this point. "But these current mainstream systems, without exception, all come from abroad."

When these words fell, no one in the entire large conference room made a sound. It wasn't that they didn't want to refute it; they simply couldn't. The facts were right there.

Lin Yuan paused for a beat and continued to twist the knife. "Now let's look at the domestic side."

"On the PC side, we have also created so-called domestic operating systems over the years. But to put it bluntly, they are basically just taking the Linux open-source kernel, changing the shell, modifying the skin, and slapping on our own logo."

"The underlying scheduling logic is someone else's, the file system is someone else's, and the driver framework is still someone else's."

"We change the skin and claim it's independently developed."

As soon as this was said, several engineers near the back of the long table blushed and subconsciously turned their heads away. An unspoken industry secret was laid bare like this by Lin Yuan in front of over a hundred people; anyone would feel uncomfortable.

But Lin Yuan didn't stop; he continued. "The mobile side is even less worth mentioning. Everyone either holds their nose and uses Symbian, or does secondary development based on Android."

"The kernel isn't ours, the compiler isn't ours, and even the runtime environment is someone else's."

"To put it plainly, from the underwear to the coat, everything is someone else's stuff!"

This metaphor was direct enough, but no one present could laugh. Lin Yuan slowly scanned the entire room, taking in the reactions—some embarrassed, some bitter, some silent.

"That is the current status quo." He paused, leaning forward slightly. "No one here would deny that, right?"

On both sides of the long table, over a hundred people remained silent.

Lin Yuan didn't dwell on this emotion. He leaned forward another half-inch, raised his index finger in front of him, and waved it lightly in the air.

"Now, let's get to the main point." "Whether it's foreign systems like Win, Mac, iOS, or Android, or those domestic systems based on secondary development of Linux and Android—"

"Currently, not a single one can fully meet the requirements for the implementation of Fifth-Generation Communication Technology."

As soon as these words were spoken, the technical heads of the three major telecommunications operators in the front row suddenly stiffened, their pupils contracting violently.

"And not a single one can fully support the computing power scheduling requirements of Brain-like Machine Intelligence."

Lin Yuan withdrew his finger and interlaced his fingers on the table again. "What does Fifth-generation Communication require?"

"It requires deterministic latency, hard real-time response, and end-to-end microsecond-level scheduling precision."

"Existing general-purpose operating systems, regardless of what kernel you are running underneath, have core scheduling logic not designed for this kind of scenario."

"No matter how you patch it up on the upper layer, it's useless; the foundation is crooked from the root. No matter how high you build the building, it's still a dangerous structure!"

"And what does Brain-like Intelligence require?"

"It requires perfect collaborative scheduling of three heterogeneous computing powers: CPU, GPU, and NPU; millisecond-level optimization of dynamic memory; native support for distributed communication architecture; and deep underlying adaptation to AI frameworks."

Lin Yuan spread his hands and looked at the people present. "Tell me, which of the existing systems can do this?" "None of them can!"

"If you force it to fit, there will only be one result: the operating system will become the biggest bottleneck of the entire technical system."

"The base stations are laid out, the terminals are made, the algorithms are running, but the operating system can't keep up?" "Then all the previous work is for nothing."

These words slammed down, and the engineers from the terminal manufacturers looked at each other. It's not that they hadn't thought about the operating system adaptation issue. But in their previous understanding, this was at most a step that needed "optimization"; at worst, they would just do another round of deep customization for the new communication protocol.

But after being broken down by Lin Yuan, everyone realized it in hindsight and broke out in a cold sweat!

Lin Yuan scanned the faces that were gradually turning pale below, not pausing for too long. "Besides this, there is a more realistic and more fatal problem." He held up another finger. "Independent and controllable."

When these four words fell, everyone present involuntarily tensed up.

"Although it is not impossible to continue in-depth development and customization on the existing open-source basis." "But we have finally broken through the semiconductor blockade, untied the noose around our necks, and the two sharp swords of communication and intelligence are also moving forward."

"And yet, when it comes to the lowest level of system architecture, we still have to use someone else's?"

Lin Yuan looked at the faces below that were gradually turning from embarrassed to solemn, his voice slightly deep. "Communication and intelligence are the lifeblood of the entire national industrial system in the future."

"If these two things run on someone else's system framework, it is tantamount to handing a knife to others." "Today they let you use it; tomorrow they can stab you with it." "Are the previous lessons not profound enough?"

These words made the air in the conference room heavy; many people were breathing heavily, and their backs were already cold. Building the lifeblood of national industry on someone else's foundation? How is that any different from courting death?

Lin Yuan sat quietly in the main seat, waiting for everyone to digest this information.

"So." A moment later, Lin Yuan spoke again, breaking the heavy silence. "In order for these two projects to be truly and thoroughly implemented, and to keep the lifeblood forever in our own hands, without being subject to anyone." "Creating our own domestic system is a matter of course."

"A matter of course?" These four words were spoken so lightly, but everyone present understood the difficulty behind this, which was comparable to ascending to heaven. A complete operating ecosystem is a super project that normally requires decades of time, countless top geniuses, and massive amounts of capital to build!

Yang Lin and Wei Jiancheng looked at each other, both seeing crazy shock in the other's eyes.

An architect from a mobile terminal manufacturer could finally no longer hold back. He swallowed and asked, his voice hoarse and daring: "Chief Engineer Lin, then is the operating system contained in this hard drive..."

Under the intense gaze of hundreds of bloodshot eyes in the room, Lin Yuan smiled. "This is the underlying system I specially developed to perfectly match Fifth-Generation Communication Technology and Brain-like Intelligence." "It even includes compatibility for future upgrades after the explosion of computing power."

He slowly reached out his hand and tapped his index finger casually on the cold, hard metal casing of the fourth hard drive. "For this operating system that belongs entirely to us, the people of Xia..." Lin Yuan's eyes lifted slightly, his thin lips parted. "I call it—" "Hidden Dragon."