83: Chapter 83 How many trump cards does he still have?

Lin Yuan's words echoed through the press conference hall.

The reporters in the front row looked at each other, unable to digest the massive amount of information contained in that sentence for a moment.

An editor-in-chief of a tech weekly quickly raised their hand and asked at the top of their lungs.

"Chief Engineer Lin, may I ask what you specifically mean by 'redefining' and the 'true intelligent era'?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan held the microphone with one hand, his posture relaxed.

"Let's take the communication field we are most familiar with as an example."

"Everyone present should have a so-called 'smartphone' in their hands, right?"

Lin Yuan paused for half a second, his gaze sweeping casually over the representatives of domestic and foreign mobile phone manufacturers in the middle and back rows.

"But in all honesty, are today's smartphones truly 'intelligent'?"

There was dead silence in the audience.

"Open more than three background applications, and the device starts to lag."

"Run a slightly larger program, and the back of the device starts to heat up."

"To squeeze in a larger battery to maintain that pathetic battery life, mobile phones are made thicker and heavier."

"Once encountering high-intensity data computation, the entire system freezes completely, or even goes black and forces a restart."

These words were straightforward and sharp, precisely hitting the daily experience of every user.

Inside the venue, representatives from several mobile phone manufacturers were like sitting on pins and needles, their faces flushing red and turning pale, subconsciously shifting their sitting positions.

Lin Yuan ignored their embarrassment, raised his other hand, and traced it in the air.

"The root cause of these pain points does not lie with your engineers, but with the physical limits of existing chip manufacturing processes!"

"But the emergence of the 10-nanometer chip can change all of this!"

"It can directly reduce mobile phone chip power consumption by 50%!"

"Reduce the chip size by 30%!"

"And, under these circumstances, its overall computing power will soar by a full three times!"

This set of data, without any buildup, was laid out plainly and smashed into everyone's ears.

Offstage, those mobile phone manufacturer representatives instantly stopped whispering to each other.

They all sat up straight in unison.

Several executives from domestic brands even leaned forward, their hands pressing tightly on their knees.

Power consumption halved, size reduced, yet performance and computing power skyrocketed?

That means a thinner and lighter body!

That means longer-lasting battery life!

That means an incredibly smooth system!

That means more features that were once unimaginable can be realized on mobile phones!

This is a revolution!

A thorough industrial revolution!

Lin Yuan took in everyone's reactions, and using his infectious voice, continued to paint a blueprint of the future for the world.

"With such a chip as a foundation, we can finally talk about 'true intelligence'."

"It will no longer be a tool that passively executes commands, but a partner that can actively understand and assist you."

"It can plan all your travel routes in advance based on your habits."

"It can also process massive and complex image data streams in real-time, completing deep learning and logical reasoning locally."

Lin Yuan's voice paused for a moment.

"Everyone, this is the true intelligent era."

Inside the venue, there was a chorus of gasps.

In the minds of countless people, along with Lin Yuan's description, that maddening future was constructed.

The foreign reporters in the front row had their facial muscles twitching uncontrollably.

And The Other Side of the Ocean.

In that luxuriously decorated top-floor office, the blonde man slammed his fists heavily onto the solid wood desk, making a muffled "bang" sound.

"Absurd! A fairy tale! He is bewitching the masses!"

He gasped, trying to use a roar to dispel the fear that was spreading wildly in his heart.

Just then, at the press conference, a tech executive with black-rimmed glasses and thinning hair stood up.

"Chief Engineer Lin! As a practitioner, I would like to point out a realistic problem!"

"The future you described is beautiful, but given the current communication network bandwidth and operating system architecture, it is impossible to support the massive data stream processing and local logical reasoning you mentioned!"

"The hardware is ahead, but the software and infrastructure are still standing still!"

"Such a cross-era concept cannot be implemented at present, right?"

As soon as these words came out, many people at the scene who had just been immersed in fantasy calmed down and nodded one after another.

That's right, just having the chip without the supporting network and system, no matter how strong the computing power is, it can't be utilized.

Facing this sharp questioning, Lin Yuan did not refute.

Instead, he nodded and admitted it frankly.

"You are right."

"A single chip indeed cannot change the entire ecosystem."

"Hardware, network, and system—these three are indispensable."

Lin Yuan paused for a moment.

He held the microphone, his gaze sweeping across the audience, the corners of his mouth slowly curling into an inscrutable arc.

"However."

"Regarding the next-generation communication technology, as well as the supporting underlying intelligent system..."

"I happen to have been researching them recently."

"And, fortunately, I have gained a little bit of insight."

The same second these words fell.

Deep in Lin Yuan's consciousness, a light blue light screen quietly emerged.

[Current Lie: Have gained a little bit of insight regarding next-generation communication technology and the underlying intelligent system.]

[Lie Level Judgment: Level 2]

[Current Total confidence: 6.6%]

[Please work hard, Host, to make more people believe your lie!]

The whole venue was deathly silent.

Everyone was stunned numb by his understated words.

Next-generation communication technology?

Underlying intelligent system?

You, someone who works on Photolithography Machine, are even researching this?

And you "have a little bit of insight"?

Just as the whole venue fell into a daze, and the vast majority of people were frantically questioning their lives, Chen Jingshan, who had been standing quietly at the side rear, suddenly stepped forward.

"Regarding this point, as the dean of the Xia Academy of Sciences, I have something to say."

Chen Jingshan's voice was steady and powerful, attracting everyone's attention.

"The fields that Comrade Lin Yuan is involved in are far broader than everyone imagines."

"He is not only a genius in the field of Photolithography Machine, but he has also shown extraordinary talent in other fields."

Chen Jingshan's words were tantamount to pouring a bucket of boiling oil on a raging fire.

The whole venue was in an uproar!

A person's energy is limited; this is everyone's consensus.

But this consensus, in front of this twenty-year-old young man, was crushed to pieces time and time again!

This press conference that shocked the whole world seemed to be coming to an end amidst this uproar.

And just at this time, another reporter raised their hand.

"Chief Engineer Lin, I have one more question!"

"We all know that chip fabrication requires a large amount of special chemical materials and high-purity gases."

"And as far as I know, Xia currently does not possess the full-chain production capacity for these upstream materials, and relevant international embargoes are being tightened layer by layer."

"May I ask, without these materials, how will your chip business achieve commercialization?"

As soon as this question was raised, the originally excited domestic entrepreneurs all shivered.

Countless gazes, filled with tension, worry, and scrutiny, focused on the stage once again.

The Other Side of the Ocean.

The blonde man's tense back leaned against the leather chair, and a flush appeared on his face.

He clenched his fists, and an irrepressible roar erupted from his chest.

"Yes, this is it! Let's see how he can answer this!"

However, under the global spotlight.

Lin Yuan was not flustered, not angry, and didn't even frown.

He just stood there quietly.

Then, he looked at that foreign media reporter and smiled meaningfully.