Love is always sweet, but for Zhang Zhipeng, sweet love is merely a seasoning in life.

However, with this seasoning of love, the monotonous and dull daily routine of scientific research finally gained some vibrant colors.

Afterward, Zhang Zhipeng devoted himself to the development, research, and manufacturing of a series of sensor chips and storage chips.

Now, on this particular day, President Dong Haoming of Northwestern Polytechnical University attended a defense-related meeting in the capital.

During the meeting, Zhao Bingkun, Director of the State Administration for Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense, spoke with deep distress about an incident.

The incident was as follows:

The Administration had procured a batch of CPU chips from the United States through official channels, intending to use them in the aerospace launch control system platform.

However, once the chips arrived and were tested, it was found that, shockingly, all of these CPUs were defective, with many of them completely unusable.

When the U.S. side was informed, they claimed there was nothing wrong with their products.

They insisted that the issue arose because we didn’t know how to use them properly, which supposedly led to the damage of the CPUs. They even offered to send personnel to assist in resolving the issue.

Zhao Bingkun said, "Their intention is clear—they want to use this opportunity to spy on our aerospace secrets."

"This is truly dishonest!"

"We paid such a high price, and they turn around and play us like this!"

"It’s obvious they’re trying to take advantage of us!"

"Those Americans—they really can’t be trusted!"

"So, comrades, we must develop our own processors! If we can’t create our own CPU products, there will be many areas where we’ll be at the mercy of others in the future!"

"Now, which unit is willing to take on this project?"

Zhao Bingkun wanted to unite the country's research institutions and have everyone work quickly to produce their own CPUs.

But no one volunteered for this project, as it was extremely challenging!

At present, the only companies capable of making CPUs in the world are in the United States.

Other countries haven’t even gotten a foothold.

Even if they were given blueprints, they wouldn’t know how to make them!

Naturally, there have always been research institutions in the country that refused to accept defeat and have been working on independently developed CPUs.

However, the results were mostly unsatisfactory—nearly useless with disappointing performance.

After hearing Zhao Bingkun’s speech, Dong Haoming’s heart skipped a beat: Haven’t we already developed a CPU?

And the test results were quite promising!

So, we can take on this task!

Immediately after the meeting, Dong Haoming approached Zhao Bingkun.

He said to him, "Director Zhao, actually, some of our researchers at the university have already developed a CPU."

"And after testing, its performance is comparable to the most advanced CPUs in the world!"

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Zhao Bingkun, delighted, widened his eyes in surprise: "Is what you’re saying true?"

Dong Haoming nodded and said, "Absolutely true!"

"This CPU was actually a byproduct. Our Aeronautical Engineering Department has been working on integrating the avionics system for third-generation aircraft, and one of our geniuses believed that to do it right, we first had to develop an advanced CPU."

"So, this genius applied for funding and led a small team. After a period of hard work, they finally completed it just a few days ago! They created an extremely advanced CPU!"

Zhao Bingkun was overjoyed: "Great! What’s the name of this genius?"

Dong Haoming replied, "His name is Zhang Zhipeng!"

Zhao Bingkun repeated the name and said, "That name sounds unfamiliar. I know almost all the famous experts at your university."

Dong Haoming laughed, "Zhang Zhipeng is a young man who hasn’t been working for long."

"But this young man is incredibly talented, especially in the field of computing."

"He can code, and he’s also outstanding in hardware."

Zhao Bingkun said “Good” three times in succession: "Good, good, good!"

"Have him bring his results to the capital!"

"If the tests confirm its excellent performance, I’ll place an order!"

"You’ll need to organize production for me!"

Dong Haoming was overjoyed: "Certainly!"

"I’ll have him come over right away!"

Dong Haoming immediately called the school.

His secretary, Qian Yizhou, answered the phone and quickly ran to Zhang Zhipeng's laboratory.

At that moment, Zhang Zhipeng was in his lab, fine-tuning the memory chip he had developed.

Memory chips are a crucial component of electronic computers. They are mainly used to cache data, enabling rapid transfer to the CPU for quick processing.

Currently, memory chip technology is an area where Huaxia has a technical gap.

The memory chip that Zhang Zhipeng developed has a capacity of 16M and uses EDD-DRAM technology, which stands for Extended Data Output Dynamic Random Access Memory. Zhang Zhipeng recently learned this technology.

In the previous era, this technology was invented by Micron Technology in 1991.

Therefore, it hasn't been patented yet at this point. The most advanced memory chips available now only have a capacity of 2M!

Zhang Zhipeng’s work represents an eightfold improvement, a groundbreaking advancement.

Zhang Zhipeng was excited about this achievement.

Qian Yizhou hurried into the lab.

"Zhipeng, the principal wants you to go to Beijing immediately. Bring your work with you and catch a flight as soon as possible!"

"I'm arranging for the office to book your ticket right now!"

Zhao Min was surprised. "Is it that urgent? What's going on?"

Qian Yizhou replied, "It's good news! Very good news!"

"Zhipeng, hurry up and get ready!"

"A car from the school will be at your lab building shortly."

Zhang Zhipeng thought to himself, it seems that the higher-ups are in urgent need of a domestic CPU.

They want me to present my work!

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Alright! I'll pack up right away."

Zhao Min quickly helped Zhang Zhipeng pack his things.

Zhang Zhipeng gathered all the results of his recent work, placed them in a protective bag, and held it in his hand.

He thought, I won't go to say goodbye to Professor Zheng Jingzhi in person. I'll just give him a call.

So, Zhang Zhipeng called Zheng Jingzhi.

Zheng Jingzhi was also happy for Zhang Zhipeng.

He said, "This is great news!"

"Do you need to borrow some money from the finance office first?"

Zhang Zhipeng replied, "No need, sir. Qian Yizhou said everything has already been arranged for me."

Zheng Jingzhi laughed and said, "Then go! Do your best when you get there!"

"If your work gets recognized and promoted by the higher-ups, that would be a great honor! Haha!"

After finishing the call with Zheng Jingzhi, Zhao Min came over with a suitcase packed for him.

His clothes and everything else were already in the case.

Since Zhang Zhipeng and Zhao Min started dating, she had taken care of his laundry and other chores.

Zhao Min had organized his life perfectly.

Zhang Zhipeng took the suitcase and said, "Before I come back, I'll visit some shopping malls in Beijing and buy you a gift."

Zhao Min smiled and said, "Don't buy anything unnecessary. I don't need anything."

Someone nearby teased, "Aren't you going to give her a kiss?"