Zhou Xing thought for a moment, looked at Liu Qiang, Liu Dawei and the others with a smile, and asked, "Uncle Liu, what project are you planning to pursue? Have you determined the direction?"
"Well, actually we are still relatively optimistic about the smart industry, but there is already the Shining Star Group in this field, so we can only settle for the second best." Liu Dawei looked at Zhou Xing sheepishly and said with a smile.
"We are interested in the field of data storage. Based on the paper 'Binary Criteria and Variables' you published a few years ago, we can infer that the field of data storage will have great achievements in the future." Liu Qiang paused and added.
Hearing this, Zhou Xing was speechless for a while, admiring Liu Qiang's precise vision.
With the large-scale application of AI chips and 5G network applications becoming increasingly mature, human society's ability to use AI chips to process data has increased hundreds to thousands of times. However, the hard drive used to store data has become a short foot and cannot keep up. the speed at which other technologies are updated.
The mainstream hard disk storage space in the market is still only about 10T, which is expensive. However, files and videos suitable for virtual technology and AI intelligent technology are all measured in hundreds of G. Low-capacity hard disk technology has long been unable to meet people's needs. There is an urgent need for a large-capacity, cheap and easy-to-use new hard drive to replace the existing traditional hard drives.
"Well, mechanical hard disks should indeed be eliminated. The mechanical structure of HDD is progressing very slowly. According to the current technology and capacity-price ratio, it is only a matter of time before SSD completely replaces HDD." Zhou Xing nodded and confirmed. (HDD: mechanical hard drive, SDD: solid state drive)
Hearing this, Liu Qiang smiled bitterly. If there was no new hard drive technology, how would they, novices who want to enter this field, compete with the hard drive giants
Even if they invest money in research and development, it will still take a lot of time. Only top scientists like Zhou Xing can achieve major technological breakthroughs in a short period of time.
"Xiao Xing, can you develop other new models of hard drives? The prospects of SSD hard drives are still very limited." Liu Dawei looked at Zhou Xing and asked a little embarrassedly.
"Yes! For example: Resistive RAM is a type of phase change memory (PCM). It has the characteristics of a multi-layer structure. Its read and write speed and durability will be a thousand times that of NAND flash memory, and its storage density is that of NAND flash memory. It is about 10 times more cost-effective than SSD in the field of large-scale storage."
"There is also the MRAM mode. Different from the traditional use of charges to store information, MRAM stores information through different magnetic orientations. Based on the thin film structure of the magnetic tunnel junction, its storage density has unlimited storage space..." Zhang Xiaofeng introduced to Zhou Xing one by one. road.
Hearing this, Zhou Xing frowned deeply, as if he was thinking about something, very absorbed in his thoughts.
Seeing this, Liu Qiang and the three of them looked directly at Zhou Xing, like candidates waiting for test scores, worrying about gains and losses, and looking a little nervous.
"Xiao Xing, do you have any idea? If it's too much trouble, forget it." Zhou Wenhai said with some distress, seeing Zhou Xing frowning in deep thought.
Zhou Wenhai has never seen a happy smile on Zhou Xing's face since the college entrance examination. He is now like an old scholar, obsessed with scientific research all day long, and his personality has become dull and reticent.
"Yes! If it's too much trouble, forget it. You have so many big things to deal with every day." Liu Qiang showed a forced smile and agreed with Zhou Wenhai's words.
Shining Star Group is a leader in several high-tech industries and ranks first in China in terms of market value. Once the virtual project is launched, its market value will soon exceed the number one in the world.
At this point in time, Liu Qiang and the others already felt very honored to have come to the home of the world's richest man without being kicked out. This was all thanks to their 20-year old friendship with Zhou Xing's family.
Now, they are using this friendship to let the "world's richest man" work on scientific research projects for them, which is a bit disrespectful.
"Uncle Liu, it's not that I don't help, I haven't studied any of the storage technologies introduced by Uncle Zhang." Zhou Xing looked at Liu Qiang with an apologetic look and said.
"Yeah, we understand, we can understand. After all, the door is like a mountain, and it is difficult for us to force others." Liu Qiang looked at Zhou Xing and nodded in understanding, then looked at Zhou Wenhai, gave up decisively and said: "Wenhai, this hard drive Project, I think let’s just forget about it!”
"Yes! We take it too much for granted. Although the storage field has broad prospects, its barriers are too high and are not suitable for us." Liu Dawei nodded repeatedly with a wry smile.
Hearing this, Zhou Wenhai looked at Liu Qiang and the others with an apologetic look, and nodded silently. If it weren't for the purpose of supporting Liu Qiang and the others, he would never have said this to Zhou Xing. Forget it, at least he wouldn't make it difficult for Zhou Xing.
"It's not too early! It's time for us to say goodbye, Xiaoxing, please do your best! We're still waiting to drink your wedding wine!" The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Liu Qiang and Zhang Xiaofeng looked at each other and said goodbye with a smile.
After saying that, Liu Qiang and the others stood up from the sofa, followed by Zhou Wenhai, ready to say something to persuade them to stay.
At this moment, Zhou Xing suddenly smiled and said: "Uncle Liu, don't leave in a hurry! I haven't even finished speaking!"
Hearing this, Liu Qiang, Liu Dawei, and Zhang Xiaofeng all shook their bodies, and their buttocks that had just left the sofa immediately sat back down heavily.
"Xiao Xing, what do you mean?" Liu Dawei looked at Zhou Xing and asked in confusion.
"I'm really not familiar with the storage technologies listed by Uncle Zhang, but I have a very good storage technology here." Zhou Xing looked at Liu Dawei and said with a smile.
"What kind of technology is it?" Liu Dawei perked up and asked blurtly.
"Single-atom magnetic storage is a technology that uses the magnetic state of atoms to establish a sequence of single-atom magnetons. Using single atoms as magnetic bytes to store data will greatly increase the density of data storage. The storage space and efficiency are beyond those of traditional hard disks. More than ten thousand times." Zhou Xing introduced Liu Qiang and the others with a smile on his face.
Hearing this, Liu Qiang, Liu Dawei, and Zhang Xiaofeng were all shocked. The technology Zhou Xing mentioned is much more advanced than SDD, RAM, MRAM... these data storage technologies. It is simply a gap between heaven and earth.
"Xiao Xing, are you kidding? Where did you get this technology?" Ye Huilan was taken aback and asked Zhou Xingdao in surprise.
"When did you start researching this technology? Did Shining Star Group originally have the idea of entering the storage field?" Zhou Wenhai looked at Zhou Xing and asked in confusion.
After listening to Zhou Wenhai's words, Liu Qiang and others' expressions suddenly turned ugly. It would be embarrassing if this was really the case.
"No, this single-atom magnetic storage technology was accidentally discovered when I was developing molybdenum semiconductor materials. However, I am busy researching other projects and taking care of the Xingyao Group. There are too many things to do, so I just put this I forgot about this technology, and I didn’t think of it until Uncle Liu and you guys said you wanted to enter the storage field." Zhou Xing looked at Liu Qiang and the others and said sheepishly.
Hearing this, Liu Qiang, Liu Dawei, and Zhang Xiaofeng were stunned and didn't know what to say.
Zhou Wenhai and his wife were speechless for a while. How busy is Zhou Xing? He didn't have time to deal with such a big technological discovery.