Chapter 106 The Dream of Silicon Crystals
Chapter 106 The Dream of Silicon Crystals
Contrary to expectations, the car was much more stable than a horse-drawn carriage. As Roland sat in the car, a slight push came from the leather seat. The scenery on both sides rushed past. There was no jerking like a horse-drawn carriage, nor the sound of horses' hooves. In the driver's seat, she only felt light and airy. This strange feeling made Roland, who was riding in a car for the first time, feel slightly uncomfortable, and a faint sense of nausea was brewing.
Fortunately, he was a seasoned veteran who had seen all sorts of strange physiological phenomena, so this minor discomfort allowed him to keep the conversation flowing smoothly.
"Hello? Yes, this is 01. Yes, that's right. Okay, I understand."
The receptionist in the passenger seat held a strange square box, speaking into it and nodding occasionally. After a moment, he turned to look at Lolaran: "Mr. Lolaran, I'm afraid Her Highness the Princess is unavailable today. We have to postpone your meeting until tomorrow. How about this? Would you like to stay at the Trian Continent Hotel tonight?"
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alice, the Continental Hotel is a state-owned enterprise and naturally undertakes the function of receiving foreign affairs personnel. Moreover, the Continental Hotel in Trian is the most luxurious hotel on Trian Boulevard, making it the perfect place to receive envoys.
"Of course... I have a request—may I have a good look around this city?"
Looking at the dark sky and the golden sunset, it was already dark, but the city showed no signs of falling asleep. The lights on both sides of the street were on, and the buildings on both sides were brightly lit. People were still coming and going on the streets, and the roads were still bustling with traffic.
The city is not ready to sleep. Even as the sun sinks below the horizon, it continues to shine brightly and begin its own nightlife.
"Of course, all your requests will be met."
As the convoy turned through several streets, more and more pedestrians appeared, and the shops on both sides of the street lit up with lights—car headlights, streetlights, neon lights... Lora Lan felt a wave of dizziness, as if she were surrounded by a dazzling galaxy.
"So beautiful..."
"Who wouldn't find the beauty of a landscape they created with their own hands beautiful, my daughter?"
Alice held a wine glass, swirling the cola in her hand. The Red House was located on a hillside in the center of Trian. Even though it wasn't very tall, it could overlook half the city. Before Alice became Alice, the Red House could look down on everyone. Now, the gradually rising city skyline also made everyone's height level with it.
"Hmm... Mother, that's true~ Isn't this exactly what we want?"
Alice leaned against Alicia, who reached out and ruffled Alice's hair. Trian was no longer the Trian of the past, nor were they the same as they were three years ago. The demon nation had been reborn, and was even more radiant than before.
"Um, excuse me, Your Majesty Alicia, Lady Alice."
The two women entered, led by a maid. Sainz's hair was somewhat disheveled, and her clothes smelled of having not been washed for several days, carrying a hint of fire and metal.
The other Anna was in the same situation, with dark circles under her eyes, indicating she had undergone considerable hardship. This wasn't surprising, as even with complete principles and blueprints for tablets, putting them into practice is not easy, especially for something like transistors.
The magic circuit board has been proven to be an effective logic path function using magic as a carrier in the experimental process, but miniaturization is not simple. Although the various electronic devices using magic circuits developed in the past have been proven to be useful, in the process of continuous improvement, as the components become smaller and smaller, until the process of 1 millimeter begins, the components made of deactivated magic crystals begin to show magic resonance phenomenon.
This is why no smaller communication devices have been developed since the advent of magical electronic communication devices. The Magical Communication Industry Department must find a way to solve the magical resonance phenomenon below 1 millimeter.
Now, they do have a solution, but it comes at a high cost—going back to integrated circuits and manufacturing silicon transistors.
Previously, the handcrafted metal circuit board could not be a shortcut to electronic computer technology after repeated research. Magic crystal technology could indeed manufacture some handcrafted integrated circuits with low process requirements, and could also manufacture vacuum tube computers. The Magic Industrial Laboratory once thought that if they wanted to move forward to transistors, they could only honestly follow the path of the electronics industry and semiconductors.
Fortunately, things took a turn for the better. The magic smelting technology, which uses the second-generation magic energy-gathering forging furnace to extract magic crystal energy and use it for smelting in a short time, has improved. The second-generation magic integrated forging furnace uses electric furnace technology and can now smelt more ores, including products such as magic-guided monocrystalline silicon.
Magical single-crystal silicon achieves a silicon purity of 99.% and possesses the properties of both deactivated magic crystals and silicon. When used in silicon transistors, it simultaneously outputs magic power and electrical signals.
However, this meant that the magical silicon transistor that outputs electrical signals could not use a metal substrate. Fortunately, with the development of industrial technology at Amex Industrial, epoxy resin could be industrially produced, so the Magic Industrial Department ordered a batch of epoxy resin substrates to be used as PCB substrates.
However, epoxy resin produces a lot of odor during welding because the high temperature causes it to carbonize, and the smell on the two women came from the burnt smell emitted when welding epoxy resin PCBs.
"Is it the same as before? The yield rate?"
"Ah, Your Highness Alice, let's not discuss the yield rate yet. This is a handmade product. If we want to mass-produce it industrially, we'll have to see when we have time to build a wire-flying machine..."
Alice looked at the yellow circuit board in her hand. It had many metal lines on it, some of which were painted red and covered with deactivated magic crystal wires. It was a simple circuit board, but it already had that kind of foundation.
"It took us two or three days to finish this board... We only slept four hours a day, there was no other way..."
Alice fiddled with the circuit board in her hand. This small board would determine a future, a future of dreams, a world built on silicon, a dream built on silicon.
This is a groundbreaking invention, but for now, it can only remain in the laboratory.
She couldn't hide the smile on her face as she looked at the two women, drowsy and clearly hadn't slept for days.
"Rafis!"
"Ah! Miss!"
"Clean them up and find them a guest room so they can sleep for 12 hours!"
"what?"
"Go!"
Such talented people shouldn't die from overwork!
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