deltrittennovels Chapter 213 Self-Correction
Chapter 213 Self-Correction
Chapter 247 Self-Correction
May 29th.
10:00 AM.
Beijing.
Su Chen opened a new document at his workstation.
Title: Sample Port: Adaptive Correction Mechanism of Production Line Simulation System.
This was a technical prototype he originally planned to release next week. However, Bertoli's concerns about its robustness led him to decide to release it earlier.
Bertolli's most pointed argument is "process drift during production line operation." Even if the simulation system's predictions are accurate during the design phase, once the production line enters mass production, equipment aging, material batch changes, and slow environmental changes will cause actual parameters to deviate from the design values. This is the most difficult challenge to refute regarding simulation systems.
The sample document that Su Chen is preparing to release describes a mechanism.
The simulation system accepts real-time monitoring data from the production line as input. This mainly includes three categories: complete process parameters for key equipment, QC parameters for each batch of wafers, and production environment parameters. The system recalculates the prediction every five minutes and compares it with the most recent actual output data. If the deviation exceeds two percentage points, the system will call the third-order model to back-calculate the parameters that actually deviate from the design values and regenerate an "adjustment recommendation".
This adjustment recommendation will be sent to the production line engineers. The decision to adopt it is left to them.
Su Chen included a performance metric for convergence time in the document.
[Total time from detecting a deviation exceeding the threshold to generating adjustment recommendations. Lab and small-scale pilot environments: average 1.5 seconds.]
One point five seconds.
This is a number that has penetrated into pure engineering.
The production line engineer sees an anomaly indicator on the instrument and receives an actionable adjustment recommendation in no more than 1.5 seconds.
This response speed means that the production line is not "predicting once and then watching the deviation occur." The production line is "continuously predicting, continuously providing feedback, and continuously correcting deviations."
Su Chen sent the sample to Zhou Zhiyuan, adding, "Please take a look, teacher, and see if it's acceptable to release it ahead of schedule."
Zhou Zhiyuan replied to the email twenty minutes later.
"Yes, but don't publish it in journals. Publish it on arXiv as a technical report. Let the academic community discover it themselves. Don't actively promote it."
Su Chen understood.
We will not proactively push notifications. We will not publish magazines. We will not issue statements.
He only has a technical report on arXiv, allowing MEMS researchers worldwide to see for themselves.
He uploaded the report.
Forty minutes after uploading, the report began to appear at the top of the new preprint list in the MEMS section of arXiv.
Two hours later, Dr. Mark Wiesen from ETH Zurich posted a tweet:
"This just landed on arXiv. The Su-Zhou framework now includes an adaptive correction loop with 1.5s convergence on lab-scale. This is going to be very hard to dismiss as 'lab-only'."
This tweet was retweeted by more than 300 MEMS researchers within six hours.
The academic community discovered it themselves.
……
May 29th.
in the afternoon.
Shanghai.
Lin Wei saw a new message from He Wentao in her office.
"Mr. Lin, Bertolli's third editorial, which he originally planned to publish today, has been blocked by internal Italian and French sources."
Lin Wei read it twice.
"Can you confirm that it wasn't his own decision not to send it?"
"No. It was an internal notice from the Italian-French chief spokesperson's office. It requires Bertoli not to publish any technical comments in public journals in his personal capacity for the next week."
"reason?"
"Headquarters believes that his first two editorials 'may have gone beyond the scope of personal expression, leading to a misinterpretation of the Italian-French Group's position.'"
After reading it, Lin Wei leaned back in her chair for a while.
This is a signal of dialogue. It's possible that some within Italy and France have already realized that Bertoli's strategy is to drag the group down with him.
She picked up her phone and sent a message to Jiang Mingyuan.
"Find out if there have been any recent signs of personnel changes at the Italian Group headquarters. The focus should be on Bertoli himself."
Jiang Mingyuan replied with a message thirty minutes later.
"This morning, a brief, off-schedule meeting was held at the Italian headquarters. Attendees included only the CEO, CTO, business unit president, and Bertoli himself. Bertoli's assistant left two hours early afterward."
After reading it, Lin Wei remained silent for a few seconds.
She replied, "Understood. Bertolli will be out of work within the next week."
Jiang Mingyuan replied with a "yes".
He didn't ask any further questions. They all understood what the signal meant.
Bertoli will not be fired. Given his qualifications and the Italian corporate culture, he will be "reassigned." This could be to a senior advisor position, or it could be to a nominally important area that is actually unrelated to the Vilan project.
But in any case, he will be detained on this issue.
The Italian-French Group needs to reconsider its stance on the Villand project. And Bertoli is the one who needs to be removed.
Lin Wei picked up the pen on the table and wrote a line on a piece of white paper:
"May 29th. After the attack by Italy and France."
Another line was written below:
Bertoli is out of the game.
She put the paper in the drawer.
……
May 30th.
morning.
Shanghai.
Lin Wei received a formal email from Weber, Chief Technology Officer of Infineon.
The email subject was: [Acceleration of Initial Discussion].
The main text consists of only one paragraph:
Dear Madame Lin,
Following recent developments—particularly the Bosch verification result and the announced framework discussion timeline—Infineon would like to formally propose advancing our initial discussion to early June. We are prepared to send a senior delegation to Shanghai during the first week of June if the timing is acceptable.
Best Regards,
Dr. Klaus Weber
CTO, Infineon Technologies AG"
After reading the email, Lin Wei forwarded it to Jiang Mingyuan.
"Infineon has moved up its schedule. From the middle of the month to the first week of June."
Jiang Mingyuan replied a minute later:
"Not surprising. After Bertoli was dragged down, the Italian and French groups will recalculate their stance on Vilan. Infineon cannot be held back by the collective concessions of its peers."
What do you think of this pace?
"Wei Lan cannot launch two strategic negotiations simultaneously. Bosch launched its negotiations after June 1st, and that pace cannot be changed. Infineon can only enter the 'initial contact' phase now; it cannot skip any steps."
"So how do we reply to emails?"
"Welcome to the delegation. This is a 'preliminary technical exchange,' and we will not discuss commercial terms. Su Chen will be the main speaker."
"clear."
Lin Wei forwarded the reply drafted by Jiang Mingyuan to Weber.
Three hours after the email was sent, Weber himself replied. It was an unusual business email—he personally confirmed the time of his visit.
The last of the three families also came to the table.
……
May 30th.
in the afternoon.
Beijing.
Jiang Mingyuan's office.
There were five letters of intent for cooperation on his desk.
They were all sent by members of the Weilan Alliance.
The alliance comprises 27 members in total. These five are five of the core eight members—CR Microelectronics, SMIC, JCET Group, Huatian Technology, and AVIC MEMS. They jointly proposed a request: to be allowed early access to the pilot program of the production line design simulation system, as "the first users among alliance enterprises."
The original plan was to announce the pilot list at the alliance meeting in mid-June. These five companies have now submitted their requests ahead of schedule.
Jiang Mingyuan scanned the five letters of intent and forwarded them to Lin Wei.
He added:
"Five companies appeared simultaneously. This isn't an error. This is..."
He didn't finish writing. But Lin Wei understood what he was trying to say.
The simultaneous appearance of these five companies signifies a consensus within the alliance: Vilan's production line simulation system is a must-have. Whoever connects first will benefit from increased production capacity. Companies that connect later will not only have to pay higher service fees but will also be at a disadvantage in the production capacity competition.
After reading the five letters of intent, Lin Wei only said three words:
"Accept them all."
But she added a condition: "Access will be at a discounted rate for alliance companies. Service fees will be 60% of the publicly listed price list. Project-based licensing fees will be 50%. The condition is that these five companies jointly issue a pilot program intention announcement."
Jiang Mingyuan asked, "Why do we need a joint statement?"
"Let the remaining twenty-two companies see that the leader has left."
Jiang Mingyuan understood.
This is a relay race. After the five companies announced their plans, the remaining twenty-two companies had to choose: either join early and pay the full price, or accept the gap in production capacity.
He picked up the phone and began replying to each company one by one.
……
On the evening of May 30th.
Beijing.
Su Chen completed the final proofreading of his second paper.
He changed the subscripts in a few formulas. He changed the color loading range of an image. He revised a few awkward English sentences.
After making all the revisions, he packaged the article and submitted it to arXiv for the last time.
Pre-release time: 8:00 AM on June 1st. The first paper will be officially published in Nature Materials at the same time.
He closed his laptop.
I glanced at the time. It was 10:30 PM.
He took out his phone and sent Chongchong a message: "What time does the train arrive tomorrow?"
I quickly replied, "4 PM. Are you taking tomorrow off?"
After reading it, Su Chen thought about it for a moment.
"Xiu, go to Yuexiu Market after you get off the train. I'll pick you up."
I quickly replied with an "okay".
He didn't say why he needed to rest.
He also did not specify what would happen on June 1st next year.
He only decided to take a day off.
He wasn't one to over-celebrate. But he understood one thing—starting tomorrow, this project would enter a new phase. Not a phase about "whether it can be accepted," but a phase about "how quickly and deeply it can be industrialized."
Before entering a new phase, one needs a day of rest.
He turned off his computer and left the company.
Zhongguancun at night follows the wind of late May.
He walked a few hundred meters down the street, then hailed a taxi back to his apartment.
He will pick up Chongchong tomorrow.
He will be back at this table the day after tomorrow.
This table will be different starting tomorrow.