In September, the new semester begins, which means the official end of the freshman year and the official start of a new academic year.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun still scored incredible full marks in all subjects in the final exams in the first semester of their freshman year, earning more than 50 credits. Their average grade point of 4.0 was even more impressive than those of previous Qingmu University students.

Even though the two of them took nearly two weeks off to attend an academic seminar for the Science Breakthrough Award in June, it did not affect their daily schedule.

For the teachers and professors of various professional courses and elective courses, students like Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun who have achieved extraordinary achievements early are still able to listen carefully to the lectures, complete homework on time, take exams seriously and achieve excellent results.

It is enough to become a role model for students, who would deliberately stumble without having the foresight?

Therefore, it is not surprising that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun achieved such unprecedented and unprecedented achievements.

After the start of the first semester of his sophomore year, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun discussed and slightly reduced some elective courses. They did not fill up the daily class schedule like they did in the freshman year, freeing up more time for independent scientific research, but they were still among the students.

The one with the most elective courses.

The required credits for undergraduate graduation are 175. The two of them now have more than 110 credits. As long as they take about 60 more credits, they can graduate openly, including 10 credits for the graduation thesis.

Of course, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun can graduate at any time. They choose to continue taking classes not just for credits, but because they really want to learn more and expand their knowledge so that they can officially enter a semi-finals university next year that focuses on scientific research.

Accumulating more non-professional knowledge in their careers is also what teacher Jiang Weixian hopes for them.

After the start of their sophomore year, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun resumed their parallel study life of classes, self-study, and scientific research projects.

Among the scientific research projects, the EDA project is the closest to producing results. The two of them are also very motivated and concentrate on the final research, especially Uncle Yang called to say that EDA has been officially named "Qiguang", and Academician Nie Lao

The high expectations placed on Mr. Q when the name was proposed made the two of them even more encouraged.

Not only them, Xu Qingyan and the chief engineer and technical staff headed by Luo Jian worked tirelessly on the EDA project.

September 10th was Teachers' Day. Xu Qingyan, who was also a professor in the Department of Physics of Qingmu University, had completely forgotten his identity as a teacher. He was sitting in the conference room, looking at the bright red "Q" on the big screen.

In the avatar, the palms of the hands unconsciously grasp the armrests of the seats.

Not only him, but Chief Engineer Luo Jian, and nearly a hundred other engineers and technicians in the EDA research team were all sitting in the conference room.

But the conference room was eerily quiet. Everyone subconsciously took a breath, their expressions were tense and full of expectation, and all their eyes were focused on the "Q" avatar on the big screen.

The fully functional beta version of "Qiguang EDA" was completed early this morning, and everyone present participated in the trial.

The excitement when I saw the program installation package, the anticipation when the installation progress bar scrolled, the anxiety when I clicked the icon to run after the installation, and the nervousness when testing each function, finally turned into a wave of inner feelings that could not be resolved.

joy!

After working hard day and night for more than half a year, "Qiguang EDA", which has gathered the efforts of countless people and entrusted their feelings and dreams, is finally going to be born!

But there is still one last hurdle to pass!

That is the final judgment of Mr. Q, who they regard as the "father of domestic EDA" and "the soul of the EDA project team" in their hearts.

Whether this full-featured test version of "Qiguang EDA" can be officially released to various chip manufacturers for closed testing, the decision-making power does not lie in the hands of director Xu Qingyan, nor in the hands of chief engineer Luo Jian, but in the hands of their extremely admired Q

In the hands of Mr.

It was getting dark outside the window, and no one in the conference room had eaten dinner yet, but no one felt hungry, leaving only the increasingly nervous anxiety and expectation fermenting in their hearts.

Finally, the "Q" profile picture flashed and sent a message:

"Except for some details and functions that need to be further improved, this test version has basically reached our original design expectations. Well, congratulations to everyone. With everyone's joint efforts, domestic EDA was born today."

This was the second time for everyone except Xu Qingyan and Luo Jian (and the first time for many) to have a direct conversation with the rumored Mr. Q. Mr. Q’s words were simple and direct, and did not seem to have much emotional color, even the exclamation point

I sparingly didn’t post one, but it fits the image of the mysterious and eccentric old expert in everyone’s mind.

But the "good" comment and "domestic EDA was born today" were enough to make everyone nervously watching the big screen breathe a sigh of relief, and then ecstasy flowed throughout their bodies. This kind of participation in history,

The feeling of creating history together is so wonderful, giving everyone an indescribable sense of accomplishment and happiness at this moment.

The completely domestic EDA software "Qiguang" was born in their hands!

"We made it! We finally made it!"

"Qi Guang Qi Guang, Qi Guo Xin's Light!"

A group of engineers and technicians cheered without emotion, hugged each other, and some even cried with excitement.

Nearly half of these people are from the original EDA development team of Petals. If you really want to count, they have been involved in this project for more than three years. Day and night for the past three years, I originally thought that there would be no hope of success. Unexpectedly, in Q

Under Mr.'s miraculous guidance, the semi-finished Petal EDA actually completed a gorgeous transformation and became the Qiguang EDA with perfect functions that can be put into practical use today. How could they not have mixed feelings?

Moved to tears?

In the Study Room No. 2 of Qingmu University, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun watched this scene through the video connection camera. They couldn't help but smile at each other and gave each other a high-five.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Turning off the remote connection, Qin Ke said with a smile: "What we need next is actual trials and feedback from domestic chip manufacturers. We will strive to do this in September

The official version of 'Qiguang EDA' will be launched at the end of the month."

Designing the official version of "Qiguang EDA" with 7nm chips is not the end point. "Qiguang EDA" needs to be constantly improved and keep pace with the times. This is a relatively long-term task. Qin Ke has no intention of working with Ning Qingyun again.

Invest your energy in this area.

Just like when he decided to donate the Lime operating system, Qin Ke just wanted to be a "igniter" and was only responsible for lighting the first bonfire in the dark. Later, he would make the fire more and more prosperous, that is, other domestic people with lofty ideals and technology

The mission of the elite.

Of course, at least until Qiguang EDA can support the design of 1nm manufacturing process chips, Qin Ke will not let it go completely all at once. Instead, he will continue to work with Ning Qingyun to practice through battles, so that Qiguang EDA team can gradually fully

Take over the subsequent updates and maintenance work - the subsequent updates and maintenance are the bulk of the work, and they never end.

The two were still discussing the future of Qiguang EDA and the time to "let go" when Uncle Yang personally called.

"Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun, you said you would come to my house for dinner after returning to China but you never came. How about coming tonight? Just in time to celebrate."

Uncle Yang's voice was filled with uncontrollable excitement and joy. It was obvious that the news of the newly released beta version of Qiguang EDA had reached his ears.

Uncle Yang called, and Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun naturally went to the banquet.

What's more, the two of them no longer have elective courses in the evening. They took assistant Fang Yongtang's car and arrived outside Uncle Yang's community with ease. Lu Xinping had already been waiting outside and took the two of them in personally.

The nanny was still in charge of dinner, and the dishes were sumptuous. Uncle Yang never mentioned EDA, but only asked about their experience of going abroad last month and the recent progress in plant breeding.

After hearing the situation, Uncle Yang smiled and said: "I didn't expect that your patent authorization would eventually be snatched by Da Nong Seed Industry. Other seed industry companies are afraid that they will regret it in the future."

He was in a good mood and drank two glasses of wine for the first time. In fact, the doctor had said that he could not drink alcohol because of his health.

Lu Xinping wanted to persuade him, but he didn't dare to spoil his interest, so he had to give Qin Ke a look.

Qin Ke understood and saw Uncle Yang coughing after drinking. He hurriedly went over to pat his back and advised: "Uncle Yang, I think you should drink less."

"Nothing in the way, nothing in the way. It's rare that I'm happy today, so I'll just drink these two cups."

Seeing Uncle Yang's slightly sickly red face after coughing, Qin Ke hesitated for a moment, but still whispered: "Uncle Yang, I made up a recipe of health exercises and health food therapy. My grandfather and Qingjun's grandparents all practiced it.

Yes, it’s still useful. If you believe me, why don’t you learn from me? It’s best to show me the medical report and I’ll make a recipe for you.”

Uncle Yang asked unexpectedly: "You can still maintain health?" Then he smiled heartily and said: "Of course I believe you, you have brought me too many surprises. But there are other important things tonight. This set of exercises of yours, etc.

You can teach me next time you come over to my house for dinner."

Qin Ke didn't know why, but he immediately understood that Uncle Yang's summons was probably more than just an invitation to have dinner and reminisce about old times.

After dinner, Uncle Yang took Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to the study and closed the door.

Qin Ke noticed that even Secretary Lu didn't follow him, and the study door was very thick, as if it was specially made to prevent eavesdropping.

Uncle Yang solemnly said: "Qin Ke, and Ning Qingyun, an elder in the scientific research community has written a letter to you."

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun looked at each other. Although they didn't know who it was, Qin Ke nodded and said, "Okay. Where is the letter?"

"The letter is here. You can read it here, but because it involves you being Q, if you can, I suggest you give it to me for destruction after reading it."

"Okay." Qin Ke nodded in agreement.

Uncle Yang then took out a letter from the safe and handed it to the two of them.

Qin Ke took the envelope, opened it, and took out the letter paper.

What comes into view is the strong and powerful regular regular script.

"Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun, hello, I have long wanted to chat with you in person, but considering many factors, especially your relationship with Q, I would like to communicate with you for the first time through letters.

"

Seeing words is like seeing people. Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun seemed to hear the caring and gentle voice of an old man.

"Ning Qingyun, I have known you since you were very young. Your parents have contributed a lot to the country and are unparalleled national scholars. Now you and Qin Ke have developed a domestic operating system and a domestic EDA software. You

The whole family has made great contributions to the country, which is amazing. You are the future of our scientific research community."

A short text seemed to have the power of words, making both Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun feel a strong sense of pride.

"I guess you will say that the development of EDA software is not only the result of you two, but other engineers and technicians also put in countless efforts and energy. Right?"

Ning Qingyun couldn't help but whispered to Qin Ke: "This old man understands us very well."

Qin Ke nodded and continued reading.

"But they can take this honor publicly, but Mr. Q's identity cannot be made public. You can't enjoy such a glorious moment. Do you regret it?"

Uncle Yang was right next to him. He smiled and asked, "Yes, do you regret it?"

Qin Ke shook his head and said: "We chose to participate in the EDA project in this way, and we never thought about disclosing our identities. And we mainly want to show what we have learned and apply what we have learned, so that 'Qiguang EDA' can achieve what it is today."

The effect is due to the strength of the team. Even if it takes ten years, just the two of us can't develop it."
To be continued...