Sweeping the Universe Starting with a Hand-Built CPU
Chapter 12

Super Golden Supreme VIP

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After settling the payment, Han Yang's pace in creating the next generation CPU accelerated once more. He purchased a large quantity of materials in one go and, under the illumination of high-intensity lights, focused intently on the production.

Wire by wire, semiconductor by semiconductor, resistor, capacitor, circuit board by circuit board, under the manipulation of various tools, they were skillfully combined, slowly taking shape before his eyes according to Han Yang's design.

Similar in appearance to the first generation CPU, it was still an assembly of multiple circuit boards, wires, and other components, looking quite messy.

At this moment, the basic framework of the new generation CPU was complete.

However, it was only the basic framework. After completing the framework, the next step of internal adjustment was required, and this task was the most tedious, the most meticulous, the most difficult, and also the most important.

This demanded more of Han Yang's energy, even affecting his power leveling business to some extent. But at this stage, he couldn't worry about that too much; if it was affected, then so be it.

But what Han Yang hadn't anticipated was that during the actual hands-on production process, too many difficulties arose one after another. For example, the circuit board structure design was unreasonable, leading to too many wires in a certain area, making it impossible to plug them into the corresponding interfaces.

Another example was the appearance of some inexplicable faults. No matter how he troubleshoot, he couldn't find where the fault lay or what the reason was.

There was nothing he could do. Han Yang had to constantly modify the original design. When encountering insurmountable difficulties, he could only pause the production and then search for information.

Han Yang truly experienced the gap between theory and reality at this moment.

Stopping and starting like this was too time-consuming. So Han Yang simply bought another computer and robot parts, took the time to assemble the robot, and specifically allocated some computing power to control the robot to search for information on this fifth computer.

Fortunately, simply browsing data and searching for information didn't consume much computing power – less than even doing low-end power leveling orders. Coupled with the computing power saved by the two computers handling high-end orders at reduced efficiency, these five computers could barely manage to operate simultaneously.

Thus, Han Yang buried himself at the workbench, concentrating on production, while four computers handled power leveling, and the fifth computer rapidly browsed various knowledge websites, searching for all sorts of information, ready to solve problems encountered during practical operation.

Later, as the work progressed, more and more difficulties were encountered. Many problems were not even covered on knowledge websites.

After all, no one would build a CPU with their own hands like Han Yang.

This could only rely on theoretical knowledge, self-analysis, and self-experimentation.

But when faced with a problem that Han Yang racked his brain over and still couldn't find a solution for, he was completely stumped.

"How can this be? It shouldn't be... I've checked all the wires, the capacitors and resistors are correct, the register settings are correct, so why is the program reporting an error?"

He couldn't find information by searching. He couldn't analyze it using theoretical knowledge. Han Yang simply couldn't solve this problem himself.

"There's no other way, it has to be like this."

Han Yang gritted his teeth, operated the fifth robot to open a website, and clicked the recharge button.

Entering the number ten thousand, Han Yang pressed confirm. Immediately, ten thousand yuan instantly disappeared from his bank account.

"Congratulations, you have successfully activated the Super Golden Supreme VIP. 10,000+ senior scholars from various industries are available 24/7 to answer your questions, providing unobstructed access to 100 million+ professional papers, and enjoying 36 exclusive privileges..."

Clicking on the computer science category, Han Yang chose a scholar with a high rating who claimed to be a professor at XX University and initiated a consultation request.

Another 200 yuan was deducted from his bank account.

That's right, the previous ten thousand yuan only granted the qualification to consult. When actually consulting a question, each answer cost 200 yuan, no tricks, no bargaining.

After describing his problem in detail, Han Yang sent it over. After waiting for several hours, the answer finally appeared.

"In this situation, it is recommended that you check your program..."

This expert wrote a lot of flowery words, but Han Yang quickly scanned through it and found it was all nonsense, not touching on the core issue at all.

This so-called expert's understanding of computer hardware and underlying logic seemed to be less thorough than his own.

"What a rip-off."

While feeling the sting of his 200 yuan, Han Yang unhesitatingly gave a negative review.

He switched to another expert and again received a pile of nonsense. This happened four times in a row.

"One day, I'll open my own Q&A website and put all of you out of business."

Han Yang gnashed his teeth.

The next moment, he suddenly reacted: "Hmm? Opening a Q&A website seems like a viable path. When my chips are advanced and I have enough knowledge储备, I can answer questions from almost all industries myself. Isn't that better than giving money to these rip-off experts?"

Noting this down, Han Yang continued to search for a reliable expert. After wasting a full 2000 yuan, a person claiming to be a hardware expert finally gave Han Yang a suggestion.

"Considering the probability and type of faults, I suspect it's due to a wire fault. Possible reasons are as follows: One, poor contact at the connector. Two, internal wire fault..."

After reading this answer, Han Yang's spirits lifted, and he immediately began to think carefully, feeling that this possibility indeed existed.

After roughly determining the fault area, Han Yang unplugged all the more than 100 wires in this area, carefully checked the interfaces on the circuit board, confirmed that the interfaces were normal, and replaced them with more than 100 brand new wires. After experimenting again, the fault finally disappeared.

Phew...

Han Yang let out a deep breath, feeling more tired than carrying heavy bags all day.

He then disassembled all the discarded more than 100 wires and indeed found one wire that looked normal on the outside, but the internal metal wire had some breaks.

"What a scam."

Noting down the name of this reliable expert to ask again if he had problems in the future, Han Yang continued to bury himself in production.

Thus, after two months of continuous work, the new generation CPU was finally completed. When Han Yang pressed the start button, the seven characters "Revival Game Studio" immediately appeared on the simple display screen in front of him.

And these seven characters slowly drifted on the display screen like a flag being blown by the wind.

This was the effect Han Yang's program intended to achieve. At this moment, the program he wrote, compiled and calculated by the chip he personally made in front of him, was finally displayed on the screen.

The next moment, this large pile of messy circuit boards and wires instantly disappeared and appeared in Han Yang's mind. A more massive computing power surged in.

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