Two Aspects

At Han Yang's command, the huge pile of assorted circuit boards, cables, and other components in front of him vanished instantly.

The next moment, Han Yang felt an even more surging wave of computing power. The forty computers that had been running, previously accounting for over 90% of his computing power, suddenly took up a far smaller share.

"This is the new generation of CPUs..."

Han Yang sighed inwardly.

Although the computing power had only increased by 2.8 times rather than the theoretically calculated threefold increase, Han Yang was already very satisfied.

Theory was always just theory. Once put into practice, there would always be some compromises. He was more than satisfied with this level of improvement.

At this moment, the sixty previously empty stations in the power-leveling room had been fitted with brand-new computers. The robots had also been installed.

The power-leveling room was now completely full.

With spare computing power available, Han Yang had a thought, and sixty robots simultaneously extended their mechanical arms and pressed the power buttons on the sixty new computers.

Amid the humming sounds from the computer cases, all sixty computers booted up successfully.

Some of the previously backlogged power-leveling orders were immediately logged in, and work began. At the same time, a notice was posted in Han Yang's online store.

"Our shop has been fully upgraded, with more than 150 newly recruited expert power-levelers. Our order capacity has increased greatly. From now on, no waiting in line is required to place an order!"

Previously, because Revival Game Studio processed orders slowly and customers often had to wait in line, many orders had been lost despite its high efficiency and low fees.

Now, Han Yang intended to win those orders back.

As soon as the announcement went up, a flood of inquiries poured in. Han Yang accepted every one of them without exception.

Even so, of the full hundred computers—ninety-nine, excluding one business computer—the utilization rate still failed to reach 100%. Only seventy-eight computers were working, while the rest remained idle.

"It's fine. There are still too few people who've seen the announcement."

Han Yang was not worried in the slightest.

Sure enough, by the next day, the number of orders gradually increased. Eventually, all ninety-nine computers were up and running.

Once the utilization rate reached 100%, it never dropped again.

As always, there was only one thing limiting the number of transactions at Revival Game Studio: order-processing capacity.

Low prices, high efficiency, excellent skills, good service, and fast replies—why would customers not come here?

And even with the utilization rate at 100%, after the new-generation 2.72-millimeter-process CPUs were put into use, Han Yang's computing power usage was only at 80%, leaving plenty to spare.

Han Yang could have added more computers, fully utilized his computing power, and achieved the highest possible return. But after looking at the packed power-leveling room, he abandoned that idea.

He did not plan to add any more power-leveling computers to Fuxing Base. Doing so would encroach on the research room's space.

"Since I can't add more computers, I'll increase the number of high-end orders instead. That can fill up the computing power too, so it won't sit idle and go to waste."

Han Yang immediately posted a second announcement in the store. "Our shop has been refurbished and upgraded. We are now offering the following promotion: power-leveling fees for 156 high-difficulty bosses, including the Ocean Star Serpent Emperor and the Planet Devourer, are now 10% off. Everyone is welcome to place an order!"

As soon as the fees dropped, the number of high-end orders surged. Han Yang skillfully applied the Nash Equilibrium principle, precisely adjusting the prices of various power-leveling services and accurately keeping his daily income high.

After a day of operating at full capacity, with all ninety-nine computers running and computing power utilization staying above 96%, Han Yang immediately began taking stock.

A shocking number immediately appeared before him.

After ninety-nine computers worked hard for an entire day, their total income was 75,000 Human Currency!

At that daily income, he would make 2.25 million a month and 27 million a year!

This rate of income growth could no longer be described as explosive. It was downright insane.

"With money, I can move on to the next stage of my plan."

Temporarily reining in his excitement, Han Yang began seriously planning his next move.

The power-leveling room at Fuxing Base was already full. However, since his computing power utilization was currently high, there was no need to rush into upgrading the base for now.

The most important thing was to further increase his computing power by researching and manufacturing more advanced CPUs with greater computing power.

That was the most important and fundamental task.

"However, according to the mainstream rules of chip manufacturing in the world, chips below the 2.72-millimeter process generally no longer use circuit boards, transistors, and cables for manufacturing.

That method is far too primitive.

Generally speaking, even industrial chips with relatively low technical requirements, or microcontrollers with extremely low performance requirements, use entirely new manufacturing methods.

These new manufacturing methods involve countless steps. From wafer purification at the very beginning to wet cleaning, lithography, photolithography, etching, heat treatment, and so on, every step requires specialized facilities and equipment.

Low-performance chips like microcontrollers do not have particularly demanding environmental requirements, but surely I would at least need a clean room?

Right now, I simply don't have the ability to assemble an entire production line."

Han Yang furrowed his brows tightly.

Between the 2.72-millimeter-process chips that could be made by hand and 100-micrometer-process chips, or 0.1-millimeter chips, lay a fairly enormous technological gap.

For Human Civilization, this was not a problem at all. This technological gap could be crossed easily; all it took was setting up a production line.

But for Han Yang, crossing this technological gap was rather difficult.

Unless Han Yang started saving money now and spent one or two years expanding Fuxing Base until it could house an entire production line.

At this stage, what he needed was a more advanced chip manufacturing method with low costs, low environmental requirements, and low complexity—not to leap straight into large-scale assembly-line production.

Taking too big a step could easily make him tear his balls off.

"I still need to find a solution through the route of handcrafted custom work. That is what suits me best. The technological gap doesn't matter either. At least there are no theoretical obstacles on this route. I just need to do more research."

But that also meant two problems.

Because there was no market demand, the sufficiently thin yet reliable cables, sufficiently small transistors, and other components that met his requirements were probably unavailable on the market. He might have to have them specially customized.

And to manufacture more advanced computer chips, he would need more knowledge. Han Yang's current knowledge base was still insufficient to complete the research and development of a new generation of chips.

"For a self-developed, custom-model new-generation chip, Professor Zhang Dong's team probably can't provide me with sufficiently comprehensive knowledge either. I need to find more experts from different fields to advise me and teach me knowledge from more areas."

"On one side are materials, and on the other is learning. Those are the two most important aspects."