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Chapter 195 One Billion Orders

The kind of screen Catherine is thinking about is a light-emitting diode display.

This kind of display is also used in Catherine's future, but most of the time it is used on the street.

For example, many squares or train stations will have such large screens.

But on small screens, it is rarely used.

Of course, it’s not impossible, OLED can also be considered as something in this regard.

Catherine's idea is to shrink the LED light and then shrink it to a small panel, and that's it.

Because it uses cold light, it can save a lot of power compared to the current CRT display, which is crucial for the army.

Today's diodes are developing towards high brightness, but Catherine hopes to find diodes with less brightness and then integrate three diodes into one pixel.

The pixels can be made of matte material, so that the colors can be mixed more realistically.

"It seems possible."

After some discussion, the technician handed a report to Catherine.

Technically, this is feasible, but for chip control, it is very troublesome.

There are three diodes in each pixel, and each diode needs to be controlled for brightness.

This will be very simple for the future, but it is a bit troublesome now.

Because this is almost completely different from a CRT monitor, the design idea had to be completely redesigned.

Catherine was unambiguous and immediately handed over the idea to Pip-Boy's research team and asked them to be responsible for the development.

Anyway, now that I have sufficient funds, I can allocate some funds.

This project was very difficult, and Catherine herself had never done it. Although she had some experience with control circuits, in her opinion, this would not make the project progress much.

Still, Catherine set some rules for this kind of screen.

For example, Catherine uses widescreen.

In fact, the so-called wide screen is a gimmick that manufacturers came up with in order to save materials and costs.

Take the 17-inch LCD screen as an example.

The 17-inch regular screen has a resolution of 1280x1024 and a dot pitch of 0.264 mm.

The corresponding 17-inch widescreen has a resolution of 1280x768 and a pixel pitch of 0.2895 mm.

Widescreen is less technically difficult than regular screen and saves more materials.

This time, Catherine will also become a profiteer.

Anyway, the one who was tricked was also the Pentagon.

Although the Pentagon can be said to be Catherine's bread and butter, Catherine is unambiguous in cheating her father.

Of course, widescreen is not without its merits. It can indeed provide a good visual experience in games and videos.

Then, Catherine turned her attention to the handheld device.

Now that we can make "Emma Cube", why not make some other games?

Catherine immediately thought of "Snake" and "Arkanoid". These games are all classics among classics. There is no reason not to include them.

After all, your fake screen is just a screen with LED lights.

Of course, considering the power consumption, Catherine's screen cannot be made too large, so there are some restrictions on games.

First of all, the game must be playable in monochrome, and secondly, the game needs to have smaller screen size requirements to extend battery life as much as possible.

Although it is an LED screen, Catherine also put some thought into it.

Just like "Brick Breaker".

The bullets in the game can completely create a dynamic effect.

First set the path, and then by setting three brightnesses and letting the bullet drag out a tail, you can create a "moving" feeling.

In terms of brightness setting, due to the complexity of the control circuit, Catherine uses a series-parallel circuit to control light and darkness, which is also a total of three levels.

However, the originally designed buttons needed to be modified. Catherine simply changed the handheld console into a design with cross keys and a and b keys, and then added a pause button and switch, and that was it.

In addition, there is a three-stage sliding switch next to it for switching games.

This is a hard switching method, which is somewhat different from soft switching. After all, Catherine wants to save costs as much as possible.

The matter of the handheld computer and the LED screen was temporarily over, and Catherine was immediately ready to withdraw all her funds and hand them over to Soros.

But at this moment, the Quality Supervision and Management Office suddenly came to find him.

Therefore, Catherine had to receive Mr. Walker in the office.

No matter how much she maliciously slandered them in her heart, on the surface, Catherine still had to act a certain way.

Catherine didn't know much about Mr. Walker Smith, but he was from her "supervisory unit", and Catherine needed to be as cautious as possible in treating him.

"Mr. Walker."

When the other party came in, Catherine, Sanders, Olson and Ralph Roberts were all waiting here.

Ralph Roberts is the CEO of American Telecom.

It can be said that the people in charge of all matters related to the Pentagon are here.

"I came here this time because of the order from the Pentagon. They couldn't wait any longer."

Mr. Walker got straight to the point and seemed very anxious.

In fact, from the fact that the other party did not call, but came directly to Ark's headquarters, Catherine knew that something seemed unusual.

"Pentagon draws up plan for intercity fiber optics."

Walker distributed the plans.

Catherine opened the plan and was shocked.

Get an order for one billion yuan?

The market value of Catherine's company is not that high.

The other party actually issued a plan to order a billion yuan order in one go?

This pie-in-the-sky incident suddenly made Catherine dizzy.

Not only Catherine, but also Ralph and Olson over there exclaimed.

"A billion dollars?"

Catherine asked tentatively, and she was sure that the other party did not write an extra zero.

"Yes, what we want to build is intercity lines connecting capitals across the United States. If the budget is not enough, we can continue to add more."

Can we continue to add more?

Catherine didn't expect such a good thing.

He took out another planning map, with the red line marked on it being the route of the planned optical fiber network: "This optical cable line from San Francisco to Washington is the most important and must be constructed as a priority."

Just like the railway that ran through the east and west?

Optical fiber networks are much better than conventional cables in military applications.

Confidentiality is good, data transmission is not afraid of loss, the speed is stable, and there is no fear of interference.

This is indeed great.

Catherine had long been mentally prepared for the Pentagon's order, but she didn't expect that the other party would need to build a fiber optic backbone network covering the entire United States from the beginning.

Catherine vaguely felt that something was a little unusual.

"Finally, the east-west network must be completed within one year, which is our minimum requirement, and the entire network needs to be completed within two years. We must get everything done before the Soviet Union's Siberian line is completed."

Soviet route to Siberia?

Catherine raised her eyebrows, there seemed to be some unusual meaning in these words.

"What is the Siberian route?" Sanders asked.

"Our spies have obtained a plan from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is preparing to build a trans-Siberian cable line. This line connects Vladivostok and Moscow. Obviously, the Soviet Union is preparing to cooperate with us.

Competition is over, and we absolutely cannot lose in this aspect.”

The other person had a solemn look on his face.

Catherine, on the other hand, looked weird.

The Soviet Union actually launched the Internet plan so quickly?

Isn't this... too strange?

"The other party uses...cable?"

Ralph was a little strange.

"Yes, the other party does not intend to open the line to civilian use. Their network is codenamed 'Great Soviet Union Network'. Our intelligence personnel have learned that the other party wants to link this network with those secret nuclear bomb silos

, as long as they press the button, all the nuclear bombs may be launched in an instant, and then poured onto the land of the United States..."

"So, we must also fight back."

Walker became more and more excited as he talked, but Catherine had a strange feeling.

History... has actually turned into this.

So will Star Wars break out in the future?

When Walker left, the entire office was still silent.

One billion dollars.

It is almost equivalent to 5 billion US dollars and 30 billion yuan in the future...

To be honest, Catherine was stunned by the billion dollars.

However, she soon woke up.

"One year to complete...isn't this time too short?"

Ralph frowned. He is the president of American Telecom, so he naturally knows the company thoroughly.

"It's not too late."

Catherine said.

"Just hire a few more engineering teams. It doesn't matter if the profit is less."

Even if there is no profit at all, it doesn't matter. After the completion of this network, Catherine's plan has completed a huge leap. Following this project, her university network will soon become an intercity network.

Once the intercity optical cable is completed, it means that Catherine's three-network-one plan can be further promoted. Perhaps in the late 1970s, she will be able to realize her own vision.

"Maybe we could also use traditional cables? That would be a huge cost savings."

Ralph said again.

"No, the optical fiber network is necessary. What we have to do, our network will still be useful in the future, we must look ahead."

Catherine opened the planned map.

She suddenly discovered that some lines did not seem to extend to the city, but instead entered desert areas or jungle areas.

Is that a nuclear bomb silo over there?

"In short, let's complete the east-west line first. We can directly use the connected university network, so the construction period can be shortened..."

Catherine took action.

For this order, I also protect my own future.