Who says you can't kill someone without a gun barrel?

Chapter 93 Who says you can't kill someone without a gun barrel?

Yang Yi took in the expressions of the audience below; some were in tears, some were dumbfounded, and some had solemn expressions.

He was curious to see what expressions the people from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel would have if they were at the launch event, but unfortunately, he lacked the resources to invite them.

The whispers in the hall gradually subsided, like the gentle ripples left on the beach when the tide recedes.

Yang Yi looked away and held the microphone to her mouth.

"Everyone must be curious about how Hive managed to manufacture domestically produced chips despite the patent blockade imposed by the three tech giants, right?"

There was a brief moment of silence in the audience. A few people in the front row exchanged glances.

"I really want to talk to everyone about this in detail." Yang Yi glanced down at the microphone, then looked up again. "But the press conference is short, so I'll have to keep it brief."

"We did not choose the patent route of the giants, but instead uniformly chose a brand-new architecture, and embarked on our own patent route."

After he finished speaking, there was a two-second silence in the audience. Then he saw a subtle change in the expressions of several people, a sense of "I see" and relaxation that gradually emerged from their raised eyebrows and slightly leaning back.

Yang Yi glanced at those expressions and understood everything.

Their expressions seemed to say: So you took the long way around.

Just as Yang Yi had expected, the industry leaders in the audience all breathed a sigh of relief.

I originally thought that once the swarm hardware broke through the blockade, the giants would block it through software.

Unexpectedly, the hive's choice was even worse, as it voluntarily abandoned the strongest existing software ecosystem.

Abandoning the accumulation of existing architecture and compatibility with the software ecosystem means that Swarm's chips can currently only run on its own system.

Without the Windows ecosystem, without the 86 software library, and without a large developer community—this is an isolated path.

If the performance isn't overwhelmingly superior, it's impossible to shake the software ecosystem that giants have controlled for decades.

The performance of this generation of chips is clearly insufficient.

Yang Yi neither refuted nor defended himself.

He stood in the center of the stage, waiting for the "I see" expressions from the audience to subside before taking a deep breath.

"So," he began, his voice lower than before, "besides the chip, we did something else."

He turned his head to look at the main screen, which switched from a microscopic image of a chip to a line of code. White background with black text, simple like the startup screen of some system.

"BeeCore1, a self-developed Linux distribution by BeeSwarm."

The line of code on the main screen lingered for about three seconds, then slowly expanded into a complete desktop interface.

The top left corner displays the swarm logo, the bottom right corner shows the system time, and the middle is empty except for a file manager icon.

"BeeCore1 system." Yang Yi stepped aside to avoid looking at the main screen. "It natively supports the RISC-V architecture and boots up to the desktop. It has basic functions such as a browser, file management, and video playback."

Many people in the audience nodded, with expressions that said, "I knew it," or even a hint of knowing, "As expected."

Actively embracing the Linu ecosystem is not a new approach.

Most domestic chip manufacturers follow this route, since building an operating system from scratch is unrealistic. (Linu)

It is the only feasible base.

The problem is that the current Linux ecosystem isn't much better than a software wasteland. Most mainstream games and productivity software still don't natively support Linux, and Hive doesn't have the resources to get developers worldwide to recompile the code.

If even fruit can't do it, surely a bee colony wouldn't think it could?

Several faces from the chip industry in the audience exchanged glances.

Innocent!

"I know many people will think it's just another reskinned version of Linux," Yang Yi chuckled self-deprecatingly, "so I put the installation process on the big screen."

The screen switches to a screen recording. Move the mouse cursor to the installer on the desktop, double-click, and a window pops up. Next, accept the agreement, select the installation location, and click install. The progress bar starts moving.

Yang Yi stood to the side, offering no commentary, simply watching the progress bar complete.

Some people in the audience couldn't help but lean forward, staring at the installation interface that was almost identical to Windows.

The progress bar reached 100%, and a window popped up: Installation complete. The system restarted. The screen went black for a moment, then the swarm icon lit up, and the desktop loaded.

"The installation process should be within everyone's comprehension." Yang Yi turned around.

"This is the BeeCore system. The operating logic is basically the same as Windows, so you can use it right away without any learning. You double-click the icon to open the file manager, and you can drag, resize, and maximize the window—no need to retrain your muscle memory."

After a few seconds of digestion, Yang Yi and the audience below the stage continued to speak.

"But here's the problem. The BeeCore system runs on BeeSwarm's self-developed RISC-V architecture, and 86-based software can't run directly on it. So—" He glanced at the large screen, "we also did this."

The screen changes. A command appears on the screen, followed by several lines of output logs, all marked with green checkmarks.

"BeeBridge1. A binary translation layer that translates 86 instructions into RISC-V instructions in real time."

He paused for a moment: "The loss is between six and eight percent. With the swarm's self-developed hardware acceleration coprocessor, the actual experience is basically no different from native operation."

Users download version 86 of the software, double-click to install, and BeeBridge automatically translates and runs it; no manual configuration or command-line operation is required.

"Moreover, after 100,000 experiments, no bugs have been found."

As soon as he said that, some of the audience members who had been calm instantly started breathing heavily.

CPU + GPU + Linux + Binary Translation Layer = — The Road to Heaven!

This... how come it seems like the bees have cleared a path for us?

Not only did it open up, but it's also getting wider and wider!

Translation layer research isn't lacking. On the contrary, this approach has been repeatedly validated countless times.

Performance degradation of 12% to 15% is common, and various compatibility bugs frequently occur.

The performance of domestic chips is already inferior to that of the three giants, and with the added loss of the translation layer, the actual experience can only be described as appalling.

The solution for bee colonies is 6% to 8% loss, and it has no bugs.

These difficulties are not a problem for the bee colony?

"What does this mean?" Yang Yi took a step forward, the microphone almost to his mouth. "It means that the swarm chip system can seamlessly integrate into the global chip market, and do so faster and better!"

He held the microphone a little further away and pointed to the sky with one finger: "This means that everyone in the world now has another option when choosing a computer: swarm computing!"

He stood at the edge of the stage, bathed in the spotlight: "This means that from today onwards, domestically produced computers can also stand at the top of the world!"

Yang Yi's voice grew louder and louder, and the audience in the stadium became more and more excited.

Even Li Bin, whose heart had already died, was moved to tears.

Little Ma's fists clenched unconsciously, revealing that he was not at peace inside.

The applause in the stadium started from the back row and then spread to the front row, like a tide rushing in from afar.

Some of the tech industry leaders in the front row raised their hands to applaud, while others remained seated, but the look in their eyes was completely different from when the press conference began.

They knew that the nouveau riche game company executive on stage, whom they had looked down upon just an hour earlier, was no longer someone they could judge.

Two Mas plus one Zhang, and perhaps there will be some capital to evaluate them.

The system's presentation skills are still putting to good use!

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