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Chapter 248 It's hard to say who wins
"Following IBM and Google, the US technology giant Microsoft suddenly released the first quantum computing chip Majorana at 10 pm Beijing time today."

"Microsoft releases the world's first quantum processor driven by a topological core. The era of million-level large-scale quantum computing will arrive ahead of schedule!"

“After 20 years of hard work, Microsoft’s longest-running research project is released today. Quantum chip technology has made a revolutionary breakthrough!”

……

Just as Microsoft expected, the new product launch event started at 10 p.m. China time and lasted a total of forty-five minutes. Before 11 p.m., the Chinese technology circle was in an uproar.

In terms of influence, Qiao Yu was completely defeated, even in China.

A few days ago, Qiao Yu launched the Qiao Yu modal space and calculated two new Mersenne primes, but they did not cause such a big stir on the Chinese Internet.

But tonight, after Microsoft’s product launch, all of China’s video accounts, various technology social communities, and portals were flooded with this news.

Countless technology bloggers are popularizing this historically significant quantum chip.

What is the new material "topological conductor"? Humans have achieved atomic-level control of chips for the first time. Hardware-level protected topological quantum bits. The world's first topological conductor. A milestone in the revolutionary journey of quantum computing...

These are not the most outrageous things. Although only eight quantum bits are integrated into this chip at present, according to the description of the press conference, this chip will soon be able to expand to millions of quantum bits.

By the way, this also leads to the fact that all the current computers in the world working together cannot accomplish the tasks that a quantum computer with 100 million quantum bits can accomplish.

So according to the above reasoning process, in a few years the world will be dominated by quantum computers, and the historical process of classical electronic computers being swept into the garbage dump has begun the countdown.

Yes, in the description of the press conference, the path for human technological development to reach millions of quantum bits is very clear, which is the emergence of the first topological conductor. Now Microsoft has done it!
They have even achieved the potential to revolutionize quantum control with digital precision. The future is here, and Microsoft once again holds the pulse of the times.

Qiao Yu watched this feast and excitement in the technology world with great interest.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, he sat in front of the computer and watched the entire report meeting which was not very grand.

I felt bored, so I picked up my phone and planned to find someone on WeChat to complain about it, but I found that everyone in my WeChat Moments was praising Microsoft...

The person who forwarded the post was a public account of the person who shared it. Luckily, the person who helped to promote Microsoft was his junior high school classmate. He promoted that Microsoft's quantum chip will completely change the future gaming industry.

Because of the development of quantum computers, a new generation of artificial intelligence will also be introduced into games. In the future, NPCs in games will no longer have only the same old lines, but will have emotions and be able to interact with people like in the real world.

At the same time, the plot will no longer be a predetermined result, but will become exciting through the intervention of artificial intelligence logic based on the different choices of the players.

Well, this perfectly fits the character of this former classmate from Class 13 in my memory. A technology company that can make good games must be the most powerful company.

However, after seeing this post on WeChat Moments, Qiao Yu began searching online for comments about Microsoft's quantum chip, and then saw a lot of content.

Basically, I added some of my own understanding to what Satya Nadella said at the press conference and said it again.

Considering the profoundness of the Chinese language, the language after deep processing can better demonstrate how powerful this quantum chip is.

Qiao Yu summarized that the mainstream expression of the first wave of technology circles is two points: one good news and one bad news.

The good news is that the productivity revolution is coming again; the bad news is that this time it is in the West.

To be honest, this was something Qiao Yu had not expected.

It's already 2026. Two years ago, when he had not yet become successful, the bloggers he came into contact with had already started to praise their own products.

How come it regressed to its original state two years later?

However, Qiao Yu quickly came to a conclusion. He saw that the authors of these articles and videos praising Microsoft were completely different from the authors of the content he had read before.

Ok……

The two sides are not on the same track. It can only be said that the information cocoon of intelligent algorithms is so terrifying that he has been trapped in it before.

But it’s normal if you think about it.

The essence of big data algorithms is to cater to people's preferences until people start to get tired of the old and love the new, which perfectly meets the original intention of those who developed the algorithm.

As for the information cocoon, it is just a by-product of big data algorithms, but its impact is real.

Qiao Yu also didn't expect that in this day and age, there are still so many Microsoft boasters in China.

From his perspective, the day Microsoft missed out on mobile Internet and search, allowing Google and Apple to take the lead, it was no longer a great company.

Blue Star Technology was once the leading technology company and provided an operating system which is one of the foundations of the Internet. However, it did not even pay attention to the Internet entrance. Its vision was so short-sighted that it was terribly short-sighted.

Of course, at that time, the old man Bill Gates was still at the helm of Microsoft.

But Qiao Yu later felt that Microsoft still had a chance. If subsequent mobile products could keep up, the Microsoft brand would still be very attractive to consumers.

After all, the vast majority of personal users use Windows on their computers.

If Microsoft had a little bit of ambition, the WP mobile phone products it launched that year would have been above the passing line, and it would have formed an ecological closed loop with the personal PC system, and its mobile phone sales would not have been so low as to be on the same level as others.

What made Qiao Yu completely incomprehensible was that the huge profits of the search engine were transferred to Google.

There was also the Metaverse that was promoted with great fanfare at the time, but now it hasn’t even made a splash.

As for a field like cloud computing where money is enough, being second in the world doesn't seem to be anything to be proud of.

Becoming the largest gaming company is also entirely based on acquisitions. Bungie, Zenimax Media, Blizzard...

So Qiao Yu could understand the Internet's praise of Apple, Google, and even Intel and Nvidia, but he felt a little uncomfortable when Microsoft was praised so crazily.

A company whose most glorious days have passed and has been on a downward trend is still boasting about itself with all its might.

It also leads the future of quantum computing…

Qiao Yu even doubted whether Microsoft had a future. After all, Windows still occupied the majority of the market share, mainly relying on patent barriers and user habits.

In short, Qiao Yu became angrier and angrier as he watched. He stood up and planned to go downstairs to take a look.

Uncle Zheng had promised to give him an answer in the evening, but now it was already 11 o'clock at night and there was still no news. He had to go and get an explanation.

Just as he put on his coat and walked to the door, he heard a knock on the door. Qiao Yu opened the door and saw what it meant to say "Speak of the devil and he will appear".

Zheng Xiwen arrived, accompanied by a man who looked to be in his fifties, wearing glasses and holding a briefcase. "Uncle Zheng, I was just about to come look for you. Who is this?"

"Oh, let me introduce you. This is Zhang Xiaotian, the general manager of Huaxia Chenlong Super Cloud Computing Co., Ltd., Manager Zhang. Manager Zhang, this is Qiao Yu, I won't introduce him any further, he's a math genius."

Zheng Xiwen began to introduce.

Upon hearing this title, Qiao Yu immediately became enthusiastic.

"Hello, Manager Zhang. I often hear my mentors mention you. My mentor Tian thinks highly of you and often asks me to learn from you! Please come in."

There are many non-listed companies in China, whose names are not known by many people, but they have abundant resources.

For example, Qiao Yu had heard about Chenlong Super Cloud from his mentor. At that time, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing jointly built a super cloud computing center, and then established such a company to operate it.

Of course, it is normal for ordinary people not to know. The company's operations are mainly aimed at enterprises and major research institutes. Naturally, there are many collaborations with universities such as Yanbei and Huaqing.

However, Tian Yanzhen only mentioned to Qiao Yu that there was such a company, and naturally did not specifically tell Qiao Yu who the general manager was.

"Oh, Academician Tian still knows me?" Manager Zhang was obviously surprised.

"Haha, Manager Zhang, you are being too modest. Zhichen Long Chaoyun has been of great help to our Yanbei University. How could my instructor not know you?

Especially your cloud-based research work environment, which also supports free trial computing for departments, many of my seniors have become your members because of this! When we talked about Chenlong Chaoyun during dinner, they always praised it and said that your service is good.

Director Tian said that Chenlong Chaoyun's service is good, and that's all thanks to the good management of Manager Zhang. Although I couldn't get a word in at the time, I kept it in mind. Today I finally met the real person. If I start a company in the future, I will definitely learn more from you. "

Qiao Yu continued to make up lies without changing his expression.

Zheng Xiwen, who was following behind Zhang Xiaotian, couldn't help but roll his eyes.

He now admires Qiao Yu more and more.

He made up lies so naturally, as if he could just speak without thinking. Considering his status as the youngest Fields Medal winner in history, even if the visitor knew that he said it on purpose, they would probably feel comfortable.

If this guy didn't always think about how to ruin other people's jobs, it would be difficult to offend people with just his clever mouth.

"Dr. Qiao, you are too polite. I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it."

"Haha, you're welcome, Manager Zhang. I'm sorry, this is just a temporary residence, so it's a bit shabby. Please take a seat."

"It is indeed a little shabby, but this is a humble room, but our virtue is noble, and we really need to learn from you. Who would have thought that after winning the Fields Medal, Dr. Qiao would still live in such a simple place? This is a blessing for China."

Zhang Xiaotian replied.

This sentence made Qiao Yu feel embarrassed.

In fact, after winning the Fields Medal, Tian Yanzhen talked to Qiao Yu about the house.

The final conclusion is that I will stay here for the time being during my doctoral studies, and I will solve the housing problem as a special talent after I officially join the Yanbei International Mathematics Center.

By then, we can strive for better housing sources. Starting with a large flat, if Qiao Yu wants, a large villa with a yard is not impossible.

"Haha, you're too polite, Manager Zhang. By the way, you must be here this time because my application has been concluded, right?"

"Um……"

Zhang Xiaotian first glanced at Zheng Xiwen, and when he saw that the other party had no intention of speaking, he answered, "The situation is like this, I am not sure about the specific purpose of your application for the supercomputer.

But you know that Huaxia Academy of Sciences is one of the major shareholders of our Chenlong Chaoyun. I have also received a notice to fully cooperate with your next project.

So I came here specifically to write down your requirements. Our engineers are already preparing. If you put forward your requirements, we will do our best to supply computing power. "

After hearing this, Qiao Yu also glanced at Zheng Xiwen and said with enlightenment: "Manager Zhang, what you mean is that you are only responsible for providing computing power. As for what I do, it has nothing to do with you, right?"

Zhang Xiaotian smiled, looked at Qiao Yu with admiration and said, "That's probably what it means."

After saying that, Manager Zhang picked up the briefcase he had been holding, took out a contract from it and handed it over.

"Dr. Qiao, this is the contract that the Academy of Sciences has notified our company to draft urgently. Why don't you take a look at it first?"

After Qiao Yu took the contract, he roughly understood why Zheng Xiwen took so long to reply to him.

First, we need to discuss whether they can support us in doing this, and we need experts from the Academy of Sciences to participate in the decision-making. Then we need to discuss how to support it. After confirming it, we need to draft a contract with the company that provides computing power...

To be honest, Manager Zhang was able to arrive at 11 o'clock. Looking at the world, Qiao Yu felt that this efficiency was indeed extremely high.

Then Qiao Yu calmed down and read the contract carefully.

Well, the Chinese Academy of Sciences does not intend to ask him for money, and there is no specified amount in the contract. This is simply a long-term technical cooperation contract.

Simply put, Chenlong Super Cloud will provide supercomputing services to Qiao Yu's project team in the long term in the future.

The price Qiao Yu needs to pay is to provide software and computing upgrade services to Chenlong Chaoyun first after the project team has relevant results. At the same time, the testing of new technologies can also be carried out in Chenlong Chaoyun.

In order to reassure Qiao Yu, the contract specifically stipulated that the relevant new technologies provided by Qiao Yu were only for use by Chenlong Chaoyun's own servers, and the company only had the right to use them and did not enjoy any benefits brought by the intellectual property rights of its new technologies. Of course, it also did not need to pay extra for these new technologies.

To make it easier to understand, the entire contract is actually written very concisely and does not use too much obscure legal language.

After reading the contract, Qiao Yu quickly weighed the options in his mind and then nodded.

He may not make money, but he will definitely not lose money.

"I think it's okay, let's follow this contract?"

"Are you sure? Then shall we sign the contract now?"

"Well, sign it quickly. By the way, can your engineers work all night tonight?"

"Don't worry, Dr. Qiao. Not only today, the Institute of Computing will prepare a 24-hour team for you, ready to serve at any time!"

(End of this chapter)