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Chapter 276 The Promising New Computer
The Chinese people’s thoughts are actually very complicated and strange.

For example, when talking about their alma mater with outsiders, most people will say a few humble words in favor of their alma mater.

Our school isn't that good either.

They can even describe these shortcomings in detail, such as this is not good, that is not good, and even a lot of complaints.

If the person on the other side is not very sensible and also chimes in to say how rubbish this school is, then the next conversation will most likely start to be yin and yang...

"Hey, which school did you graduate from? Tell me about it."

Even if you have a gentle personality and don't express your dissatisfaction out loud, you will still feel unhappy.

The main topic is my alma mater. You can complain about it yourself, but others are not allowed to say anything.

Specifically speaking of today's situation, although not everyone likes Qiao Yu, some people even privately dislike such a person.

For example, Coco’s admirer.

After all, Xia Keke has a good look of over 80 points, is outgoing, cute and lovely. At university age, boys and girls are beginning to fall in love, and teachers do not restrict free love, so it is reasonable for someone to secretly like her.

There are even some people who really want to steal your girlfriend.

However, at this time, an unknown man suddenly greeted the school's leading professor so warmly, which could easily arouse emotions of solidarity.

Which onion is this?

So shameless? How can a little jerk like you call Joe God's girlfriend in such a tone?

It’s not that no one has thought that this might be Qiao Yu.

The main reason is that this is the School of Management after all. In everyone's habitual cognition, even if Qiao Yu came to attend this ceremony, he should sit on the podium with the principal and leaders.

Qiao Yu still has little contact with ordinary students in recent years. However, as the person in charge of a large project, in the eyes of many ordinary students, Qiao Yu should be no different from the professors they usually come into contact with, with a mature and steady appearance.

It's just that I'm much younger than those professors and am the same age as them.

Of course, this does not include Xia Keke.

She definitely wouldn't mistake Qiao Yu's voice.

"Huh? Why are you here?" After answering, Xia Keke quickly squeezed out from her seat and moved closer to Qiao Yu.

Although she only had eyes for Qiao Yu, her good education did not make her forget to say hello to Zheng Xiwen who was beside Qiao Yu.

"Uncle Zheng, good morning."

"Good morning." Zheng Xiwen replied quickly.

Putting aside other things, Zheng Xiwen also likes this girl very much just because of her politeness.

However, if Zheng Xiwen knew that Qiao Yu had instilled in Xia Keke a point of view since childhood: you must be sweet-mouthed, smile and say hello to everyone you meet, whether it is a human or a dog, maybe you can get unexpected benefits, at least you won't suffer any loss. Over time, this habit of Xia Keke has been formed, and he probably won't be so biased.

"Don't you have a meeting?"

"You found someone to replace me yesterday?"

"Then why don't you go sit on the podium?"

"What's the point of being on the rostrum? It would be more fun to attend your graduation ceremony if I could sit with you."

"Well, it's pretty good, but..." Xia Keke turned her head and looked, feeling helpless.

Qiao Yu didn't say hello in advance, but the seats around her were already full.

"It's okay. Which department hasn't reserved a few extra seats? The graduate graduation ceremony will be held here tomorrow. There are 27 more graduate students in the 1800th grade than undergraduates! We can just sit in the back. Uncle Zheng will make the arrangements."

I decided to secretly accompany Xia Keke to the graduation ceremony. Everything has been planned.

There are more than 6,000 fixed seats inside the Khoo Teck Puat Sports Centre, and an additional 2,000 seats can be added if necessary.

The total number of undergraduate students in all departments of Yanbei University in the 27th grade is only more than 3,000, and those who dropped out or were persuaded to withdraw for various reasons must be deducted, so there are plenty of seats left.

The current arrangement looks compact, simply because they want everyone to sit closer together, making it more lively and neat.

In fact, there is no need for Zheng Xiwen to come forward to coordinate.

The instructor in charge of on-site discipline quickly noticed the unusual movement. After coming over to talk for a few words, and after confirming that Qiao Yu did not want to go to the podium, he helped arrange seats for the three of them.

And very thoughtful.

Not only can Qiao Yu and Xia Ke sit together, but Keke can also sit with the other three girls in the dormitory, so neither side is hindered.

At least Xia Keke was very satisfied, but the other three sisters were even more satisfied.

It's not that I have any thoughts about Qiao Yu. It's mainly because such a close contact with the school's famous professors is too rare.

After all, super universities like Yanbei University have continued to rise in international rankings, especially in recent years, and the latest QS ranking has even ranked it twelfth.

Most of the famous professors in such universities are very busy. Not to mention ordinary students, even their own graduate students may not see them for a few times a year, so you can imagine how rare this opportunity is.

It's natural that once everyone sits back in their previously arranged seats, this area becomes very lively.

No one enjoyed the graduation ceremony's opening song, which had been much anticipated. Several girls took this opportunity to ask all the questions they had been holding back.

After all, they are students trained by Yanbei University, so their horizons are naturally very broad. Everyone still has a lot of questions...

"Academician Qiao..."

"No, we are about the same age, and today I am accompanying Keke to the graduation ceremony, so please don't call me academician or professor, just call me by my name or Brother Yu."

"Huh? It's not good..."

"Okay, there's nothing wrong with it. Just listen to Brother Yu." Xia Keke helped out from the side.

"Brother Yu, can I ask you a question?"

"As long as it's not a confidential question, feel free to ask. I'll answer all of it!" Qiao Yu answered readily.

"It shouldn't be confidential, right? Have you noticed that our domestic and foreign websites have completely different attitudes towards our quantum simulation computer project? The internal website says that there is a problem with the research on quantum simulation computers. With China's current industrial technology level, it is impossible to complete it and may be postponed indefinitely.

But every few days, there are reports on the Internet that the new computer you are researching has made a breakthrough, and some even say that it is already on the schedule for commercial use, so which one is true? "

This is indeed a very confusing question.

Of course, it was not just the girls in Xia Keke's dormitory who were confused. Many people who had access to the information on the Internet were also confused.

The world is becoming increasingly incomprehensible.

According to normal people's understanding, the information on both sides should be reversed.

If Xida wants to maintain its technological dominance, it must publicize that its technology is still the best on Blue Star. It will take a long time for China to catch up, so as to maintain its position in the eyes of other countries.

It is also normal for China to publicize its technological breakthroughs internally to boost the confidence of the domestic people.

But to be honest, it seems not so normal.

It feels like the West University doesn't want the market and allies anymore, and the East University doesn't want confidence anymore. Or maybe everyone is sending their own people to the other side's territory to bombard the other side with information...

"Haha, really? The Internet often says that we have made a breakthrough? I really didn't know that! I usually don't have time to check the Internet for these news."

Qiao Yu answered with a smile.

As for why this information exists on the Internet, he probably knows it clearly.

Let me put it this way, according to Zheng Xiwen's report in recent years, the number of people who were asked to operate sewing machines because they wanted to find out the secrets of the two major projects could form a reinforced company.

In the past, things like espionage seemed far away from life, but since he started to be in charge of these two major projects, Qiao Yu found that things like espionage were too common.

And there are some very counterintuitive things. According to the cases that have been cracked, the commercial spies hired by large technology companies are actually more professional than the official spies on the other side and hide deeper in various activities.

Several times, some key technical information was almost leaked. Fortunately, both projects were given great attention from top to bottom, and the losses were recovered at the last minute.

Although the specific technical details were not leaked, the progress of the project was inevitably leaked. Many executives on the other side are notoriously tight-lipped, or for other reasons, they created some fear to attract investment...

In short, Qiao Yu felt that all of this was understandable.

"It's true. There are a lot of news and analysis about quantum simulation computers on the Internet."

"Well, since our friends abroad are so optimistic about us, if we don't make some achievements, we will be embarrassed to say hello to them when we go abroad in the future.

I can’t say the specifics, but I estimate that after a few months you will know which news is more true.”

Anyone who can study in Yanbei by his own ability must be a smart person and will naturally understand what Qiao Yu meant.

So several girls subconsciously looked at Xia Keke. Although most girls are not very interested in technology, quantum simulation computers are now so hot in the technology circle. Even if there are some interim results, Qiao Yu's status in the academic world will rise a lot.

Just thinking about the future reputation makes people feel envious.

"By the way, Brother Yu, what is the difference between quantum simulation computers and the ordinary electronic computers we use now?"

“The hardware and software are different, but there is one thing that will have more functions and a wider coverage. For example, in terms of human-computer interaction, the previous Windows was still a simple window.

But the quantum computers in our lab have achieved full interaction with windows, voice, gestures and actions. Especially in the area of ​​intelligent interfaces, I will give you a few simple examples. You will all watch short videos on DouLe, right? "

Seeing several people nod together, Qiao Yu continued to introduce: "You should know that many technical bloggers use green screen technology to edit some special effects videos.

This requires some professional skills to play with. However, the interface we designed no longer requires green screens or other props, nor does it require any technology to create these special effects.

As long as a person stands in front of the camera and directly describes the required three-dimensional scene to the computer, the computer will automatically start modeling.

For the producer, you only need to do a series of actions you want in front of the camera, and the computer will automatically embed these actions into the designed three-dimensional scene according to the requirements just mentioned. And these scenes can be dynamic or static!

The characters that appear in the scene are also adjustable. You can either appear in the scene yourself, or adjust the actions to other characters you have drawn, or other animated characters that the computer has automatically designed for you.

So theoretically speaking, for an individual, as long as he has a quantum simulation computer, he can even make a blockbuster movie with amazing special effects by himself.

Of course, this function can not only be used to shoot movies or animations, but also to live broadcast online concerts in the future. You can roughly imagine that your favorite singer can hold an online concert with effects comparable to the Spring Festival Gala special effects in any simple scene.

I can even create a scene for each song that matches the mood of the lyrics. Of course, if one person prepares for such a concert, it may take two to three days.”

Qiao Yu smiled and talked freely.

Although he didn't have much contact with these girls, he actually knew them very well, including their families, backgrounds, and even the evaluations of their high school teachers...

Never mind roommates.

Ever since the professor incident, Zheng Xiwen had sorted out everything about how he could become a classmate of Xia Keke.

Therefore, Qiao Yu had a good impression of them. Naturally, he didn't mind introducing some of the lab's masterpieces in a language they could understand.

After all, quantum simulation computers are designed for the commercial field. Therefore, not only the production and manufacturing of hardware, but also the software ecosystem are being developed intensively.

Functions like the one Qiao Yu just introduced are functions that will be directly integrated into the operating system of the first generation of quantum simulation commercial computers to be launched in the future.

There are many similar functions, but this is just one of them that Qiao Yu thinks is easier to describe. There are many other new functions that are too troublesome to describe.

"Wow? Really? That's so convenient! What I mean is, if we buy a computer, we can make a blockbuster movie by ourselves? Or even hold a concert by ourselves and put it online?"

Qiao Yu nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, you don't even have to sing yourself. Our new system integrates many existing intelligent functions.

For example, by collecting your voice, you can directly grow a song with your voice. Another example is predicting static movements, and even directly projecting them.

By the way, there are also 3D audio and video with switchable perspectives, which can make video creators more imaginative, and even realize VR functions on a flat surface... In short, many functions that you can't even think of now have been realized by our engineers."

Another round of exclamation...

"By the way, Brother Yu, if the computer you mentioned is really going to be released, the price should be quite high, right?"

"Well, the first release is definitely a little expensive, and the exact price has not been calculated yet. But I estimate that the price of the worst configuration will start at about 50,000, and DIY is not supported yet.

But it doesn’t matter. As long as we can increase sales in the early stage and license the technology to others, the price should drop quickly within a few years.

After three or five iterations, the price should be about the same as that of ordinary classical electronic computers today! After all, the R&D costs are there! "

(End of this chapter)