The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 188 Super Computer

"You want to reach Mr. Liu's level?" Someone said with a smile, "Why don't you go back to sleep? Have a good sleep and dream hard. You can dream about anything."

The envious engineer said self-deprecatingly: "I'm afraid I can't even dream of such a glorious life. I lack imagination and can never reach the level of Engineer Liu."

This sentence silenced everyone. The truth is heartbreaking. Many people's research stagnates because of their lack of imagination in life. Because they dare not think, they have no direction. This is their weakness.

At the gate of Huaqing University, Liu Hua showed his pass and the driver took him to the entrance of the laboratory building, where Professor Li was waiting in person.

"I've been looking forward to your coming." Professor Li said enthusiastically, "I think you should come to study computers. We are in great need of talents in computer research in our country. We don't need you to study steelmaking, but we can't do without you in computer research."

"But we are in urgent need of steel now. It is the backbone of our entire national construction." Liu Hua said with a smile: "At least I have made some achievements in this industry. As for computers, I have only dabbled in them a little. Professional matters should be left to professionals like you."

Professor Li took Liu Hua into the laboratory. The laboratory now can be said to be strong and powerful. Professor Li has recruited at least 20 students to help, and has obtained a large amount of financial support from the school. It is no longer the same as it was before.

I visited the new generation of computers researched by Professor Li. He has increased the speed again. Now the computing speed has reached 300,000. It can be said that we have surpassed the United States in the computer industry.

Professor Li smiled and said, "Recently, my superiors forwarded me some professional magazines from abroad, among which there are many articles about computers. Now I can proudly say that we are far ahead of them in computer technology."

"But they have industrialized it." Liu Hua shook his head. "We still have a gap in this area. The US has Fairchild Semiconductor, which is said to have done a lot of research in this area. There is also General Electric."

"These two places are also mentioned in the article." Professor Li said proudly: "I've seen them, and they are really not as good as us."

"We should be right." Liu Hua said as a matter of course: "We are now using integrated circuit computers, and they should still be in the era of vacuum tubes."

"They have also entered the integrated circuit field, but they are not as good as us." Professor Li also has some concerns: "It must be said that their research scale, research funding support, and talent team building are all better than ours. Even if we have a slight lead now, it will be easy for them to catch up."

"I think computers are currently developing in two directions."

"Which two directions? I'd like to hear your opinion. Not only are you knowledgeable, but you're also forward-looking."

“Bigger and smaller.”

Professor Li frowned: "What do you mean? Aren't these two contradictory directions?"

"Miniaturization means that computers are more convenient to use," Liu Hua explained. "If a computer is small enough to fit on our desks, how much help will it be for scientific research?"

Professor Li nodded and said, "Yes, making computers a common tool rather than a professional tool will be a very helpful development for scientific research."

"As for large-scale, it's naturally a supercomputer." Professor Li said sharply, "It seems that someone has already made a supercomputer, and it's also American. The floating point calculation speed is 3 million times per second, which is about ten times that of ours. The introduction is not detailed. I'm still wondering how he pushed the speed to such a high speed."

"Giant, with many more processors."

Professor Li nodded: "Then I understand. We can also make one like this. I am confident that we can push the speed to five million or even seven million."

"You are so petty." Liu Hua said jokingly, "Why are you still struggling with seven-digit numbers? If I were you, I would aim to push the speed up to eight-digit numbers, and the floating-point calculation speed would be tens of millions. What would that mean?"

Professor Li smiled and said, "Liu Gong, please don't provoke me. I will definitely build a supercomputer with a computing speed of tens of millions in the next two years."

"How about this, we each write a development plan." Liu Hua said with a smile: "After all, I am your technical consultant. Whatever benefits Huaqing has, they are all given to me. I can't just do nothing."

"That's great. Tell me in detail what the supercomputer is."

"Okay." Liu Hua nodded: "But let me go to the toilet first. I spoke for a long time at Shougang this morning and drank a lot of water. I was too busy and didn't even have time to go to the toilet."

It wasn't that Liu Hua had to pee, it was just that his bladder was about to explode. Plus, he really didn't know anything about supercomputers, so he went to the toilet to gain some knowledge about supercomputers.

He ran to the toilet and urinated. The feeling of peeing made Liu Hua feel relaxed all over. After relaxing, he quickly searched for knowledge about supercomputers in the system plug-in.

There are really many of them, including our Taihu Light, Galaxy series, etc. It is a pity that the current hardware conditions are not up to the task and we can only sigh.

It cost Liu Hua 3,000 points to redeem supercomputer data from the 1970s and 1980s. Liu Hua still didn't understand the pricing criteria for these points. He didn't expect supercomputers to be so cheap.

I returned to the laboratory feeling relaxed and saw that the brewed tea was already on the table.

"You don't need to drink water. You already drank a lot this morning."

Professor Li smiled and said, "You have to drink. If you come to my lab and don't even drink water, it means I don't know how to entertain guests. You said you talked a lot this morning and drank a lot of water. Believe me, you will talk a lot this afternoon too. But don't worry, I will definitely give you time to go to the toilet."

From this perspective, Professor Li seems very polite. Shougang didn't even have time to let him go to the toilet in the morning.

Professor Li first talked about some of his experiences with supercomputers. It was very simple. After all, there was no detailed information. Everything he had talked about came from the experience he had accumulated in the process of developing his own computers.

At this moment, Liu Hua was looking at him from a God's perspective. Of course, he did not explicitly point out some of the mistakes made by Professor Li, but instead proposed discussions and some ideas. In this way, during the research, Professor Li would naturally discover that when his path was blocked, he would take the path that Liu Hua mentioned.

(End of this chapter)