The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 347 People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.
"The leaders of the Ministry of Industry have already publicized your great achievement," Ma Shan said with a smile. "Extremely rapid research capabilities, basically completed in one go with no errors, and extremely cost-effective."

Liu Hua shook his head: "People are afraid of being too smart, just like pigs are afraid of being too fat. I don't think this is a good thing."

"That's right. It's said that the Second Artillery Corps also wants to invite you to help with the research. After all, those national treasures are huge and extremely expensive. With your talent, it would save a lot of trouble."

Liu Hua shook his head: "Everyone has their own expertise. I've never come into contact with those big machines. The closest I've ever had is seeing them on TV, on CCTV-7 or CCTV-1."

Ma Shan said with a smile, "If the Second Artillery Corps knew you hadn't had any contact with them, they would be happy to bring you to their unit so you could get up close and personal with them."

"I'd be happy to see it, but as for design, let's leave that to the professionals. The only thing I've ever touched that uses gunpowder as a projectile is firecrackers. If you asked me to design a rocket, I'd be confident, but if you asked me to design a national treasure, that's absolutely impossible."

"Maybe it will spark your inspiration. You used to design mechanical parts, but now you're an expert in semiconductors, aren't you?"

"So you're here today to act as a lobbyist for the Second Artillery Corps?"

Ma Shan shook his head: "I just came to ask you about your relationship with Institute 60*. Since you provided them with research ideas, I'll approve this project. I reckon it's a sure thing."

"Thank you for your trust. If you're going to approve it, then do so quickly. Passive phased array radar is nothing special. The future will definitely belong to active phased array radar. I think passive phased array radar will be phased out in three to five years at most. We can't fall too far behind in this area."

"That can't be right. It's only been around for a short time and it's already being phased out."

"What era are we living in now? An era of rapid scientific development. In the near future, advanced technologies will explode. When the technology arrives, many things will naturally emerge."

Ma Shan nodded and left in a hurry. He had obtained a very important piece of information from Liu Hua: the active phased array would soon be in service, which was basically consistent with the information they had received.

They learned from certain channels that the US is researching active phased array radar, but they didn't know the progress. They only knew from snippets that it seemed to be going smoothly. With Liu Hua's analysis, since the US is about to put it into service, we should not lag behind and need to initiate research as soon as possible.

Shougang is also conducting intensive experiments on various shipbuilding materials. The steel rolling mill has a new plant manager who is in close contact with Liu Hua and is conducting rolling experiments on ship plate materials.

Everyone else was busy, but Liu Hua suddenly seemed to have stopped being busy.

Since he had nothing else to do, he decided to go to Tsinghua University to see his good students. He taught them once a week, and although he hadn't told them about the architecture of supercomputers, Liu Hua was sure they had a direction.

Why? Because they have real substance. If they don't have real skills, Liu Hua won't take them on as students.

"So, what are your ideas for supercomputers?"

The three students looked worried: "Teacher, it's too difficult. We've come up with some ideas over the past six months, but they all seem impractical."

"Let me see it." The three of them had written down their ideas in writing. Liu Hua took them and read them carefully. He was quite surprised. These three kids were quite interesting.

The three of them came up with seven or eight ideas, all of which Liu Hua thought were feasible. Although they could not serve as the main architecture of a supercomputer, they could definitely optimize the supercomputer.

"Although it's a bit far-fetched, I feel it's still feasible." Liu Hua nodded: "I'll tell Professor Li that you're joining the new team. Don't embarrass me then."

"Really?"

To my delight, absolutely to my delight! Although their main research direction in recent years has also been computer hardware, their main focus has actually been on microcomputers, which is completely different from supercomputers.

So ever since Liu Hua assigned the task to them, they have been feeling uneasy, afraid that they wouldn't be able to come up with any constructive suggestions, which would displease the teacher.

Seeing the teacher's generally satisfied expression, the three of them were very happy and followed behind the teacher to Professor Li's laboratory.

Liu Hua handed your article to Professor Li and said with a smile, "These are some ideas about supercomputers from my three students. From today onwards, these three people will join your team."

"I saw them busy every day, and I thought it was some task you assigned them, so I didn't bother them. I didn't expect they were also concerned about supercomputers." Professor Li said with a smile, "If I had known earlier, I would have called them over long ago."

"Communication is essential, and timely communication is crucial." Liu Hua said with a smile, "Doing scientific research isn't about working behind closed doors; you need to communicate with outsiders in a timely manner to get more inspiration."

"Hmm, that's a great idea, very feasible. How come I never thought of that before?" Professor Li said happily, "With a little more optimization, we can probably increase the computing power by about one percent."

"This algorithm is also quite interesting. I feel that it can unlock a lot of the computer's potential without changing the hardware."

Professor Li patted Liu Hua on the shoulder: "You're something else! A strong leader has no weak soldiers. If I had known your students were so insightful, I would have definitely brought them into the project team. It's such a waste of half a year."

"No rush," Liu Hua said with a smile. "I'm not bragging, but with the addition of my three students, your speed will increase by at least ten percent."

Professor Li looked at Liu Hua and said regretfully, "If you could put all your energy into our supercomputer project team, my efficiency could be improved by at least 30 percent."

"I'm already doing well if I can offer advice from time to time," Liu Hua said helplessly. "I just got back from a business trip to Shanghai. I was the one who proposed the LNG project, so I can't just ignore it."

"You've made such a fuss over something as trivial as a ship," Professor Li said with dissatisfaction. "No matter how advanced it is, it's not as good as our supercomputer. That's cutting-edge technology."

"Comrade Li, there's something wrong with your thinking. Science has no distinction between noble and lowly, and LNG carriers are one of the three industrial gems of shipbuilding. The future is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. We can't let others strangle us."

(End of this chapter)