Chapter 895: The road to counterattack, the top of the world!
Now Qin Ke still has a huge demand for computing power. After completing the third phase of expansion of Qingning Technology Data Center, Weiguang’s computing power has been ranked among the top five in the world. In addition, Qin Ke’s continuous “teaching” to Weiguang
"And upgrades, if we talk about the level of computing power for big data analysis, LV4's Shimmer can be said to be the best in the world.
But even with such a world-leading level of computing power, Weiguang still has a hard time facing Xia Guo and all the extreme climate data in Europe in recent decades.
The quality and accuracy of the climate data provided by Europe are extremely high, with the average weekly data volume reaching 20T. This is only climate data that meets the "extreme anomaly" standard, and normal meteorological data is hundreds of times larger.
In comparison, since the Xia Kingdom began to record meteorological satellite records more than 30 years ago, all the climate data that meet the "extreme anomaly" standard only add up to about 1000T. The number of meteorological satellites and the quality of meteorological data between the Xia Kingdom and Europe are greatly different.
The disparity can be imagined.
Therefore, Weiguang had an easy time dealing with Xia Kingdom's extreme weather data in the past, but once the extreme weather data in Europe was added, it directly showed its inability, forcing Qin Ke to expand the Qing Ning data center for the third time.
Considering that extreme climate data from all countries around the world will be collated and analyzed in the future, the amount of data will be even more terrifying, and we must find ways to continue to improve the computing power of Shimmer.
However, under the traditional chip architecture, the current computing power expansion in Qingning computer room has reached the limit of Weiguang's resource pool management. Adding more servers will only lead to reduced computing efficiency due to communication delays and management confusion.
The computing power of light is harmful rather than helpful.
Perhaps after Shiguang is upgraded to LV5, the resource management efficiency can be greatly improved, but now Qin Ke's special branch technology "artificial intelligence" is still far from being upgraded to LV5 - the current experience is: 2189/5000, if
Without relying on the completion of tasks, it would take at least ten years for Shimmer to upgrade itself.
So now we still have to start by breaking through the current bottleneck of single computer computing power.
The best solution to improve computing power is of course to push computers into the quantum era, so that quantum chip computers can truly be put into large-scale multi-task parallel computing applications. A powerful quantum computer can easily surpass current supercomputers by hundreds of millions of times, even if it requires
Weiguang has undergone a major transformation to adapt it to quantum computers, which is definitely worthwhile in terms of time-to-value ratio.
But Qin Ke has a clear understanding of the current situation of quantum computers.
Although the media has hyped the "Lime Superconducting Material No. 2" to great effect, quantum computer research institutions around the world, including IBM and Google's Quantum Computer Research Center, have quickly issued statements stating that they will abandon the field of topological quantum computing.
Qin Ke is very clear about the research in the direction of "quantum error correction". "Ling Ning Superconducting Material No. 2" only solves the "decoherence effect" and achieves error correction effects with high fidelity and high error tolerance.
Its emergence will certainly have a huge promotion effect on the development of quantum computers, but the current status of weak basic research on quantum computers itself has not changed, whether it is quantum algorithms, quantum coding, etc. in software, or quantum transistors in hardware.
Quantum memories, quantum effectors, etc. are not yet mature and do not have the conditions for rapid development.
Qin Ke wants to organize and analyze global extreme and abnormal climate data. Ideally, he would use a quantum computer with 10,240 qubits or more. At the very least, a quantum computer with 5,120 qubits would be needed to barely meet the computing power requirements.
As far as Xia Guo is concerned, the current top quantum computer prototype only supports 255 qubits. It is almost impossible to produce a 5120-qubit quantum chip that can support massive data analysis applications within five years.
Even IBM, the world's most powerful company in this regard, cannot do it. Even thanks to the "Lime Superconducting No. 2 Material", IBM may be able to prepare a 5120-qubit quantum chip within two or three years, but it wants to
It will take at least five years to produce a corresponding quantum computing prototype.
Even if Qin Ke negotiates with "Ling Ning Superconducting Material No. 2" and pays IBM to build a sufficiently powerful quantum computing prototype for him, it is difficult to expect that it will be used within five years.
The second suboptimal solution is to innovate the traditional computer chip architecture and achieve a leap in computing power.
Therefore, although Qin Ke adheres to the idea that seeking for others is better than seeking for yourself, he continues to lead the team of Qingning Technology Quantum Computing Laboratory to conduct research on quantum chip materials to further promote the development of quantum computers, but the research projects that he pays more attention to are
But it was the "Mr. Q" who came to lead the "Chip Materials Team" under the "Qingbei Integrated Circuit and Chip Joint R&D Innovation Center" to conduct research on "carbon crystal composite nanomaterials".
Once this is researched, it can be quickly promoted and applied in a very short period of time and greatly increase the computing power.
"Carbon crystal composite nanomaterial" is a very advanced chip material recorded in the S-level knowledge "A new carbon crystal composite nanomaterial production process suitable for 1nm chips". It can replace the current silicon wafer.
Directly using the photolithography technology and chip manufacturing technology of the 28nm process and the 14nm process that are well mastered in China to produce a new generation of chips, there is no need to update equipment or improve the process.
The new-generation chips produced can be said to be unparalleled in terms of performance and power consumption. Taking the 14nm new-generation chip as an example, its performance can reach that of the traditional mainstream "FinFET" technology in the world.
It is more than 50 times that of 7nm high-end silicon-based chips, but the power consumption is less than 10% of the latter.
Such performance and power consumption can even easily beat all the top commercial 5nm chips in the world today, including the 2nm chips that are still in the laboratory and use GAA surround gate transistor technology!
Therefore, "carbon crystal composite nanomaterials" can be called "the ultimate optimal solution in the traditional chip era"!
Unfortunately, it is very difficult to develop "carbon crystal composite nanomaterials".
Even though Qin Ke has S-level knowledge at hand, many materials research uses smart digital observation electron microscopes, scanning electron microscopes, scanning probe microscopes, atomic force microscopes, X-ray diffractometers, atomic fluorescence spectrometers, and full-spectrum direct-reading inductively coupled plasmas.
Dozens of high-end experimental equipment such as volume emission spectrometers are simply not available in China. Even if they are available, most of them are not up to standard in terms of accuracy, power, and performance.
This serious lack of high-end equipment also left Qin Ke scratching his head.
It is impossible to purchase abroad, and it is useless to offer high prices. As long as it is high-end equipment related to chip material research and development, they will not sell it at all, and even second-hand ones are embargoed.
Qin Ke could only, with the support of Uncle Yang Chengke, let the "Qingbei Integrated Circuit and Chip Joint R&D Innovation Center" use various methods such as cooperative research and development, leasing, etc. to integrate several domestic chip material experiments including the NTU Chip Technology Research Institute.
All the experimental equipment in the laboratory are in hand.
Even so, it is not possible to gather all the experimental equipment needed to prepare "carbon crystal composite nanomaterials".
How to use these limited and substandard equipment and instruments at hand to finally prepare "carbon crystal composite nanomaterials" has become a big problem facing Qin Ke and the chip research team.
Fortunately, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun have rich experience in topological quantum superconducting materials and extremely high mathematical level. They can continuously use mathematical analysis and modeling to optimize the experimental plan. In some details that cannot be accurately measured by experimental equipment,
We use "fuzzy mathematics" combined with probability theory to make assumptions and make up for it, and use various numerical values of the sample to back-end and verify whether the assumed numerical values are correct.
It was through the use of many "stupid methods" with many detours, coupled with the tireless work of the chip research team headed by senior brother Xu Qingyan and deputy chief engineer Cai Mingzhi, who repeatedly experimented and solved small problems day and night, that we arrived today.
A great success!
It’s really not easy!
So when Qin Ke saw the title of the email, he felt like tears filled his eyes.
Although it is not as exaggerated as when he used an old-fashioned hand-cranked computer to calculate the atomic bomb data, this is definitely the most difficult research Qin Ke has ever done, bar none!
In September last year, chief engineer He Yisheng was seriously ill and was hospitalized. Senior brother Xu Qingyan came to ask for help. Qin Ke officially led the chip materials team as "Mr.
Director Xia Renliang led a team to participate in the research of the project, and asked several chip material laboratories to cooperate with each other to rent equipment and manpower...
In the past 430 days and nights, almost 1 billion yuan of funding was burned, countless detours were taken, and many researchers lost their hair before finally making this "carbon crystal composite nanomaterial" a reality.
"It was born successfully!
But Qin Ke quickly suppressed his excitement. He had to confirm the experimental results in person.
Instructing Xiao Guang to open the experimental report attached to the email, Qin Ke began to read carefully the various indicators of the final sample of "carbon crystal composite nanomaterials" line by line.
The results of the inspection were shocking. The indicators were almost exactly the same as the experimental results he deduced through the chip material research model. They were also the same as those recorded in "The Whole Process of Making a New Carbon Crystal Composite Nanomaterial Suitable for 1nm Chips"
The indicator values are basically the same, but the performance is about 0.01% weaker.
However, this is due to problems caused by insufficient accuracy of some experimental equipment. Under domestic conditions, it is a miracle that such a performance index of 99.99% can be developed.
Qin Ke reviewed the detailed records of the entire experiment process, and also asked Weiguang to import the above experimental data into his own mathematical model for secondary matching calculations. The final review was correct, and the "carbon crystal composite nanomaterial" was successfully prepared.
Out!
Familiar footsteps came, and Qin Ke didn't need to look up to know that it was Ning Qingyun who had returned to the master bedroom after taking a bath.
"What's wrong? You're smiling so happily." Ning Qingyun sat down next to Qin Ke affectionately and rested her little head on Qin Ke's shoulder.
Qin Ke kissed her soft little face and said with a smile: "Carbon crystal composite nanomaterials have been researched!"
"Really?" Ning Qingyun suddenly became excited.
She was pregnant with a baby in September last year, and did not devote much time to research on this topic, at least not as much as she did on the Yang-Mills equation and climate prediction research.
However, she and Qin Ke worked together to overcome many difficulties caused by the lack of accuracy of experimental equipment, so they still have a very good understanding of the significance and importance of "carbon crystal composite nanomaterials".
As soon as she got closer to read the experiment report on the screen, Qin Ke's encrypted mobile phone in the drawer rang. The number on the caller ID... hmm? It was Uncle Yang!
Yang Chengke rarely calls after 22:00 in the middle of the night, and the call is a satellite encrypted phone call. He must have some important urgent matter to contact "Mr. Q".
Qin Ke immediately took out the encrypted mobile phone and connected it, and heard Uncle Yang's voice trembling with excitement from the receiver of the mobile phone: "Qin Ke, I'm not bothering you, are you? I heard that the research on 'carbon crystal composite nanomaterials' has been initially successful.
Yes? Xu Qingyan said that the experimental report has been sent to Mr. Q, but no one in the chip material research team dared to give me an accurate letter without Mr. Q’s confirmation..."
Yang Chengke was really excited. If his heart wasn't in good condition, he would have taken heart-saving pills at this time.
Xia Guo has been controlled by others in terms of chips for a long time, and has been frustrated for too long. If he wants to catch up through normal technological advancement, there is no hope in just a few decades.
Only by relying on unparalleled materials such as "carbon crystal composite nanomaterials" can domestic chips quickly embark on a counterattack, truly achieve overtaking in corners, and even reach the top of the world!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Precisely because it attaches great importance to "carbon crystal composite nanomaterials", the country almost responds to Qin Ke's requests, and provides him with equipment from any laboratory he wants.
If the identity of "Mr. Q" had not been exposed, Qin Ke would have been the commander-in-chief and chief engineer of Xia State's chip technology research at this moment.
Qin Ke and his wife went abroad this time. Even though the probability of encountering danger was very low, Wei Feng still mobilized a terrifyingly huge amount of resources to provide foolproof protection for the two of them. This also had a lot to do with this "carbon crystal composite nanomaterial".
Big relationship - Yang Chengke knows too well that no one can replace the importance of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to the country. It is no exaggeration to say that in the eyes of senior officials, the weight of half of the country's academicians combined is not as important as Qin's.
The two of them are important.
When I called Qin Ke at this time, his hand holding the encrypted phone was shaking subconsciously.
Qin Ke also heard Uncle Yang's nervousness, and immediately gave the most affirmative reply without further ado: "Yes, I have just read the experimental report carefully and conducted it twice using the mathematical model I established.
After review, it can be said that the 'carbon crystal composite nanomaterial' has been officially researched. I suggest that the currently prepared samples be sent to the designated chip manufacturer as soon as possible for chip trial production."
Qin Ke didn't say anything about keeping the entire process confidential. Uncle Yang naturally knew these things.
Yang Chengke took a few deep breaths, tried hard to calm down his excitement, and then solemnly said: "Qin Ke, I won't say anything unnecessary. Although 'Mr. Q' cannot appear in any media reports and is not known to the public, but
The country will never forget Mr. Q's contribution to the country!"
He said "absolutely" twice in a row, which shows his firm tone.
Qin Ke couldn't help laughing: "Uncle Yang, after the trial production of the new generation chip is successful, can I make a request?"
Chapter completed!