Magic City,

Xu Mang and Yang Xiaoman really sat together and watched TV, but Xu Mang didn't care about the content of the TV at all, he was thinking about a problem, how to use seventy-five qubit chips to combine a chipset, this chipset is as high as four thousand qubits.

And most importantly... They don't interfere with each other, they all work fine... And it can have a quantum error correction effect.

As previously planned,

It is only necessary to superimpose these chips on top of each other and then write their own encoding program, planar encoding based on the topological method, but... The idea is beautiful, but the reality is often very cruel, and the direct superposition of chips can create interference.

"Huh?"

"Let me ask you... What do you think is what our country lacks the most?" Yang Xiaoman looked at the giant panda on the TV and asked curiously: "Is it a high-tech talent? For example, a giant panda-level scientist like you?"

“...”

Faced with this question, Xu Mang didn't know how to answer, and said indifferently: "I don't know." ”

"Don't be embarrassed. ”

"I think there's just a lack of people like you. Yang Xiaoman turned his head, looked at Xu Mang with a serious face, and said, "Look... You're a big idiot and we're so far ahead in research, and if there were a few more people like you, wouldn't we be invincible?"

"No!"

"It's not my credit alone. Xu Mang shook his head and said solemnly: "There are many people who work incognito in this field silently, but I am more different... You can't forget those people. ”

Words fall,

Xu Mang asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly ask this question?"

"Just ask..."

"Let's see if you're vain, but... Fortunately, there is no vanity. Yang Xiaoman leaned on Xu Manbar's shoulder, with a happy smile on his face, and said, "Stupid... Are we a model couple in the eyes of others?"

"That's a must!"

"Just kidding... How much have I paid for the peace of mankind, marry you!" Xu Mang said righteously: "Look at... Has it been since I married you that the United States has withdrawn its troops from Iraq?"

"You..."

"You are so fartful!" Yang Xiaoman was so angry that he exploded, twisted the soft flesh on Xu Mang's waist, and said viciously: "People have already begun to withdraw their troops... Don't take credit for yourself at every turn, and don't throw anything on me. ”

"Hey, hey..."

That's pretty much it. Xu Mang smiled sheepishly: "Alas, I found that you have gained weight recently." ”

As soon as the voice fell,

Yang Xiaoman collapsed directly, quickly ran to the electronic scale, and a few seconds later... The whole world collapsed.

Fat!

I lost four pounds!

"Isn't it fat?" Xu Mang said with a smile, "Do you know how I feel it?"

"Get out!"

"I don't want to know!" Yang Xiaoman glanced at Xu Mang, and said viciously: "It's all your fault... I've been growing meat since I've been with you... I gained five pounds last time, and it took me half a year to lose it, but I lost four pounds before I knew it. ”

"Mao!"

"What's the matter with me?" Xu Mang said disappreciatively: "I'm greedy when I'm greedy... But now you are just right, belonging to a golden ratio, not fat or thin, you must not lose weight. ”

In fact

Xu Mang didn't want Xiao Man to lose weight, now Xiao Man, who is in this figure, just belongs to the stage of clapping with both hands, if he loses it... I went back to the stage of slapping the door panel in the past, and my palms hurt after shooting.

Pity... Yang Xiaoman always has to lose her weight, so she doesn't care if Xu Mang hurts or not.

Back to Xu Mang's side,

Yang Xiaoman directly lay close to Xu Mang's arms, and said with a look of love: "Anyway, since your quantum chip research results, the market value of our father's company has more than doubled... And my wife, my worth has also doubled. ”

"Really?" Xu Mang showed a strange smile: "This is just the beginning!"

Yang Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, straightened up and looked at Xu Mang in horror: "You... What else are you going to do?"

"There's a big move ahead!" Xu Mang said indifferently: "I'm going to launch a quantum computer with 4,000 qubits, and directly make all research institutions in the world completely give up competing with us, you... You should understand, right?"

moment

Yang Xiaoman's eyes radiated a greedy light, at this moment... She knew what she had to do.

...

A few days later,

Inside IBM's quantum computer lab.

A group of people are trying to overcome the difficulties in front of them, although the discussion topics in this world are all about Xu Mang, Huaguo, and seventy-five qubit chips, but it has not affected IBM's own plans to launch a cloud computing service of fifty-three qubits.

This is a great step towards the application of quantum computers, only to take this step at the time of the two legs that have been discounted by others.

As Orkney was sitting in his office, he was frustrated by the problem at hand, and he and his team found that it would take a lot of optimization to deal with Schrödinger simulations directly. It will take 100 years to optimize all the problems.

One hundred years!

Doesn't that mean the project has failed?

And this problem almost shattered IBM's dream, and even lost the opportunity to compete with Google and Xu Mang, who is secretly developing seventy-two qubit chips, and Xu Mang, who is on the Chinese side, has already developed seventy-five qubit chips.

Though...

There are some skepticism, but... Believe it for now.

Then

Orkney received a phone call, glanced at the number, and couldn't help frowning, it turned out to be Merck from Google.

He?

Why did he contact me?

"Hello?"

"Professor Merck... It's rare that you'll be able to call me. Orkney said indifferently: "I don't know what you are looking for me?"

"Hehe..."

"Don't be so wary of me, Professor Orkney. Merck smiled: "Now we are not in competition, but in a sense of alliance, the two of us have a common enemy, he is from China!"

“...”

"I can't argue with that. Orkney said, "In that case... Then let go of the hatred between each other for the time being, and exterminate Xu Mang first, but... Seventy-five quantum chips have been developed, and one instance has performed three million computational experiments. ”

"Really?"

"Are you sure they've done it?" Professor Merck asked, "and I'm skeptical about it until the relevant studies are available." ”

At this point,

Orkney remembered that Google published an article before, and in terms of attitude, Google's article and arguments were positive, rigorous, and necessary, and almost all the questions were raised, but Xu Mang did not respond to anything.

And that begs the question, why? Why didn't he react? Was it because of something?

More and more media are on Google's side, and Xu Mang is like a water dog in the eyes of everyone, reprimanded by the Western world.

"Orkney!"

"I think... We must unite to eliminate Xu Mang in Huaguo first, and decide not to let Xu Mang take the lead. Merck said: "As soon as he and his team get any results, it must be us who are unlucky!"

Followed by

Merck recounted her experience in China, the beginning and end of the technical blackmail by Xu Mang, and Orkney listened to it with horror.

But...

Orkney is still wary of Google.

"I need to consult with the top management of IBM and get their approval. Orkney said, "Speaking of Professor Merck... Is the cooperation you are proposing mean by your Google executives, or is it your own intention?"

"It's my own for now. "But I'll try to fight for it," Merck said. ”

"Okay. ”

"Hopefully we can see that day coming. ”

moment

The call between the two was interrupted, and Orkney fell into deep thought... In fact, the advantages of cooperating with Google outweigh the disadvantages, if you can use their 'fox tail pine' chip, to a large extent solve the problems encountered by IBM.

IBM can also provide application technology, but... This would mean abandoning the entire market.

Is this possible?

Orkney understands IBM executives to the level of understanding that this is never going to happen unless... Huaguo is in an unstoppable position, otherwise it will not cooperate with Google, if it does... It means that in the competition with China, the United States is completely at a disadvantage.

At this point, only cooperation can solve the problem.

"Ugh..."

"I really don't want this day to come. Orkney sighed and silently went about his work.

Long

Clueless, Orkney made his way to the lounge to pour himself a cup of coffee, and along the way met a number of his colleagues from various projects.

Americano,

Always an American favorite, soon... Orkney came to an empty seat with a full cup of coffee, and watched the news on his phone while drinking coffee.

Then

Here comes a young man,

He was also a researcher at the Quantum Computer Lab and was carrying a cup of coffee, but found Orkney in the crowd.

"Director Orkney..."

The young man said hello and sat down in front of him.

Orkney nodded, glanced up at the young man's coffee, and asked curiously, "Do you like to drink espresso?"

"Hmm!"

"The palate is more intense. The young man smiled and asked, "Director Orkney... What are we going to do next?"

“...”

"It went according to plan. Orkney said indifferently.

"Okay..."

In fact

The young man knew that he had asked in vain, so he drank coffee silently and swiped his phone.

suddenly

A stranger ran to the rest area and shouted at everyone present: "The latest issue of Nature published Xu Mang's research results, and it seems... It's a positive response to Google!"

“？？？”

“？？？”

Orkney and the young man looked at each other, and each saw the surprise in each other's eyes, which was slowly turning into fear.

On this day,

The latest issue of Nature was officially published, with a chip on the cover, entitled "Xu Mang: This is the Real Quantum Hegemony".

......