Chapter 576

Next.

Half-asleep, Gu Lu was woken up by an alarm clock placed on the table not far away.

As soon as Gu Lu opened his eyes, the outline of a face came into Gu Lu's eyes.

Gu Lu was clever, and he was so frightened that he was instantly sleepy.

"Researcher Ai, what are you doing?" Gu Lu couldn't help but complain.

That's right, what Gu Lu saw when he opened his eyes just now was that Ai Liang was looking down at him, which really scared Gu Lu enough.

Ai Liang scratched his head and smiled, "Professor Gu, didn't I just plan to wake you up, the teacher wants to see you." ”

"Elder Guo wants to see me?" Gu Lu suddenly lifted the quilt and put on his coat.

Ai Liang nodded, "I just happened to bump into the teacher when I went downstairs to eat, and he asked me to call you to his office." ”

"What is the matter with Elder Guo looking for me?" asked Gu Lu suspiciously.

Ai Liang shook his head, "I don't know, but it seems that things are still quite important." ”

"Then I'll go over right away, by the way, Researcher Ai, help me go to the cafeteria and get two buns back, I'll have breakfast later." Gu Lu hurriedly put on his shoes, and before Ai Liang could refuse or agree, Gu Lu rushed to the director's office upstairs while sorting out his clothes.

"Guo Lao, it's me!" Standing at the door of the director's office, Gu Lu grabbed his hair and made a hairstyle that could barely be seen.

Gu Lu's hair has been uncut for almost two months, and it is estimated that in the first half of the month, Gu Lu will be able to go directly to be a wandering singer with long hair in a shawl.

Hearing the knock on the office door, Academician Guo coughed a few times, and said in a weak voice, "Come in." ”

Gu Lu pushed the door in, and saw Academician Guo's weak face at a glance.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Seeing Gu Lu coming in, Academician Guo coughed violently while letting Gu Lu sit down.

"Old Guo, do you have a cold?" Gu Lu's heart jumped and he asked.

Academician Guo covered his mouth and coughed, and waved his hand, "It's okay, it's just a small problem, I'll go to the infirmary for an injection later." ”

Academician Guo crossed his fingers and looked at Gu Lu with a serious face, "The reason why I am in such a hurry to find you this time is because there is another very important news to tell you." ”

"What's the news?" Gu Lu asked suspiciously.

Although I don't know what the specific news Academician Guo is going to say, from Academician Guo's serious expression, Gu Lu can clearly see that what Academician Guo is about to say is definitely not good news.

After a few seconds of silence, Academician Guo spoke in a low tone, "After I went back last night, an old friend of mine in the United States secretly told me a piece of information about the IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States. ”

"IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States?" Gu Lu raised his eyebrows.

The IBM Center for Quantum Computing is currently recognized as the number one research institution in the field of quantum computers.

Although it is said that this R&D competition for quantum computers is a contest between China and the United States.

But in the final analysis, it is actually the competition between the semiconductor quantum chip project team and the IBM quantum computing center.

And now, Academician Guo must have gotten some terrible news from the enemy's base camp, so he would find Gu Lu in such a hurry.

"That's right, it's the IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States, which is a research institute that brings together top talents in the field of digital quantum computing. Academician Guo nodded solemnly, and then opened his mouth to explain to Gu Lu.

"According to my old friend, the IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States, after successfully developing a 28-bit qubit quantum computer, did not continue to develop a 29-bit qubit quantum computer, but directly jumped to 30 qubits!"

Gu Lu's brows furrowed tightly.

Really......

Just as Gu Lu guessed just now, what Academician Guo is about to say is indeed completely bad news.

The IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States directly skipped the development of a 29-bit qubit quantum computer and directly entered the development stage of a 30-bit quantum computer, which means that the time left for their project team will be reduced again.

"Doesn't that mean......" Gu Lu looked bitter.

Academician Guo knew what Gu Lu was thinking, smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "That's right, just like you think, the time left for us is no longer more than a month as we expected before, but...... Only half a month, fifteen days!"

Half a month?!

Gu Lu's pupils shrank suddenly.

The reserved time has been cut in half.

The situation is getting worse.

Originally, Gu Lu and Academician Guo had almost completed about half of the research and development of 30-qubit semiconductor chips.

Give them another month, and in the case of working overtime, Gu Lu may really be able to create a miracle and turn the tables against the wind.

However, the news brought by Academician Guo today is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Gu Lu's gradually condensed confidence.

For a month, there is a good chance of a turnaround.

But after half a month, the chance of a comeback is quite slim.

This means that both Gu Lu and Academician Guo need to increase their work efficiency to twice as much.

…………

Standing in the office, Gu Lu was stunned for more than ten seconds before he came to his senses and asked cautiously, "Old Guo, is this news...... Do you want to tell anyone else about the project team?"

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, the day to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

However, I didn't expect the new weather to be ushered in, but I waited for a thunderbolt of bad news.

"Tell them. Academician Guo sighed, leaned back in his chair and rubbed his eyebrows, "There is no need to hide this news, the current research progress has reached this stage, and it is impossible to suspend the project." ”

If it had been suspended half a year ago, the project might have been reduced a lot, but now it has reached the final stage of the project less than a month ago, and as Academician Guo said, it is impossible to terminate it.

"Rather than let everyone face an unknown defeat, it is better to tell them the truth, and maybe provoke the last resistance of the people. ”

Gu Lu bowed his head slightly, "Old Guo, I know." ”

Academician Guo waved his hand, "Then you should hurry up and tell them the news, and the progress of the project on our side needs to be accelerated, although the hope has become slim again, but if you don't try it, you will always feel that you will be very unwilling to lose!"

"At the beginning, we could use five months to raise the original one-in-10,000 possibility to a point where it could barely be a long time, so in the same way, we might be able to create the same miracle in the remaining half a month!"

Academician Guo laughed, and his smile was very open-minded.

A smile also appeared on Gu Lu's face.

At the same time, Gu Lu's right fist clenched, as if he had made some important decision.