Founded in 1956, the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is located in Zhongguancun, China, with a total of 16 research institutions, including 15 branches such as Shuzhou, Modu and Yantai, and is the first academic institution specializing in comprehensive research on computer science and technology in China.

Its main research directions and fields include information processing, information retrieval, network security, big data processing, architecture research, intelligent technology research, bioinformatics computing, virtual reality technology, etc.

As of May 2013, the Institute of Computing Technology has 5 academicians, more than 500 employees, more than 900 graduate students, and has won 225 national, college, municipal and ministerial science and technology awards.

Previously, Liu Feng thought that he was just a brother unit researching supercomputers, and that it should be one level lower than the high-energy institute in terms of administrative level.

Of course, after learning about the scientific research strength of this brother unit, this product is more attentive to others.

What is a supercomputer?

It's just a by-product of people's scientific research!

The biggest advantage of the institute lies in their in-depth research and exploration of information and computing industry technology!

For example, high-efficiency digital video codec technology, Loongson No. 2 enhanced high-performance general-purpose processor, as well as Liu Feng's very, very coveted interoperable spatial data engine high-speed channel research, spatial information service support technology research, and so on.

If his antimatter engineering goes well and develops to the stage of developing antimatter-powered spacecraft, it is very likely that he will be dealing with these high technologies.

For example, for the development of key system structures such as the central control system and communication system of the spacecraft, it is absolutely not enough to rely on Academician Cai Jiren, and it is absolutely impossible to use foreign chips and information processing software for the sake of absolute security and confidentiality......

As the chief designer of antimatter engineering, how can Professor Liu Feng and Liu Da, who are determined to be in the sea of stars, not take precautions?

……

200 billion at a time, 400 billion at a time, the Institute of High Energy has received a heavy investment of 600 billion yuan in scientific research funds from the state, and Academician Li Guojie, who is the director of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is absolutely impossible to say that he is not interested in this.

That's 600 billion!

You know, it has been almost 60 years since the establishment of their computing research institute, and the total of 60 years adds up, is there 100 billion?

Last year, it was already the year when the institute received the most national scientific research funds, but it was only 9 billion, and life was still tight.

It's a pity that people study energy and physics, while they study information and computing technology, and they are almost inaccessible, and there is no way to go to other people's side.

Therefore, Academician Li, who had long wanted to participate in and get a piece of the pie, immediately started the activity as soon as he heard that Shanhaiguan needed a supercomputer.

Well, slaughter the fat sheep!

Beijing, in a science and technology park at No. 6 Zhongguancun South Road, Haidian District.

Researcher Xiao Chen stuck to the desk, holding the mop in his hand, straightened his old waist, which was aching from more than 1 hour, and chatted with Xiao Wang, who was wiping the table next to him:

"What did you say the dean was crazy about today, he didn't do a good experiment, but let us do a big cleaning inside and outside the hospital, could it be that a big leader from above came to inspect again?"

Xiao Wang shook his head: "Alas, who knows? But looking at this situation, eight or nine are not far from ten." ”

Xiao Chen thought thoughtfully: "I heard that after a certain elder came to inspect last time, he directly approved 3 billion funds for us, and this time it is even more serious than the last time, is it the one who is coming?"

Xiao Wang was stunned: "Which one?"

"Stupid, of course it's the Great Elder!" Xiao Chen looked like you were so unenlightened, and said, "The funding for scientific research in our institute has always been tight, if it weren't for the fact that several deans often pull relationships and projects outside, I don't know what the development would be...... Alas!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Chen sighed.

is also a brother unit under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, look at the high-energy institute of others, 600 billion, that is called wealth!

I heard that the researchers on other people's side are also engaged in software programs, needless to say, other people's project bonuses, anyway, they can't reach the dust, even the usual basic treatment, what working conditions, and the condolences for the New Year's holidays are more generous than their side, I don't know how much;

Look at their office again, the whole thing is like a beggar, and the staff activity center that they plan to build in the institute has been talking about it for several years, and now there is not even a shadow, is it not because there is no money?

Even the head of a dignified courtyard has to go out and make a fortune everywhere!

"Yes!" Xiao Wang also sighed, the institute is under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but it is really inferior to other units in terms of treatment, not to mention compared with large companies outside, even the brother units are better than them.

If it weren't for the fact that their scientific research units are basically located in the center of big cities such as Beijing and Modu, and their basic salaries can still be passable, their conditions are almost 'catching up' with the 'Huazi' units that study agricultural technology......

To be honest, although Huaguo has been relatively wealthy in recent years, the funds used for scientific research units are not rich, not to mention that thousands of units are divided together, and it is conceivable how much funds can be distributed.

In this regard, there is still a lot of gap between China and Western countries.

It is conceivable that the high-level can allocate 600 billion funds to only one antimatter project, how much they should support Liu Feng.

Almost shortly after they finished cleaning the lab, several cars stopped on the empty dam downstairs.

As the doors opened from both sides, a man dressed in casual clothes, but very vigilant, and a young-looking man, stepped out of the car.

The leaders of the research institute, who had been waiting on the ground for a long time, hurriedly greeted them.

"Professor Liu, welcome!"

The man nodded.

Under the introduction of Dean Li Guojie one by one, he shook hands with several deputy directors of the institute, the director of the research center and other leaders in turn, and then without saying anything, Dean Li took the young people next to him and walked in the direction of the main building.

I didn't see the man's appearance too clearly from upstairs, I only saw the figure of the dean, and Xiao Chen, who couldn't stop talking, finally couldn't help but chat with Xiao Wang next to him.

"Say, who is the dean greeting?"

Xiao Wang was obviously also interested in this topic, and carefully looked at the figure of the young man.

"I don't know, I look pretty young by looking at my body......"

Xiao Chen suddenly sighed, with some disappointment in his eyes: "It doesn't seem to be an elder, it can't be the son of a certain princeling or a certain company, right?"

Xiao Wang shook his head: "It doesn't matter what princeling's son, as long as he can give money to the project, our morning's cleaning will be worth it!"

……

Downstairs, Liu Feng, under the leadership of Academician Li, went straight to the latest research of the institute's Dawning series of supercomputers.

"Professor Liu, what you are seeing now is our Dawning 4000H supercomputer, which is equipped with 20,990 Loongson No. 2 enhanced high-performance general-purpose many-core processors independently developed by our research institute, which uses a 64-bit autonomous instruction system with a peak performance of 150 million petaflops per second and a sustained performance of 120 million petaflops per second. ”

"Although it is still a lot worse than 'Sunway Taihu Light' and 'Tianhe-2' in terms of computing power, it also ranks 10th in the new TOP500 list of supercomputers released by Salt Lake City, Country M. ”

"The key is that the computing power of 930 million times / second of 'Shenwei Taihu Light', the cost is as high as more than 7 billion, and it is difficult to build a second unit, and our Dawning 4000H, the external price is only 2.5 billion yuan, and 2 units have been sold, which has completely passed the test of the market, whether it is cost performance or stability, it is not comparable to Shenwei. ”

Like other supercomputers, the Dawning 4000H adopts the layout of 20 computer cabinets and storage cabinets on each side and a single-row network system cabinet in the middle, so it occupies a large area, and Liu Feng estimates that the entire computer room covers an area of more than 500 square meters.

Seeing that this huge cabinet machine was neatly erected in the computer room, like a soldier being reviewed, it was even more imposing than the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, Liu Feng nodded with satisfaction and praised: "To be able to see our leading supercomputer in China, Dawn 4000H, we are here this time, it is worth the trip." It's just that, Dean Li, after all, we are all under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and we are both fraternal units, so let's give us cheaper. ”

"That, Professor Liu, you also know that our Institute of Computing Technology is difficult. ”

If you talk about the price, I will talk about your feelings, this kind of thing, Li Guoxing is already very experienced, and in a blink of an eye, he has become an old-fashioned 'profiteer'.

"There are more than 1,000 people in our entire research institute, hundreds of scientific research projects, and the research funds allocated to us every year are only billions at most, which also includes the cost of researching the gold-swallowing giant of supercomputers, which is 2.5 billion, and we really don't make any money. ”

Liu Feng smiled and did not continue to speak.

This supercomputer, according to his own estimates, the construction cost is about 1 billion in the sky, and the price of 2.5 billion is sold to the outside world, and it has not made any money, who is it to deceive?

It's just that thinking that there is still a lot of room for manipulation, Liu Feng didn't continue to argue, and now is not the time to talk about this issue, because from Dean Li's information, he got a very important information - the Institute of Computing Technology, there is no money!

No money?

That's great!!

Ahem~ We can't be so obvious, quietly enter the village, don't shoot.

Restrained his smile, only to hear Liu Feng continue: "Professor Li, let's not talk about the supercomputer for now. I heard that in addition to supercomputers, our computing research institute is also famous in other aspects such as information technology, I wonder if I am lucky enough to be able to visit it?"

"Eh~" Li Guoxing was stunned.

In order to please this big dog, he is ready for 'heavy bleeding', how do you know that this product will not be talked about?

Lust?

Well, it must be!

Dean Li, who thought he had a plan, finally stretched out his hand very generously, not noticing the successful expression of the conspiracy that had been revealed by the goods next to him.

"It is our honor for Professor Liu to be able to visit our laboratory. According to the old saying, it is a matter of what you want, and you dare not ask for it. ”

Both smiled.

As for whether there is a danger of leaking secrets, Li Guoxing is not worried at all.

Not to mention the problem that Liu Fengfeng will not leak secrets, let's just say that if you just visit the laboratory and look at some of the experimental equipment that your peers are using will cause leaks, then the technical content of the things they study is too low.

The more science and technology develop, the more it is not something that a few people can figure out with a simple contact, especially in their information and computing field, even the most ordinary projects require dozens or hundreds of people, plus a bunch of computing equipment, to find a way, Li Guoxing does not believe that Liu Feng, a layman, can still rob them of their jobs.

Subsequently, the group visited the experimental building of the institute one by one.

What computer architecture laboratory, high-performance computer laboratory, parallel algorithm and application laboratory, storage technology laboratory, high-performance embedded computer system laboratory, etc., although Liu Feng is not very interested, he also has the patience to take a look.

"Here they come, here they come!"

I heard the footsteps of a group of people from afar, and Xiao Wang ran into the laboratory with excitement on his face.

"Great God Liu Feng, it is really Great God Liu Feng!"

In fact, as early as when Liu Feng visited other laboratories, some friends yelled in the group.

When they knew that the guest of honor ceremoniously received by the dean turned out to be Liu Feng, the friends in the group were very excited and discussed.

"Isn't the great god engaged in controlled nuclear fusion? Why do you have time to come to us?"

"The study of controllable nuclear fusion should require very complex computing functions, I heard that Liu Feng came to our institute to buy Dawning 4000H!"

"I see! I've heard that not only controlled nuclear fusion, but also the supercollider, which needs a supercomputer. ”

"In this way, there is another big order in the high-performance computer laboratory. ”

"Envy, our Institute of Computing Technology relies on them to support it, but those guys themselves are also big gold swallowers......"

A group of people were discussing enthusiastically, some discussing Liu Feng's intentions, some envious and jealous of the computer laboratory, and some simply worshipping Liu Feng, and so on.

As a member of the Spatial Information Service Support Technology Research Laboratory, Xiao Chen can only be regarded as a second-class group of people at most, envious and jealous of the computer laboratory.

The so-called geospatial information service technology mainly covers geographic information system (GIS), remote sensing technology (RS), global positioning system (GPS) and digital earth (The digital). Earth) technology sounds absolutely lofty, but who gave them the word 'support' on their side?

It looks lofty, but the benefits and the big head have been taken away by the aerospace side, and those of them who do system development can only eat meat on the aerospace side, and then they will be allocated some soup to drink, and they are always angry with others!

In short, it's really hard to describe those who do information support like them......

Although it was a great honor for Liu Feng to be able to visit them, Xiao Chen didn't feel very happy, because they were supported by spatial information technology, and Liu Feng's controllable nuclear fusion technology was completely different, and he also guessed what Dean Li meant, it was nothing more than a big dog slaughterer, but even if Dean Li could bite off a piece of meat from Liu Feng's side, they might not be able to get much benefit.

After all, in the era when the project was king, whoever mastered the scientific research funds was God, and it was obvious that Liu Feng was not God.

However, this time it was destined to surprise Xiao Chen and others......