Entering through the door, Jiang Chen saw that it was a very large room in front of him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and in this large room, there are rows of black cabinets, a total of seven or eight rows of dozens of iron cabinets more than one person high. In addition to the many flashing green and red lights on the iron cabinet, there are also a lot of wiring, which is very complicated. Jiang Chen looked at these flickering black cabinets and said to Zhu Lao, "Zhu Lao, this is our computer host." ”

Zhu Lao smiled at Jiang Chen and nodded: "That's right, you said that these iron cabinets you saw are the core of our entire computer system, the host machine group. The entire host fleet is made up of sixty of these hosts. In each of these hosts, it is divided into a plurality of processing sets, and within each of these processing sets, there are a plurality of processors, so that a large network of processors is formed. It is then linked in a special way, centrally managed, and aggregated, so that a supercomputer is formed. To put it more colloquially, it is to bring together countless small computers. What could not be handled by a single small computer in the past is divided among many small computers to be processed at the same time. In this way, its calculation speed and accuracy will be greatly improved. Of course, how to communicate these many computers with each other and then centralize them for unified management is a very large and complex project in itself. ”

After listening to this, Jiang Chen nodded and shook his head and said with a smile: "You, what you said is too complicated, I am a little confused." So, tell me about my biggest concern, what is the speed of its calculations?"

After Zhu Lao heard Jiang Chen's question, he glanced at Ma Lao and said with a random smile: "Our computer, because the research and development time is relatively short, and a new structure has been adopted, we are also in the initial research stage for this new structure, so the current calculation speed is still relatively low. ”

Jiang Chen waved his hand to interrupt Zhu Lao's words and said, "Zhu Lao, you and Ma Lao don't have any worries, I don't mean anything else. I just want to know how fast our computer can run and see if it can meet our current research needs. ”

And after listening to Jiang Chen's words, Zhu Lao also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Satisfied, of course satisfied." The floating point operation speed of this large-scale computer we developed can reach 520 million times per second, which is much higher than the Galaxy 1 developed by our country before. According to the current research needs of our company, this computer is enough for our laboratories. Of course, there is still a certain gap between the speed of 520 million floating point operations per second and the current operation speed of more than billions of supercomputers in the world. However, with the gradual integration of international advanced technology and related continuous investment, our computers will be able to catch up with the international advanced level and exceed the international advanced level, and we are very confident in this. ”

"520 million times per second!" Jiang Chen said excitedly: "Can you really reach such a high speed?"

"Of course!" Ma Lao next to him looked at Jiang Chen with a look of disbelief and then said to Jiang Chen: "If you don't believe it, you can ask relevant experts to come over to verify, in terms of scientific research, we are very rigorous, and we will never engage in any fraud." ”

Seeing Ma Lao's angry appearance, Jiang Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Ma Lao, I didn't mean that. I didn't expect this computer to reach such speeds. As you know, we have just been involved in computer science for a short time, and we didn't expect to have such a performance comparable to that of some related laboratories. ”

Zhu Lao shook his head with a smile and said, "Okay, Xiao Jiang, we understand what you mean." Actually, you don't need to be surprised, although the starting point of computer science is relatively high, it can be regarded as an emerging cutting-edge technology. However, it's like there's a threshold, and once you cross that threshold, it's much easier to get into the technical aspects. Of course, this computer is just a passing piece of our work, and it's not pretty. Moreover, there are many problems with this computer, such as the equipment is relatively bloated, the efficiency of the machine is not fully released, the energy consumption is relatively large, and the computing frequency is not stable. Originally, we wanted to continue the research and wait for these problems to be solved before delivering them to the company, but considering that many projects urgently need this kind of large-scale computer for related auxiliary computing. Therefore, we revised the development plan and delivered it to the company's relevant laboratories and research project teams in advance, as well as other units that need to be tested. As for us, we can make improvements slowly, so that it will not delay the use of the company's relevant needs, nor will it affect our continued research, which can be described as a multi-task. ”

"I see. After listening to Zhu Lao's words, Jiang Chen nodded with a smile and said, "I originally thought that this speed was fast enough, but I didn't expect it to be improved, which made me too excited." Don't worry, I will notify you when you go back, and ask all departments to follow your center's opinions and obey your arrangements when using mainframe computers. And I'm going to continue to invest in that and try to secure your research funding as much as possible. Of course, let's not worry about this, let's take our time. You, Ma Lao and other old people must take care of their health, we will take care of everything we have, and leave it to them if we can give it to the young people. On the one hand, this is to reduce your related burdens, and on the other hand, it is also a training and training for these young people. In a few years, these young people will grow up, and you will be able to rest assured that you will be able to live here for the rest of your life. When the time comes, I'll give you a few pairs of fishing rods, you have nothing to do with fishing, play chess, and then hug your grandson, great-grandson, isn't it beautiful. ”

"Hahahaha、、、" Everyone laughed when they heard this, Zhu Lao looked at Ma Lao and nodded Jiang Chen smiled: "This kid has planned for us, then I can wait for your fishing rods." I'll tell you, don't fool me with a bamboo pole when the time comes, then I won't do it. ”

"Don't worry, I will definitely prepare this fishing rod for you, it is definitely a fine product, and I will give it to you when the time comes. Jiang Chen replied with a smile.

Everyone laughed for a while, and then Ma Lao said to Jiang Chen: "Xiao Jiang, according to international and industry practices, supercomputers like this should be named." And whether you are the initiator of this large-scale computer development project, or the investor of this large-scale computer, so it's up to you to name it. ”

"Me?" Jiang Chen hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, I'm a junior, this matter should be done by your elders, why can't it be my turn." ”

Zhu Lao smiled and waved his hand to interrupt Jiang Chen's words: "This is a traditional practice, it's up to you, anyway, just take a name." Besides, we people, what are we called engineering men in the words of young people, there is nothing else in our minds except data, so let's let young people like you do it. Young people have a good brain, and maybe they can come up with some good names. ”

pushed and conceded, but saw that the push couldn't go out. Jiang Chen could only take over, and then began to look at these host cases and think about it. Suddenly, it had a flash of inspiration and excitedly said to everyone: "How about this supercomputer called 'Dao'?"

"Dao?" everyone wondered.