[Topol-class supercomputer: NO.3 (ranked second only to the jaguar and the cuckoo in the world)]

[Manufacturer: Taicang Prefecture Supercomputer Corporation.] Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info】

[System-wide peak performance: 1018 trillion times/second]

[Linpack measured performance: 487.5 trillion times/second]

[Total shared storage capacity: 1PB]

[The whole system includes general-purpose multi-core processor (CPU): 8192 (8*4*4*4*4*4)]

[All systems include GPU: 6144 (6*4*4*4*4*4)]

[Single-wire transmission rate of Internet communication network: 10Gbps]

[Power consumption under the operation of the whole system: 1720 kWh/h]

[Design service life: 10 years]

[Unit cost: 1.247 billion yuan]

[Maintenance cost: about 27.7 million yen/year (first five years) - about 35.2 million yen/year (next five years)]

As a supercomputer originally designed and manufactured for the military industry, the [Poplar-level supercomputer] was no longer hidden like the [Beifeng-level supercomputer], and was exposed by foreign media to be used by Daming to simulate nuclear tests a few years after it was manufactured, so it reluctantly released some relevant data.

In fact, in recent years, due to the high cost of supercomputer manufacturing and higher maintenance costs, after transforming into a commercial group and losing direct financial subsidies from the government, in order to attract more commercial enterprises to use [Poplar-level super servers] to increase the utilization rate, Taicang Prefecture has already released a rumor at the beginning of the finalization of "Topol", and then it has participated in various world-class supercomputer selections in a high-profile manner.

It is also thanks to this that unlike the [Beifeng-level supercomputer] data that can only be found on the Internet, there are very detailed 'poplar' data on several relatively large encyclopedia websites in China.

"The former is a supercomputer, the latter is just a high-end gaming notebook, Poplar and Patriot don't have much in common, if you want to say the same, probably both use too core CPUs!"

After some analogy and comparison, Sun Cheng finally found the only similarity between the two by relying only on the data that could be found on the Internet.

Taihexin Company, one of the subsidiaries of Taicang Prefecture, is the leading company in the research of CPU processors in Daming.

As a company specializing in the production of supporting processors for supercomputers, although the scale is not as large as the international giant Intel's Asian production base in Tianzhu Kingdom, the technology of Tai Core does not need to be questioned.

For example, their CPU designed for the Poplar, the 'Athlon™ VI.-1', is a server-class CPU that is no worse than Intel's twelve-core Xeon processor.

Although the 'Athlon III.-3' CPU equipped on the Patriot super gaming laptop is slightly inferior to Intel's i7 octa-core processors that apply the latest technology, its performance can still rank among the top three among the six-core desktop processors.

So he continued to investigate, and Sun Cheng soon turned to some news reports from the early years.

"Ten years of sharpening the sword, costing 70 million, Taihe core is ahead of IBM and takes the lead in creating the world's first neuron chip!"

"Athlon-M, Daming's TrueNorth?"

"Athlon™ III.-3 processor, a simplified version of simulated human brain neuron technology, desktop-class performance, enterprise-class optimization!"

"Neuronal chips?"

Sun Cheng's eyes lit up, and he suddenly trembled with excitement, and he faintly had a feeling that maybe he had really found the key to the problem by mistake this time.

So he quickly searched everywhere on the Internet, and after an hour, Sun Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the flush on his face because of excitement had not yet dissipated.

"A chip that simulates the structure of neurons in the human brain?"

Neuron chips, this should probably be the first forward-looking innovation of human beings for future processors after entering the 21st century.

As we all know, the complexity of the human brain is still shocking even with the rapid development of technology in the world.

In 2003, when IBM swept the world with a newly designed supercomputer 'Blue Gene', Professor Markram, a human brain expert at the Weizmann Institute for Biological Sciences in Europe, made a bold prediction.

"Although the computing power of supercomputers may seem like gods to most people, the human brain, with its 86 billion neurons and 100 trillion synapses, could be hundreds of times more powerful than the 'blue gene' if it were to work at full capacity!"

Although in this bold prediction, Markram is quite disparaging of the new design of the 'blue gene' of the computer giant IBM.

Interestingly, instead of getting angry, IBM quickly announced that it would develop a new supercomputer design that would simulate the human brain, after convening a number of industry authorities to theorize about Markram's predictions.

A few years later, the first supercomputer with petaflop computing power, the Wanderer, and the legendary super neuron chip TrueNorth, which cost more than 10 million US dollars, are said to be the products of IBM in the process of researching human-like supercomputers.

As Taicang Prefecture, which is committed to surpassing IBM and becoming the world's leader in server manufacturing, it is natural to focus on IBM in the research and development of cutting-edge technologies, and it is not surprising why its subsidiary, Taihexin, has also developed a neuronal chip belonging to Daming.

After reading hundreds of news reports, getting up and sitting down, sitting down and getting up again, Sun Cheng's eyes kept falling on the computer of the boss Yang Lin, and his eyes flickered.

He vaguely remembered that he had heard Yang Lin mention that the CPU used in his new computer was the Athlon series, if it was really as he speculated, then now he only needs to turn on the computer and try it to prove whether the neuron chip is the key to determining whether a computer is connected to him.

Originally, it was just a problem that could be solved simply by turning on the machine, but Sun Cheng seemed very hesitant.

In his sophomore year, the eldest Yang Lin's laptop was stolen in the dormitory, although all signs indicate that there should be a thief, taking advantage of the few of them to go to the toilet and go out to buy things for a short period of time, but the other three people's computers are only their own stolen.

After that, although he behaved very well, Yang Lin was reluctant to borrow a computer from him several times, and it was obvious that the incident still left a pimple in his heart.

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Cheng still dispelled the idea of secretly borrowing the computer while he was asleep, and was ready to think of other ways

Sitting back at his computer desk and fiddling with the computer again, Sun Cheng quickly felt bored.

Putting on the headphones, he first took advantage of the absence of his roommates, and then clicked on the song sent by the unknown girl, which was very satisfying to his little pride.

It didn't take long for him to feel a little bored, he turned off the video again, and after reading some news on the Internet, he decided to take a look after not visiting the school forum for a while, and by the way, he also learned about what interesting things have happened in the school recently.

Speaking of the Internet, although Daming was not the first country in the world to put forward this concept, even in the early days of the Internet, its influence on it was far less than that of European and American countries.

But as an Asian power with a population of 1.5 billion, the country's huge population base is destined to become the world's largest and most dynamic Internet market.

For example, in the world, some Internet companies dare to play 'giants' with more than 100 million users, but companies of this size abound in Daming.

For example, the outdated BBS model of [Imperial College London Forum] has begun to decline sharply, and it is far from being comparable with several well-known social software and forums in China, but it can still maintain more than 1,000 posts every day, with no less than 350,000 visits, most of which are contributed by tens of thousands of students, and the stickiness can be seen.

After clicking on the forum and entering his account and password, after a delay of two or three seconds, Sun Cheng was immediately startled by the intensive bombardment of 'Aite' reminders in his personal background.

"169 times Aite, I'll go, who is so boring!"

As one of the administrators of the 'Aviation Power Academy section' of the school forum, he has been helped by Aite to solve problems before.

But before going to the graduate school for an internship, because he was notified that contact with the outside world was prohibited during the internship, he had already asked for leave from the forum in advance, and he also opened a post in the section he was responsible for to advertise it.

Curious, he immediately clicked on the reminder bar and saw that many of the long columns of Aite reminders pointed to a message called 'Shocked!' Something big is going on at Imperial College! 's post.

Just as he was about to go in and take a look, Sun Cheng suddenly found that there were still a few red privileges from the section of the section, and he hurriedly clicked on it to take a look, and his heart sank suddenly.

"@航空动力学院版版务-Brother Cheng, please reply as soon as you see it, there is a post about you in the campus section that has attracted a lot of attention! Please show up and explain! ----- from the campus version of the edition - Xihua Mountain! ”

"@航空动力学院版版务-Brother Cheng, does anyone know his contact number? The post about him was pinned and highlighted with points, and the discussion has been more than five pages, and the impact is not very good! ----- from the campus version of the edition - Xihua Mountain! ”

"What's the situation? Didn't he go to the [Aviation Power Research Institute] for an internship? I don't have his contact details either, anyway, I'll take a look at the post first! ----- from the Aeronautical Power Academy Edition Moderator - Eagle Strikes the Sky! ”

"I'll go, @航空动力学院版版务-Brother Cheng, you're in trouble, please reply immediately after seeing it to avoid further deterioration of the situation! ----- from the Aeronautical Power Academy Edition Moderator - Eagle Strikes the Sky! ”

"The background shows that there are a large number of duplicate IPs hyping the post, I suggest locking the post and temporarily canceling the @Aviation Power Academy Edition Edition-Chengge's Edition vest, waiting for the subject to come out and clarify. ----- from the campus version of the edition - Wang Xingren! ”

"@校园版版主-A certain Huahua, what do you mean, Huahua, don't you think it's too much? We're trying to control the situation, but you've got it to top a forum homepage for three hours! ----- from the Aeronautical Power Academy Edition Moderator - Eagle Strikes the Sky! ”

"The vice president of the student union in charge of financial audit just called me, hoping that the post will be at the top of the forum homepage for a day! ----- Campus Edition Moderator - A Certain Huahua! ”

"@航空动力学院版版务-Brother Cheng, the only thing I can help you with is to set the post to the top for only three hours, come out as soon as possible to explain and clarify the situation, forgive me! ----- Campus Edition Moderator - A Certain Huahua! ”