Chapter 86 Materials Research Laboratory
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In the afternoon of the same day, Su Yichen rushed back to the 781 center, and refused the deputy director Qi Xiaofeng's arrangement to listen to the work report tomorrow, to see that today's time is still sufficient, Su Yichen suggested that it is better to have a brief meeting now, and sort out the work of several project teams in the 781 center first.
For Su Yichen's proposal, Qi Xiaofeng not only did not refuse, but happily agreed, and immediately made arrangements. Because Lin Dong is not in the center these days, and Su Yichen has been busy with the 863 plan, the operation of the entire center is undertaken by Qi Xiaofeng, although Qi Xiaofeng is a good hand in administrative business, and he is no stranger to the management of scientific research units, but in the final analysis, he is not a scientist, and in the absence of Lin Dong and Su Yichen, it is really difficult for him to rely on Qi Xiaofeng alone.
Qi Xiaofeng also knew his shortcomings, and he welcomed Su Yichen with both hands when he could come back in time this time. With Su Yichen here, the work of several project teams that have not made much progress is much easier to handle, and the burden on him can also be relaxed.
The meeting was mainly attended by the heads of each project team and the real room to report on their recent work and project progress. These were already understood before Su Yichen came back, but they could understand it, and the actual situation had to be directly reported and understand the problem at the same time.
Judging from the current situation, the situation of the computer project team is the best. The entire computing project is divided into two parts, one is software and the other is, of course, hardware.
In terms of software, it is based on a new computational language structure provided by Su Yichen for research and development, so as to form a practical intelligent system software that far exceeds the current primary intelligent software. In this regard, the project team has made some breakthroughs and completed the preliminary construction in the hierarchical intelligent society model.
The development structure of computer intelligence is roughly divided into three categories, one is the artificial neural network, which simulates the neural network of the human brain to achieve the effects of pattern recognition and low-level perception simulation, which is to create a biological brain similar to the human brain, and form the evolution process of intelligence on this basis.
The second type is intelligent systems based on biological evolution, the principle of which is to build intelligent systems with real perception and action capabilities in the real world, and gradually improve their intelligence level from simple to complex. Just like the principles of biomimicry in biology, computing has been developed in the same way as biological evolution, including the historical evolutionary process of human beings.
The first two categories are basically based on biomimicry, neurobiology, and biological evolution, but in the current situation that science and technology, including materials, have not yet reached a certain level, their realization is only a theoretical viewpoint. For this reason, Su Yichen did not choose these two types as the breakthrough point when constructing computer intelligence systems, but chose to combine relatively simple symbols with knowledge processing and hierarchical intelligent social models.
It's easy to say, but it's not easy. You must know that there are many institutions and companies that have carried out research on computer intelligence in the world, but even IBM, known as the blue giant, has not succeeded, and even at the end of the last century, IBM's super intelligent computer Deep Blue finally went crazy out of control in the man-machine war in chess, thus becoming a laughing stock all over the world, and even the follow-up research and development of Deep Blue was canceled, and IBM announced that Deep Blue would be retired from this time.
The key point is not that IBM is not strong, nor is it that their technical strength is insufficient. To tell the truth, the entire 781 center, including the computer center of the Lin Dong High Energy Institute, is not as strong as IBM's scientific and technological strength and R&D capabilities. But the problem lies in the direction of research and development, the computer language used, and the structure that includes computer intelligence.
These are the real keys. What Su Yichen did was to point out the right direction to the computer project team, and then give them a handy tool. Now, Su Yichen is still satisfied with the achievements of the computer project team in this regard, although there are some deficiencies in some details, but on the whole it has moved towards the right path.
As for the other focus of the computer project team, that is, the hardware aspect, the main focus is to develop a new generation of supercomputers. In this regard, Su Yichen's goal is to replace the current computer structure with superconducting computers and nanocomputers as the primary structure. And then based on that, we will develop in the direction of quantum computers.
Compared to software, the progress of hardware is not very optimistic. The key lies also in materials, technology and other aspects. For example, it is like a man facing a pile of iron ore, although he knows how to use the best steel to make a sharp weapon, but because he cannot refine the ore, he never gets the final result. In another sentence, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. In the case that the materials and processes cannot meet the requirements, the hardware side of the computer can only temporarily explore the process of structural design and theory.
The material is a short board, which Su Yichen noticed in the 863 base. In the new controlled thermonuclear fusion device, he had to rack his brains to modify the design and compensate for it in other ways due to material problems. Not only the controlled thermonuclear fusion device and computer projects, but also several other projects have encountered material problems, especially in the neutron and particle technologies that he attaches more importance to, and the limitations of materials have also greatly hindered the overall progress of the project.
By the end of the meeting, Su Yichen had already understood the biggest problem, that is, the materials research room of the 781 Center. Under the premise that the materials laboratory has not made achievements, it is difficult for other research projects to make breakthroughs. As the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. And this device refers to the material problem, only by solving this problem, the problem will be solved.
As the person in charge of the materials research laboratory, Mu Wenjun's face has not been very good-looking since the meeting yesterday. Although, in the meeting yesterday, Su Yichen only listened to the work reports of various project teams and practical rooms, and did not make any summaries, nor did he criticize anyone. However, as the person in charge of the materials research laboratory, Mu Wenjun could not hear that most of the problems were related to materials, and it was his materials research laboratory that was responsible for materials research and provision in the 781 center.
Speaking of which, Mu Wenjun is also depressed enough, as a basic research laboratory, although the materials research laboratory is not a high-end research laboratory in the entire 781 center, no matter which project team, including the real yàn room, can not do without them. Before Su Yichen left the 781 center and went to the 863 base for technical guidance, arrangements were made for the work direction of the center's various project teams and practical rooms, and the same is true for the materials research room.
In the eyes of others, this is a problem in their materials laboratory, but Mu Wenjun also has a bunch of bitter water in his stomach. Of course, the materials research laboratory is the research of materials, but in the research and manufacturing process, the materials research laboratory is actually the same as other project teams, in the absence of appropriate equipment, instruments, including catalysts to achieve precision, etc., where is it so easy to develop a new type of material.
To use a simple example, both diamond and graphite are based on carbon atoms, and graphite can theoretically be converted into high-value diamonds. However, this transformation process requires certain prerequisites, whether it is huge and advanced equipment, or abundant energy and pressure, without these things, even if Mu Wenjun even has a spell in his head that turns stones into gold, he can't do this.
That night, Mu Wenjun never slept well, tossing and turning in bed until the early hours of the morning. When the sun rose the next day, he came to the materials laboratory with dark circles under his eyes, and was about to gather his colleagues in the laboratory to discuss how to solve a series of problems in the shortest possible time. Who would have thought that as soon as he stepped into the office, a colleague who came earlier than him told him that Su Yichen had arrived ten minutes earlier.
"Deputy Director Su? What is he doing here? Mu Wenjun couldn't help but be stunned, and asked subconsciously.
"Hehe, starting today, I'll be a member of the materials research laboratory for the next month, how can I get a job, aren't you welcome?" Before his colleague could answer, Su Yichen, who had already changed his clothes, entered the room from the corridor at the back, looked at Mu Wenjun, who was in a daze, and said with a smile.
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