. May 23, just after one o'clock in the afternoon.

Green Lake Hotel, in the large box booked by Dream Entertainment, the atmosphere of the luncheon is very harmonious. AMD CEO Dirk. Mayer and Li Chai discussed in a whisper, Dirk. Mayer was a little drunk, and Li Chai seemed to be a little confused, I really don't know what two drunk guys can talk about, maybe who can drink better?

Shi Lei looked at Tom, senior vice president of AMD. Crussy asked, "Mr. Tom, what gifts have you prepared?" ”

Tom. Crucie smiled and said, "Mr. Shi, we have prepared a supercomputer for Dream Entertainment!" ”

"Supercomputer?" Shi Lei asked in surprise.

Dream Entertainment's supercomputer originated from AMD, but the computing performance is a little bit weaker, only 10tflops. Although the actual performance of the origin of supercomputers can also be ranked 59th in the ranking of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, in Shi Lei's eyes, the performance of the origin of supercomputers is completely rookie, and it is not in the eyes of the law at all!

"That's right, we AMD, we have been paying attention to Dream Entertainment before, and we found that Dream Entertainment has been hacked, and the original supercomputer made by AMD may not be able to meet the needs of Dream Entertainment in terms of performance. So, in order to celebrate our integration into the system of Mirray Technology Group and becoming a subsidiary of Dream Entertainment, we have prepared a high-performance supercomputer for Dream Entertainment as a gift to Dream Entertainment. "Tom. Crucy explained.

As soon as Shi Lei heard about the high-performance supercomputer, he immediately became interested and asked, "The supercomputer you prepared." How high can the compute performance be? ”

If it's just a general supercomputer, such as 30tflops, or 50tflops, Shi Lei really doesn't have any interest, after all, from 10tflops to 50tflops, in Shi Lei's opinion, there is not much essential difference at all.

"Mr. Shi, the supercomputer we are preparing is designed to theoretically have a computing speed of 320 tflops, but it is equipped with a supercomputer operating system developed by AMD. It can only use about 200 tflops of computing resources. ”

There has always been a big gap between the theoretical speed value and the actual performance of supercomputers, and even the fourth-generation supercomputers have no way to avoid this problem.

For example, the world's No. 1 supercomputer has a theoretical design calculation value of 367.0 tflops for blue gene/L. But in fact, the available computing resources of the blue gene/L are only 280.6 tflops. The hardware utilization rate reached 76.46%.

While in second place the supercomputer Red Storm. The hardware utilization rate reached 79.6%; Columbia, the eighth-ranked supercomputer under NASA, has achieved a hardware utilization rate of 85.1%.

But in fact, the blue gene/L supercomputer produced and designed by IBM is equipped with a supercomputer operating system, which is already quite advanced. Because. The hardware utilization rate of supercomputers is rapidly increasing with the increase in theoretical computing performance.

As a simple example, a supercomputer has 100 CPU cores inside. Another supercomputer has 1,000 CPU compute cores inside. So, can the difficulty of controlling 100 CPU compute cores be the same as controlling 1,000 compute cores?

Coordinating the CPU computing core inside the supercomputer to work together, whether it is software design or hardware design, is the core technology of the supercomputer.

The design theoretical computing performance of the supercomputer Red Storm is 127.4 tflops, which is about one-third of the supercomputer Blue Gene/L. Columbia, the eighth-ranked supercomputer, has a theoretical design computing performance of only 61.0 tflops, which is one-sixth of the blue gene/L.

So it's not surprising that the hardware utilization of these two supercomputers is higher than that of Blue Gene/L. If the calculated velocity values of Red Storm and Columbia were to be increased to the same level as the theoretical value of the blue gene/L, their hardware utilization would be surpassed by the blue gene/L in an instant.

AMD's newly built supercomputer is not as high as the blue gene/L in terms of theoretical calculations, and the actual available computing resources are not as high as the blue gene/L. The hardware utilization rate is only a pitiful 62.5%, which is far less than the blue gene/L.

IBM specializes in server manufacturing, definitely not comparable to AMD, if IBM wants to produce a central processing unit in the field of personal computers, and there are strong software companies, willing to develop operating systems and related supporting software based on non-X86 framework for IBM, then Intel and Microsoft will be very depressed.

In fact, Microsoft's success has a very big relationship with IBM. At the beginning of Microsoft's establishment, it received help from IBM, otherwise how could it succeed?

"Is the theoretical value of the design 320 tflops?" Shi Lei's eyes lit up, although the supercomputer system developed and manufactured by AMD is indeed a little dish, and the hardware utilization rate is relatively low, but Shi Lei does not need AMD's supercomputer system, Yi Shuer can be in charge of the supercomputer prepared by AMD, as long as the hardware design inside the supercomputer is not defective, the hardware utilization rate will be improved in an instant.

"Well, it's just that the hardware utilization rate is a little inappropriate, and we will make certain modifications and enhancements for the specific use of Dream Entertainment." Tom. Crussy said a little embarrassed. AMD's supercomputer system is admittedly a little unreliable.

Generally, enterprises that purchase AMD's server CPU products, except for small and medium-sized enterprises, large enterprises basically have the ability to design their own supercomputer systems.

Shi Lei had an excited expression, but Mu Shuang frowned, and she said in English, "I'm sorry." Mr. Tom, Shi Lei, let me interrupt your conversation. ”

"Oh, Frosty, do you have anything to say?" Shi Lei asked in Xia Chinese.

On the other side of Ling Yumo and Shi Lei, when he heard Shi Lei's nickname for Mu Shuang, a strange light flashed in his eyes. 'Sister Mu Shuang, what happened to you and Shi Lei? Why did Shi Lei suddenly change his name for you? ’

"Shi Lei, don't speak, I have something to ask the people of AMD. Do you understand? Mu Shuang's tone was serious.

Shi Lei nodded, secretly guessing in his heart what Mu Shuang wanted to ask AMD.

Tom. Cruxi was glanced at by Mu Shuang, his expression became solemn, he was now very clear about Mu Shuang's position in the Miri technology system. Shi Lei claimed to own 15% of the shares of Mirui Technology. Originally, it was only five percent. After the loan incident, Shi Lei took the opportunity to increase the number of his holdings.

Tom. Crucy is very good at reading words. One of the shareholders of Mirui Technology. Shi Lei attaches great importance to Mu Shuang, and of course he will not be stupid to ignore Mu Shuang's authority.

"Ms. Mu, do you have anything to do?" Tom. Crucy asked in English, with a hint of respect in his tone.

"Mr. Tom, I don't know much about supercomputers, but you just talked about supercomputers. Even if it's the cost of manufacturing, it shouldn't be cheap, right? Mu Shuang asked.

Tom. Crussy's face changed slightly.

Shi Lei listened to Mu Shuang's question, and somewhat understood what Mu Shuang meant, and he also looked at Tom. Crussy. Waiting for Tom. Crussy's explanation.

"Ms. Mu, Mr. Shi, the cost of that supercomputer is about 300 million US dollars." Tom. Crusy said honestly, this estimate is not much different from the estimate made by Shi Lei and Yi Zuer.

Mu Shuang chuckled, with a hint of questioning in his tone: "Mr. Tom, if I'm not mistaken, AMD's previous situation was very bad, this cost of 300 million US dollars, you gave it to Dream Entertainment, how should you deal with the accounts?" ”

Although AMD has become a subsidiary of Dream Entertainment, it is not a wholly-owned subsidiary, and Mirui Technology only holds 90% of AMD's shares. In addition, even if Dream Entertainment and AMD are in the Mi Rui Technology system, they are two separate companies after all, and the accounts and financial aspects need to be recorded separately.

A supercomputer with a cost of about $300 million, gifted by AMD to Dream Entertainment, even if it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mirui Technology, should go through the financial verification of both parties and go through normal channels.

Tom. When Cruxi heard Mu Shuang's inquiry, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Ms. Mu, AMD made this decision after the decision of our seven controlling shareholders. Originally, this supercomputer belonged to our AMD company to hand over the debt to the debtor, and Dream Entertainment Company took the initiative to assume AMD's debt, and this supercomputer could not find a buyer for the time being, and it happened that Dream Entertainment Company needed a high-performance supercomputer. That's why we chose to give it to Dream Entertainment. ”

After hearing this, Mu Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, "Since this is the case, Dream Entertainment Company and AMD Company, after some handover, will count the supercomputer into the fixed assets of Dream Entertainment Company." ”

Tom. Cruxi also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, "Well, no problem, Ms. Mu!" ”

Shi Lei scratched his head on the side and said, "Mr. Tom, have you finished producing all the components of this supercomputer?" Have you done a mock test? Or was it actually tested? Are the theoretical calculations and the real computing resource values calculated by you based on past historical data, or are they tested after the real assembly is completed? ”

Once all the components have been produced, all you need to do is find a place to place them and they can be used immediately. Shi Lei couldn't help but get excited in his heart, designing a supercomputer with a theoretical calculation value of 320Tflops, which is almost one of the most advanced supercomputers at present.

After owning this supercomputer, Shi Lei dared to guarantee that if Raphael provoked again, Shi Lei would bombard him to the scum!.

(To be continued......)

PS: I'm back again after many years,

Finally seeing you again,

My former lover.

The light of your countenance,

Those sweet smiles that are disguised,

Those ambiguous temperatures that climb up to the fingertips,

Those late nights to the accelerated heartbeat of sitting in a café,

Those sad memories,

All back.

———— Pamuk's "My Name is Red"