Chapter 510 Game? (Medium)

This news is like a shock wave of a nuclear bomb explosion that quickly spread to the whole world, this time not only domestic players are crazy, foreign players are also crazy, competing with players from other countries, this is the dream of all countries in the world, not to mention not only the global server, it seems that this server will no longer be the number of about 10,000 players in a server in the Warcraft world before, this number will be far beyond everyone's imagination.

"It's really fake! That's awesome, isn't it? "The first reaction of most players is this, and they are crazy about posting their own comments on the forums in their own countries.

And no one in Azeroth National Geographic is paying attention to your sister, everyone is frantically posting about Blizzard's announcement, but there are still more than three weeks left, and everyone is already impatient.

"I think it should be true! Now I think many people are using the mobile phone number of Starfall Group! Have you forgotten how good the wireless network of Starfall Group is? No matter where the download speed can reach about 20M, and the Starfall Group does not rely on network cables to transmit data, but on that kind of new technology, their satellites are in space of more than 36,000 kilometers, doesn't it mean that only three geosynchronous satellites can meet all communications in the world except for the North and South poles? It shouldn't be difficult for Starfall Group to get this global server, right? At least I don't think it's possible to cheat on the Internet speed like we go over the wall to the United States. ”

This player's data post was immediately reposted on major forums, and everyone was full of suspicions now, but now they don't doubt it immediately, no matter what the situation is, it can be confirmed in at least three weeks, but many people are still full of worries. After all, I haven't heard of any server that can accommodate so many players, and directly let global players log in to the same game, not to mention global players, it is estimated that there are tens of millions of players in the World of Warcraft in China, although many people don't play anymore, but for the sake of this global server, it is estimated that those who have already left Azeroth will return.

This prediction was confirmed the next day, and the number of downloads from major domestic media such as 17173, including China, was communicated with by Blizzard in advance, and the number of statistics exceeded 9 million times by the early morning of the next day! This number is not just beyond Blizzard's expectations. Even Yang Yiwei didn't think about it.

Touching his nose, Yang Yiwei didn't know how many players should be put in at that time? Yang Yiwei asked Xiaoxi how many players a mechanical blue whale can hold, but Xiaoxi did not give an accurate number, but Yang Yiwei thought that it was possible to accommodate tens of millions of players. Originally, there were about 4 million players in the World of Warcraft in China and 11 million in the world. But these are all about the number of players who play regularly.

That is, those Warcraft fans, but this global server attracts more than just Warcraft Enigma. At least Yang Yiwei thinks. If it was him, even if he didn't play World of Warcraft in the past, he heard that there was such an awesome server, and it was estimated that the next client would experience it! Therefore, although only four continents are opened, these four continents basically account for more than 90% of the players in the World of Warcraft, and the number will definitely exceed 11 million by then.

If the download of the client does not explain the problem, then when Blizzard Entertainment announces a new announcement. That is, the necessary conditions for logging in to the global server, when you go to Xingnuo Communications to register a unique digital account, then these people can be counted.

However, the registration channel will not be opened until three days later, and the news will be released first. And in order to avoid registering accounts as diverse as other games, Yang Yiwei asked Xiaoxi to make restrictions. At the same time, Blizzard Entertainment's announcement also cautiously told players in the world to be cautious in registering an account with Xingnuo Communications, and it is best to write it down after everyone registers one, because there will be some personal information to fill in, and in the future, Xingnuo Communications may apply to countries in the world to limit the number of applications per person.

So it's best not to forget after applying, it's best to write it down, of course, even if it's a restriction on registration, it is impossible to completely restrict, if it's just China, it's okay to take an ID number to register, each ID number can only register one number, this is very easy, but what about other countries? Sino Communications now has no way to connect with all countries' ID card systems to verify these ID numbers.

What's more, there are some countries that don't even have ID cards, like Japan! What about countries that don't have an ID card? Even the Japanese government is now starting to worry about this matter, let alone Xingnuo Communications, but these suggestions are still being issued, and how much can be restricted. Every account of Xingnuo Communication needs to be bound to Blizzard's account, just like the account of many game companies, and then activate their own company's games. You need such a step, just count the accounts that activate the game.

However, what Yang Yiwei didn't know was that Yang Yiwei's news was announced, and the most important thing was not the game companies in the world, but IBM, HP, Dell, and other famous server manufacturers in the world! A server that accommodates players from all over the world? How much does this server need to perform? At least IBM's tech and executive staff didn't scratch their heads when they were in a meeting.

Sarol. Pamisano, the current president of IBM, looked at the chief technical officer of Ashiburn below. Evelyn, a bit of a headache, since Blizzard's announcement to now, the technical department has simulated and tested it many times, but there is no way to draw a detailed conclusion now.

"Ahi? Give me an accurate number? Sarel looked at Yahi and said, IBM, as the largest professional server provider in the world, can't ignore this news, because IBM has sold all the personal PC business, and now it is all professional servers, as well as CPUs, etc., and if the news announced by Blizzard is true, then this is really a disaster for IBM.

"I can't estimate it at the moment, but I calculate it according to our company's most advanced technology, the most advanced CPU and the most advanced architecture, if you want to accommodate 10 million players, it's not impossible, but it requires building a large data center, and the amount of computing at least reaches the supercomputer level to be able to process such a large amount of data, but such a large data center, the cost must reach at least close to 2 billion US dollars. Google is the only company in the world that has such a large data center. Ahbone pushed the glasses above his nose, then looked at Sariel.

Sarel has some headaches, $2 billion? Is Starfall Group crazy? The World of Warcraft has been operating for so many years and has not made back a net profit of $2 billion, right? Is it worth investing so much at once? Even if it's not for the World of Warcraft, but for Blizzard's next new game, that's too extravagant, right? $2 billion in profits, how many years will it take to pay for itself?

And although Sarel is not the CEO of a game company, it is also conceivable that it is not difficult for Blizzard's online games to get 10 million players, especially 10 million global players, not to mention this kind of game where all players are in one server? So, when the time comes, if the number of players reaches 20 million, 30 million, what will the Starfall Group do? How many more data centers will be built?

"However, I have a question, although the Starfall Group's data center in Madagascar has been built, and the servers in it are still ordered from our company, but that data center is comparable to Google's largest data center, but the Starfall Group announced some time ago that they built a supercomputer, because the Starfall Group did not use our engineers to assemble the servers, so even if they modified our machines themselves and built a supercomputer, But can this be used as a game server? And their whole company has only been around for a year, and where is the factory? Ashbern asked, looking at Sarel with a strange look on his face.

Naturally, it is impossible for Saror to know the answer, nor can he answer Ashburn, Sarol rolled his eyes, then shook his head and said: "You don't need to ask me this question about Ash, you should ask the CIA, and I guess the CIA doesn't know the way, it may be in China?" ”

Just like Sarel said, interested in this, the intelligence organizations of the countries in the world are much more interested than them, but people abroad have put the target of suspicion on the Chinese government, while the domestic military intelligence bureau has remained silent on this matter, secretly investigating whether it is not clear, but at least Yang Yiwei has not gotten any news now, and even Xiaoxi has collected very little information.

Suspicion of China abroad, and ...... at home Whether he suspects that Yang Yiwei has the support of foreign organizations, no one knows what to do. However, just when the major server manufacturers in the world were discussing this matter, there was a person who directly approached the top leader of the State Council, that is, the prime minister.

This person is none other than Liu Chuanzhi, who has stepped down as chairman of Lenovo Group and is now the honorary chairman of Lenovo. The reason why Liu Chuanzhi met the prime minister instead of Yang Yiwei was actually deliberate, just like many people in the world speculated, the Starfall Group has a close relationship with the Chinese government, so Liu Chuanzhi also thinks that the Starfall Group may be supported by the state, so this new server technology may also be a state secret, so Liu Chuanzhi thinks it is better to explore the tone from the prime minister first.

Although Liu Chuanzhi is not as awesome as Yang Yiwei when he sees the prime minister, he can meet him almost as long as the prime minister has time, but if you make an appointment in advance, you can also meet him. After seeing the prime minister and saying hello, Liu Chuanzhi did not beat around the bush, but said directly: "Prime Minister, I wonder if the Lenovo Group cooperates with the Starfall Group, will it affect some tasks of the country?" ”

This question was a bit abrupt, and the prime minister was also stunned when asked, but to be able to sit down with the prime minister of a country, it is naturally impossible not to even hear the meaning of these words, after being stunned, the prime minister smiled and said: "Mr. Liu said this, this is a normal business behavior between the two companies, Xingshen Group is a private enterprise, who to cooperate with, how can the state interfere." (To be continued.) )