This is the first time that Lu Zhou has encountered a bottleneck in computing power.

Most of the difficulties he encountered before were at the logical level, and even if he occasionally encountered more complex calculation problems, he could quickly find the results with the help of the computer.

Now, however, he was in a completely different situation.

The mathematical model built for a single problem can be easily completed with a computer with a decent CPU and software such as Molpro.

However, when a "single problem" is generalized to a "certain type of problem", the amount of computation involved will increase exponentially along with the "unknowns" that appear in the theoretical model.

Lu Zhou tried to solve some of the problems involved in the mathematical model with the help of his notebook, but no matter how many times he tried, the final result was a crash.

Fortunately, he quickly thought of someone he could ask for.

That man was David Shaw.

Although this big bull and he only had a one-sided relationship at the MRS meeting......

"We're here."

Woken up by Jericho, Lu Zhou opened his eyes and looked out of the car window. Sha Institute.

At this moment, he is on the campus of Columbia University.

However, to Lu Zhou's surprise, it was already close to evening. Originally, according to his plan, he should have arrived here around two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

"How long did I sleep?"

"Four hours...... There was a traffic jam on the road for a while," Jericho continued, with some concern, "Professor, while I know you're doing a great piece of research, the body is the foundation of everything. ”

"I'm in good health, I haven't even had a cold since I came to Princeton," rubbing his eyes, Lu Zhou took out his phone and sent a text message to David Shaw, telling him that he had arrived.

Before coming, he had called him in advance to make an appointment, saying that he was coming here to visit.

After getting out of the car, Lu Zhou didn't wait long at the door, and saw the man who was called a "freak" by the Wall Street investment industry and greeted him with open arms.

"Welcome, my friend, you're finally here!" As soon as they met, they gave him a warm hug, David Shaw smiled, and led the two of them to the inside of the institute, "I guessed that you would definitely come here this year." ”

Lu Zhou said unexpectedly: "Can you guess this?" ”

"Of course."

"Is there a scientific basis?"

"Nope! But you can think of it as a scientific intuition. ”

Lu Zhou gave him a strange expression.

If this wasn't a joke, his instincts were terrifying.

Bringing the two to his office, David went to the coffee machine to make two cups of coffee, which were placed in front of Lu Zhou and Jericho respectively.

Then, he made himself a cup of tea, sat down opposite the two, and looked at Lu Zhou expectantly and said.

"Tell me, what's exciting that I need help with?"

Lu Zhou: "Actually, I'm not sure if it's appropriate to ask you for this...... I'd like to check out your Anton, I wonder if it's convenient? ”

"It's a small thing, but it's not something worth keeping secret. It just so happens that my Anton is doing regular maintenance, so I'll take you over to have a look," and then looked at Jericho who was sitting next to Lu Zhou, and David asked with a smile, "What about you?" Is it with us? Or stay here? ”

didn't expect the big guy to suddenly talk to him, Jericho was flattered and said, "I ......"

Looking at Jericho, who couldn't make up his mind, Lu Zhou said for him: "Come along and take a look, it's good for you." ”

David smiled and waved his hand: "Then let's go together." ”

……

. A corner of the Sha Institute, housed by a separate building. Originally, Lu Zhou thought that the volume of this supercomputer would be very large, but when he really saw its honor, he was surprised by its low profile.

This legendary nuclear weapon of the computational chemistry world covers an area of only a dozen square meters.

However, for this chassis of only ten square meters, David built a supercomputing center for it that covers an area of more than 100 times.

Not only that, but according to him, the entire Anton Supercomputing Center, from every employee to every screw, is running for this machine.

"Isn't it shocking?" Noticing the surprise on Lu Zhou's face, David grinned, "Most people who see my baby for the first time have the same expression. ”

"It's pretty shocking......"

Although it was not shocked by the sci-fi sense of the chassis, but shocked by its small and sophisticated.

At this moment, a strange thought suddenly appeared in Lu Zhou's heart.

What would happen if I put Ai in?

Of course, he was just thinking about it.

It's impossible to do that......

In addition to the three of them, there are several employees of the supercomputing center in the room, who are performing maintenance on Anton's chassis.

David took Lu Zhou to visit the supercomputer, and at the same time introduced Lu Zhou to Anton's performance.

After listening to his introduction, Lu Zhou had only one question in his heart.

"It's expensive, isn't it?"

"It's very expensive, but I don't have a lover or a lover, and I can't spend all this money anyway if I don't use it for experiments," David shrugged, patted the case case, and said in a joking tone, "It's better to say that it's my lover." ”

Lu Zhou couldn't help but complain: "Your lover can really spend money for you......"

David smiled: "Of course, that's one of the reasons why I love it." ”

With every flicker of the signal light, more than one Franklin was burned.

There is no doubt that David Shaw, who is free from low-level tastes, has the most money-burning and tasteful pastime on the entire Wall Street.

In comparison, what yachts, luxury cars, and private jets are simply weak......

After introducing Anton's affairs, David looked at Lu Zhou and continued: "So now, I can listen, what are you really going to ask me about?" ”

Of course, he would not think that Lu Zhou came here just to see his computer, and must have encountered a problem that traditional computers could not solve.

In fact, his instincts were indeed accurate.

For this matter, Lu Zhou did not hide anything, and directly made his own request.

"I'd like to borrow your equipment and complete an experiment."

Finally hearing Lu Zhou mention this matter, David asked with interest, "Oh? What experiments? ”

Lu Zhou: "Theoretical models of electrochemical interface structure. ”

There was a sudden silence in the lab.

The engineers who were debugging and maintaining the computer didn't react, but the doctors in the field of computational chemistry stopped moving.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Lu Zhou.

David, in particular, did not hide the shock on his face and said in an unbelievable voice: "Incredible...... Are you sure you really made a theoretical model of the electrochemical interface structure? ”

A little embarrassed by these sights, Lu Zhou coughed lightly and explained: "To be precise, it's still a little bit closer, I need to use the power of supercomputing to improve my theoretical model." I would venture to ask, can I rent your equipment? ”

"I don't need money," David shook his head, "I can't spend all my money, you should be able to relate to it, looking at the growing numbers in your bank card, but not thinking about how to use them wisely, sometimes it's a burden." ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

Is this showing off wealth?

Lu Zhou thought about this question seriously for a while, and he couldn't understand this burden at all.

Although after the material needs are satisfied, he does not value money as much as before, but if someone insists on giving him one or two hundred million, of course he will not refuse.

No, let alone one or two hundred million, if it's a bonus, even if it's only a few tens of thousands, it can make him happy for a while. However, this high happiness has nothing to do with money, it is purely the fun brought by the fact that winning the award itself.

After a pause, David continued, "I have only one request. ”

Lu Zhou asked, "What is it?" ”

"You don't have to put my name in the paper, but I want you to be in the research institute. The Anton Supercomputing Center of the Sha Institute," looked at Lu Zhou seriously, and David continued in a sincere and excited voice, "I hope that the entire chemical community can hear, and recognize, from the heart, the voice that comes from Anton!" ”