The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 261 Optoelectronic Computers

"I'm talking about the photoelectric computer!" Huang He said with a smile.

"Optical computer!" Ni Guangnan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Are you going to build a computer that uses light pulses to replace electronic calculations?"

"You really take it for granted. There may be no problem with your idea. It can indeed break through the limits of future electronic computers, but this technology is too difficult. The current technical difficulty is as if you started to develop modern computers in 1990. It is as difficult as an electronic computer, and it will take less than a hundred years to form a technological breakthrough. This is really too difficult. With this time, we might as well break through the current chip technology directly!" Ni Guangnan shook his head and said, he is sure Huang Crane is completely whimsical.

"Teacher, you are talking about an optical computer, but I am talking about an optical computer!" Huang He said.

"Is there a difference between the two? Don't think that if an optical computer is driven by electricity, it will become an optical computer!" Ni Guangnan said a cold joke.

"Teacher, one thing must be admitted, that is, computers in the future will never be separated from the network, and the network is a standard configuration for all computers!" Huang He said.

"Yes, I admit this, but no matter how fast the network is, it can't affect the computing power of the computer itself. Your computer chip's computing power is not enough, so what's the use of a fast network?" Ni Guangnan retorted.

"As long as the network is fast enough, why should the computer do the calculations by itself? Isn't it good to obtain the calculation results directly through the network?" Huang He retorted.

"..." Ni Guangnan was stunned, he looked at Huang He in shock, a ray of light burst out of his brain that was originally as dark as night, and he vaguely understood what Huang He meant.

"Teacher, have you actually noticed one thing? That is, the current computer computing power is too wasteful?"

"Nowadays, a medium-sized enterprise generally has about 100 computers, and these computers are all used for office work. This way, less than half of the computing power of computer chips can be utilized."

"Personal computers are even more exaggerated. Unlike companies or officials who purchase computers that pursue cost, individual users will pursue the highest computer computing power when purchasing computers, provided that their economic strength is sufficient. But in fact they buy computers. In the future, it may be used to fight a landlord or play a game of cards, and the computer computing power will have a more serious surplus."

"In the next ten or 20 years, computer chips will develop further. At that time, the computing power of a chip may be ten times, hundreds of times or even thousands of times that of the present, but the computing power growth required by users may actually be only a few It’s only doubled...Of course, the needs of playing games and computing value studios are not counted, but for the vast majority of personal computer users, their computing power is superfluous, and they are not used at all on weekdays. of!"

"Isn't this very wasteful?" Huang He asked with a smile.

"You mean, you plan to use the network to connect these computers in series, so that users can use the computing power of other computers through the network?" Ni Guangnan opened his mouth. He had already guessed what Huang He meant, but this idea was too much. Exaggerated!
"That's almost what it means, but not exactly!" Huang He laughed and said, "In the photoelectric computer I plan, the computer itself only needs to be equipped with a middle-level or even low-level chip, which can be used to display the information acquired by the network. data, that is, it is enough to be a display with computing power.”

"This is the electrical part of the optoelectronic computer."

"The optical part of the photoelectric computer is used to make ultra-high-efficiency optical cables. Now the technology of using optical pulses to transmit network signals is actually mature. We invest money and do our best. It only takes a few years. , you can create a new generation of optical cables, and the efficiency of these optical cables to transmit data is tens of thousands of times, or even hundreds of thousands of times, that of current broadband, no problem!"

"Especially with the amazing material of graphene, I think the development of this technology can make further breakthroughs! This is the optical part of the photoelectric computer. The computer that users buy is actually just a display. What they need All computing power can be obtained through the network!"

"But computing power can't appear out of thin air," Ni Guangnan said, "If everyone uses a computer like yours, where does the computing power come from?"

"Let's do it!" Huang He said with a slight smile, "The reason why the current chip requirements for lithography machines are getting higher and higher is because everyone is trying to fit a chip with enough computing power in a small computer case, and at the same time still Computer chips that can reduce heating power and power consumption come out."

"But it's actually not cost-effective. I think it's a very stupid thing that the chip is limited by space. Why can't we build a chip that is big enough. In fact, we can build a chip that is about the size of a TV. Come out, even if you use the current lithography machine technology on it, you can create chips with extremely terrifying computing power."

"Of course, this is just an idea. Even if it can't be realized in a short time, we can also follow the supercomputer model to create computing power. The so-called supercomputer is actually a series of countless chips connected together, and then perform calculations to increase computing power. of!"

"The computing power of the most advanced chips is equivalent to the computing power of five mid-range chips, but the price is 20 times that of them. Then we can connect these 20 terminal chips in series to form a four-chip The computing power of high-end chips, wouldn’t it be more cost-effective?”

"Then, we can sell these computing power to our users, and they can buy the computing power they need from our supercomputers through the network by purchasing monthly subscription services, or services such as computing power. I believe that this is an option that many companies and individuals cannot refuse, because they don’t need to spend tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan to configure a top-level computer, even if they just buy one of our cheapest computers, It is also possible to let this computer have the most powerful computer computing power in the world, as long as they can pay a little bit, as long as 10 yuan per hour for computing power, that is enough!" Huang He smiled.

"This is the photoelectric computer I imagined. It is a combination of personal display terminals, optical networks, and our super computing power center. And I am very optimistic about the current wireless communication network. Now that the 3G network has matured, the 4G The network is under pre-research, and we can start research and development directly from the 5G network. At that time, the wireless network will also be available, which is equivalent to the speed of fixed broadband. At that time, a mobile phone can also be obtained through our network. With the almost unlimited computing power of the computing power center, who in this world can refuse the technology of our Jiangnan Optoelectronics?"

"Actually, my plan is already in operation. Our current server production center, in fact, is to prepare for our future computing power center. Each server is actually a unit of the computing power center. Countless servers are connected in series. Together, our computing power center can be born out of nowhere in the future.”

"..." Ni Guangnan was completely speechless. He looked at Huang He as if he was looking at a monster, as if he was asking, how did he come up with such a perverted development route, and he had already started to quietly It was executed, and the old man was kept in the dark.

In fact, this is not Huang He's idea. This is the concept of cloud computing that China will toss out when it faces technological blockades from certain countries in the future.

It's just that Huang He didn't want to use the concept of cloud, which was created by others, so he created a brand new term, photoelectric computer, by himself.

"But..." Although Ni Guangnan thought this idea was really great, he couldn't help but retort, "You are just opportunistic. In the future, we still need faster chip technology. Your photoelectric computer may be ruined in the future." Abandon the development of our high-end computers!"

"I know this, so we in Jiangnan will not relax our research on future computer development. I will continue to invest in real optical computers and quantum computers. Isn't it 100 years? With the money, it is not a big problem that I will live to be 100 years old, I believe that by then we will be able to see the birth of real optical computers or quantum computers, and then we will be the kings of the new generation!"

"The current photoelectric computer is just an excessive product used to deal with the current situation!" Huang He said.

"Well, I believe that you will continue to invest in research, but there is still a problem. Even if you want to build a computing power center that does not require high-end chips, it also needs terminal chips that can be efficient and energy-saving. We still need lithography machine technology, and we need at least a 200nm lithography machine, otherwise your goal will not start at all!" Ni Guangnan sighed, and the problem returned to the original problem.

"I know this. His family is not the only one selling lithography machines in the world. Don't other companies sell it?" Huang He asked rhetorically.

"Of course, Japan's Toshiba and Nikon all sell their own lithography machines, and their technology is even more advanced than ASML's, but theirs is expensive. One is more expensive than 300 million US dollars. If the future is like yours As I said, the emergence of immersion lithography machines will completely destroy the price of dry lithography machines, so we will be slaughtered even harder!" Ni Guangnan said.

"The price can be negotiated!" Huang He shrugged his shoulders and sighed, "I originally planned to go to France, but it seems that tomorrow I have to fly directly to Japan."

(End of this chapter)