The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 259, Dawn

In a small private room in the Harbin Institute of Technology cafeteria, Liu Deben mentioned the second matter, which was related to Qi Xingbang.

The latter called Lu Gongliang, hoping that Lu Gongliang could discuss with Liu Deben and others to establish a branch in Kunming, or to see if there are any factories of Harbin Institute of Technology that can be relocated to Kunming.

Because Kunming is so poor!

Qi Xingbang cried poor and had already planned to come to Ice City. The mountains were long and the road was far, and he definitely couldn't take a plane because he had no money.

Therefore, we can only take cars, carriages, trains and other means of transportation, and it will definitely take several days to reach Ice City.

Lu Gongliang asked the other party not to come over until they had discussed it.

After listening to this, Wang Duoyu had no expression on his face.

"Duoyu, what do you think?"

Hearing Liu Deben's words, Wang Duoyu said unhappily:
"I'll sit and watch!"

Kunming is a good place, but doesn’t Qi Xingbang know how to use his brain?

He deserves to stay in Kunming and be unable to move for several years.

Liu Deben: “.”

After a while, Wang Duoyu was already half full, and then he spoke:

“Kunming is too far away from us, and we can’t exchange resources with them.”

"I've already suggested to Secretary Qi that he develop the economy well, maybe import oil from neighboring countries, etc. That way, we can slowly build it up."

"They could definitely collaborate with other companies to build petrochemical plants and establish more related enterprises, converting imported oil and other industrial raw materials into chemical products. They could sell them domestically or export them to nearby countries to earn foreign exchange."

"Although the neighboring countries are quite poor, as long as we establish trade relations, we will surely be able to develop gradually."

"Secretary Qi agreed to it at the time, and now it seems that he still hasn't given up on letting us build a branch school or factory there."

"I'm really convinced. Why is he so stubborn?"

After Wang Duoyu finished speaking, Liu Deben couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, establishing a branch in Kunming seems to be a good choice, but from what Wang Duoyu said, he seems not very happy about it.

So Liu Deben asked about it, and Wang Duoyu rolled his eyes and said:
"How could we possibly go so far to establish a branch? We've finally started to see some improvement in Ice City. If we were to establish a branch in Kunming, haha, Secretary, believe it or not, our momentum would definitely be significantly reduced."

Kunming is more than 3,700 kilometers away from the Ice City. It's okay to go there occasionally to play, but if we establish a branch there, won't we have to go there frequently?

The road ahead is long and arduous!

It takes so much time and energy that it's not worth it.

The most important point is that the resources in Kunming are just so-so. There are no policies and no geographical advantages.

Besides, the neighbors next door near Kunming, well, those who understand will understand.

chaos!
You know, in his previous life, Wang Duoyu often heard news about Southeast Asia on the Internet.

As we all know, what impressed us most about several of our neighbors in Kunming was actually jadeite.

However, due to the rapid development of the Internet, a lot of negative news appeared.

It is said that Chinese people will not cheat Chinese people!
However, in reality?

When fellow villagers meet, their eyes are filled with tears.

But in the end, I was cheated.

Of course, it could also be due to human weakness.

greedy!

"Okay, if that's the case, forget it."

Liu Deben said helplessly.

Kunming is indeed too far away and not suitable, mainly because it is inconvenient to manage.

Instead of this, it is better to stay in Ice City and develop yourself.

Next, Liu Deben started talking about other things.

One is about the course, and the other is about the students.

Regarding the issue of opening courses, many students have told the school that they hope Wang Duoyu can open several courses instead of only teaching students in the experimental classes, or teaching them half-heartedly.

"Secretary, do you think this is possible?"

When Wang Duoyu heard this, he didn't take it seriously at all and rolled his eyes at the other party:
"If you really want me to do this, then I can tell you very clearly that from today on, I may no longer have any research projects, and I definitely won't have time to write papers anymore. Do you agree with this?"

Agree, not at all!
Liu Deben quickly shook his head, indicating that this would definitely not work.

As for the second thing, Wang Duoyu didn't want to talk about it.

When it comes to accepting students, the standards are there. If you can meet the standards, you can apply at any time. He has never said that he will not accept students who meet the standards, right?

But so far, only Maxim and Gao Huajian have achieved this result, or the other six people including Yang Nianzhen.

Therefore, it’s not that Wang Duoyu doesn’t want to accept students, but that they are all too weak.

I want to eat delicious food, but I don’t have much. How can there be such a good thing in the world?

Even if Wang Duoyu really recruited those people, it would be useless if they didn't have enough talent, no matter how hard they tried.

After talking about these two things, Wang Duoyu was almost full, but Liu Deben hadn't finished eating yet.

And Liu Deben has something else to do, which is about the Nebula supercomputing project.

"This will have to wait two days. My plan is not complete yet."

After hearing what Wang Duoyu said, Liu Deben nodded to show his understanding.

"I'm not in a hurry, and you don't have to be too anxious either. Anyway, we'll take our time. We're already in the lead."

"Secretary, I suggest you be more modest. Countries like the United States, the Polar Bear Empire, and Japan are no pushovers. Don't let them overtake you again."

Wang Duoyu immediately smiled and persuaded.

It is easy to deal with supercomputers with a capacity of tens of billions, but it is not so simple when it comes to supercomputers with a capacity of hundreds of billions or trillions.

The domestic semiconductor industry is developing very fast, but because the foundation is very poor, the speed seems to be very fast.

But after reaching a certain level, it is impossible to go faster, because no matter what, there will be many factors that restrict the development of semiconductors: talent, technology, capital, etc.!

Therefore, the Nebula supercomputer project led by Wang Duoyu will encounter more troubles in the subsequent research and development of trillion-level supercomputers and trillion-level supercomputers.

What's more, it is impossible for Wang Duoyu to devote himself to the project. He can only grasp the general direction and occasionally provide some technical guidance. More research and development work will need to be completed by Pang Dianchen, Ci Yungui and others.

Liu Deben said:

"I know, I know, people need to be low-key."

"Secretary, it's good that you know. Furthermore, the 10 billion supercomputing project needs to be kept confidential. We need to avoid letting anyone know about this as much as possible. While the 100 billion supercomputing project is underway, we can 'passively' announce that something went wrong and that the project needs to be replanned."

Hearing Wang Duoyu's words, Liu Deben nodded repeatedly.

The Nebula supercomputer project has always been a project department with very strict confidentiality, and Wang Duoyu’s idea is to conceal the 10 billion supercomputer for more than half a year as much as possible, which is enough.

As long as it doesn't affect the sales of the 3 billion supercomputers, there will be no problem.

After all, since late April and early May, the Nebula supercomputer with a capacity of 3 billion floating-point operations has begun mass production, and it can be said that one supercomputer can be produced every day.

It is already September, so there are only two or three months left before the six-month period.

However, the orders for the Nebula supercomputer are about to exceed 200 units. Perhaps if the price is lowered, the number will soon exceed 200.

Of course, it is impossible to reduce the price so quickly. At the very least, we need to wait until a supercomputer with a floating-point computing speed of 100 billion floating-point operations is launched on the market before the price can be reduced.

The first version of the Nebula supercomputer had a computing speed of only 3 billion floating-point operations, and its performance in all aspects was unparalleled in the world. The second version of the Nebula supercomputer has reached a computing speed of 10 billion floating-point operations, which is beyond the current era and is truly leading the way.

But Wang Duoyu also knew how long this leading position could last.

According to the original trajectory of time and space, it would take at least around 1986 for Thinking Machines to be able to develop such a product.

Today, Thinking Machines is on the verge of bankruptcy because they can neither move forward nor move backward.

The $1600 million angel investment they had previously received had been completely spent, and they were unable to use their current research and development results to find investors for further investment.

Fred Stanton, president of CBS and an angel investor, is very aware of the current market conditions in the supercomputing market.

The Eastern superpower has already produced a supercomputer with a floating-point computing speed of 3 billion times, and is still taking the path of large-scale parallel processing technology.

The Nebula Supercomputing System is led by Wang Duoyu, a world-renowned top mathematician, and its scientific research team should not be underestimated. In terms of R&D funding and other support, they are always available on call.

And what about Thinking Machines?
The funding is 1600 million US dollars, the R&D team is very strong, and the various resources are also very luxurious, but what can we do if 'if we have Yu, why do we have Liang'?

Therefore, there is almost no possibility for Thinking Machines to turn things around, so Fred Stanton is certainly not willing to continue investing in Thinking Machines.

Therefore, the entire Thinking Machines company will file for bankruptcy, and then both the software and hardware divisions will be acquired.

This team has begun to be contacted by various parties. Huashun Company, Huaxin Company, Azure Company, etc. are also contacting Cialis's R&D team.

However, the decline of Thinking Machines does not mean that Cray is also vulnerable.

On the contrary, Cray's revenue has only decreased significantly this year, but it has not yet reached the point of bankruptcy.

After all, Cray is still the dominant player in the global supercomputing market, and Nebula is just a challenger, nothing more.

Knowing shame will lead to courage. I believe that the 'farmer' Seymour Clay, who was defeated by those 1024 chickens, will definitely go into seclusion to practice. When he comes out again, maybe he will come up with something that will shock the world?
In addition, other companies such as IBM, as well as Apple, Microsoft, Motorola and many other companies have begun to rise.

Wang Duoyu will definitely not underestimate the heroes of the world. Maybe the emergence of Nebula supercomputer will stimulate these people, and then they will unite faster and gather more technicians, researchers, etc.

After all, in the history of the original time and space, IBM formed the AIM alliance with Apple and Motorola.

Maybe they will form an ACIM alliance, or an ACIMWM alliance.

Well, it may happen, or it may not happen, so Wang Duoyu doesn’t know how long the first version of the Nebula supercomputer can last, and how many years the second version of the 10 billion Nebula supercomputer can last.

After lunch, Wang Duoyu went back to the villa and stayed with the little ones for a while. He took a nap, about twenty minutes, and then went back to the office to continue working.

Shangri-La, when Jiao Zhenyu received the telegram from Liu Deben and saw the words on it, his eyes widened immediately.

Asking price: one million dollars?

In this case, let’s do it this way.

Soon, Jiao Zhenyu and his team started negotiating with those American tycoons who loved flowers.

When they learned that a ghost orchid cost one million US dollars, several wealthy people were furious.

Even though they are fat sheep, they can't be exploited so much, right?

In fact, they don’t care whether it’s one million or two million. As long as they are happy, they are willing to spend ten million US dollars.

But now, they don’t feel any kindness from Shangri-La, and two bodyguards have died.

Although it is not a case of "the rabbit dies and the fox mourns", he is still their bodyguard. If the bodyguard is not the one who died, then they will be the ones who died.

So a few wealthy Americans took advantage of this and made a big fuss about it.

But it was useless. Jiao Zhenyu and the others also loved money like their lives. They were already so poor that the barefoot were not afraid of those wearing shoes, so they would not be afraid of the rich people like them.

So, the two sides started arguing with each other and neither side would give in.

However, as for the American wealthy, they will definitely not be able to do anything unless they give in.

The blooming season of the ghost orchid has passed. It is from June to August every year. Maybe it will be a little later in Shangri-La due to the altitude, but it will not be delayed until October.

Because the later it gets, the lower the temperature in Shangri-La will be.

However, the ghost orchid plant has very strict requirements for the surrounding environment. If it is not transplanted now, I am afraid that it will not be able to be transplanted after a period of time.

The transplantation technology currently mastered by the wealthy is not very mature, and the success rate is only about 30%.

So after negotiating with Jiao Zhenyu and others for a few days, they finally couldn't hold on any longer and had to pay the money and leave.

Jiao Zhenyu, who received one million US dollars for the first time, was overjoyed.

Although this abrupt cessation of business may leave the outside world with a bad impression of Shangri-La, does it matter?

Jiao Zhenyu and others can only focus on the present instead of thinking about the future.

Damn it, when we can’t even get enough food to eat, we’re still thinking about protecting animals and plants?
Isn't this stupid and idiotic?

Is ghost orchid important?

No matter how rare it is, it is just a plant, nothing more.

It can neither bring any economic benefits to Shangri-La nor produce much "fame" effect.

So if I sell it, I can still make back a million dollars, which is totally worth it.

Jiao Zhenyu quickly sent a telegram and letter of thanks to Harbin Institute of Technology, then took the money, exchanged it for RMB, and then carried out some renovations on Shangri-La.

He remembered the two points that Wang Duoyu had mentioned: one was to rebuild the airport runway, and the other was to build a road.

The road from Shangri-La Airport to small mountain villages such as Nilonggou, where pine mushrooms and pig mushrooms can be picked, must be unobstructed, allowing the mushrooms in the mountains to be transported to the airport smoothly.

So this road must be flat enough, and nothing else matters.

"Jiayang, while winter isn't here yet and the mountains aren't covered in snow, you should continue to head deeper into the mountains and search for ghost orchids. If you can find more ghost orchids, I'll reward each of you with ten yaks!"

After hearing Jiao Zhenyu's personal promise, more than a dozen hunter villagers in the small mountain village of Nilonggou all jumped up excitedly, especially the team leader Jiayang, who was extremely happy.

Jiayang was the guide that Wang Duoyu and his friends had brought to Shangri-La. Because he discovered the ghost orchid, after the wealthy people exchanged the ghost orchid for one million US dollars, Jiayang also received a reward from Jiao Zhenyu.

Ten yaks!

Because of this, Jiayang became the richest man in the small mountain village of Nilonggou, and even in several nearby villages.

In this small village, it is already very good for a family to have a yak, but Jiayang was able to get the reward of ten yaks, which stimulated other villagers in the small mountain village.

With Jiao Zhenyu's personal promise, Jiayang and his companions took dry food, hunting dogs and earthen guns and headed deep into the mountains.

It’s not even October yet, but some parts of the mountains have already started to be covered with heavy snow.

Jiayang and his team have to go deep into the mountains, to places where few people go, such as some swamps, or even deep into the mountains, to find the ghost orchid.

For hunters like them, being able to find the ghost orchid is equivalent to having ten yaks.

Everyone is very positive!

But everyone seems to have forgotten that mountains can also be dangerous.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye. Wang Duoyu had completed the plan for the trillion-yuan supercomputer and then came to the secretary's office.

When Liu Deben saw him, he immediately laughed:
"Duoyu, you're here. I was just about to call you. It's just right that you're here. Sit down. What would you like to drink?"

After the polite greetings, seeing Wang Duoyu pick up the cup to drink water, Liu Deben first talked about Shangri-La, and then exclaimed:

"You have no idea how surprised I was when I saw the telegram sent by Secretary Jiao."

A million dollars just for a few ghost orchids, that's crazy.

What kind of plant costs a million dollars? This world is crazy!
"Secretary, you are just surprised by what you have never seen before, that's why you act like this."

Wang Duoyu smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this topic anymore. This is a project I just completed, a new supercomputer project. But it's not called Nebula anymore, it's called Dawn!"

It’s not that the Nebula supercomputer is bad, but it’s been put on hold for the time being.

"The Sugon supercomputer project? Hundreds of trillion floating-point computing speeds? Hey, why aren't these companies from Harbin Institute of Technology?"

When Liu Deben picked up the plan, he was stunned with surprise.

Because this plan requires the cooperation of not only the various departments of Harbin Institute of Technology, but also many project departments such as the lithography machine project and chip project.

Although the workload of other project departments is not that heavy, their cooperation is also needed, which requires a large amount of investment in personnel, funds, etc.

“Because this project will be much more difficult, we definitely cannot complete it by ourselves, so we need the collaboration of other departments.”

After a pause, Wang Duoyu continued:

"Once the Nebula Supercomputing Project production department completes the production of the first version of the Nebula Supercomputing Project, we can inform the research experts at universities like the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Fudan University so that they can participate in the research and development of this project."

Hearing Wang Duoyu's words, Liu Deben's pupils instantly widened, and he blurted out:
"how is this possible?"

Perhaps in Liu Deben's view, it is impossible for the Computing Department and other units of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to agree to Wang Duoyu's request.

After all, they had received so many orders for the first version of the Nebula supercomputer that they had no choice but to give in and agree to Harbin Institute of Technology's request to jointly produce the Nebula supercomputer.

But now, the production task is almost coming to an end, and Harbin Institute of Technology has almost trained a number of production technical talents, so there is no need for the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Now that they have the funds, they will definitely carry out their own research and development projects after returning. How could they continue to "work" for Wang Duoyu?

"Why isn't it possible?"

Wang Duoyu leaned forward, stared at Liu Deben, and said slowly:

"Secretary, the initial R&D funding for the Sugon supercomputer project is 8 billion RMB. If that's not enough, we'll continue to increase it later."

hiss!
When Liu Deben heard the amount of 8 billion RMB, he took a deep breath.

Is this too much?

"Duoyu, when the Nebula Supercomputer was first built, it only cost 500 million RMB. How come it costs 8 billion RMB now? That's too much!"

There's no way, the cost hasn't come down yet.

The cost of lithography machines has dropped, but not by much, and further research and development will require additional funds. Therefore, part of the 8 billion RMB will need to be used to assist in the lithography machine research and development project.

A trillion-watt supercomputer has higher requirements for processors because it requires super chips, and the number of transistors integrated in each chip must be in the millions.

In the history of the original time and space, chips with millions of transistors only appeared in the 1990s.

The original space-time required so much time and effort to develop, and also cost a lot of money. This space-time will definitely require even more money and time.

If Harbin Institute of Technology had not accumulated a certain amount of automotive talent over the past few years, Wang Duoyu would not have dared to come up with this project.

In the next Dawn supercomputer project, the average age of researchers will definitely be less than 28 years old, or even lower.

Because some researchers who graduated from workers, peasants and soldiers universities, and old researchers with less technical skills, will definitely be kicked out of the R&D team, just like Tian Jingye who had a sudden inspiration before. These people will definitely leave the R&D team.

If he continues to stay in the team, he is not a researcher, but a black sheep.

It’s not that Wang Duoyu discriminates against those workers, peasants and soldiers college students, but there are always some people among this group of college students who are really stupid.

Of course, college students who pass the college entrance examination are not necessarily that smart.

In a word, the capable ones are promoted and the mediocre ones are demoted, and the team is getting younger.

The cost cannot be reduced, the difficulty of R&D has increased so much, and it is necessary to cooperate with other sister units for R&D. Wang Duoyu has no choice.

After all, not all of them are HIT's own units, so when discussing projects with other units, we can only rely on "money" to pave the way.

"Secretary, whatever, the plan has been drawn up. I've detailed in the plan how much each sub-project team will need to spend, and whether there's any possibility of overspending or underspending."

After taking a sip of water, Wang Duoyu continued:

"So, we need your help in reviewing and approving this application. Please submit it as soon as possible. Our project needs to start as soon as possible. Time waits for no one."

Liu Deben was helpless after hearing this.

He knew that this technology would not convince Wang Duoyu, so he simply buried his head in the plan to see if he could do anything.

As far as the current project is concerned, Wang Duoyu has indeed planned it to perfection.

After Liu Deben finished reading it, he could only pass it helplessly.

Harbin Institute of Technology can certainly come up with 8 billion RMB, but it will require significant investment.

This project is huge and the funds need to be in place at one time. Even if they are not in place, Harbin Institute of Technology’s account needs to retain 8 billion yuan. Otherwise, if Wang Duoyu gets angry, everyone will be embarrassed.

In Laboratory Building No. 6, Wang Duoyu sat in the main seat in the conference room, and Su Zhenghuai took the plan and distributed it one by one to Pang Dianchen and others.

After Ci Yungui and the others finished reading the plan, Wang Duoyu said:

"Okay, everyone has finished reading the plan. Do you have anything to say?"

Bao Yuhang, Shen Qingxiang and the others remained silent. They saw the project conditions in all aspects on the plan. All projects must be reviewed efficiently and quickly to prevent incidents like Tian Jingye from happening again.

No one dared to say anything about this matter.

Tian Jingye has already left the project, but his name still appears many times, and it is obvious that he has become a negative example.

In addition, this project will undergo a technical assessment every year, with the capable being promoted and the mediocre being demoted, and there will also be a system of elimination at the bottom.

The pressure was like a mountain, coming at us and making it almost impossible for us to breathe.

But what can be done?

Wang Duoyu is the biggest boss of the entire project, and whatever he says goes.

Who dares to object?

There were no objections, so after chatting for a while, the plan was successfully passed, and then we started to assign tasks.

After half a day, the tasks were assigned and Wang Duoyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Everyone needs to complete the preliminary preparations. Considering that National Day is coming soon, all preparations must be completed smoothly before November. On November 1st, our entire project will be officially launched."

After hearing Wang Duoyu's order, everyone responded in unison.

After the project was handed over, Wang Duoyu could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Just two days after he returned to his office to quietly work on a basic mathematical research project, an explosion on the sub-ramjet engine woke him up from his office.

Just when Wang Duoyu went to deal with the matter, Jiayang and the others returned dejectedly from Shangri-La.

"You guys are back. Did you find the ghost orchid?"

There were little kids in the village hanging around Jiayang and his friends. Ghost Orchid was the name of the orchid given by the translator brought by the foreigners, and Ghost Orchid was the name given by Wang Duoyu.

For the villagers of the small mountain village of Nilonggou, whether it is the ghost orchid or the ghost orchid, it is the God of Wealth, which can ensure that they have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear, and also enable every household to own many yaks.

After all, Ghost Orchid was named by foreign tycoons, and they also gave so much money, so some children who like money liked the name Ghost Orchid.

"Dad, my dad?"

At this moment, two children suddenly became anxious because they did not see their father in the team.

Jiayang and other survivors felt very sad when they heard this. They choked with sobs but could not speak.

More than ten minutes later, a group of people gathered at the home of the village chief of the small mountain village of Nilonggou. Among them were two women and several children crying loudly, and several old men were smoking their pipes silently, taking a puff here and there, appearing absent-minded.

But looking at everyone's expressions, you can tell that no one is in a good mood.

dead!
During Jiayang and his friends' search for ghost orchids in the mountains, they were happy to find two ghost orchids. Although they were not in bloom, they were found.

The bad part was that as they continued their search, an accident occurred when they crossed a ridge.

Two of the villagers accidentally fell, and during their fall, they may have shouted or other reasons, which caused an avalanche.

Under the heavy snow, the two villagers' bodies were completely gone.

Perhaps their bodies could be found at the bottom of the mountain valley, but they would never be found now because of the heavy snow.

At the very least, we will have to wait until next summer to find the body, but it is also possible that we will not find it because the body may be washed away by the melting snow.

That's the thing.

"I will ask Secretary Jiao to give your two families some compensation."

Jiayang couldn't bear it and said:

"I will also give my ten yaks to your family."

Before he could finish his words, Jiayang was stabbed in the waist, and he grimaced in pain.

The villagers nowadays are actually very simple and kind. Jiayang is also kind-hearted and cannot bear to see those two families living in hardship because they have lost their pillars.

And since Jiayang is still alive, he will definitely be able to find Ghost Orchid again, and then he will be able to get the reward of ten yaks.

"no!"

The village chief stood up, and several villagers also expressed their opposition.

These people all have their own interests to consider. The village chief has set his sights on those foreigners. He hopes that Jiao Zhenyu and others can give more money or yaks to their small mountain village.

Of course, it would be best to give it to yaks.

Just because Shangri-La is so big, they have enough space to graze their livestock.

So no matter how many yaks there are, there will definitely be no problem.

It is a small mountain village with only about thirty households at most, and a very small population.

The two village women whose husbands had died were heartbroken and didn't know what to do. They could only cry.

They have already lost their composure, how can they think so much?
After a group of people discussed it, they quickly sent someone to notify Jiao Zhenyu and see if it was possible to dig out the body at this time.

Jiao Zhenyu, who learned about this, was also a little panicked.

This mountain seems a bit ominous. How come someone died again?
A few days ago, several people died on the road construction team in the mountains.

In addition, two bodyguards also died when those American tycoons came before.

It seems that everything is not so good.

While Jiao Zhenyu was thinking about how to solve this problem, he sent a message to Harbin Institute of Technology.

At this time, Wang Duoyu was sitting on the sofa in his office. The three people opposite him, Liu Deben, Lu Gongliang and Han Jue, had serious expressions and were not in a good mood.

Because Wang Duoyu’s previous prediction came true.

At 10:00 a.m. on September 23rd, local time in the United States, four companies, IBM, Cray, Motorola and Apple, held a joint press conference and announced the formation of an alliance.

ACIM!

A stands for Apple, C stands for Cray, I stands for IBM, and M stands for Motorola.

The businesses of these four companies do not actually have any overlap, but they are definitely competitors.

For example, in the supercomputing market, IBM's arch-rival has always been Cray, which is the absolute leader in the supercomputing market, while IBM was the absolute leader in mainframe computers in the 1960s and 1970s.

However, after the rise of Cray, IBM's mainframe business declined rapidly and is currently barely surviving.

If it weren't for the emergence of the Nebula supercomputer, Cray would definitely have ignored IBM when IBM came to them.

After all, the two companies are sworn enemies, how could they possibly cooperate?

In the world of capital, there are never absolute enemies. As long as the benefits are sufficient, even the enemy who killed your father can shake hands and make peace.

As for the hatred of having your wife taken away?
Stop joking. In the United States, divorce is commonplace. What's the point of this bullshit hatred of having your wife taken away? It's just an exchange of interests.

Apple and IBM were competing fiercely in the personal computer market, with both sides engaged in a back-and-forth battle.

But now Apple has the upper hand, because although the Macintosh computer is not popular, it has a high unit price and has sold more than 7 units in just a few months.

Based on the selling price of US$2495 per Mac computer, the revenue from more than units is US$ billion.

It is absolutely impossible for IBM to say that it is not jealous.

No matter how jealous you are, you still have to form an alliance when it is time to do so.

Now that the four companies have formed an alliance, how should Harbin Institute of Technology respond?

"Secretary, we can't stop them from forming an alliance, and it's impossible for us to stop them."

Wang Duoyu said:

"What we can do is continue to comprehensively advance the development of our chip technology, lithography technology, fiber optic communications and other semiconductor-related industries."

In the field of chip design and manufacturing, Harbin Institute of Technology had no foundation at the beginning. That was because Wang Duoyu promoted the establishment of the handheld game console project, which then led to the establishment of the chip and lithography machine projects.

In addition, handheld game consoles did make a lot of money, and these funds were gradually invested in the research and development of technologies such as chips, lithography machines, and fiber optic communications, and new materials projects were also established one after another.

In 1978, Shanghai had already established our country's first optical fiber communication line experiment. In 1979, the first optical fiber communication line was integrated into the city's telephone network in Shanghai for testing.

It’s not that we don’t have fiber-optic communication network technology in our country, but before 1980, it was indeed lagging behind the world.

But Wang Duoyu is not blind. He certainly knows that he needs to develop supercomputers, so as early as mid-1980s, after completing the distributed computer project, he began to lay out the plan.

The Nebula supercomputer project was launched in January 1983. By that time, Harbin Institute of Technology's fiber optic communication technology had become quite mature.

After all, the Department of Information and Communication Engineering and the Department of Electronic Science and Technology of Harbin Institute of Technology were established in 1981, and the relevant technicians and teaching teams were recruited back at this time.

The semiconductor industry mainly includes electronic devices, optoelectronics and optical communications, sensors, magnetic storage, power electronics, micro-electromechanical systems, high-power power conversion, etc.

In the past few years, the First Department of Harbin Institute of Technology has successively launched high-tech electronic products such as electric bicycles, handheld game consoles, pet eggs, memory series products, Nebula supercomputers, etc., all of which are inseparable from the support of the semiconductor industry.

This time, Dawning Supercomputer will spend 8 billion RMB. Although it is not as much as the 10 billion USD invested by the ACIM Alliance, it is clear that the costs of researchers and materials in the United States are much higher than those in China.

The so-called 10 billion US dollars may not even be able to match the utilization rate of 8 billion RMB.

When Liu Deben and the other two heard Wang Duoyu's words, their expressions relaxed a little.

"Although they have established a power chip R&D project, we also have our own super chips."

Wang Duoyu said with a smile.

Han Jue suddenly interrupted:
"If that's the case, should we limit the number of lithography machines we export?"

At the beginning of this year, the Guanghui lithography machine factory delivered five immersion scanning lithography machines. This type of lithography machine can meet the process requirements of imaging resolution below 85 nanometers.

The ACIM Alliance now has such a lithography machine, which is a great help to their power chip project.

They might even team up with Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel, and others to help advance the power chip project.

Because power chips have very high requirements for production processes such as lithography machines, they hope to integrate more transistors.

Just as Wang Duoyu was about to answer Han Jue's question, there was a knock on the office door.

Jin Lirong came in from outside and brought bad news.

(End of this chapter)