94: From Technological Warfare to Space Empire

Chapter 104 The Allure of Supercomputing, SGI Graphics Processing Units? (Please subscribe! Please continue reading!)

After he spoke, Chief Li, Chief Hou, and others fell silent.

"Do you know? I was in Daqing back then."

"At minus 40 degrees Celsius, it was so cold you couldn't even stick your hands out, but we still had to keep taking samples for analysis."

"If we don't develop the Daqing Oilfield, our country will always be an oil-poor country."

"Fortunately, with Daqing Oilfield around, we won't be too much of a bottleneck in our oil supply."

"But not long after, the Soviet experts withdrew."

"Without sufficient experience, how would we know how to extract aromatic hydrocarbons and ethers from petroleum?"

"And what about dry distillation and cracking?"

"I was young then, and I learned on the job under the guidance of a team of experienced experts."

"Back then, I was thinking, when will we be able to have our own technology?"

"Yes, we did learn a lot of Soviet technology back then, but I also have some resentment towards them."

"I just want to know when we'll no longer have to put up with other people's opinions?"

"I've had enough of their attitude of teaching whenever they want and stopping whenever they want."

"I've waited 30 years, and today it's finally here."

The ward was quiet.

Chief Li turned his face away and stopped speaking.

Academician Wang took off his glasses, and was somewhat moved by the scene before him.

Lin Yu's throat tightened slightly.

Since he traveled back in time.

He had seen this kind of thing far too many times.

This is probably what people in this era generally experience.

But now, he knows how to console those who gave their youth.

He then released his grip on Chief Engineer Chen's hand.

He patted his chest, mimicking Chief Li's gesture.

"The sun is shining brightly," she replied with a smile.

"Yes, I'm here now."

"More people will come in the future."

"It's me now, and my students will be in ten years."

"Twenty years from now, he will be my student's student."

"When I reach your age, I will also listen to my students' students' students report to me the new frontiers they have discovered."

"As for now, Engineer Chen, let's work together."

Lin Yu finished speaking.

The sunlight streaming through the window cast a radiant glow upon him.

That was the sunlight shining down.

Chief Engineer Chen nodded and gripped his hand tightly.

After discussing the matter, everyone left the ward.

As they left the ward, Chief Li grabbed Lin Yu.

"Xiao Lin, Lao Chen's side focuses on civilian applications, while we're focusing on military applications. We'll each do our own thing."

"But there's one condition: your military technology must prioritize meeting the needs of our Equipment Department!"

Lin Yu nodded. "That's natural."

The Equipment Department provides funding, personnel, and equipment; once he develops the solution, he will definitely prioritize supplying it to the Equipment Department.

Then, Chief Li nodded in satisfaction.

Let Lin Yu lean over and whisper something to him.

"Don't worry, our Equipment Department has a special research fund."

"A full 3000 million, I think we can just set this money aside for you."

Lin Yu gasped in shock.

3000?

1994 million in 3000?

"Commander Li, what's this?"

This money certainly can't all go to fuel.

With so much equipment being upgraded, the Equipment Department can't just be focusing on fuel, can it?

But Chief Li waved his hand!

"Stop with this and that."

"Following your suggestion, I can submit a report and apply for another round of funding."

"This money isn't given away for nothing; I want to see results."

"You said it yourself, that you can achieve mass production of furanyl bicycloalkanes within a year."

"Here's the money, but you'd better do what you're told."

"This time next year, I will see it undergo live-fire testing on a new type of missile."

He stared into Lin Yu's eyes and asked.

"Is it possible?"

Lin Yu took a deep breath.

This is practically giving him free money.

In his original plan, it would take at least a year.

We need to get this thing out in six months.

When the time comes, anyone who dares to cause trouble near the Yellow Sea will be taught a lesson by the fighter jets filled with new fuel and the GPS he has calculated.

After Lin Yu made his promise, Chief Li patted him on the shoulder and left.

He has received a satisfactory answer today and can now attend to other things.

When we returned to the conference room...

Only Academicians Wang and Zhou remained.

Back in the conference room.

At this point, only the academician, Lin Yu, and Chief Hou remained.

After entering, Academician Wang greeted Lin Yu.

"Kobayashi, come and sit down."

Lin Yu walked over and sat down, and Academician Wang handed him a cup of tea.

Then he took a thick notebook out of his briefcase.

That was his real purpose for coming here today.

He originally intended to teach, impart knowledge, and resolve doubts.

But he didn't expect Lin Yu to have even more to offer than he thought.

"This is actually something I've accumulated over the years."

The academician pushed the notebook in front of Lin Yu.

"Catalyst design, reaction mechanism, process optimization, etc."

"Scattered and unsystematic."

"It may not be as complete as your theory, but some of its elements might be useful to you."

Lin Yu took the notebook, glanced at it briefly, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Every page of my notebook that I randomly flipped through was densely covered with various molecular structure diagrams, energy curves, and reaction pathways.

Each image is accompanied by numerous annotations.

This is not something Lin Yu can dismiss simply because he has an artificial intelligence network connecting to the future.

This is genuine, firsthand learning material.

It's important to know that there are quite a few papers.

But if you really want to learn the secret methodologies firsthand, you still need a teacher to teach you step by step.

Academician Wang's notebook is truly—

What he needs most right now!

With this, he can build a foundation, making it much easier for him to learn about future generations.

"Old Wang, this—"

Academician Wang waved his hand.

Don't be surprised.

"This thing doesn't surprise me as much as you did."

"I've spent my whole life working with catalysis, what haven't I seen?"

"But there are some things you talked about today that I still need to think about."

Then he paused.

Look into Lin Yu's eyes.

"The methodology you described today is indeed very logical—"

"But there's one thing."

"If I'm not mistaken—"

"Actually, humans can't calculate it all; we need computer assistance, right?"

At the level of academician.

There are many things that cannot be hidden from them.

As long as they are willing to investigate.

It was easy to tell that Lin Yu's changes all occurred after he obtained the Clay supercomputer.

Lin Yu didn't intend to hide it.

The academician is right; this is something that the human brain simply cannot calculate.

But computers alone are not enough.

Artificial intelligence requires specialized training.

"Indeed, molecular simulations and quantum chemical calculations of extranuclear electrons require supercomputing assistance to be realized quickly."

Academician Wang smiled and said, "What a coincidence! The Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences just acquired a supercomputer, an SGI one, with 64 CPUs and 16GB of memory. Although it's not as good as your Cray supercomputer, it's sufficient for molecular simulations."

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