Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

If you change to any of the Scholars, you will be excited to be wild with joy after hearing this simple request.

After all, super-calculation is very expensive, even if it is not cheap to rent, David’s promise is equivalent to millions or even tens of millions of funds. In contrast, his request is only the location of thesis research institute, plus the name of the Deshaw Institute.

After hearing this insignificant request from David, Lu Zhou did not feel like a poor theoretical researcher to be wild with joy, but still felt a big surprise from his request.

Compared with the research of profitable application fields, the research in the theoretical field will definitely lose money, and will certainly lose a lot of money.

Lu Zhou naturally refuses to accept such a request for internationalism.

Nodded, he said with pleasure: “This is easy.”

……

In a sense, Lu Zhou chose Anton to carry out this experiment, which is somewhat inevitable.

General-purpose supercomputers do not perform molecular dynamics simulations very efficiently.

However, unlike Anton, which does all the computational work on a dedicated ASIC, every microchip is born for computational chemistry.

It contains a total of 512 compute nodes, which can exceed 23558 nanoseconds per day in a protein-Water Element system consisting of 17000 atoms.

In contrast, for a general-purpose supercomputer with the same number of processors, the simulation rate for parallel computing on the same chemistry system can only reach a level of hundreds of nanoseconds per day.

It is for this reason that Anton is called a nuclear weapon in the computing chemistry world.

I have to say that David is indeed a genius.

This is true in both financial and massively parallel computing, or in the field of polymer chemistry.

If it is not because Anton is too expensive, the general research institutions simply can’t afford it. If one day is not allowed, the Nobel committee will even consider nominating him.

Just like the biology scientist Jacques Duboche, who was nominated by the 17 chemistry award for cryo-electron microscopy…

After Jericho drove back in his own car, Lu Zhou sent an application to Columbia University through Princeton University to apply for a one-month visit to Scholar here.

For his well-known Scholar to visit, Columbia University is naturally open to both hands. Even in order to facilitate his research, he arranged a temporary dormitory for him in the vicinity of the institute.

Under the condition of sufficient funds, the theoretical research that does not involve patent disputes is always easier to reach consensus than the research in the application field.

Especially for the two who are not bad money, this is especially true.

After signing a cooperative research agreement, the scope of the work of both parties and the signature of thesis were simply defined, and the experiment was quickly arranged.

For the collaborative research project between the two, David also showed the greatest importance.

Not only did the experimental arrangements in the original plan be pushed down, but the entire strength of the entire Deshaw Institute was transferred and put into the work.

Soon, Lu Zhou saw that Anton’s powerful combat power.

On the day of the experiment, Anton Super Center.

Massively parallel computing projects sit in front of the computer.

Lu Zhou and David stood behind and waited quietly for the beginning of the experiment.

“The 1 experimental group is in place!”

“The 2 experimental group is in place!”

“…”

“Start experiment!”

The signal light of Zhan Blue is constantly flashing.

In the virtual existence of Digital World, Anton simulated the mathematics model provided by Lu Zhou with powerful computing power.

The first experiment lasted for nine hours!

Unfortunately, the results of the experiment were not ideal.

Looking at the experimental report submitted by the Super Center Engineer, David frowns, some of the nerves said.

“The mathematics model you designed is really too complicated… Is there a way to simplify it?”

“I tried to simplify it, but it was very difficult.” Lu Zhou shook his head.

If it can be simplified, he has already done it, and will not wait until now to consider this issue.

“That can only be the way I think about it,” David touched the chin and thought about it seriously.

He is not an expert in the field of mathematics. He may not be able to simplify the complex mathematics equations, but consider this problem from the perspective of parallel computing. By improving the software, Anton can calculate more efficiently. of.

Lu Zhou seriously said: “Please.”

“You’re welcome,” David said, waving his hand and jokingly saying, “At least for now, the mathematical models you have come up with are still within Anton’s ability. But if it’s more complicated, I’m afraid I will wait until The quantum computer is mature enough to perfect your theory.”

……

Lu Zhou’s visit to Columbia University is not something that deserves to be kept secret. As he frequents the Deshaw Institute, the news quickly spread on Columbia’s campus.

Many people are curious about the Crawford Award and the Adams Chemistry Prize winner who are only in their twenties. Few people can make such outstanding achievements at such ages, especially in two distinct areas of mathematics and chemistry.

Of course, what Lu Zhou is most interested in is not the student of Columbia University, but his opponent in the lithium-sulfur battery project, Mobil Chemical.

Lu Zhou is a little bit sloppy and will make them nervous.

Not to mention, such a big move…

Binghamton University, within the Material Science Institute.

Woods, who just finished the meeting in New York, arrived here.

“Bad news! Lu Zhou found David Shaw and borrowed from him.”

Stanley didn’t feel too much about the news that Woods provided, but he still cast an unexpected look at him: “It doesn’t matter if you run to the lab for three days?”

This kind of thing that can be said clearly in one sentence is clearly stated on the phone. In addition to this battery material, the CEO of ExxonMobil should have a lot of important work to deal with.

“It doesn’t matter if you can grab the results in front of them,” Sitting on the sofa in the lab, Woods looked gloomy and foul-mouthed. “It’s awkward! Why did Lu Zhou suddenly find David Shaw?” Why is it that the freak that the oil and salt do not enter?”

If it is to work with other laboratories, Exxon Mobil can use its own influence to put pressure on the laboratories that have funds to go through the research funds funded by themselves, so that they can delay the research progress.

However, David Shaw is an exception. This guy is a famous freak on Wall Street. He is obviously a fund, but he is not interested in money.

“It’s normal. One of them is doing calculations. The other is to do computational chemistry. It’s not surprising to get a piece of urine.” Standing in front of the scanning electron microscope, waiting for the results of the experiment, Stanley Professor’s expression said easily, “You In fact, there is no need to be so nervous. Whether it is a perfect mathematical formula or a theoretical model, if it can’t be finally implemented in the experiment, it is nothing to guess.”

What if your mathematics is arrogant?

What if you borrowed a supercomputer?

Computer simulation experiments are indeed a promising method, but in the end it has to be implemented in specific experiments.

Summarizing the experience in constant trial and error, and exploring a path to the key, is the only way for all Material Science experiments.

Fortunately, they now know the answer. All they need to do is write the process according to the answer.

Woods said with some urgency: “What I want to know now is, how long are we from the end?”

Staring at the molecular model on the screen, Stanley Professor serene was laughed.

“It is very close!”