Chapter 89 “Island” Plan

"For example, if we hand-produce a kind of food for sale, we need to clean the food first, then disinfect it, then cut the food into small pieces, and finally put it into packaging bags to complete the entire process."

"Each step needs to wait until the previous step is completed before you can continue."

"What if we can make this process more efficient? We can use a factory assembly line to perform the steps of cleaning, disinfection, cutting, and packaging at the same time. This is parallelism in time."

"Similarly, we can also achieve higher efficiency through spatial parallelism."

"Like traditional computers, they can only stuff data into the processor group by group. But quantum computers can stack multiple groups of data together and stuff them in at once. This is why quantum computers calculate so fast.

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Han Shubin talks about knowledge in a very easy-to-understand manner, and even very cutting-edge knowledge does not make people feel obscure at all.

"Concerning quantum computers, we now have two main research directions."

"The first direction is optical quantum computers. For example, Jiuzhang-2 can solve specific problems at a speed hundreds of billions of times faster than a classical computer."

"The advantages of this type of quantum computer are fast calculation speed and relatively low energy consumption, but so far, it cannot be programmed for general purpose."

"The second direction is superconducting quantum computers. For example, Wenyuan-2 can perform calculations on specific problems 10 million times faster than the fastest classical computer."

"Although the computing speed is not as exaggerated as the optical quantum computer and requires more energy consumption, it can be programmed universally and is more practical."

Listening to these terrible numbers, Xu You was a little unimaginable.

Whether it's 10 million times or billions, billions, billions, it sounds like a huge number.

"So far, China is the only country that has achieved quantum superiority in both superconducting qubits and light quantum fields. Such achievements are enough to excite us. But we must also admit that all current quantum computers are not yet able to truly enter the field.

On the road to practical application, there are even some private scientists who believe that the entire field of quantum computers is just a scam."

Hearing this, people in the conference room couldn't help laughing at themselves.

In fact, many scientific researchers have experienced this kind of sound.

What is the use of these things you are studying?

Since it is of no use and requires so much money to research, it is better to donate the money to the poor people at the bottom so that they can live a better life.

But in fact, before each technology is officially applied, no one can guarantee how much application value it will have.

If you give up research because you are worried that it has no application value, then the entire country's scientific and technological level will never be able to develop.

"To be honest, I can't guarantee 100% that quantum computers will have great application significance in the future. But I am personally quite confident that within four to five years, quantum computers can enter preliminary practical use in China.

It’s the transformation stage.”

"Of course, this also requires the joint efforts of many scientific researchers. The research fields of all of you here are related to quantum computing. If you are willing, you can join the 'island' quantum computer project."

After hearing about the new project "Island", everyone's attention became even more focused.

"The 'Island' quantum computer is China's next quantum computer project, striving to create the world's first quantum computer that can truly be put into application. It will require a lot of technology, and professors who are willing to join the plan

, after the meeting, you can come to the front and sign your name. After that, we will draw up a general direction for each experimental group."

"The improvement of China's scientific and technological level requires our joint efforts. I hope that one day we will truly stand on the top of the world's scientific and technological level."

After listening to this meeting, most of the scientific researchers participating in the meeting had a positive attitude towards participating in the "Island" project.

On the one hand, everyone hopes that they can make their own contribution to the country's cutting-edge technology.

On the other hand, as a scientific researcher, who doesn’t want to take on more projects?

What's more, it is a national-level project.

No matter what aspect you consider, this is something worth joining.

After Wang Xiangwu discussed with the people around him, he also decided to join the "Island" project.

Like Wang Xiangwu, many professors also stepped forward to sign their names.

When Wang Xiangwu came back, Xu You found that there was someone he knew beside him.

It is Professor Johnson.

Wang Xiangwu was about to introduce Qiao Sen to Xu You, but Xu You took the lead and said: "Teacher Qiao, are you here too?"

"Haha, Xu You, I didn't expect you to be here today. You should be the youngest in the entire meeting today, but your contribution to the "Island" plan in the future may be huge."

Seeing the scene of Qiao Sen and Xu You talking freely, Wang Xiangwu asked:

"Why, you two have known each other for a long time?"

"That's right. When Xu You participated in the Wu Jing training, there was a question that used the advanced solution of Shu Jing. Cao Quanli didn't get it right, so he came to me to take a look. At that time, I thought this child was very unusual, but I didn't expect that later

, Xu You not only won the first place in IPhO, but also published his paper on PRL so early. As expected, my vision is correct."

"Haha, I wanted to introduce you to Xu You, but it seems unnecessary. Let's go, let's go have a meal together."

"Okay, then I'll also invite people from our group. I'll invite them this time as promised!"

"Hey, how about that? I'll please, I'll please!"

Zhao Weijia and Xu You, who were meeting with Wang Xiangwu, were naturally called to the dinner.

Except for Zhao Weijia and Xu You, the rest are basically professors and associate professors at Ji University.

Xu You really didn't know what to say in front of the professors, so he could only nod and apologize.

Fortunately, there are people like Zhao Weijia, who is also a junior, accompanying Xu You, so that Xu You will not feel too lonely.

At the dinner table, the professors were talking about the meeting just now and the "island" quantum computer project.

"I didn't expect that the Chinese Academy of Sciences would be able to launch such a big project this time. It seems that it is really determined to put quantum computers into practical use."

"To be honest, I think the previous quantum computers did not have much practical significance, but they really cost a lot of money. I don't know if they can do anything good this time."
Chapter completed!