Chapter 224 The Great Era
For Sundar Pichai, this is obviously a piece of news that he is not very acceptable.
He is not a scientist and does not need to care about the changes the progress of theory will bring to mathematics and physics.
But he is a capitalist, or the agent of the capitalist, and what he needs to care about is whose more advanced theories are in and whether they can bring benefits to capital.
Even if you cannot see the gain for the time being, at least you cannot bring losses to the capital he controls.
But unfortunately, now he is likely to have to face the worst. If this news spreads, there will be losses that are almost inevitable.
He is facing a decision at this time whether to give up or temporarily seal the research of Google Quantum AI team.
Give up will mean that billions of dollars of investment have been wasted, but this is not the most terrifying.
This is a layout that has been around for more than ten years.
Their scientists realized what the quantum computing era represents when quantum mechanics began to develop and derived the branch of quantum computing.
It even extended the concept of quantum hegemony.
Of course, there is another way to introduce new theories and develop new technologies. But this involves the construction of the entire commercial ecosystem.
Including corresponding software development, application scenario exploration and partner selection issues. Theoretical innovation may not immediately have an impact on the market, but theories that have been actually verified and feasible can do this.
So soon Sandal Pichai's brain came to the most favorable conclusion.
"Can new theories help us regain the technological leadership? Or can our existing accumulation take advantage of new theories?"
Thomas Curian immediately replied: "This requires Professor Martinis to make a judgment, but as I said just now, he did not attend this public lecture. Maybe he would have to wait until he contacted the person who attended the exchange meeting. There is a conclusion.
Of course, even if we hope, even if we accumulate early, whether it is hardware or software, we may not be able to get it.
< br>I have heard an important news. This report was urgently stopped by the organizer after Qiao Yu announced two new Mason prime numbers. "
Thomas Curian did not He made it clear, but he believed that Sundar Pichai could understand what he wanted to express.
All of them are smart people, and they will point themselves to important issues when it comes to their level.
After thinking for a while, Sundar Pichai asked, "Do you think it is possible for us to hire Qiao Yu as the chief scientist or technical strategy consultant?
He may not be able to come to the headquarters to serve as a full-time job, or a part-time job. . Just accept some commissions and provide feasibility suggestions for some projects in Google Labs. "
For CEOs of all high-tech companies, they probably understand the saying that talent is the first productive force the most of.
Especially those technical talents who are truly qualified to lead.
And Google actually has many Chinese scientists, especially computer vision, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, and deep learning.
Just as someone joked before, the competition of artificial intelligence technology in this world is a game between Chinese local scientists and Chinese American scientists.
As for other countries' technologies, they can be ignored.
Especially, Europe, which once had a Renaissance, has been far behind in the new technological revolution and competition for productivity, so bad that it is impossible to look at it directly.
Especially for the past decade, China and Amelika have been competing against each other, and are competing at all levels.
But the two major powers of the East and the West can still live step by step, but the lives of old Europe are getting worse and worse.
Whether it is industry or technology, development has begun to lag significantly behind.
Even if some emerging technology companies have developed by chance, just check the shareholders behind them and you will find that they have nothing to do with Europe, and they even directly acquire them in the United States.
For example, DeepMind, Nuanc Communications, and earlier ARM, as well as Imagination Technologies, are emerging in the field of artificial intelligence.
In particular, Imagination Technologies was one of the world's most advanced global chip design companies at that time and was Apple's official GPU supplier.
The American private equity fund that acquired this company is even said to have a background in China Assets.
This world is often so magical.
The eldest and the second in the village have a quarrel. Everyone else wants to watch the fun. Who dares to think that the family will fall into trouble as they look at it...
This is probably what Europe currently has Dilemma. Although I can still make some money at the academic level, in the latest technical level, old Europe has even lost the qualification to serve the table...
So in a sense, Sundar Pichai's The idea is very suitable. It is not condescending to invite Qiao Yu to serve as a part-time technology development strategy consultant with Google's scale.
If the two sides can cooperate, at least in quantum computing, they can defeat the whole world.
Moreover, the seventeen-year-old Fields Medal winner has no bottleneck in academic research progress...
If this idea can be realized, perhaps Google can really redefine the boundaries of technology in the near future.
For Thomas Curian, a senior vice president in charge of technology, Sundar Pichai's words undoubtedly came to his heart.
If you can really recruit talents like Qiao Yu, it will undoubtedly be the most cost-effective for these executives.
After all, if this kind of theory and technology can be spread across eras, it will inevitably affect the stock prices of technology companies.
Especially for Google.
You must know that quantum hegemony is first hyped by companies such as Google, IBM and Microsoft. Although this is true.
After all, Shor's has determined that it can complete the factorization of large integers in polynomial time since the date of its proposal.
Modern encryption systems, whether they are RSA, ECC, or DH, rely on large integer factorization or discrete logarithmic problems.
The reason why quantum hegemony cannot be used directly to intimidate now is nothing more than the hardware that does not have efficient hardware to run Shor's algorithm.
This is also the reason why everyone invested heavily in researching quantum computers.
No matter who designs a quantum computer that can run Shor's algorithm efficiently for a long time, it can at least charge a few decades of protection.
Even the post-quantum era encryption technology requires them to take action, right?
Who could have thought that it would be possible to use electronic computers to simulate quantum computing?
If there is no response, when the news spreads, even if there is no sufficient evidence to prove that Qiao Yu's theory will directly challenge modern encryption systems, it will also affect Google's stock price.
And it will really prove this in the future, and Google's stock price may fall by a thousand feet.
As we all know, the salary of Google executives actually accounts for only a small part of the basic salary and year-end bonus. The big one is still stock incentive.
In particular, restricted stock rewards. Most of these stocks have unlocking cycles. Cannot be cashed out before it expires. If Google's stock price falls too much in the future, the most serious damage to assets will be the executives.
So Thomas Curian said without hesitation: "I think you can try it. However, we have no direct contact with Qiao Yu for the time being. If we just send an email, we will not Be sure he can receive it. After all, there will definitely be other resistance."
Speaking of this, Thomas changed his tone and asked, "Of course, you can think of ways to do this. But if you can convey the message, how should you discuss salary and incentives?"
"Let Qiao Yu offer a price , but it must be explained first that the consultant's salary must be in equity incentives. As long as he accepts this, I can talk to the board of directors." Sundar Pichai said without hesitation.
I have to say that this is the most suitable one, directly linking the consultant's salary to restricted equity.
There is no way, mathematicians are too smart.
Sundar Pichai was also afraid that Qiao Yu would not work if he offered a huge salary, so he could not explain it to the board of directors.
Especially, Qiao Yu's identity is very special. Even if such a thing happens, as long as this guy stays in China, Google can say that there is no way to deal with him.
But what you accept is different, it is not just that everyone can prosper.
After all, Google is a US listed company, and there are many restrictions on transactions, and the entire process can be supervised.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
Qiao Yuzhen won't be able to cash out the stocks easily without working. At least there is a way to check and balance.
"I understand. Professor Martinis has many acquaintances who went to China to attend this public report meeting. Maybe someone can give me a sentence.
By the way, there is news that Qiao Yu's mother is said to be I own a company that provides computing services and just registered this year. "
"Let's do it first. Let's talk about it after there is news. By the way, let Professor Martinis report to me tomorrow."
"Okay, Mr. Pichai."
Sundar Pichai quickly hung up Thomas Curian's phone number. It was not that he was anxious, but that another phone number came in.
There is no way, today is destined to be a sleepless night.
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In fact, it's not just Sundar Pichai who can't sleep well today.
Many bigwigs in the technology industry are following the phone calls one by one. In addition to the technology circle, the same is true for the financial circle.
What many people don’t know is that in fact, many of the latest technologies are often directly applied in the financial circle.
For example, the financial model.
Stock market, credit market, subprime mortgage market... God knows how many ultra-low signal-to-noise ratio financial data has been accumulated.
More than ten years ago, various mathematical statistical methods were directly applied to various financial mathematical models, especially quantitative trading.
This is not the era when several excellent traders could conduct financial confrontations by closing the door and manually operating. Large companies rely on precise mathematical models and powerful computing power.
This is also the reason why retail investors are unable to compete with institutions in the era of advanced information and the fewer news about legendary retail investors.
At least, ordinary retail investors cannot afford the massive expenses required to extract valuable information from disordered financial data.
Not just computers, but also related talents.
Especially in quantitative transactions, with the help of high-speed computer processing capabilities, trading decisions can be completed in just a few milliseconds.
To put it bluntly, whoever can master and utilize emerging technologies will be able to occupy a favorable position in the market.
Many leaders in the technology industry, including Sundar Pichai, have already done a long time ago to compete for market share in the technology field and began to penetrate into the financial field.
To put it bluntly, most of the purpose is to serve the financial field.
You must know that no matter how much quantum computers are, so far, can only prove that they can far surpass electronic computers in just a few limited fields. And it is extremely difficult to implement.
After all, there are only so many quantum algorithms.
As for general quantum computing, it can only be said that there is a long way to go. As of now, there are no application scenarios at all.
But finance is the lifeblood of modern capital, especially for Xida, which was founded in finance!
It's not just Google, IBM, Microsoft and other technology companies that are paying attention to quantum computing.
After a little checking, you will know that large financial institutions including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citi, etc. have already cooperated with these high-tech companies and invested huge amounts of money to explore the application of quantum technology in the financial field.
There is no way, security is the cornerstone of modern finance! In major trading markets around the world, there are thousands of transactions per second, and tens of thousands of transactions are also common when high-frequency trading is active.
Obviously, Qiao Yu suddenly made such a fuss, which scared all the financial giants!
You can calculate two super large Mason prime numbers in just two days. Give this little guy a longer time. What else can he do? These people dare not think about it!
Even many of these people get more information than Sundar Pichai!
For example, a financial tycoon even got the configuration list of Qiao Yu's computer room of Xiyu Technology Service Company!
TaiShan server motherboard, 300 Kunpeng 920 processors, OceanStor storage system...
In this beggar-configured computer room, two new Mason prime numbers were calculated in less than two days?
Let me put it this way, the GIMPS project has discovered the 51st Mason prime number in 2018, and it was not until October 2024 that it finally discovered the 52nd Mason prime number.
It took more than six years!
The GIMPS project is a search for Mason prime numbers through global volunteer contribution computing resources.
There is no way, as the n value increases, the difficulty of calculation increases exponentially!
Now Qiao Yu has announced a new theory, and in just two days, he found the 53rd and 54th Mason prime numbers!
What is the superiority of quantum computing? No doubt, that's it!
Although financial tycoons don't understand mathematics, they have the best mathematicians to help them analyze...
The opinions given by these mathematicians are also very simple, and this is not just behind quantum computing. It is terrible, but this computing efficiency means that the new quantum algorithm it develops is even more terrifying.
After all, although the traditional Shor algorithm far exceeds the classical algorithm in factorization, the calculation of Mason prime numbers depends more on Lucas-Lehmer primeness test.
Of course, the big guys don't even need to understand these things. They just need to know if the technology poses risk to their assets.
After silence, most mathematicians felt that this answer was unquestionable.
Silently, the prices of many hard currencies in the global futures trading market began to rise strangely.
Especially gold, it is wrong. It should be said that physical gold has risen crazy...
(The end of this chapter)