"Unexpectedly, Mr. Chen, your Longxing Group also has a secret base in Shencheng, an area close to the seaside."
Longgang, Shencheng.
Tooling.
After Nvidia CEO Huang Renxun got off the car, he looked at the large industrial park in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
I thought I had seen the entire Longxing Group, but I didn’t expect that the Bantian base was just the tip of the iceberg.
“It was when I saw that this place is close to the sea that I thought about investing money in development. Now the Longxing Group’s data center and Pangu supercomputer are taking a bath in the sea.”
< br>Chen Xing did not mean to hide anything and stated the benefits of site selection.
Perhaps many people do not understand how high the cost of heat dissipation is.
The 2015 national statistical data center energy consumption report points out that the total energy consumption of data centers of Internet companies such as Penguin, Alibaba, and Wangdong has reached hundreds of billions of kWh, which is higher than the annual total energy consumption of the Three Gorges Dam. The power generation capacity will be much higher.
Nearly half of the power is used to dissipate heat from the device.
In order to solve the problem of high cooling costs, Internet companies have followed the example of Silicon Valley technology companies since 2014. Some have thrown their data centers into the sea, and some have relocated to cold areas and hired hundreds of people.
Hearing this, Jack Ma praised: "It's really good to put it in the sea. My data center is placed in the sea, and it can save tens of billions every year."
"Hey, talking about heat dissipation. "Brother Xiao Ma couldn't help but interrupt and continued: "I plan to move Penguin's data center to Antarctica. What do you think of this idea?"
"Antarctica, Antarctica is OK" Zhou Hongwei. Nodding slightly, he gave an example: "Isn't Facebook's data center in Antarctica? I wonder if its servers will catch a cold from the cold."
"It doesn't have to be as far away as Antarctica. I think Mohe in the northeast In regions where the temperature is quite low, the key lies in the country, where the procedures and resistance are relatively small,” Li Yanhong, CEO of Baidu Technology Company, suggested.
As for the heat dissipation issue, he actually planned it very early. He also thought about sinking into the sea, or imitating Silicon Valley companies and running to the Antarctic. However, after careful consideration, he decided to set his sights on the Northeast.
"Northeast, Northeast is okay."
Little Ma nodded.
Because they are all Internet companies, the topic they cannot avoid is heat dissipation.
A few people were walking and chatting. While talking, they did not forget to look at the industrial park. The scale of construction here exceeded their expectations.
After nearly a year of construction, the originally sterile Baoguling area has long been transformed. A daily commercial area has been built in Liujia Village, including fast food restaurants, milk tea shops, hot pot restaurants, barber shops, gyms and other commercial shops.
The original villagers of Liujia Village were relocated collectively and went to live in urban Shenzhen City, becoming veritable demolition households.
The commercial area and the industrial area are separated by a large number of green plants.
Since the photolithography factory is close to the commercial area, in order to ensure smooth production, the planners and designers also used a football field to separate the two areas and set up additional access roads.
Of course.
This is just the main entrance.
There is also the entrance to the industrial park.
Enter from the northern entrance of Paogouling, you can go directly to the dormitory living area, and beyond that is the planned production factory area, and the second commercial area for daily necessities.
Because the area of tens of thousands of acres of Paogouling is too vast, the current development progress has only passed less than 30%, and 70% is still under construction. It is expected that it will not be until 3 years later that Paogouling can be completed. Truly transformed.
“This is the photolithography factory area. The God chips and Huaxia chips currently used by Longxing Group are produced here.”
Chen Xing explained.
“Can I go in for a visit?”
Huang Renxun asked.
He was so curious about the photolithography factory. At first, he racked his brains and couldn't figure out how Qingzhou chips and God chips were produced.
Western media and experts in related fields are even thinking in the direction of creationism, saying that God gave Chen Xing the chip.
Huang Renxun doesn't believe this. He would rather believe that the Qingzhou chip and the God chip are given by charging phone bills, rather than believe in the so-called gift from God. This is too nonsense.
But then again, the original semiconductor chip blockade was not just photoresist, resin materials, EDA software and instruction sets, but also the most critical photolithography machine.
Let’s not talk about the most advanced EUV lithography machine. Take the 28-nanometer DUV lithography machine as an example. The Dutch ASML company has set restrictions at all levels and even dispatched in vivo monitors to supervise.
But under this difficult predicament, Longxing Group successively announced that it had conquered 14 nanometer and 7 nanometer chips. This shocked Huang Renxun and even the entire Silicon Valley technology circle. They really couldn't figure out what to do. It can replace the photolithography machine to complete the chip photolithography process.
Jack Ma, Li Yanhong, Zhou Hongwei and others all cast curious eyes, and they all wanted to go in and visit.
"No problem."
Chen Xing nodded slightly and explained: "This time I brought all the bosses here, mainly to show the photolithography factory, and to ask Master Huang to give his opinions on how to build the second phase. Nuwa Supercomputer.”
Since he has obtained Nvidia’s latest graphics card core data, he also wants to produce it as soon as possible and build the second phase of the supercomputer.
At present, the computing power of Pangu supercomputer is 12.59 petaflops of floating point operations per second, which is 5 petaflops less than the Titan supercomputer in the United States.
For the coming smart era, the consumption of computing power is very large.
12.59 petaflops of floating-point operations is far from enough. For Chen Xing, who has a "phobia of insufficient firepower", at least 25 petaflops of floating-point operations are needed to ensure the success of the future intelligent era. Leading position.
“That’s it.”
Huang Renxun and others also understood. No wonder Chen Xing suddenly took them to visit the Longxing Group’s industrial park. It turned out that the invitation was issued with this idea in mind.
With Chen Xing leading the way and swiping the permission card, everyone walked into the first phase of the photolithography factory and walked through the corridor to the production control room.
“Mr. Chen.”
"Mr. Chen."
Several engineers responsible for supervising production immediately stood up and greeted Chen Xing one after another.
"Well, just work as usual, we'll just take a look."
Chen Xing asked them to sit down.
Hearing this, the engineers returned to their posts one after another.
Huang Renxun looked at the OLED screen in front of him and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Is this fully automated production?"
"Absolutely."
Chen Xingdian He nodded and continued: "Except for the semiconductor wafers and photoresist that need to be manually filled into the spare warehouse, everything else can be produced automatically. In addition to the monitoring room, this is also the control room of the machine."
"Incredible .”
Huang Renxun muttered to himself.
The other bosses were also dumbfounded.
Although the concept of photolithography factory has been exposed by Chen Xing, this is their first time to visit, and it is also the first time they understand that the photolithography factory is fully automated production and does not require much work at all. Lithography engineer.
Compared with traditional photolithography machines, photolithography factories are more like fully automatic assembly lines, with greatly improved production capacity and quality.
"Mr. Chen would like to ask, where does the pure light needed for photolithography come from?" Huang Renxun asked shamelessly.
He is so curious.
The photolithography factory broke his perception.
I thought it was a scam, a plan to use photolithography machines to disrupt the West. Unexpectedly, he was brought in directly to visit.
What else can be said?
If there weren't so many people, he would have knelt down and begged Chen Xing to tell him what the principle of the photolithography factory was.
Other bosses are also very curious. They all want to know where the light comes from.
You must know that the light of the photolithography chip must not have any clutter, and its purity and energy intensity must be ensured.
For example, take a magnifying glass and focus the beam of sunlight. It seems that the energy is very strong, but in fact it is far from enough for photolithography needs.
Anyone who has learned about chip etching knows that photolithography takes place in an instant, and the energy erupted at that moment is forty or even fifty times that of daily sunlight.
The most important thing is that the purity of sunlight cannot be guaranteed and cannot be used for photolithography.
"Light."
Chen Xing hesitated for a moment, briefly explained the principle and said: "Everyone should know something about Maxwell's equations."
" This equation states that as long as an electron accelerates, it will emit electromagnetic waves. In other words, as long as we accelerate the electron to a certain speed, we can obtain an electron in the wavelength band we want. ”
“ By gathering electrons in these bands using magnetic confinement, we can obtain deep ultraviolet light and extreme ultraviolet light beams.”
Although it is an ally of intelligent AI, Chen Xing did not explain the principle in detail and deliberately avoided it. Particle accelerators, ring memories and other equipment.
Even if today’s conversation is leaked, no one will be able to conquer the core technology of the photolithography factory within ten years.
"Awesome!"
"You are really brave for a talented person!"
"Awesome, you have to find a new way!"
The bosses all praised.
Did they understand?
The answer is cruel, no.
What Maxwell's equations, electron acceleration, and magnetic constraints have experienced personally is what goes in with the left ear and goes out with the right ear, and they can't remember it at all.
Of course.
The most important thing is that they are not in the semiconductor field.
Don’t talk about Maxwell’s equations for Internet company CEOs. They only have one thing in mind, and that is how to make money.
However, Huang Renxun understood a little bit. After all, NVIDIA is a graphics card manufacturer. After the graphics card is removed from the casing, the GPU inside is actually no different from the CPU. They are both bare chips.
“President.”
At this time, a young voice came from the door.
Chen Xing and others looked back and saw Lin Tian, who was wearing a white coat but still had yellow hair. He looked a bit nondescript.
"This..."
Although Jack Ma, Huang Renxun and others didn't say anything, they were all wondering in their hearts, which energetic guy from this family slipped in?
"You came just in time."
While Chen Xing nodded, he introduced him: "This is Penguin CEO Xiao Ma, Ali CEO Jack Ma, Baidu CEO Li Yanhong, Nvidia CEO Boss Huang Renxun..."
Afraid that Lin Tian would not understand them, Chen Xing introduced their backgrounds one by one.
After introducing the last person, Zhou Hongwei, he glanced at all the bosses and introduced: "This is the chief lithography chief of our Longxing Group, Lin Tian, who came back from ASML in the Netherlands. Bohemian ”
"Chief Lin, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"It turns out that he is a returnee from overseas. Let me tell you, how can he be so out of character."
"Chief Lin, please give me some advice."
Although in their impression, scientific researchers all have black hair, but after Chen Xing’s explanation, it seems to be a lot more reasonable. After all, Western culture focuses on openness. It’s like a men’s and women’s party where they can have their hair dyed two or three times a week. , seems acceptable.
"I have long admired the names of our bosses." Lin Tian said hello, then looked at Chen Xing and asked: "I just checked WeChat, CEO, did you say there are new production tasks?"
< br>"Yes."
Chen Xing nodded, took out the core data hard drive of NVIDIA X80, and handed it to Lin Tiandao: "This is the latest model of NVIDIA, a graphics card focusing on the field of artificial intelligence. I plan to get it. Use it to build the Nuwa supercomputer to make up for the lack of computing power of the Pangu supercomputer."
He looked at Huang Renxun and asked, "I am the leader. I would like to ask, how many NVIDIA X80 graphics cards are needed to achieve the computing power of the Titan supercomputer? "
The Titan supercomputer uses NVIDIA graphics cards, which is also the supercomputer with the highest computing power publicly disclosed in the United States.
Now that Huang Renxun is here, the data naturally needs to be clarified.
"As for the Titan supercomputer..." Huang Renxun thought for a while and responded: "Actually, I don't know much about it, because the United States has continuously expanded the computing room, and we only participated in the first phase of construction. Subsequent Only graphics cards are provided. "
"Do you remember clearly how many graphics cards are provided?" Chen Xing asked again.
“The graphics card at that time was the X50, which seemed to provide 120,000 pictures, followed by the X60, which provided 70,000 pictures, and the X70 also provided 50,000 pictures. Its actual computing power will be much higher than the announced one. ." Huang Renxun told the news.
Why are graphics cards scarce?
It’s so versatile!
Many players think that they cannot get graphics cards because other players are competing with them. In fact, this is not the case. They may also be competing with them to buy graphics cards from major laboratories. "If you want to build a 30 petaflop supercomputer, how many X80 graphics cards will you need?" Chen Xing asked again.
“200,000 as a base.”
Huang Renxun responded.
He didn't know what Chen Xing's use of such high computing power was, but since he asked, he could only give a rough idea.
"Chief Lin, you heard me, 200,000 graphics cards, I need you to use the fastest speed to produce 200,000 NVIDIA X80 graphics cards."
"Understood."< br>
Lin Tian nodded in response.
Perhaps none of the bosses present could understand why Chen Xing spent a lot of money to pursue such high computing power when the computing power of the Pangu supercomputer was already more than sufficient.
However.
Only Chen Xing knows.
In the era of intelligence, computing power is king.
Nowadays, homes and assistants have gradually become intelligent. When the first generation of Jiuzhou AI comes out, the demand for computing power will increase several times or even ten times.
In addition to the surge in demand for computing power, there is also a demand for intelligence.
Since ternary chips are still under development, training Ai requires more computing power.
This is like a child with insufficient IQ. The only way to get him to go to college is to use question-based tactics to practice with a large number of exercises so that he can master the problems.
To put it bluntly.
Quantitative changes cause qualitative changes!
"And..." Chen Xing spoke again. Just as he was about to let Lin Tian study the Nvidia X80 graphics card carefully, the phone in his pocket made a beep sound, which was a new message on WeChat.
He did not rush to check, but looked at Huang Renxun and Lin Tiandao: "About the production of NVIDIA X80 graphics cards and the construction of the Nuwa supercomputer, you can discuss it more."
"Okay."
"Okay."
Lin Tian and Huang Renxun looked at each other and nodded in response.
Nvidia’s current customer is Longxing Group, a large computing powerhouse. What other Internet CEOs think is that since Chen Xing wants to build big computing power, they will stop doing it and will pay for it when the time comes. That's it.
"And all the bosses." Chen Xing looked at Li Yanhong, Zhou Hongwei and others, and continued: "Since we are allies now, I will tell you what I have to say. I hope that Jiuzhou Ai can train at least 15 people before the Spring Festival. The cognitive level of an ordinary human being at the age of 15 is the bottom line and the red line.”
The cognitive level of an ordinary human being at the age of 15 is below the average level.
At this time, most of the teenagers have not yet formed their own way of thinking and cognitive abilities, and they need to be crushed and instilled by teachers.
The age of 20, 30 and 40 are all watershed. Every ten years, with the improvement of experience and experience, people will become smarter.
Why is old treacherous and cunning old, instead of "young treacherous and cunning"?
It is said that the older a person is, the more experience he has, the more scheming he will be.
"15 years old..."
Jack Ma thought for a while and responded: "No problem, the cognitive ability of a 15-year-old should be achieved before the Spring Festival."
"Let's speed up the progress."
"Yes, speed up the progress."
Other bosses echoed.
The cognitive ability of a 15-year-old is actually very vague. Even if you only have the cognitive ability of a 13- or 14-year-old, who can tell the difference?
This is also Chen Xing's deliberate attempt to let things go. He doesn't want to push so hard. After all, Jiuzhou Intelligent Ai has only been established for half a year.
Huang Renxun has been sharpening his sword for ten years. In half a year, they want AI to have the cognitive level of a thirty-year-old human?
That’s basically impossible!
Unless...
The ternary chip comes out successfully.
After instructing the bosses, Chen Xing also took out his mobile phone to check the messages.
Next second.
His pupils shrank slightly.
[Li Ge - WuXi Group]: "The brain-computer interface only owes Dongfeng."
A brief WeChat message made his brain work rapidly. The brain-computer interface has been a project that he has been planning for a year.
What is the use of brain-computer interface?
How broad are the prospects?
Let’s put it this way, it can be implemented in everything from military industry to entertainment.
Let’s talk about the military industry first. Once the brain-computer interface is connected, the drone does not need a remote control, but is directly controlled by the human brain.
The threat level of drones controlled remotely by the human brain will skyrocket.
Furthermore, in the medical field, the control of nanorobots, or the implantation of equipment in the body, can be completely controlled by the human brain, achieving micron-level precision.
There are also diseases, such as neurological paralysis, blindness, epilepsy, and ALS, which can be cured with it.
The most important thing is that it can realize the interaction between reality and virtuality.
What's the meaning?
Very simple, virtual reality!
The holographic game in online novels will no longer be science fiction, and the brain-computer interface can also be implanted with the functions of mobile phones and computers, getting rid of the burden of foreign objects.
Because it was widely used, Chen Xing spared no effort to build it, and even went to Xicheng several times to inquire about the progress.
"What happened?"
Jack Ma observed carefully. He could clearly see Chen Xing's pupils shrinking, as if he had seen some important news.
“Nothing.”
Chen Xing smiled lightly.
He knew very well that he had lost control of his expression management just now, but he couldn't be blamed for this. The brain-computer interface was really important.
Its advent will likely set off a new economic revolution.
(I want to climb up step by step)
(Waiting for the sun to look at its face quietly)
(Small days have big dreams)
Dr. Jay The song "Snail" sounded, and the screen of Chen Xing's mobile phone that had just been turned off also lit up. The caller ID showed ByteDance Zhang Ming.
"Zhang Ming..."
Chen Xing muttered to himself.
After thinking briefly, he looked at Huang Renxun, Jack Ma and others and said: "I'll go out and take a call, you guys chat first."
"Okay."
" Okay.”
The bosses all agreed.
Chen Xing quickly walked out of the monitoring production room and came to the office on the side. After closing the door, he clicked to answer: "Hello?"
"Mr. Chen, you have to do something for me. I'm serious. There's nothing we can do." Zhang Ming begged, with a tired voice.
Faced with the demonstrations and boycotts in the West, he has asked people to issue two apology announcements in a row, but still no one bought it. They thought that the upper beam of ByteDance was crooked, which caused the lower beam to be incorrect.
“What’s the trick?”
Chen Xing frowned secretly.
Although he has known Zhang Ming for a short time, this guy can listen to his own strategic layout. In addition, Longxing Group is the major shareholder of ByteDance, so he certainly cannot sit idly by when something happens.
"That's it..."
Zhang Ming told the complete story of the racial discrimination caused by "Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse".
The more Chen Xing listened, the more something was wrong, and he asked: "Where is your review team?"
Although the "Nei Nei Nei Nei" in "Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse" does not refer to niggas, But when the pronunciation is so similar, this kind of BGM should be strictly reviewed in Europe and the United States. It is ByteDance's own fault.
"This..."
Zhang Ming was a little embarrassed and said coquettishly: "No...no money. The financing money hasn't arrived yet. Maybe the review...the review department is too tired and didn't turn around immediately. Bend.”
“I understand.”
Chen Xing did not blame Zhang Ming. ByteDance’s front line was indeed too long.
If it develops normally, Douyin will have to establish a foothold in the country and then invest in the international version. Now it is a two-front battle, and it is normal that the funds cannot keep up.
And this is definitely not a question of funds, but someone deliberately causing trouble.
The reason is very simple. The moment the "Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse" thundered, various racially charged videos appeared and received a lot of attention, indicating that the other party had quietly ambushed it for several days, or even several moon.
Regardless of whether the funds can keep up or not, the review of videos with low popularity is not serious.
There is a saying that the fewer fans, the better the quality.
Why is the quality good?
Just brush it off!
Because there is a high probability of machine review.
But if you are a big blogger, after every video is posted, it will definitely be reviewed by real people, and they will be watched very closely.
The reason is also very simple. Big bloggers are very large. If they post something unhealthy, the spread will not be 100,000 people, but may be millions or tens of millions!
Little blogger, loose.
Big blogger, strict.
This is the review logic of short videos.
"What should we do now?"
Zhang Ming asked again. He really had no idea, so he wanted to consult Chen Xing to see if there was any way.
“Now that the deal is done, there is only one way to go until it is dark...”
Before Chen Xing finished speaking, Zhang Ming lost his composure and said with a trembling voice: "You, you won't let me really engage in racial discrimination, will you? Something will happen, Mr. Chen!"
"What are you thinking about?"
Chen Xing spoke with a speechless tone and said: "In this situation, no matter how you clarify it, the label of racial discrimination has been bound to TikTok, and spreading rumors is just a mouthful. , do you know the logic of breaking a rumor?"
"The only way now is to learn the slogan of Colt revolver, a weapon of equality, a guarantee of freedom."
" What do you mean..." Zhang Ming's eyes lit up, and his mind turned around in an instant. Before he could continue to speak, Chen Xing warned: "As you thought, the top priority now is to collect evidence of the information cocoon room, and then Strengthen your own label."
"I understand!" Zhang Ming looked excited and continued: "Then I will go and do it now, Mr. Chen, I will treat you to dinner later." >
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
Chen Xing smiled lightly.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ming took a selfie of his head secretly and said: "Why am I so stupid? I actually followed the other person's rhythm. It must be Chen Xing. His brain is not so good."
Chen Xing on the other side put his phone back into his pocket and murmured to himself: "The group of people behind the scenes finally jumped over the wall."
Want to ban TikTok?
Closing Longxing Group’s publicity channels?
It’s not that easy!
(End of this chapter)