As the end of April approached, two major events took place in the international science and technology community.
The first event was the US $20 billion financing of East Asia Communications for SubCom, which shocked the entire North America.
No one expected that this giant, which once occupied more than 40% of the submarine optical cable market, would end up like this.
What was even more unexpected was that the Federal Department of Commerce actually approved this financing plan, allowing a communications company with a China background to buy out this American communications company.
It was even a loan from the Bank of America.
According to the analysis of the Wall Street Journal, because of SubCom's poor financial performance and its repeated failures in the global submarine optical cable project, the key quantum repeater technology was nowhere in sight, there was no hope of defeating its competitors. In the end, the board of directors gave up on East Asia Communications' financing proposal.
Although this was indeed the official news, Chairman Carter also said in an interview that SubCom and East Asia Communications would be a better choice. Both parties could complement each other in the field of experience and technology. This was just a business decision, there was no need to make too many guesses.
However, there were still many people who saw a hint of abnormality in this financing proposal.
But in any case, this was the truth.
The Federal Department of Commerce did indeed approve this proposal.
The quantum submarine optical cable moved toward the Americas, and eight landing stations landed on the west coast of North America. Everything was happy …
As for the other big event, it was the Star Voyage One Quantum Supercomputing Center. After more than two months of construction, it was finally completed …
…
Port development zone.
Next to the spacious six-lane highway stood a tall building that was as steep as an obelisk.
A few days ago, it was a bare steel frame, but now, it was covered with rows of black glass panels. Looking from afar, it was hard to imagine that it was a supercomputing center. It looked more like a skyscraper or a monument.
Judging from the design, this supercomputing center was indeed a bit unique. Many people were puzzled as to why Star Sky Technology adopted this strange design.
However, this doubt didn't last long in the hearts of the locals. Soon, news came out that the design of this supercomputing center was personally approved by Academician Lu.
Hearing this news, everyone was relieved.
After all, Academician Lu's taste was obvious to all.
It was just like how geniuses always acted independently. It wasn't that they were weird, but they were still a little different from ordinary people.
To make the supercomputing center look like this …
It seemed like there was nothing to make a fuss about.
After Lu Zhou got off the car, Director Sun of the development zone management committee followed him closely. He didn't hide the eagerness in his tone as he said with a smile on his face.
"In the past two months, at least 200 companies have settled in our park. Originally, our Investment Promotion Bureau was still worried about how to complete this year's target. I didn't expect it to be completed at the beginning of the year. "
"It's all thanks to Academician Lu's support!"
Hearing the flattering tone, Lu Zhou's expression didn't change much, and he simply replied.
"Director Sun, you're exaggerating. I'm just a scholar. It's not about support."
Director Sun said, "Ai, you're too humble!"
Lu Zhou changed the topic.
"When will the ribbon cutting begin?"
Seeing how Lu Zhou didn't seem interested in his flattery, Director Sun quickly skipped the nonsense and went straight to the point.
"It's ready! We can start at any time — "
At this moment, there seemed to be a small commotion at the site of the completion ceremony not far away. A female reporter in casual clothes and a cameraman were arguing with the security guards who were maintaining order at the scene.
Wang Peng, who was standing behind Lu Zhou, looked at the building next to them and didn't do anything else.
Lu Zhou, on the other hand, looked over with interest.
"What's going on there?"
Wang Peng: "It looks like a reporter."
Lu Zhou had a look of realization on his face.
"Oh, a reporter."
Because they were on the way to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the group of people had to stop.
Director Sun looked at the security guard and frowned. He was about to lose his temper, but considering that they were in a public place, he restrained himself.
However, just as he was about to ask which company the reporter was from, the reporter's eyes suddenly lit up. She ignored Director Sun and rushed in front of Lu Zhou. She took out a microphone and spoke first.
"Hello Academician Lu, I'm a reporter from the South China Morning Post. Can I interview you?"
Lu Zhou looked at Director Sun strangely. He could guess from the expression on Director Sun's face that this was an emergency.
However, he didn't blame Director Sun. After all, no one could guarantee that everything that happened in the future would be planned. Even the ILHCRC collider couldn't, let alone humans.
Lu Zhou looked at the reporter and nodded.
"Of course, as long as it's a question I can answer."
"Thank you very much for accepting the interview!"
The reporter had a smile on her face. She handed the microphone to Lu Zhou.
"Prior to this, we learned from our investigation that Professor Arik of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said in an interview with the New York Times that before the bottleneck of quantum memory technology is solved, it is impossible to achieve quantum computing technology with more than 500 qubits by relying solely on the design of quantum logic circuit gates.
"Academician Lu, can Star Voyage One really achieve 524 qubits of computing power? Or could there be some other mysteries behind this? "
Before Lu Zhou could speak, Director Sun, who was standing next to him, began to panic.
What does this mean?
Is this questioning the ability of the Star Voyage One quantum supercomputing center?
All of the companies in the country that were planning to engage in intelligent manufacturing were inquiring about the policies of the pilot development zone. At least half of them were interested in the "Jinling Institute for Advanced Study" model, as well as the cloud computing services provided by the world's first quantum computer.
If this kind of report got out, wouldn't it be the same as the development zone colluding with Star Sky Technology to scam investors?
"Reporter, what do you mean by that?"
The expression on the reporter's face didn't change as he spoke with a smile.
"I just have a little question, I hope Director Sun can understand."
"It's fine, it's normal to have questions."
Lu Zhou signaled Director Sun to shut up. He nodded and turned his gaze to the obelisk-like building next to him.
"… It just so happens that we're about to have a trial run, I'll demonstrate it for you."
As soon as he heard this, the South Morning Post reporter's eyes suddenly lit up as if he had discovered some big news. He hurriedly asked.
He hurriedly asked, "What do you plan on demonstrating? Can you disclose it in advance? "
Lu Zhou: "It's not that I can't disclose it. If you pay attention to the academic community, you should know that we have already announced our experimental plan a week ago."
Reporter: "Sorry, can you be more specific?"
"It's a very simple but very representative mathematical problem." Lu Zhou paused for a second and said, "It's related to the number pi that we all know."
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