California, United States, Intel Integrated Electronics Headquarters. The news from the New Orleans Convention Center was sent back to the headquarters.
"I can't believe such technology has appeared!" The senior executives of Intel were shocked beyond words after they repeatedly confirmed the authenticity of the news.
For the past 50 years, Intel had been the leading technology in the computing industry. They had sold their microprocessors all over the world and stood at the top of the industry!
However, today, the Red Letter Group had actually overtaken them, and it was such a huge gap. How could they not feel surprised and scared?
"There is news that the IEEE Association and the World's Top 500 organizations are going to rank Hongxin Group's quantum computer as the best in the world!"
In Intel's remote network conference room, a few important figures were discussing this matter through a secret network meeting.
"That ranking is not very useful. It doesn't matter." A voice said.
"But we must not give up the commercial quantum computer standards to them!"
"Yes!" Everyone expressed their agreement.
The US computing industry had been setting the world's quantum computer standards. This is an important way for them to make money from the global market. It is also the cornerstone of their monopoly in the industry. Of course, they will not give it up to Hongxin Group!
"I'm afraid this is a little tricky. Now that they have demonstrated their quantum computer, I'm worried that many companies and institutions will vote for the Red Letter Group during the voting!" An old man expressed his concern. He was one of the shareholders of Intel.
"We will not allow this to happen!" Intel's current CEO said firmly.
If this is a normal voting, Intel, IBM, and Google will be competing against each other. All of them are US companies and are not weak. The voting results will be fair.
But if the winner is Hong Xin Group, then the voting results will have to be manipulated again!
"Contact the Computing Association, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Information Security. They will not sit still."
Similar situations are happening at IBM, Google, and other companies. They had a tacit agreement to not let Hongxin Group become the world's new superconducting quantum computer standard. If not, these companies will fall from their pedestals and face Hongxin's domination!
Two days had passed since Hongxin demonstrated its superconducting quantum computer.
In these two days, media all over the world reported this news.
Especially in Huaxia, the news on the front page was: "Hongxin Group Develops the World's First Quantum Supercomputer, the Fastest Computing Speed in the World!"
Netizens praised it one after another. The government even immediately held a related meeting, indicating that they would vigorously promote the development of China's high-tech industries and so on.
Of course, there were also many netizens who had no idea what a quantum computer was.
In the New Orleans Convention Center, the Global Supercomputing Conference had been going on for four days, and the voting on the quantum computer standard was about to begin.
"Every company and institution only has one vote," Su Zhirong reported to Lu Zixin with the news she had just received.
"A total of 80 companies, universities, and organizations have voting rights. More than 40% of them are from the US. In China, only seven organizations, including Hongxin Group, Lenovo Group, and China Computer Research Institute, have voting rights. The rest are from all over the world."
"Well, then we should have at least seven votes," Lu Zixin analyzed. "The rest will depend on other companies and organizations."
"If there are no accidents, our standard should be successful," Su Zhirong smiled and said, "More than half of the organizations have contacted us in the past few days!"
"I'm afraid there will be accidents. This is the US," Lu Zixin whispered as he brushed her hair.
"Accidents? Are they playing dirty? "Su Zhirong frowned slightly." This is a world-class academic conference! "
"I don't know. Let's wait for the results. Anyway, no matter what the results are, our technology and product have already been produced. It doesn't matter if they recognize it or not. "Lu Zixin was not very worried.
The core purpose of Hongxin Group participating in the Global Supercomputing Conference was to show their technology to their peers all over the world. Now that the core purpose had been achieved, it was basically a success.
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On the fifth day of the conference, the voting officially began.
In the venue, representatives from 80 companies, institutions, and universities had already taken their seats. The IEEE Association and the American Computer Association were jointly responsible for this voting.
The president of the IEEE Association, Lancelot, and the president of the American Computer Association, Walter, each gave a short speech.
The vice president of the IEEE Association, Toran Bell, said, "Before the voting, we will once again introduce the quantum computer standards from seven research institutions around the world for everyone's reference."
"First, we will introduce IBM International Business Machines Company …"
"Finally, we will introduce the quantum computer standards set by Hongxin Group. The superconducting quantum computer demonstrated by Hongxin Group is indeed very fast. If it can be used on a commercial quantum computer, I think it will be a blessing for the entire industry."
Toran Bell's seemingly complimentary sentence reminded some of the members in the room. Yes, the topic of this voting was commercial quantum computers. IBM and Intel had demonstrated commercial quantum computers that were in the preliminary stage. Hongxin Group's quantum computer was still unknown in terms of commercial potential.
Then, the voting began. Each representative could only choose one company's standard.
For the sake of fairness, each representative's vote was displayed on the public screen for everyone to see. At the beginning, Lu Zixin did not hesitate to choose his company.
Like him, several organizations from Huaxia also voted for the Red Letter Group, and they got seven votes.
Lu Zixin looked at the screen. Other than Hongxin Group, Intel, IBM, and Google also got seven to eight votes.
The rest of the companies did not get any votes. Everyone knew the final result would be decided between these few companies' standards.
One minute later, the votes changed again.
Hongxin Group got 18 votes, Intel 17, IBM 17, and Google 12. There are still 16 representatives waiting.
Everyone was silent. The votes in their hands might decide the future of an industry!
Lu Zixin looked at them and saw that most of them were fair-skinned. The rest of them were representatives from scientific research institutions in the United States and Europe.
Three representatives voted at the same time. Intel had two votes, and Hongxin Group had one vote.
Hongxin Group's representative smiled at Lu Zixin politely, and Lu Zixin returned a friendly smile.
"There are still 13 representatives left. Please make your choice quickly." The president of the American Computer Association said. "Choose the best standard!"
Walter's gaze swept across the representatives, seeming to have a deep meaning.
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