Great fusion of heaven and earth

Chapter 260 The Trinary Controversy
"Everyone, I didn't invite you here to discuss the study of the mind. Although in our world, both Wang Yangming's study of the mind and the Taizhou School of Li Zhi's study of the mind were wiped out by the Ming Dynasty itself, none of these That's not why I came here for you."

Zhuo Qun's face turned dark.

He knew that as soon as Wang Yangming and Xinxue appeared, everyone would have some problems, but these were not what he wanted to discuss today.

"Do you know the ternary computer?"

Zhuo Qun looked at the people in the conference room and asked.

"Trinary computer, why are you asking this?"

Qian Zhizi looked at Zhuo Qun and asked, he hadn't heard this word for many years.

"You know?"

Zhuo Qun looked at Qian Zhizi and asked.

"It was an early computer built in wood by Thomas Fowler in 1840 with a balanced ternary design."

Qian Zhizi looked at Zhuo Qun and raised his eyebrows and said.

"Old Qian, stop joking, you know what I mean."

Zhuo Qun said with a smile.

These bigwigs really jumped out one by one when they got younger.

"Okay, stop playing."

Qian Zhizi said seriously: "The ternary computer is a computer developed on the basis of the ternary number system.

Ternary logic is closer to the way the human brain thinks than the binary number system used by today's computers: binary calculation rules are very simple but cannot fully express human thinking.

In ternary logic, the symbol 1 represents true; the symbol -1 represents false; and the symbol 0 represents unknown.This logical expression is more in line with the development trend of computers in artificial intelligence.

It provides the possibility for the fuzzy operation and autonomous learning of the computer.

One of the characteristics of ternary code is symmetry, that is, the consistency of opposite numbers, so it is different from binary code, and there is no concept of unsigned number.In this way, the architecture of the ternary computer is much simpler, more stable and more economical.Its command set is also easier to read and very efficient. "

Qian Zhizi introduced.

"Yes, I remember that it was in 19, 1956, yes, in 1956, Mao Xiong's Academy of Sciences С·Л·Соболев proposed a plan to design a ternary computer Сетунь."

Qian Ying took out her notebook and began to look through it.

"The prototype of Сетунь was ready in December 1958. During the first two years of testing, Сетунь ran very smoothly with almost no adjustments, and it was even able to execute some existing programs. In 12, Сетунь began public testing.

In April 1960, Сетунь successfully passed the public beta.It shows amazing reliability and stability at different room temperature.It is also much easier to produce and maintain than other computers of the same period, and has a wide range of applications, so Сетунь was proposed for mass production.

From Kaliningrad to Yakutsk, from Ashgabat to Novosibirsk, all hairy bears can be seen Сетунь.The response to Сетунь from all over the world is good, and they think it is easy to program (no need to use assembly language), and it is suitable for various fields such as engineering calculation, industrial control, and computer teaching.

However, this plan was rejected by Mao Xiong himself. Сетунь stopped production after producing 150 prototypes, and replaced it with a binary computer, but the price was 2.5 times more expensive. "

Qian Ying looked at the notebook and said.

"We also wanted Сетунь to conduct research, but at the time when we had a bad relationship with Mao Xiong, even if Mao Xiong stopped making it himself, he would not give it to us, and it was an unplanned product."

Qian Ying shook her head with a sigh. At that time, they really wanted to get one to play with, to see how it was different from Zhu Xia's transistor computer, but they didn't get it. Later, those ternary computers didn't know where to go. up.

This is a console that a young man walked on, projected a piece of paper with a projector, and drew a set of circuit diagrams of ternary logic gates on the paper, the ternary cmos AND gate and NAND gate, compared with the binary NOT Gates and NAND gates, but with two more resistors.

"This is the ternary logic gate circuit diagram, which is actually no different from the binary logic circuit diagram."

"Moreover, Сетунь's so-called voltage itself can easily achieve three states: positive voltage, zero voltage, and negative voltage. There is no such three-state element in reality. These three voltages are a false proposition. They should be three voltages of high, medium and low. .”

The young man left the console after drawing the picture and speaking.

"The reason Mao Xiong gave up on him was because Сетунь was an outdated computer using magnetic cores and diodes. You must know that in 1954, transistor computers were created in the West. In 1964, IBM launched the famous S360, which is an integrated computer. In the same year as the circuit computer, our country produced a transistor computer, and then in 1970, the Americans produced the CDC STAR-100, which performed [-] million times. No matter how good the ternary computer is, it is still a product behind the times.”

A member of the scientific research team said with his legs up and his feet up.

"One of these two is a big guy in electricity, and the other is one of our first big guys who made computers."

Feng Chunguo whispered in Zhuo Qun's ear.

"Ternary is not uncommon. In the early days of computer development, everyone has played with all the gadgets. You must know that the first computer, ENIAC, is decimal. ENIAC has 20 accumulators, and each accumulator can store and Computing 10 decimal digits, well, it's true decimal. But ENIAC is out, and it's not for nothing that computers end up using binary."

The person went on to say "Trinary is something that's being eliminated, there's no need to discuss that."

"No, the simple design and high efficiency of ternary logic, a feasible solution is to combine an optical computer with a ternary logic system. A ternary computer using optical fibers can use the orthogonally polarized light of 0 and 2 as 1 and -1. Since the three Meta-operation, the advantages of the proposed memory circuit are high-speed computing capability, low power consumption and very simple construction with fewer components. In the future, an optical quantum computer may be a ternary computer."

A female boss looked at the man and said.

"Cao Pingying, you have to know that we still haven't developed an optical quantum computer, so what you said is only a possibility, and when it comes to optical quantum computers, it doesn't matter whether it is a ternary system or not. It is the ultimate computing ability endowed by nature to human beings. The number of bases is not important anymore, once it is researched, it will be a technology that will change the world pattern."

The boss with crossed legs put down his legs, sat up straight and shouted at the female boss Cao Pingying.

"Dong Jingchuan, you must know that the future is the era of artificial intelligence. The ternary algorithm is considered to be the algorithm that can produce artificial intelligence. We must conduct research, and the optical quantum computer is a ternary algorithm that can be fully supported."

Cao Pingying patted the table in front of her and said.

"What's the matter with these two?"

Zhuo Qun looked at the two quarreling and asked Feng Chunguo.

"They are both engaged in computers, academic rivals, they will quarrel when they meet, and as long as they quarrel, they will stand on the opposite side of the other party, regardless of whether they stand on the angle that the other party supported before, they will quarrel, and how many times they quarrel. Ten years."

Feng Chunguo pressed against Zhuo Qun's ear and whispered.

　This thing really exists, and the Soviet Union made it, using the most elementary materials to meet the standards of the American integrated circuit computer, but it is a product outside the planned economy, and it was abandoned. If it can be played, it should be very funny

　　
　
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