Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 1086 National Supercomputer Western Computing Center

"Yes, that's right, it's 'Tao'!" Jiang Chen said with a smile.

After everyone discussed for a while, Elder Zhu asked Jiang Chen, "Xiao Jiang, is there any deep meaning behind this name?"

Seeing Mr. Zhu's question, everyone looked at Jiang Chen.Jiang Chen smiled at everyone and said, "Dao, this word is very representative in our culture. From a certain point of view, this word represents our traditional culture. And our computer is It is independently developed by us, so we should choose a name with our national customs, so I thought of the word 'Tao'. I think this name should be more representative of the characteristics of our entire country and nation in the world. Of course Yes, we are a non-governmental company, and there must be a certain difference from the official, so I abandoned some modern representative vocabulary in our country and chose our traditional cultural vocabulary."

Seeing everyone nodding, Jiang Chen continued, "Tao, this word has many meanings. It is a term used by our traditional culture to understand nature for ourselves. It means the orbit or trajectory of everything, and it can also be said to be the movement of things. Tao can be interpreted as the road, the way to the truth, or the solution to the affairs. It can also be compared to the truth, the truth, the answer, and the truth and the answer are obtained through the road. And this supercomputer is for We seek some of the answers we want to know, and it is also a set of paths, or means, for us to seek those answers."

"Wonderful, Dao is both the way and the answer, the solution and the final answer. This name is well chosen." Mr. Zhu suddenly realized and praised with a smile.

"Well, after Xiao Jiang's explanation, I also like this name. It is simple, rich in profound philosophy, and represents our traditional culture. I think it is good, what do you think?" Ma Lao looked at everyone and asked .

"Okay, not bad,,," everyone praised.

Jiang Chen looked at everyone's admiring smiles and continued: "And it is said in the "Tao Te Ching" that Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. Tao is the beginning, and it is also the initial stage of the development of all things. The source of the mother is the mother. So I took the word 'Tao', hoping that this is the source of our company's technology, so that more advanced technologies can be bred. This is a metaphor and an expectation."

"Okay! Clap, clap,,," everyone applauded.

Mr. Zhu shouted happily at the big guy: "Okay, the supercomputer we developed is called 'Tao', as Xiao Jiang said, we must continue to work hard to develop Dao [-], Dao [-], Dao [-], ,, contribute to our country's large-scale supercomputer technology and make continuous progress."

"Papa, papa,,," there was another burst of applause.This round of applause also indicates that this supercomputer finally has its own name 'Tao'.And this supercomputer "Tao" has attracted many attentions and controversies once it came out.The first thing to pay attention to is our country's great progress in supercomputer technology. This is a major achievement we have made in technology and represents the highest level of our domestic computer technology.And this computer has also brought a huge impact internationally, and it also represents a sample and determination that our domestic computer technology is rapidly catching up with the international advanced level.Secondly, this computer was independently developed by a private company, which has brought great influence and controversy not only domestically but also internationally.First of all, it is whether it is worthwhile for private companies to spend such a high price to develop such a supercomputer, and whether it is necessary, and the other is whether to allow private companies to master the supercomputer technology.And with this supercomputer, people in many countries also got to know Western Industries, Pioneer series of cars, motorcycles and other products.This is equivalent to a huge free advertisement for Jiang Chen and the others, which greatly increased the sales of their related products.

In China, the debate over this supercomputer is also very intense.One of the more heatedly debated topics is whether this supercomputer should be nationalized.Can an enterprise or a private enterprise own such a supercomputer?Those who support nationalization believe that things that affect national security and bring important benefits to the country should be owned by the country.On the one hand, this supercomputer can be used to strengthen the construction of various aspects of the country, and on the other hand, it can also prevent private enterprises from using this supercomputer to commit crimes, or affect national and social security.Those who opposed it believed that since this computer was developed by others and did not cost the country a penny, it should be owned by other companies.The higher authorities cannot encroach on other people's legitimate things. This is not only unreasonable from a legal point of view, but also has a serious impact on the reputation of the upper authorities.It will bring adverse reactions internationally and affect our entire strategic plan for opening up and attracting investment.And since other companies build this kind of supercomputer, it means that other companies need it.If it is forcibly confiscated, it will not only affect the normal development of other companies, bring losses to other companies, but also frustrate their enthusiasm for research and development of new technologies.It will even affect the development of high-tech research and development in the country as a whole, and bring adverse effects on the entire national economy and social development.

Of course, Jiang Chen and the others are also in contact with relevant parties during the endless debates in the outside world.Judging from the information obtained from relevant parties, the higher-ups tended to support Jiang Chen and the others in developing and using this supercomputer, which also made Jiang Chen deeply impressed by the mind and vision of the head of the higher-ups.Relevant parties first tested Jiang Chen and the others to see if they could transfer this supercomputer to them.For this kind of high-performance supercomputer, all aspects of the country, especially important research aspects are in great need.So no matter how difficult it is, these departments are actively negotiating with Jiang Chen and the others, hoping to reach a relevant cooperation agreement.

In this regard, Jiang Chen and the others did not reject it outright, but listed several conditions.For example, transfer is possible, but the related research and development expenses must be compensated to them.Or use the current R&D team to re-develop and manufacture such a supercomputer for related parties.Regarding the conditions proposed by Jiang Chen and the others, the relevant parties were also very helpless.No matter how you look at it, the conditions proposed by Jiang Chen and the others are not too much, not only not too much, but also very sincere.However, at present, the funds in all aspects are relatively tight, and it is really difficult to pay such a large part of the expenses.In particular, some electronic components in these computers cannot be produced domestically and need to be imported from abroad, which requires a large amount of foreign exchange.And this huge cost, the parties concerned can only shake their heads.

After the contact in this area was blocked, the parties concerned and Jiang Chen and the others sought ways of cooperation in other areas. , After repeated discussions, and finally after discussions between the two parties, the two parties finally reached a relevant agreement.Jiang Chen and the others were also moved by the sincerity of the relevant parties, so they finally agreed to the relevant parties and relevant research departments to use the supercomputer 'Tao' to carry out relevant scientific research and other data calculation work.

In the relevant agreements reached, not only did it stipulate that the relevant parties must abide by the relevant regulations of the computer center, but they also had to go to relevant units to make an appointment in advance, and declare the relevant calculation plan, and the computer center will make the overall arrangement.And all related computing applications are paid, and the related fees charged are mainly used for the maintenance of related equipment, as well as energy consumption costs, such as electricity, water, personnel management fees, and so on.Of course, these fees are real prices, and Jiang Chen and the others really only charge a certain amount of related operating fees.

Regarding these aspects, Qian Jiangchen will not make money, mainly because the funds of these related scientific research institutes and related units are too tight. To be honest, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is pitiful.Mr. Jiang naturally didn't want to make things worse in this regard, so he gave a cost price.Of course, Jiang Chen didn't care about the money, he mainly wanted to standardize the rules and reduce unnecessary waste of computing resources through fees.For example, if it is free, many institutes will endlessly occupy such resources.Even taking some of the calculations within their capabilities to be calculated by the computer, this not only takes up and wastes a lot of resources, but also increases the operating cost of the computer center, and affects Jiang Chen's own use plan.The relevant parties also knew and understood why Jiang Chen and the others did this, so they didn't object.

Of course, in the process of cooperating with relevant parties, Jiang Chen and the others were not without gains.On the one hand, it has obtained relevant calculation orders for the computer center, which can obtain a part of maintenance funds and reduce the pressure on the operation of the computer center.On the other hand, this also added a rather bluffing sign to the computer center, which said * National Supercomputer Western Computing Center.

(End of this chapter)