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Chapter 1346 Global Technology Acceleration (rd update, please subscribe)
Not every country is Nanyang!

After 1963, both foreigners and Nanyang people had a very deep understanding of the meaning of this sentence.

What do people understand?

“Not every country can treat its citizens as its own.”

In the restaurant, Zou Huazhang looked at Qiu Tiebao in front of him and said.

“Perhaps some people could say that Nanyang is the last imperialist bastion in the world, and that it is extremely barbaric towards other countries, but one thing we must see is that all citizens are well taken care of here…”

As an economist, Zou Huazhang seldom talks about social issues. The reason why he talked about this issue is that what happened in Congo caused Nanyang to suffer too much criticism, which of course also caused some disturbances in Nanyang, especially among young people.

"I have never known what greatness is, but in my opinion, the real greatness is to take good care of our own people. As for foreigners...what does it have to do with us?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Tiebao laughed and said:
"Your view will certainly be accused of being...socialist."

Shrugging his shoulders, Zou Huazhang shook his head and said:

"From an economic point of view, when a country focuses on the well-being of foreigners, it will inevitably sacrifice the well-being of its own people. This is inevitable. After all, every penny has its source and use. As Nanyang people, why should we worry about foreigners?"

After saying this, he looked around and said with emotion:

"After all, if every country takes good care of its citizens like Nanyang does, then I think there will be no war in this world."

"really."

Nodding slightly, Qiu Tiebao expressed his agreement and said:

"But this time in Congo..."

"What does it have to do with us? Don't believe everything you hear."

Zou Huazhang smiled, took a sip of tofu brain, and said:
"Besides, accidental injuries are inevitable in war. Maybe this also means the end. For the locals, it is actually a good thing."

Then, Zou Huazhang changed the subject and said:

"By the way, Tiebao, how is your research going?"

"The progress is pretty good. There is still some data that needs to be calculated. Using an ordinary computer is too slow. I plan to use Deep Blue to calculate it. The application has been submitted. If nothing goes wrong, it should be approved soon."

The "Deep Blue" that Qi Tiebao mentioned is "Deep Blue 2000", the world's first supercomputer. This supercomputer, produced and designed by an international electronics company, shocked the world when it was launched last year - it was the world's first supercomputer with a computing speed of 1 million times per second.

Its outstanding performance shocked the world and also inspired the academic community in Southeast Asia. After all, its computing speed is faster and can solve many scientific computing problems.

"There will definitely be no accidents."

Zou Huazhang said:
"Half of Nanyang's land is located in an earthquake zone, so it is very focused on earthquake resistance research. Both the national economy and national defense construction have raised the issue of analyzing earthquake-resistant and nuclear explosion-resistant structures. The analysis and research of earthquake-resistant structures is a rigid demand and will definitely be approved."

Unlike other regions, earthquake research is very important in Nanyang. After all, it is related to the safety of many people. Therefore, here, Qi Tiebao is also a professional counterpart.

"really."

Nodding, Qi Tiebao continued:
"However, the school's physics department and Chu Ze's company are developing their own supercomputers. They were stimulated by International Electronics this time. After the public demonstration of "Deep Blue", Chu Ze wrote to the company's executives and said: "I learned that there are only 34 people in the laboratory developing this system, including the cleaner. Among them, there are 14 engineers and 4 programmers. Only one person has a doctorate degree and he is a programmer with little experience. He also asked a soul-searching question: I don't understand, I don't understand how we lost to International Electronics in building the most powerful computer? We will discuss this matter next week!"

When mentioning this matter, Qi Tiebao had a smile on his face, and then he emphasized:

"If the school has its own supercomputer, there won't be any more accidents on my side. There are many industries that need to use Deep Blue for calculations. Yi Jiaxun's fluid experiment also needs it. There are also Lin Hongsun and Cheng Shigu. They are all queuing up there..."

Speaking of these friends queuing, Qi Tiebao shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said:
“I really don’t know when it will be my turn.”

"Well, there are too many people and too little porridge. By the way, didn't Yongjin University plan to buy Deep Blue? You can contact them and see. I didn't expect that Yongjin University would spend nearly 3000 million to buy Deep Blue."

The price of a Deep Blue supercomputer is 2992 million South African dollars!
It may seem expensive, but even so, it is still a very cost-effective supercomputer. IBM's 7030 computer has much lower performance than Deep Blue, but its price is still as high as 1370 million US dollars. For this reason, the Deep Blue 2000 of International Electronics Company caused a sensation around the world as soon as it was launched, and it is naturally sought after by the market!

Regarding his friend's suggestion, Qi Tiebao shook his head and said:
"Yongjin University also has to wait in line. Now the whole world is waiting for Deep Blue. The newspaper said that NASA in the United States bought four at a time to support the Apollo Project. France and the United Kingdom also bought it... In short, the whole world is buying it."

Mainframe computers are extremely powerful and reliable computers that were created to meet specialized needs. They have been used in the development of nuclear bombs, meteorology, national security, and space missions.

It is for this reason that the Deep Blue 2000, which was called a "miracle", was immediately sought after by official agencies of various countries after its release. After all, before that, even the most advanced electronic computers were only worth tens of millions.

Like the IBM 7030, it was capable of performing over 1300 million floating-point additions and over 700 million multiplications in one second, but this was already the most advanced electronic computer in the United States.

As the world's first billion-times supercomputer, it is easy to imagine the sensation it caused around the world after its launch at the end of last year.

Faced with such a supercomputer, scientists from various countries wrote reports requesting that their countries purchase it.

The United States was the biggest spender. It was a testament to the wealth of the country. In addition to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation buying four units to support the Apollo program, the U.S. Department of Defense also bought two units, and the National Weather Service also bought one. Even Wall Street bought one unit.

It can be said that when this year arrived, "Deep Blue 2000" - the supercomputer known as the 20th century, was the most dazzling star.

Scientists around the world almost realize that this supercomputer made in Nanyang will bring tremendous changes to the development of science and technology!
That is why they have recommended that governments around the world buy it. Of course, at the same time, they have also recommended that their own countries develop similar supercomputers.

To a large extent, Nanyang has always been the leader of the world's electronics industry, and the computer is just a microcosm of the electronics industry. In fact, in the past decade or so, starting with the invention of transistors and integrated circuits, the rapid development of Nanyang's electronics industry has changed the whole world.

From the manufacture of the first transistor to the design of the world's first transistor electronic computer, and then to the use of integrated circuits, these technologies are difficult to keep secret. In the following years, transistor and integrated circuit technology attracted the attention of the United States, Britain, France and other countries.

Their transistors and integrated circuits were also soon born. Of course, there was still a certain gap between them and similar products from Nanyang, especially the production and design of integrated circuits, which could even be said to be worlds apart.

The key lies in the fact that Li Yian's emphasis on transistors and integrated circuits directly determined Nanyang's investment in this field. With the application of transistors in electronic products such as televisions and radios, they have been rapidly popularized. Just when European and American counterparts were catching up, Nanyang switched to a new track - integrated circuits.

Transistors were just the beginning of everything, and integrated circuits were an invention of the future, although the performance of early integrated circuits was far inferior to that of later generations, and they were costly and expensive.

However, through years of hard work, driven by high profits, the development of integrated circuits has been driven. Along with breakthroughs in related technical fields, the integration level of integrated circuits has continued to make breakthroughs, from the initial integration of a few transistors to dozens, hundreds, and even to the current astonishing thousands.

It is precisely because of this series of breakthroughs that the world's first personal computer came into being last year. It is also thanks to the combination of a large number of integrated circuits that the world's first billion-times computer came into being.

While Nanyang continued to make technological breakthroughs, the American electronic computer industry was also advancing by leaps and bounds. For example, IBM's 7030 could perform tens of millions of calculations per second, which was almost ten times faster than the other world.

But even so, they are still far behind Nanyang. At least to a certain extent, Nanyang is now leading the development of the world's electronic computer industry.

But at least compared to history, there has been great progress.

This is why Nanyang’s use of advanced technology will inevitably lead to the acceleration of global technological iteration, which is the so-called "border effect."

And this acceleration of global technological iteration will definitely change the whole world.

Qi Tiebao said helplessly:

"That is to say, the whole world is now queuing up, waiting for shipments from international electronics companies..."

"Haha, now that you mention it, it reminds me of the long queues in front of the International Electronics Company back then - they were all people waiting in line for shipment. At that time, the factory price of a transistor could double, and the people in line were all holding cash to pay a higher price to buy transistors..."

Zou Huazhang said with emotion:

“Even until now, this phenomenon is mentioned in textbooks – the ‘commodity premium effect brought about by technology’.”

After expressing his feelings, he said:
"Just like the whole world is waiting for the Deep Blue of International Electronics Company, they can raise the price anytime they want and there will be many people rushing to buy it."

After a slight pause, he sighed.

“Technology is money, and this is the best example.”

(End of this chapter)