Although there is no sound through the thick glass, you can see how the quantum computer operates after being powered on.

In fact, even if you stand next to the quantum brain, you can hardly hear any sound.

There are special equipment inside the quantum brain to control pulses to achieve decoupling of qubits from the environment, and use decoherence-free subspace coding between qubits to completely overcome decoherence to protect quantum information from dissipating into

Go into the surrounding environment.

Therefore, the quantum brain is very quiet when running at high speed.

If the signal light that means the system starts to operate at high speed does not start flashing, it is even easy to ignore that it has started working.

At this time, on the output screen, countless numbers began to flash across the screen like crazy. It was quite similar to the screen used by hackers in the movie. Of course, it was different, because the numbers on the huge electronic screen flashed faster, almost becoming an afterimage.

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In fact, the entire calculation process does not require output, but the real quantum brain has not yet been built, and there is no more suitable output method, so such an external display device is still connected.

During the entire project, more than 20 people stopped what they were doing and looked at the running quantum brain from all angles.

Although this startup operation is expected to last for an hour, no one is in the mood to do anything else at this time.

Of course, this does not include Wang Yufei.

In fact, after inputting instructions to the quantum brain, he chatted with Lu Yuxin in the control room while paying attention to the internal operation of the quantum brain through the internal sensing system.

It can be concluded from various feedback data that the quantum brain is operating well so far.

If nothing else happens, maintaining high-speed computing for an hour is not a problem at all.

The question now is whether one hour is enough for this quantum brain to find and verify at least one Mersenne prime number.

If the verification process can be found and completed, in addition to proving the running speed of the quantum brain, it can also prove that there are no obvious bugs in the hardware and software he has designed so far.

Of course, the premise of everything is that one hour is really enough time for this unfinished quantum brain to find at least one Mersenne prime number.

You know, human civilization has only found 51 Mersenne primes so far. The last time a Mersenne prime was found was in December 2018. The 51st Mersenne prime is also the largest known prime number, with a total of 24,862,048 digits.

From the last discovery of Mersenne primes to now, all mankind has not been able to discover the 52nd Mersenne prime number.

It’s not that no one is looking for other prime numbers. In fact, the International Mersenne Prime Number Organization has a reward. The first person to find a 100 million Mersenne prime number will receive a reward of US$150,000.

And there are more than one organization offering rewards. If you add up the rewards, whoever can find the Mersenne prime number with 100 million digits can still earn between 200,000 and 300,000 US dollars.

Of course, when this number is reached, it is no longer possible to calculate it manually. Everyone uses computers to calculate it.

It’s just that in the past, everyone used the remaining time computing power of classical electronic computers to perform calculations through distributed technology, but today is the first time in human history that we have tried to use a quantum computer to simultaneously calculate and verify the Mersenne prime numbers.

The only pity is probably that it has not been made public.

"Ding".

Very suddenly, a crisp rising sound came from the operation.

This is a reminder that the quantum brain has found a Mersenne prime number. Next, according to the program preset by Wang Yufei, the quantum brain will allocate about one-third of its computing power to perform calculations, while the other computing power will continue to search for other Mersenne prime numbers.

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"Is this successful?" Lu Yuxin asked in surprise.

People who study mathematics are naturally more aware than ordinary people of the significance and difficulty of finding Mersenne prime numbers.

"There is still a verification process, but there is a high probability that it will be successful!" Wang Yufei said in a slightly excited tone.

Anyway, this is the first time in history, and there is indeed reason to be proud and excited.

…

United States, Silicon Valley, inside Tim Cook's villa.

Although Wang Yufei asked him to get up half an hour earlier than usual, Tim Cook really couldn't sleep at this moment.

Orders for solid-state high-energy batteries have already filled his mind.

There is no way, Apple's shortcomings are there, one is the signal, and the other is the battery.

Before the release of solid-state high-energy batteries, even though Apple was a little worse than its competitors, the gap was still within control. As long as you were not a heavy mobile phone user, you could basically last for a day without any problem.

It doesn’t matter if you really like playing with your phone too much, Apple has thoughtfully introduced a back-clip battery.

But now the situation is completely different.

Battery orders for Huawei and rice have been placed, and Samsung is said to be ahead of Apple.

Leaving aside rice, Huawei and Samsung are now one of Apple’s competitors in the global market.

Even Tim Cook has obtained the parameters of the new battery ordered for Huawei. It is one-third thinner than traditional batteries, so although it is solid inside, it is even lighter than traditional liquid lithium batteries.

This allows mobile phone designers to make mobile phones lighter, thinner and more fashionable.

Of course, the most important thing is that such a battery can theoretically allow a smartphone to last for more than three months. Even a heavy mobile phone user who spends 24 hours a day playing games except for sleeping can still play for five months.

Do not charge for up to six days.

It's time difference again.

If Apple launches similar mobile phones half a year later than Huawei and Samsung, God knows how many Apple fans will switch to Huawei and Samsung because of battery problems, especially in the near future, Apple may have lost the bonus of the IOS system.

After all, no matter where you are in the world, the most discussed and popular one is the Xin system...

After all, Apple's home market of Europe and the United States has already begun preparations for the launch of the Xin system. After Ge Lingyue discussed with a circle of companies and made concessions, especially since the Xin system was completely open source, there was no reason to organize the promotion of this system.

In the past, information security could still be an issue, but now that the system is open source, any company or individual can find faults through the source code, and it is almost impossible for developers to leave any backdoors to steal information.

All in all, Apple is having a hard time right now.

The challenge may not be as strong as Microsoft's. After all, even if Apple abandons IOS, it can still make money from hardware. At present, Apple's self-designed A12 bionic processor is still one of the most advanced mobile phone CPUs in the world.

As long as it has a good battery, Apple can still survive.

Although it is impossible to collect the 30% Apple tax, if it is done well, at least it will not almost completely lose profitability like Microsoft.

Therefore, it is crucial for Apple to get the battery as soon as possible at this time.

Don’t you just want a phone number?

At this time, even if Wang Yufei asks Tim Cook to kidnap John Martinez to China, the Apple CEO will probably have to consider who is better to take action at this time, even though it is only three o'clock in the morning in the United States.

For all the above reasons, Tim Cook didn't even bother to wash up, so he picked up the phone and dialed out, regardless of the fact that it was late at night.

Isn’t it a blessing to be able to see Silicon Valley at three or four in the morning?

…

Cady Cotter also wanted to curse.

But after seeing the call from the big boss, he answered the call immediately and tried to make his anger less obvious.

For a large multinational company like Apple, there is a complete ecological chain internally.

For example, the influence of a big boss like Tim Cook decreases step by step. For example, he has the greatest influence on the company's executives and has a great ability to intimidate the middle and upper levels of the company, but a small front-line employee may

I don’t care too much about what the big boss thinks.

When the number of people in a company exceeds a hundred, managers basically cannot pay close attention to the work of everyone in the company. This is also the meaning of the existence of a modern management system.

But Cady Cote is, after all, the head of Apple’s public relations department and a proper company executive.

Executives usually have to appear in meetings, and if any public opinion that is not favorable to Apple arises, Cady Cote often reports to Tim Cook alone.

Of course, the most important thing is that being an executive at Apple offers good benefits, and Cady Cotter has no plans to change jobs in the near future, nor does he believe that other companies can currently offer him better treatment than Apple.

"Hello, Mr. Cook."

"I'm sorry to disturb you at this time. But you must find John Martinez's phone number and send it to me within half an hour! Remember half an hour! If you can't do it, you can also choose to send it to me tomorrow.

I will sign a resignation application!"

"Dududu..."

Cady Cote was confused.

The brain has just been forced to turn on, and suddenly it hears such news, which would make everyone confused.

Who is John Martinez?

Why did you ask for his number in half an hour?

Wait, he will be kicked out without a number?

When these words rang in his mind again, Cady Cote suddenly woke up.

He subconsciously glanced at his phone and saw that half a minute had passed, which meant he only had 29 minutes and 30 seconds left. If he couldn't handle what the big boss told him, he could say goodbye to Apple.

Thinking of this, Cady Cote instantly became a energetic young man, picked up his cell phone and started flipping through his address book.

Compared with disturbing people's dreams, his work is obviously more important.

"Who?"

The wife next to me asked in a daze.

"Don't worry!"

After answering irritably, Cady Cotter jumped out of bed and prepared to go to the study to make a phone call. However, this sentence made his wife next to him angry.
To be continued...