He quickly adjusted his mentality and stopped inquiring about the inside story. Instead, he directly discussed some detailed issues with Xu Yun.
For example, how many chip positions are reserved for supercomputing.
What languages does the system support?
What to use for the logical framework, etc.
Guo Hao's introduction was very detailed and easy to understand, so the whole process was very easy.
But soon.
He and Xu Yun had some differences of opinion regarding the placement of equipment.
"What? Dr. Xu, are you planning to put the supercomputer in Luzhou?"
Guo Hao looked at Xu Yun in surprise, and the surprise in his tone did not sound like a lie:
"Dr. Xu, the electricity price in Luzhou is not low. If the supercomputer is placed in Luzhou, the company will probably have to spend a lot of money."
"I think you can definitely build a supercomputing center in Sichuan and Chongqing. This is also the choice of many companies."
"There are mountains and rivers here in Sichuan and Chongqing, and electricity is cheap. Even if we build a supercomputing center, the expenditure will still be much lower than that in Luzhou."
Prior to this, Guo Hao and Xu Yun had reached most of their customization intentions.
But just when Guo Hao thought everything was fine, Xu Yun made a request:
He wants to place the supercomputer in Luzhou.
This was somewhat beyond Guo Hao's expectations.
To know.
If SUVs are typical gas-powered vehicles, then supercomputers can undoubtedly be regarded as electric vehicles.
For example, an exascale supercomputer consumes 50 megawatts of power per hour.
That’s 50,000 to 60,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
If you work 15 hours a day, that is 700,000-900,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which costs tens of thousands of Huaxia coins a day.
Although the power consumption of the supercomputer customized by Xu Yun is not that high, it still consumes close to 3,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour.
Therefore, the price of electricity in the supercomputer location is an issue that must be considered.
As we all know.
Domestic power distribution is mainly located in the west.
For example, Sichuan, Chongqing, Zhuzhou, Inner Mongolia, etc., so there is the term "West-East Electricity Transmission".
Among them, Sichuan and Chongqing are mountainous and watery, and the cost of hydroelectric power is low.
In addition, the environment of the basin can reduce the maintenance cost of equipment, so it is undoubtedly a very high-quality supercomputer placement place.
For example, when Bitcoin was at its peak, 70% of domestic mines were located in Sichuan and Chongqing.
Although Wan Province, to which Luzhou belongs, is one of the main transfer stations for the West-East Electricity Transmission, the price of electricity is still far behind that of Sichuan and Chongqing.
Of course.
The price mentioned here is not the electricity price for domestic electricity, but the unplanned power supply price that can be obtained by large-scale electrical equipment.
Generally speaking.
The price of power supply for large-scale equipment in Luzhou is more than 30% higher than that in Sichuan and Chongqing.
Although Luzhou also has large-scale equipment such as the Luzhou City Supercomputing Center, it belongs to scientific research supercomputing and is two different things from commercial supercomputing.
At present, more than 60% of domestic commercial supercomputers are installed in Sichuan and Chongqing, because they can indeed save a lot of electricity bills.
Therefore, Guo Hao's request to Xu Yun really made Kennedy scratch his hair and be confused.
Looking at Guo Hao with a confused look on his face, Xu Yun also sighed helplessly.
From a rational point of view, he certainly knew that Guo Hao's words made sense.
The supercomputer purchased by Huadun Biotech is not just used as a mascot, but there are really a lot of links that need to use its computing power.
without any exaggeration.
When the supercomputer is officially launched, it will inevitably replace Gu Qunqing and become the second busiest employee in the company.
What?
Who is number one, you ask?
You fake fan, do you even need to ask?
all in all.
If placed in Luzhou or placed in Sichuan and Chongqing, the annual electricity bill may save hundreds of thousands of yuan.
But truth remains true. The supercomputing template and artificial intelligence Mimi in Xu Yun’s hands are also destined to be placed under Xu Yun’s nose.
So this money will definitely be lost.
Think of this.
Xu Yun couldn't help but sigh quietly and said to Guo Hao:
"Mr. Guo, please stop trying to persuade me. I will definitely relocate you to Luzhou."
"After all, some of our company's research is relatively confidential, and it is easy to deal with various situations around us. It is still a bit unsafe to put it here in Sichuan and Chongqing."
Seeing Xu Yun's resolute attitude, Guo Hao hesitated for a moment and gave up the idea of persuading Xu Yun to stay in Sichuan and Chongqing.
In fact, in terms of confidentiality, there is no safer way to keep supercomputer around.
But just like many new drivers who just buy a car like to treat the car like their wife, it is normal for Xu Yun to have such concerns at his age.
Anyway, Guo Hao doesn’t need to bear the freight. If you go to Luzhou, just go to Luzhou.
After the stuck link at the resettlement site was cleared, the rest became very simple.
Twenty minutes later.
Guo Hao printed out a letter of intent - his operation required hospitalization for a period of time, so he brought a lot of necessary equipment before admission.
Among them is the Epson wf-110, a portable printer.
In addition, Guo Hao also has many letter of intent templates in his business notebook, so he does not need to go out to find a printing shop and the letter of intent can be easily printed.
The letter of intent is not a formal custom-made contract. After all, the contract for this kind of business is quite complicated and must be reviewed by the legal department. It is not something that a few people can handle.
However, because it is stamped with an official seal and signed by me, this letter of intent also has legal effect.
Both parties agreed in the letter of intent.
Huadun Biotech will customize a supercomputer with 1.3P computing power at a price of 69.99 million Huaxia coins, of which the CPU and GPU will be purchased by itself.
Within 48 hours of signing the letter of intent.
Huadun Biotech's headquarters will send a legal team to formally sign a production contract with Oak Technology.
After the contract comes into effect.
Huadun Biotech will pay a deposit of 15 million Huaxia coins to the public account of Oak Technology within 72 hours.
The subsequent amount will be based on the completion progress, with three stage payments of 15 million and a remaining balance of 9.99 million being paid.
As the producer of the contract, that is Party B.
Oak Technology must produce and assemble equipment in strict accordance with schedule requirements, and the finished machine must be delivered no later than December 31, 2023.
It is now early February, and there are still ten months left until the agreed time.
This time is relatively tight for complete supercomputer production, but when the CPU and GPU are purchased by ourselves, ten months seems to be very generous.
In addition, Oak Technology will also provide one year of equipment maintenance. After one year, Huadun Biotech will need to handle it at its own expense - this is also one of the profit points of the supercomputing industry.
Just like the equipment sold to us by neon people in the 1970s and 1980s.
The price of Neonman is 20% or even 30% lower than that of the Germans, but the maintenance cost is ridiculously high. It is not uncommon for a bearing to cost dozens of times more.
Xu Yun then briefly read the contents of the letter of intent and signed it neatly.
So far.
Huadun Biotech’s first supercomputer is finally available.
Academician Pan then chatted with Guo Hao for a while, and then hurriedly took Xu Yun away.
From the beginning to the end, Academician Pan did not disclose any information related to lone point particles, and only told Guo Hao to wait.
After leaving West China Hospital.
Academician Pan glanced at the sky with warm sunshine, rubbed his hands and let out a breath:
"Xiao Xu, it's almost lunch time. Let's find a restaurant for lunch."
Xu Yun nodded:
"I listen to you."
The most indispensable thing around the hospital is all kinds of restaurants, and the prices are generally moderate. Generally, there are small well-decorated restaurants at the top, and it is rare to see a particularly luxurious restaurant.
So Academician Pan took Xu Yun for a casual stroll, and finally found a Lao Ma Hoe Flower.
Speaking of Chengdu, apart from being scattered all over the place, most people may have three main impressions:
Hot pot, mahjong, rake ears.
Occasionally, a toilet string will be added.
In addition to hot pot and skewers, there are also some less famous but delicious snacks in Chengdu.
For example, the mother's hoof flower.
Unlike most braised, braised or salt-and-pepper pork trotters, Lao Ma's trotters are braised.
The finished laoma hoof flower soup is thick white, soft, glutinous and fragrant. It is paired with a bowl of chilli and light soy shrimp skin for dipping. It is a comfort.
After entering the restaurant.
Academician Pan ordered two bowls of hoof flower soup for himself and Xu Yun, plus two bowls of rice and a few snacks, and found a seat at random to sit down.
"Xiao Xu."
Considering that it is not convenient to talk about sensitive content in public places, Academician Pan casually brought up a topic that had nothing to do with solitary point particles:
"Are you ready for the defense in a few months?"
Xu Yun nodded, took out two pairs of chopsticks from the chopstick tube, aligned them neatly, and handed one pair to Academician Pan:
"Well, we're almost ready."
Xu Yun will graduate in both physics and biology this year, one with a doctorate and the other with a master's degree.
Students who have studied for a PhD at HKUST should all know this.
The defense time for doctoral students at HKUST is usually in May, and for master's students at the end of May or early June.
That is to say, in three or four months, Xu Yun will face two rounds of defense in succession.
However, Xu Yun started preparing defense materials very early, and the summary was copied from the first chapter of his previous book.
Academician Pan took the chopsticks and asked again:
"Have you chosen the committee members for your doctoral defense?"
Xu Yun scratched his head when he heard this, his expression slightly puzzling:
"Director Tian said before that the candidates have been selected, but he informed me a few days ago that the committee members may change, so now I really don't know what the situation is."
"Changed?"
Academician Pan was slightly startled, looking a little surprised.
The committee he and Xu Yun refer to is the thesis defense committee, which is organized by the degree-granting unit and is mainly responsible for reviewing the thesis, organizing the defense, etc., and then deciding whether to award the degree.
Of course.
Undergraduate degrees, that is, bachelor's degrees, do not have the participation of defense committees. The defense committees are for master's and doctoral degrees.
Generally, the number of defense committee members is four or five for a master's degree and six or seven for a doctoral program.
There are many specific rules that can be subdivided, but the core ones are that the supervisor cannot serve as the leader of the committee, how many PhD students need to be experts from outside units, etc.
Academician Pan has already prepared matters related to the master's defense committee for Xu Yun, and he also vaguely knows something about Tian Liangwei's situation.
What he had learned before was that Tian Liangwei had found a senior researcher from Luzhou University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a research institute in Luzhou to be experts from external units, and the others were teachers from the University of Science and Technology.
The result was unexpected.
Tian Liangwei actually changed this configuration?
Academician Pan keenly noticed something was wrong.
Then he silently kept this matter in mind and prepared to ask Tian Liangwei when he had time.
If it's really what he thinks, that would be interesting
Then he raised his eyelids and glanced at Xu Yun, and asked again:
"Xiao Xu, I don't know what's going on with Academician Tian, but there must be no problem with your master's defense. After you get your master's degree, are you still going to study for a Ph.D.?"
"Of course."
Xu Yun answered without hesitation and said to Academician Pan with a smile:
"Teacher, are you still accepting my offer?"
Academician Pan's expression did not change much when he heard this, but the slightly raised corners of his mouth still revealed his inner joy:
"Okay, then I'll leave a place for you in this year's group."
Although I have already guessed Academician Pan’s answer.
But when he got the accurate answer, Xu Yun couldn't help but feel relieved.
Although he is no longer just a student, he has a company called Huadun Biotechnology under his name, and his employees are about to develop into a company with hundreds of employees.
But with the help of Gu Qunqing, Zheng Zu and others, Xu Yun actually did not need to put too much thought into administrative management.
MBA courses are definitely required, but a formal degree is not that urgent.
Therefore, he has a lot of time to devote to scientific research, and his time studying for a PhD will obviously not conflict with the company's operations.
At the same time, due to elective courses in his previous life, Xu Yun's contact with Academician Pan during his doctoral stage was not as close as during his master's degree. This has always been a major regret for him.
Now that he has the opportunity to make up for this regret in his previous life, he is naturally very happy.
Think of this.
Xu Yun cooked the rice a little faster.
Half an hour later.
After eating and drinking, Academician Pan and Xu Yun left the restaurant feeling refreshed.
Then the two took a taxi and went straight to the train station. After changing trains, they returned to the Jinping Underground Laboratory in the evening.
Two days later.
The legal team from Huadun Biotech formally met with Oakwood Technology, and the two signed a complete customized contract based on the letter of intent.
That afternoon.
A deposit of 15 million borrowed from the new venture fund was remitted to the account of Oak Technology on time.
that's all.
As each minute and second passes.
Three days passed by quickly.
The time has finally come.
The day when two overseas institutions released their respective reports.
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