On Blue Star, the full name of computers at this stage is electronic computers.
Because in the early days, there were still mechanical computers, but they have long since been eliminated.
The reason why the word "electronic" is added to the computer is not only because it is powered by electricity, but also because at the bottom of the computer, it is actually the so-called world of o's and ones.
Essentially, this is not o and 1, but the on and off of the circuit.
The electronic signals generated by the opening and closing of the circuit allow the machine to operate accordingly.
The development of computers is the increase in the number of switches and the improvement in switching degree.
In fact, the same is true for the human brain. Each nerve synapse produces a weak bioelectrical signal, which is very similar to the electrical signal of a computer.
Therefore, the current artificial intelligence research on Blue Star also includes so-called neuron algorithms that imitate the brain.
So here comes the question. The chip in the electronic computer is the brain, and those countless electrical signals are generated by the countless transistor switches in the chip.
The computer chips on Blue Star are made of integrated circuits carved on silicon wafers, but what are these stars that Du Qiu sees now?
Why does Du Qiu think these stars should be similar to Blue Star's chips? It's because the program instructions are passed through the converter and then transmitted to these stars in the form of signals.
Well, let's imagine these stars as Blue Star's computer chips.
Du Qiu currently has no more information, so he can only apply Blue Star's concepts and logic first, otherwise he will not be able to continue his research.
Du Qiu figured it out and stopped staring at the stars as big as eggs to study.
Now he also understands that as long as he focuses his attention on those stars, he will receive the corresponding functions and information there.
Obviously, the entire tens of thousands of square meters of stars are equivalent to Blue Star's computer chips, and the super machine is indeed extraordinary.
The total chip area currently on Blue Star does not seem to be tens of thousands of square meters, not to mention that the responsiveness of these stars is far greater than that of Blue Star's chips.
Although Du Qiu is very enthusiastic about this kind of chip technology, Du Qiu doesn't even know what stars are, let alone how to make them.
Du Qiu, who was a little shocked, was about to look at other stars when a ray of light rose from a large egg star and instantly hit Du Qiu's field of vision.
Almost at the same time, a message was received by Du Qiu.
"Master, are all procedures carried out as usual?"
Du Qiu hesitated for only one hundredth of a second and immediately answered "yes."
At this moment, Du Qiu stared closely at the big egg star that just emitted the ray message, just after he answered.
From Du Qiu's field of vision, he saw a flash of light disappearing into the big egg star. He had no idea where the light came from.
But it was also confirmed that he could communicate with the stars, and this communication seemed to be through light.
Du Qiu suddenly thought of a possibility. Could it be that the computing core of this super machine is actually a photon computer?
Blue Star already has the concept and idea of a photon computer, and the first prototype of a photon computer was built as early as 199o.
This kind of computer uses photons as the carrier of information, uses optical interconnections instead of wire interconnections, uses optical hardware instead of electronic hardware, and uses optical computing instead of electrical computing.
It uses laser to transmit signals, and consists of optical fiber and various optical components to form an integrated optical circuit to perform data calculation, transmission and storage.
In a photonic computer, light with different wavelengths, frequencies, polarization states and phases represents different data, which is far better than the binary operation performed by the electronic "o" and "1" state changes in the electronic computer, and can handle high-complexity,
Implement fast parallel processing for computationally intensive tasks.
It's just that no matter how Du Qiu looked at these stars, he didn't see anything similar to the integrated optical circuit of the Blue Star. Except for the information and data exchange just now, it seemed to be similar to the laser transmission signal.
In fact, Du Qiu couldn't confirm whether the light and stars he was seeing were illusory or real. Throughout the dream, he always had a feeling that it was both real and illusory.
Du Qiu did not continue to dwell on this situation, but continued to check the stars everywhere. He wanted to see what kind of information these stars contained.
At this time, he found that the entire starry sky was constantly flashing with light. These lights were like shooting stars, disappearing instantly from Du Qiu's perspective.
For the first time, Du Qiu moved his gaze away from the stars and cast it in another direction.
What he saw at this time made him even more surprised.
In the darkness, dozens of white vortexes appeared in front of us, and these vortexes were constantly spinning.
Du Qiu noticed that the light that was constantly emitted from the stars would merge into a certain vortex.
There will also be light coming out of the vortex and disappearing towards the stars.
Could it be that this is the photon computer of an alien civilization? Are light signals interacting in front of us?
But why is there a white vortex on that side?
Wait, it seems that after traveling through the vast starry sky, I fell into a white vortex, and then arrived at this bright star.
Did he travel directly into the intelligent core of this super machine through a dream?
Du Qiu felt that he must have thought correctly, although he could not understand what the white vortex was.
He continued to observe the world from all directions, and found that except for the stars and white whirlpools, everything around him was extremely dark, and there seemed to be nothing.
After having no new insights into his surroundings, Du Qiu returned his focus to the stars. After all, he could obtain information from the stars, which would help him further understand this place.
As he sensed the stars piece by piece, the information and some visual images he obtained further proved that he was in a super machine.
This machine integrates resource collection, material separation and purification, and material combination and reconstruction, and can produce basic materials.
Obviously, the task list you saw at the beginning is controlled and executed by different stars.
From this point of view, these stars may really be similar to chips.
No, maybe it's a collection of chips, hard drives, and memory, because it seems like all this information is stored in the stars.
It can be seen that the stars are powerful and can actually store such a massive amount of data.
Yes, Du Qiu only looked at a small part and felt that the amount of data was surprisingly huge.
During the process of perceptual inspection, Du Qiu also discovered something that excited him.
A star represents a functional module. After he perceives it, he can understand the specific process of this function.
Although he only looked at a little bit, roughly what this star was doing, and then moved on to the next star, he had completely memorized all the information he had seen.
Du Qiu didn't know if he could recall what he had written down now after leaving the dream world, but even if he could only recall part of it, it might bring him huge gains.
That's right, Du Qiu regards everything he sees now as a huge treasure house of knowledge.
As long as he can obtain a little bit of knowledge from the treasure house and implement it in reality, the world of Blue Star will be changed.
For example, Du Qiu is currently sensing the viewing function. The information given to him here seems to be the energy management module. Du Qiu was greatly surprised by the image he saw next.
Those rectangular blocks with a faint golden light that look like solid batteries, are they the energy blocks in science fiction?