Supercomputers at the forefront of information technology have always been an important strategic resource for the country and are of great significance to national security, economic and social development. In the field of national defense, they can be used to simulate nuclear tests, aircraft design, monitor each other's communication systems, anti-missile weapon systems, etc. .
Without supercomputers, spacecraft would not be able to fly into the sky, genetic research would not be able to continue, and complex meteorological and exploration work would be difficult to perform accurately. For a long time, Western countries that have mastered the leading technology of supercomputers have implemented strict controls on developing countries including China. , it is strictly prohibited to export high-end supercomputer technology and products.
The U.S. government has banned the export of supercomputers with more than 190 billion operations per second to China on the grounds of national security.
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"Dean Lu, on behalf of Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute, I invite Dean Lu to attend the Guozhi-1000 appraisal meeting held on the 27th."
On the 24th, Ni Guanglan came to the office of the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences early in the morning and made an appointment in advance.
"Congratulations to Academician Ni, I will definitely be there!"
Dean Lu glanced at the invitation and smiled.
Sun Jianhui recognizes talents, and Ni Guanglan lives up to expectations. In just half a year, he led the Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute to successfully develop the "Guozhi-1000" with a computing speed of 1.2 trillion operations per second. It has completely independent intellectual property rights. This is China's third country after the United States and Japan that can develop and produce terascale supercomputers, surpassing the European Union and Russia in one fell swoop. According to the top500 rankings in November, "National Intelligence-1000" ranked in the top 65 , this is the first time that a Chinese supercomputer has entered the top 100. It is not only the pride of the Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute, but also the pride of Chinese scientific and technological workers.
"Thank you, Dean Lu, for your concern!"
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"Brother Jin, on behalf of the Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute, I invite Brother Jin to attend the Guozhi-1000 appraisal meeting held on the 27th."
Ni Guanglan came to the National Parallel Computer Engineering Technology Research Center at No. 6, Academy of Sciences South Road, Zhongguancun High-tech Park, and sent the invitation letter to the expert group of the appraisal meeting to Academician Jin Yilian with a smile on his face to show his attention.
Academician Jin is not only the director of the National Parallel Computer Engineering Technology Research Center, but also the chief designer of the national key project, the "Sunway 1" supercomputer.
"Congratulations, Brother Ni, I will definitely be there!"
The 70-year-old Academician Jin took the invitation letter with both hands and glanced at it. The "National Intelligence 1000" with a computing speed of 1.2 trillion times per second was successfully researched. He was specially invited to be a member of the appraisal expert team. He was surprised and happy, with mixed emotions. List.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a revolution was quietly gestating in the world's computer field. The development of traditional vector machines was restricted, and large-scale parallel machines quietly came out. Professor Jin Yilian was keenly aware of this new development trend and believed that It is an important opportunity for China to achieve leapfrog development of supercomputers.
In order to strengthen the research and development of high-end parallel supercomputer systems in my country, the purpose is to develop commercialized super-parallel computer systems, gradually form China's high-performance parallel supercomputer industry, and promote products to the global market, with the approval of the State Science and Technology Commission, in 1992 In August, the National Parallel Computer Engineering Technology Center was established. In June 1996, it passed the national acceptance and was officially established.
The National Parallel Computer Engineering Technology Research Center is a comprehensive research institute of computer science and technology in China. Jin Yilian, one of the first batch of academicians promoted to the Academy of Engineering in 1994, serves as the director of the technology center and the chief designer of the national key project, the "Shenwei 1" supercomputer. .
The Ministry of Science and Technology has invested 10 million yuan in the "Shenwei 1" supercomputer with a designed computing speed of 300 billion operations per second. It plans to successfully develop it by the end of 1999 and strive to be promoted to the top 100 of the top 500. The National Meteorological Administration has collaborated with the country on parallel computer engineering technology research. The center signed an intention agreement to order a "Sunway 1" supercomputer. However, because the Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute recruits R&D personnel at home and abroad with high salaries, 12 young and middle-aged R&D personnel from the National Parallel Computer Engineering Technology Research Center joined without hesitation. The National Intelligent Supercomputer Research Institute was involved in the project, which resulted in a delay in the development of the "Shenwei 1" supercomputer and forced the recruitment of new R&D personnel.
The Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute poached 12 R&D personnel from the National Parallel Computer Engineering Technology Research Center with high salaries, which led to the failure of the "Shenwei 1" supercomputer to be completed on schedule. Jin Yilian also knew that this could not be blamed on his old friend Ni Guanglan, let alone Blame the 12 young and middle-aged R&D personnel. If people go to higher places, he has no ability to solve the housing and professional title problems of those R&D personnel. What's more, joining the Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute led by Academician Ni is also for the development of China's supercomputers. .
"Thank you, Brother Jin!"
Ni Guanglan felt relieved, but still felt a little regretful.
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"Director Li, on behalf of the Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute, I invite Director Li to attend the Guozhi-1000 appraisal meeting held on the 27th."
Ni Guanglan came to the Institute of Computer Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and came to the office of the director, Academician Li Guangjie.
Academician Ni has not come back since he joined Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute. Academician Li Guangjie was promoted to director to avoid embarrassment, and no one invited him back to celebrate. Although his personnel files are still here, his salary and benefits have been stopped. , wait until you reach the age of 70, and then come back here to go through the academician retirement procedures.
"Congratulations, Director Ni!"
When Li Guangjie accepted the invitation, he was both surprised and happy. He had mixed feelings. Someone who was not valued by the Chinese Academy of Sciences came to Sun Jian and successfully developed the 1.2 trillion "Guozhi-100" in less than half a year. Not only did he create No. 1 in the country, and ranked 65th in the top500 list. After he served as the director of the Computing Institute, he also served as the chairman of Sugon Corporation of China. In November, he successfully developed Sugon-, which has a computing speed of 111.7 billion operations and a designed computing speed of 400 billion. The Shuguang-3000 project has just been established, and it lags far behind the "Guozhi-1000".
Last time, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Computing Technology and Sugon Corporation of China were poached by the Guozhi Supercomputer Research Institute with high salaries for 73 R&D talents. Director Lu did not object, and Director Li could not stop them, but he still felt uncomfortable and lamented that he was young. The ideological consciousness of intellectuals is far worse than that of old intellectuals like them.
"Thank you, Director Li!"
Ni Guanglan felt a little sorry when she saw Li Guangjie, and her thank you to Director Li was profound.
The 73 scientific researchers poached from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Computing Technology, and the Sugon Company of China Science and Technology Corporation played an important role in the rapid development success of Guozhi-1000.
Over the years, Ni Guanglan has seen many familiar scientific researchers who have gone abroad and never returned. They resigned and went to work for money. She feels old! In order to return to the Institute of Computing Technology to study computers, I bought instruments with the US$80,000 I saved while working as a visiting scholar in Canada, brought them back home and donated them to the Institute of Computing Technology.
