Chapter 336 Anton Supercomputing Center! (2/3)

Chapter 336 Anton Supercomputing Center! (twenty three)

This is the first time that Lu Zhou encountered a bottleneck in computing power.

Most of the difficulties he encountered before were at the logical level. Even if he occasionally encounters more complicated calculation problems, he can quickly find the results with the help of a computer.

But now, the situation he encountered was completely different from before.

The mathematical model established for a single problem can be easily completed with a computer with a decent CPU and software such as Molpro.

However, when the "single problem" is extended to "a certain type of problem", the amount of calculation it involves will increase geometrically with the "unknowns" that appear in the theoretical model.

Lu Zhou tried to use his notebook to solve some of the problems involved in the mathematical model, but no matter how many times he tried, the final result was a crash.

Fortunately, he quickly thought of someone he could ask for.

This person is David Xiao.

Although this big cow only met him once at the MRS meeting...

"We have arrived."

Waking up by Jericho, Lu Zhou opened his eyes and looked out of the car window. The D.E. Shaw Research Institute came into view.

At this moment, he is on the campus of Columbia University.

But to Lu Zhou's surprise, it was almost evening. Originally according to his plan, he should have arrived here around two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

"How long have I been asleep?"

"Four hours... There was a traffic jam on the road," Jericho continued with some concern, "Professor, although I know you are doing a great research, the body is the foundation of everything."

"I'm in good health. I haven't even had a cold since I came to Princeton." Rubbing his eyes, Lu Zhou took out his cell phone and sent David Xiao a text message, telling him that he was here.

Before coming, he had called and made an appointment with him in advance, expressing that he would come here to visit.

After getting out of the car, Lu Zhou didn't wait for a long time at the door, and saw the man who was called a "freak" by the Wall Street investment industry, and greeted him with open arms.

"Welcome, my friend, you are finally here!" As soon as they met, David Xiao gave him a warm hug, and David Xiao laughed, and led the two of them to the inside of the institute, "I guessed , you will definitely come here this year."

Lu Zhou said unexpectedly: "Can you guess this?"

"certainly."

"Is there any scientific evidence?"

"No! But you can understand it as a scientific intuition."

Lu Zhou gave him a strange look.

If this is not a joke, then his intuition is really accurate and terrifying.

Taking the two of them to his office, David went to the coffee machine to make two cups of coffee, and placed them in front of Lu Zhou and Jericho.

Then, he made himself a cup of tea, sat down opposite the two, looked at Lu Zhou expectantly and said.

"Tell me, what exciting things do you need my help with?"

Lu Zhou: "Actually, I'm not sure if it's appropriate to ask you... I want to watch your Anton, is it convenient?"

"It's a small matter, it's not something worth keeping secret. It happens that my Anton is doing regular maintenance, I'll take you there to have a look." Then he looked at Jericho who was sitting next to Lu Zhou, and David smiled Asked, "What about you? Are you coming with us? Or are you staying here?"

Unexpectedly, this boss would suddenly talk to him, and Jericho said flattered: "I..."

Looking at Jericho who was undecided, Lu Zhou said for him: "Follow me and take a look, it will be good for you."

David laughed and waved his hands: "Then let's go together."

...

Anton sits on a corner of the D.E. Shaw Institute, housed in a separate building. Originally, Lu Zhou thought that this supercomputer would be very large, but when he saw its honor, he was surprised by its low profile.

This legendary computational chemistry nuclear weapon only covers an area of ​​a dozen or so square meters.

However, David built a supercomputing center that covers an area of ​​more than a hundred times for this chassis that is only a few dozen square meters.

Not only that, according to him, the entire Anton Supercomputing Center, from every employee to every screw, is running for this one machine.

"Isn't it shocking?" Noticing the surprise on Lu Zhou's face, David grinned, "Most of the people who saw my baby for the first time showed the same expression."

"It's quite shocking..."

Although I am not shocked by the sci-fi chassis, I am shocked by its compactness.

At this moment, a strange idea suddenly appeared in Lu Zhou's mind.

What would happen if Xiao Ai was put in it?

Of course, he just thought about this idea.

It's impossible to do that...

In addition to the three people, there are also several employees of the supercomputing center in the room, who are maintaining Anton's chassis.

David took Lu Zhou around the supercomputer and introduced the performance of Anton to Lu Zhou.

After listening to his introduction, Lu Zhou only had one question in his mind.

"Isn't this thing expensive?"

"It's very expensive, but I don't pick up girls and I don't raise lovers. Anyway, I can't spend so much money without doing experiments," David shrugged, patted the case shell, and said in a joking tone, "I don't know. Rather, it is my lover."

Lu Zhou couldn't help complaining: "Your lover can really spend money for you..."

David laughed: "Of course, that's one of the reasons why I love it."

With every flicker of the signal light, more than one Franklin was burned.

There is no doubt that David Shaw, who is out of vulgar tastes, has the most expensive and most tasteful pastime on Wall Street.

In comparison, yachts, luxury cars, and private jets are simply weak...

After introducing Anton's affairs, David looked at Lu Zhou and continued, "Now, I can hear what you really plan to ask me for?"

He certainly didn't think that Lu Zhou came here just to look at his computer, and he must have encountered a problem that a traditional computer could not solve.

In fact, his intuition is really accurate.

Regarding this matter, Lu Zhou did not hide anything, and directly made his request.

"I want to borrow your equipment to complete an experiment."

Finally hearing Lu Zhou mention this matter, David asked with interest: "Oh? What experiment?"

Lu Zhou: "A theoretical model about the electrochemical interface structure."

The laboratory suddenly fell silent.

The engineers who were debugging and maintaining the computer did not respond, but those Ph.Ds in computational chemistry stopped their movements.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Lu Zhou.

Especially David, without concealing the shock on his face, said in an incredible voice: "Unbelievable... Are you sure you really made a theoretical model of the electrochemical interface structure?"

Feeling a little embarrassed by these gazes, Lu Zhou coughed lightly and explained: "To be precise, it's a little bit worse. I need the power of supercomputing to perfect my theoretical model. Feel free to ask me. Can I rent your equipment?"

"I don't need money," David shook his head, "I can't run out of money, you should understand this feeling, looking at the increasing numbers in the bank card, but can't think of how to use them reasonably, sometimes A burden."

Lu Zhou: "..."

I mean, is this showing off your wealth?

Lu Zhou thought about this question seriously for a while, but he couldn't feel the burden at all.

Although after the material needs are met, he doesn't value money as much as before, but if someone insists on giving him one or two hundred million, he certainly won't refuse.

No, let alone one or two hundred million, if it was a bonus, even if it was only tens of thousands, it would make him happy for a while. However, this kind of high happiness has nothing to do with money, it is purely the fun brought by the award itself.

After a pause, David continued, "I only have one request."

Lu Zhou asked: "What is it?"

"You don't need to add my name in the paper, but I hope you can write the Anton Supercomputing Center of the D.E. Shaw Research Institute in the position of the research institution," David looked at Lu Zhou seriously, and said with sincerity The excited voice continued, "I hope that the entire chemical community can hear and recognize it from the heart, the voice from Anton!"

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