in2ebook Chapter 49 A Lifetime of Devotion, Turns Out, Was Wrong
Chapter 49 A Lifetime of Devotion, Turns Out, Was Wrong
[Project: Parallel Training of a Large Model with 1800 Billion Parameters]
[Simulated computing power: 10.0 TFlops]
Core temperature: stable at 85.3 degrees Celsius
[Power consumption curve: smooth, without spikes]
Energy recovery rate: 32.7%
The string of data was like a series of resounding slaps to the faces of everyone in Li Jianbin's team.
The 4.5 TFlops computing power threshold that they couldn't overcome even after half a year was easily more than doubled by this model!
The power consumption, instead of breaking through the threshold, remained as stable as a dead fish due to its terrifying energy recovery rate.
"No...it can't be...this data must be fake!"
A young researcher cried out, unable to accept that his months of hard work had been so easily dismissed.
With trembling hands, he clicked the button to run the real-time simulation. He wanted to see it for himself!
The instruction has been issued.
The Sunway supercomputer began to roar.
Everyone stared intently at the red curve representing power consumption on the main screen.
The curve began to climb.
Slow and steady.
When the simulated computing power broke through the critical point of 4.5 TFlops, everyone subconsciously held their breath.
However, the expected vertical lift did not occur.
The red line only rose slightly before being firmly held down by an invisible force, continuing its elegant and smooth upward trajectory.
5 TFlops...
7 TFlops...
10 TFlops!
The curve remains as smooth as ever.
perfect.
Impeccable perfection.
The control center was deathly silent.
Li Jianbin stared blankly at the curve, as if witnessing a miracle. All the knowledge he had acquired throughout his life, the paradigms and systems he was so proud of, were shattered in that instant by this smooth curve.
He seemed to see his life's work and pride condensed into a high wall, while a young boy simply passed by and casually pushed it.
The wall collapsed.
His legs went weak, and he staggered backward, knocking over a chair.
"Hehe...hehehe..."
Li Jianbin suddenly chuckled softly, the laughter growing louder and louder until it turned into a maniacal laugh mixed with despair and self-mockery.
"Wrong... It turns out... it was all wrong from the very beginning..."
He laughed and laughed, but then tears streamed down his face.
That unrealistically smooth power consumption curve, like an indelible mark, was etched onto the retinas of every researcher present.
Li Jianbin stared intently at the screen with his cloudy eyes, his lips moving, tears streaming down his face.
He wasn't crying because of his failure.
He felt immense grief, as if his faith had collapsed, because the truth he had upheld all his life was suddenly proven to be a detour.
He spent his entire life striving to catch up along the track drawn by Westerners, only to be told by a young boy that the true finish line was in another dimension.
"Old Chen... I've let my country down..."
Li Jianbin's voice was hoarse, as if it had been sanded. He turned around shakily, bowed deeply to Chen Jiefang at the door, and said, "I... resign to take responsibility."
The team members behind him also lowered their heads, their expressions somber.
They were outmatched in skill and accepted their defeat wholeheartedly.
"Resign?"
Lin Yu's lazy voice broke the somber atmosphere. With one hand in his school uniform pocket, he strolled into the main control center, circled the Sunway supercomputer control console worth hundreds of millions, as if looking at a novel toy.
"No!"
Lin Yu stopped and glanced at Li Jianbin. "If you leave, who am I supposed to hang out with?"
Everyone was stunned by these words.
Is this an attempt to retain them?
But why do these words of pleas to stay sound more grating than mockery?
Li Jianbin abruptly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes glaring at Lin Yu: "What do you mean? Is it fun to humiliate a loser like me?"
"loser?"
Lin Yu scoffed, "At most, you've taken the wrong path; you're far from being losers."
He walked up to Li Jianbin, his eyes calm and indifferent.
"Your team has more engineering experience than all of us students combined. You're more familiar with EDA software than I am, and you've encountered more pitfalls in chip fabrication than I've ever seen."
Lin Yu extended one finger.
"I only provide the map and the engine."
He pointed to his head.
"You are responsible for paving the roads and building the cars."
He pointed to Li Jianbin and his team.
"My theory, combined with your engineering capabilities, this is what the Loongson project should look like. Understand?"
Li Jianbin was stunned.
He had imagined a thousand different ways Lin Yu would react after his victory—arrogant, triumphant, magnanimous… but he never expected that the other party would propose an integration plan so directly, so pragmatically, and so… efficiently.
He doesn't want to get rid of me; he wants to treat me as a high-level tool!
"you mean……"
Chen Jiefang's aged voice rang out as he stepped forward, a wise glint in his eyes. "Shall we allow these two teams to advance in parallel?"
"No."
Lin Yu shook his head. "It's not parallel."
He looked at Chen Jiefang, his tone leaving no room for doubt.
"From today onwards, the Loongson project will eliminate all debates about technological routes. There will only be one path, and that is my path."
"Professor Li's team was merged into my project group. They are responsible for transforming my theoretical framework into concrete solutions that can be implemented in engineering. I have the final decision-making power and veto power."
overbearing!
Absolutely domineering!
Li Jianbin's pride, which had just been somewhat appeased, was instantly reignited.
He could admit that his theoretical knowledge was inferior to others, but he could not accept that he and his entire team were being bossed around by a freshman like subordinates!
"impossible!"
Li Jianbin flatly refused, saying, "I can cooperate with you, but I will never be subservient to you! Science is about equality; we should have a cooperative relationship!"
"cooperate?"
Lin Yu seemed to have heard something amusing. "Professor Li, haven't you figured out the situation yet?"
He walked to the whiteboard, picked up a pen, and quickly wrote down a series of complex material molecular formulas.
"This is the core phase change material I need in my architecture for energy recovery. Its thermal conductivity needs to be greater than 4000, and the Curie temperature must be precisely controlled at 85.3 degrees Celsius. No existing material can meet these requirements."
He then wrote down another set of instructions.
"This is my brand-new instruction set, Tianyan, designed to replace RISC-V. It can directly support high-dimensional data mapping at the hardware level. You need to lead the team to reconstruct the underlying compiler of the entire EDA software within three months using it."
Lin Yu threw down his pen and turned to look at the dumbfounded Li Jianbin.
"Can you do these things?"