Chapter 787
"In layman's terms, it's a layer of technology that is higher than a conventional server cluster."
"However, the threshold for cloud technology is not low, and there are six points that make up the key to cloud technology, including virtualisation technology, distributed mass data storage, mass data management technology, cloud computing platform management technology, information security management technology and programming methods."
"......"
In response to the cloud computing technology, Yang Qinghua rattled off his knowledge, to several people in the audience.
It took nearly half an hour to give a general overview of the basic meaning of cloud technology, its advantages, trends, markets and the development difficulties it faced.
After listening, Li Linfei mulled it over and said, "Professor Yang, you mean that cloud computing is a trend for the future of networking?"
Yang Qing Hua nodded his head and said, "Yes, to say the least, the future network world should develop in the direction of decentralisation and blockchain technology, which would be a peaceful, safe and reliable network world."
Li Linfei shook his head and said, "Blockchain technology? Decentralisation? Blockchain technology, perhaps, has merit, but decentralisation is pure bullshit."
In this society, it is the existence of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin that Li Linfei does not comment on.
But he believes that if a world, whether online or in the real world, relies on technology alone for unified management without artificial standards, sooner or later it will be chaotic.
Because something like technology is simply a tool, not a rule.
Yang Qinghua smiled: "It's just my personal opinion, it can't be taken seriously."
Li Linfei also smiled: "Back to the topic just now, if I could give you, Professor Yang, the HPC cluster you need, could you use the HPC cluster to integrate the network resources and build a cloud computing base?"
Yang Qinghua smiled, breathing tightly, and hurriedly said solemnly, "Mr. Li, to be honest, I dare not give you a 100% guarantee on this matter, but I have more than 90% confidence that I can build a real state-of-the-art cloud computing base for Future Technology!"
Li Linfei nodded slightly, but knocked on the table and fell into deep thought.
Seeing that he was silent, Yang Qinghua added, "Mr Li, as far as I know, your company's main business direction is all placed on technological innovation."
"Imagine if the servers developed by Future Technology could be replaced by a more efficient cloud computing base, then how many streets would it throw off its competitors in terms of online competition?"
"And games run more smoothly than other companies, takeaway platforms can be designed to be more diverse, and payment gateways can become faster and more secure - these are all visible changes that can be seen once the cloud base is established."
"Not only that, there are no cloud computing bases in the world yet, and if Future Tech establishes one first, it will be a great initiative in the world."
"Moreover, the cloud computing base can also be made into a network terminal of the Internet, operating domain name building, cloud security, storage network, intelligence on the cloud, cloud servers, domain name registration and dozens of other Internet services!"
"As long as we can reach this step, by then, the network, computing and storage of several provinces and cities, or even a small half of China, will have to flow out from Yuan Yang's cloud computing base."
"Think about it, Mr Li, how much is this worth as a business project?"
"A hundred billion? No, far more, it can reach trillions, even trillions!" Yang Qing Hua's mouth was sputtering and his face was red, but Li Lin Fei looked on with tears and laughter.
That said, all these things that Yang Qinghua said, Li Linfei knew, he had also explained them to him on the way here, and he was very clear about the value of the cloud computing base.
However, there is no need to be so excited when talking properly, if it were someone else with a bad temper, he would have given you a mouthful long ago.
Li Linfei said, "Professor Yang, you should calm down first."
"I'm calm now, Mr Li, think carefully about the market of cloud computing, with your intelligence, you'll understand."
"Of course, if I didn't understand, I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you, Professor Yang." Li Linfei nodded his head.
"The focus of the country's construction right now has not yet shifted to this area, so let me say this from the bottom of my heart, this is the opportunity for Future Technology to dominate the future of the internet, Mr Li, you have to hold on to it!"
This Yang Qinghua, here we go again.
To be honest, after talking to him for so half a day, Li Linfei could sense a very serious problem.
That was that Yang Qingtao was very good at fooling people, just look at Su Yang and Yu Zhi, both of whom were so spoken to that their eyes were shining and their hearts were moving.
It was a waste of life for a man like him not to go into marketing.
Li Linfei said, "Off topic, let's not mention it, Professor Yang, let me put it to you this way, HPC cluster, I don't want to go build it."
"This ......" Hearing Li Linfei's words, Yang Qinghua was confused.
I thought it was a deal, why did he suddenly change his mind again, the script wasn't written like this.
"Mr. Li, didn't we have a good conversation just now, why are you ......" Yang Qinghua was anxious and blushed to say something.
Li Linfei raised his hand to stop him and said, "Professor Yang you take it easy first, listen to me finish."
"Speak, Mr. Li." Yang Qinghua took a breath.
Li Linfei said, "What I mean is that there's no need to build the HPC cluster, let's do it better and just build the ...... supercomputer!"
Yang Qinghua: "Supercomputers!"
Yang Qinghua looked stunned, and Zhang Han also froze for a moment.
"That's right, the core is a supercomputer, not a high-performance computer cluster."
Hearing Li Linfei's words with such certainty, Yang Qingtao felt his brain short-circuit a little and his gaze flickered violently.
"Chief Li, you're not kidding, supercomputing ...... supercomputing is no ordinary thing, and it costs more than twice as much to build than an HPC cluster."
That said, the most cost effective way to engage in a cloud computing base is to do it with an HPC cluster.
Chapter 788
The difference between supercomputing and cloud computing is the equivalent of an HPC cluster being a BMW X1 and a supercomputing being a Ferrari 488.
While that's a bit of an incorrect comparison, it's enough to illustrate the huge difference in overhead between the two to build up.
Of course, if the cloud computing base is supercomputing-centric, then there is no doubt that the performance will be even better than the HPC cluster.
Li Linfei said, "Professor Yang, I'm not joking with you, Future Technology's cloud computing base is not centered on an HPC cluster, it's centered on a supercomputer."
HPC cluster is not an egg, I want supercomputing, supercomputing! Without supercomputing where is the quantum computer? That's why supercomputing is the way to go.
When Yang Qinghua saw how serious Li Linfei was, he took a breath and hurriedly said, "I have participated in the construction of top supercomputers before, I have some experience and insights, as long as the money is available and the manpower is gathered enough, building supercomputers is not a problem."
A smile appeared on his lips as Li Linfei said, "Then, Professor Yang, how much do you estimate the budget for building a supercomputer?"
Yang Qinghua said, "It depends on what kind of performance supercomputers you want, if it's a supercomputer with a sustained minimum speed of 10,000 Tflops, it probably needs several hundred thousand core processors, well, one would cost at least a billion, not counting the land and other buildings."
"Also a supercomputer of that size, if used to support the operation of a cloud computing base, would cost at least $50 million a year in electricity."
flops is the number of floating point operations, while 1T is equal to the 12th power of 10, or one trillion.
1000Tflops is 1 trillion operations per second.
Li Linfei: "What about if you want to build a supercomputing machine with more than 100,000 Tflops?"
"More than 100,000 Tflops?"
Yang Qinghua was stunned. "No?"
Yang Qinghua laughed, "Mr. Li, you should know about floating point operations, a supercomputer with a sustained speed of 10,000 Tflops is equivalent to 100 million billion operations per second."
"That's right." Li Linfei nodded his head.
Yang Qingtao continued, "However, the supercomputers that are now ranked first and second in the world Shenwei and Tianhe, developed by our country, Shenwei's number of operations per second is 1.25 billion billion times per second, there is no need for ......."
"Only so much?" Li Linfei said.
The crowd: "......."
Li Linfei said in a deep voice: "The supercomputers that Future Technology is going to build, the number of operations cannot be less than one billion billion times per second, Professor Yang you have to think of something."
Yang Qinghua gave him a strange look and said, "There is a way, if we don't consider the overall performance and look at the computing speed alone, we can just increase the number of core processors and expand the running memory."
"But Mr. Su, this will not only increase the overhead, without tens of billions of dollars can not get down, and ...... even the annual expenditure of electricity, will also be an astronomical amount ah, a year less a billion, I'm afraid ......"
The reason why supercomputing is supercomputing, in addition to the powerful computing power, but also because of its huge energy consumption, not the average person can afford to play.
Of course, if the CPU and other important power-consuming cores are optimized, the energy consumption will be greatly reduced.
Perhaps in the next few decades, one could see a computer with a few hundred watts of power that would allow computing speeds of 100 million billion times per second or even faster.
But for now, the technology is not up to scratch, it is just a luxury.
Li Linfei's gaze twitched and he said, "Just as long as it can be built, since we are going to do it, we will do the best we can, money is not a problem."
Looking at Yang Qinghua, Li Linfei said, "Professor Yang, about building supercomputing, for the time being, it is agreed, if there is no problem, you can also sign the contract later, go back and have a good rest for a while, from next year onwards, the construction of Future Technology's cloud computing base, will be handed over to you."
"Mr. Li, you really want to build supercomputers, I actually think supercomputers are too expensive, or HPC clusters are more cost-effective ah."
Li Linfei was so dry that Yang Qinghua was suddenly a little embarrassed.
"What, Professor Yang, don't you want to make the quality of your work better?" Li Linfei laughed.
"No, of course I hope so!" Yang Qinghua said busily.
"In that case, then the matter is settled, General Su, I'll leave the matter of signing the contract with Professor Yang to you."
"Understood Mr. Li." Chen Feng got up and answered.
After the meeting was over, Yang Qinghua also signed a contract with Future Technology and became the chief engineer in charge of the construction of the cloud computing base on the periphery of the First Research Institute, under the Future Technology Group.
A year's salary of two million yuan, plus a certain housing allowance. The equivalent of academician level treatment placed on Yang Qingtao, Future Technology side, is considered to give enough sincerity.
The moment he walked out of the building, Yang Qing Hua suddenly felt that the world had changed.
He held his head high and was full of energy.
"Future Technology Group ...... didn't expect it, his vibe is more powerful than I imagined!" Yang Qinghua lamented.
Zhang Han said at the side, "Teacher, Future Technology really wants you to build supercomputers for them, huh?"
"How can it be false? It's clearly written in black and white, I can't break the contract, and they can't either, or neither side will be able to please."
"Then I would like to congratulate you in advance, teacher, building the super cloud computing base, you said it was your heart and soul for the rest of your life, and now it's finally coming true."
"If there are no surprises, there should be no problem." A smile appeared on Yang Qinghua's lips, and added: "However, in this way, I won't be able to teach you by hand next semester on the Fudan side, yourself in school, be more conscious."
"I won't be lazy teacher."
"Future Technology a good enterprise, the boss is also a young man with drive, you later if not into the state unit work, Future Technology will be your best choice."