1991 Starting from the core

Just as Su Yuanshan expected, when the software and Internet industries were listed as development outlines, the news suddenly broke that Yuanxin was going to compete with IBM in artificial intelligence. Not only did all the media take notice, but even the leaders of the Ministry of Information Industry personally Called to inquire.

Leaders of the Computer Technology Department and leaders of the provincial and city science and technology associations will also visit the site in person.

In the final analysis, it is because IBM's reputation is too loud.

In this era of great need to enhance national self-confidence, Yuanxin can stand up and compete fairly with IBM in the field of "sounding superior".

This in itself is an exciting thing.

For a time, major newspapers, especially those related to computers, began to introduce at length what "machine learning" is and what "artificial intelligence" is.

At the same time, the glorious deeds of Blue Star and Deep Blue were also retold - one defeated the domestic chess champion, and the other defeated the world chess champion.

Although there seems to be a gap in strength between the opponents they defeated, Yuanxin's Blue Star appeared a year earlier than Deep Blue!

In today's fast-developing world of technology, one year is enough to completely double the capabilities of a processor.

Therefore...even though countless people hope that Yuanxin will win, they still cautiously maintain a wait-and-see attitude towards the outcome.

You know, that's IBM...

…

Yuanxin blocked other media and only allowed CCTV to enter the science and technology park in advance.

Obviously, although the Deep Blue team realized that coming to the competition this time would definitely attract considerable attention, they did not expect that this kind of attention would be taken seriously to such an extent. CCTV urgently set up a documentary team. Tian entered the venue and, after seeking permission from IBM, began to conduct follow-up interviews with both teams.

Facing the cameras of CCTV reporters, John Wick talked eloquently.

"We're certainly confident, and as you can see, we're running tests of data collection right now, and from what we can tell, we're a little bit faster than our competitors."

The reporter pointed the microphone at herself. She glanced forward quickly and asked in proficient English: "I heard that the server for this duel is an IBM server. So, does this mean that you are using the server in this match?" What are the advantages in the server scenario?"

"No, of course not. Although the server is provided by IBM (Mainland), both are the latest servers with exactly the same configuration, and we have not had any contact with them beforehand."

The reporter nodded: "Then please give Mr. Vick a brief introduction to his evaluation of the Pandora team."

"Oh, Mr. Xi is an admirable opponent." John Wick laughed: "I also heard that he was just a little bit away from becoming my colleague - I also joined in 1991 IBM."

"As for Blue Star, we do not deny that Blue Star has unique advantages in machine learning, but the final duel will still be born out of logical analysis, and this is what we are best at."

John Wick shrugged: "We're going to win."

…

Su Yuanshan's office.

Xi Xiaoding twisted the thermos cup, stood in front of Su Yuanshan's filing cabinet, turned over his tea leaves, and finally unceremoniously took two cans of the most expensive ones and put them on the coffee table.

"Take it, take it as you like." Su Yuanshan held his chin with both hands and raised his head at him with a smile.

Mr. Xi obviously complained that he made too much noise - in fact, it didn't matter if it was too big. Mr. Xi himself didn't care, as long as he didn't make disparaging reports about his opponents.

But CCTV actually came over to do a full set of follow-up interviews, and they even wanted to make it into a documentary...

This is a bit much.

This is a bit like putting the far-core Pandora on the fire.

"Do you know that you are playing too big a game?"

"Senior brother...the Ministry of Information Industry has issued an order. What can I do?" Su Yuanshan spread his hands: "My arms can't twist my thighs."

"...Actually, it doesn't matter if you report it, but it's a bit annoying to be on camera all day long - what if you lose?"

Xi Xiaoding glared at Su Yuanshan as he spoke.

"Just in case, just in case." Su Yuanshan said cheerfully: "Senior brother... think about it, this time the United States can allow the Deep Blue team to bring their code to the country - is this in itself a problem? It means a victory.”

Xi Xiaoding was startled when he heard this, and nodded slowly after savoring the words carefully.

Deep Blue's feat of defeating Kasparov was highlighted by their domestic media. Well, the lighthouse country, which is extremely conservative in blocking core technologies, obviously believes that IBM's algorithms and codes should be classified as state secrets.

In the past, this thing wouldn't be covered with maggots.

But this time, they were able to bring it out generously... Obviously, it was because they realized that Yuanxin also had an excellent chess AI.

Of course, IBM is not careless, as can be seen from the fact that they provide a platform equipped with algorithms.

"So, we won't lose anything."

…

June 1st, in the large conference room of Pandora Laboratory.

Two large quad-core server hosts were placed on the ground, humming.

There are four Pentium II Xeon logos affixed to its panel - this means that it uses the Pentium II Xeon, an upgraded version based on the Pentium pro launched by Intel this year.

That is, the legendary first generation Zhiqiang.

And it uses a physical quad-core.

And the reason why Yuanxin agreed with IBM to produce a server for the competition...naturally, the hard drive of this server is Yuanxin's server-specific solid-state drive.

To put it bluntly, these two servers currently command sky-high prices.

At this time, the Deep Blue team and the Pandora team had deleted the data previously used for testing and correction, and checked each other.

On the large desk, there is a chess game that has not yet been started.

Under the camera, the teams from both sides were sitting across the desk from each other.

…

Naturally, Su Yuanshan did not go to the laboratory to join in the fun, but watched the live broadcast of the Science Education Channel with great interest.

In addition to the host of the program, there is also a computer science professor from Peking University as a guest commentator.

Su Yuanshan looked happily at the host who had not yet realized the "seriousness of the problem" - because of the computing power issue, both parties used "simplified" algorithms and did not use the same methods as in supercomputers. come over.

Otherwise, just relying on these two first-generation Zhiqiang, I'm afraid it will take a long time to learn.

But even so, this race is an incredibly long ultra-marathon.

Obviously, as a guest, Xia Yanbing, a computer professor at Peking University, knows the ins and outs, and he reminded the host from time to time that this game is still very early.

Even if you finish studying, you have just begun.

As the camera shifted, the teams from both sides took their respective positions and began to load the chess game.