bloom america

Chapter 192 Good News from Sanders

In the blink of an eye, Christmas is approaching again.

And Lisa had just returned to the United States from Italy.

For Lisa, the American atmosphere still makes her feel comfortable.

The air in Europe is very depressing, especially when I listen to my classmates talking about the terrible KGB every day.

Oh, by the way, Lisa still remembers the KGB thing that Catherine mentioned to her last time. Lisa was frightened.

The situation is the same in Europe.

Just like the Berlin Wall built in Germany a few years ago, many people who yearn for a free world are killed there every year...

Oh, it's so scary.

Lisa decided that as soon as she finished her classes there, she would return to New York immediately.

Originally, Lisa was thinking about whether she could go to Paris to work in the future. It just so happened that the clothing store business was already in Europe. But now, she had made up her mind to return to the United States after finishing her studies.

Although Lisa's life in Europe is quite interesting.

For example, there is a Japanese classmate in their class. He likes to tell stories and also likes to use honorifics. Although it is difficult to understand his words, Lisa is really interested in the story about "ninja".

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I don’t know if it’s because she has stayed in repressive Europe for a long time, but Lisa’s clothing has become more and more conservative.

Although I still prefer more open-minded clothing, it is not bad to occasionally make some more conservative clothing.

Of course, there are also some interesting people in Europe. For example, my mentor, who stubbornly believes that a woman’s appearance is an obstacle to showing the essence of her clothing.

So he designed a full-body wrap-around garment, including his head.

The model needs to wear this outfit and then wear the clothes he designed.

As a result, fewer and fewer people are willing to be his models, and the mentor has to abandon his whimsical ideas.

"Oh, Lisa?"

Catherine had just returned home to New York from California, but she didn't expect Lisa to be here.

"Merry Christmas, Kate."

Lisa handed a package to Catherine.

Catherine, on the other hand, looked weird.

"Lisa... these are probably clothes again, right?" She looked weird.

"Yes, but don't worry, these are pajamas and underwear."

"pajamas?"

Catherine was a little surprised, but she still opened the gift box and found two pieces of clothing inside.

"Oh my God, Lisa, did you really do this?"

Catherine took out a piece of clothing, which was obviously the pajamas that the two of them talked about unintentionally when they talked last time. The white translucent lace pattern that covered the whole body was very beautiful, and it was open underneath for easy wear.

"What's this?"

Catherine picked up another piece of clothing, this one was all black, covering everything except the head.

"This is an inspiration I got from a Japanese classmate. It is made of Lycra and can be regarded as thermal underwear."

Lisa explained this.

"But...how to wear it?"

Put it on from the top of the neck?

Hey, even if I know the legendary bone shrinking skill, it’s unlikely

Catherine complained silently in her heart.

"The secret is here~"

Lisa took the clothes over and unzipped the crotch.

"This is it. And the design of this place makes it easy to go to the toilet."

"Yeah?"

At least this dress doesn't expose the body as exaggeratedly as before, so it doesn't hurt to try it.

However, Lisa's opening was obviously a bit too small, so Catherine finally took it all off, and then put her clothes back on with great effort.

The clothes are pure black and a little thick, obviously prepared to keep warm.

After putting on the clothes, Catherine suddenly discovered that the clothes also had a mask, and the finger parts were also wrapped together. It was really inconvenient to put it on at home.

"Bring this on, Kate. Doesn't it make you feel like a 'ninja'?"

"Ninja?" Lisa still knows this?

"I told you, I heard this from a Japanese classmate." Lisa thought for a moment, and then said, "Ninjas are probably a fusion with the ancient FBI, CBI, and magicians."

Catherine couldn't laugh or cry.

Indeed, dressed in black like this, it is quite appropriate to be a gentleman at night.

Somehow, Catherine thought of "Naruto"

"Lisa, ninjas are not like this..."

Not everyone who wears a mask is a ninja, and may even be a masked superman.

"Kate, your package."

At this moment, Elsa opened the door and walked in.

She had just helped Catherine organize the information to be sent to the company, and then rushed over.

"Hey, Elsa, hello~" Lisa remembered that in a few days, it will be Elsa's birthday.

"Hello, Lisa." Elsa also smiled, and then she said, "Kate, there is a package for you."

Catherine could only put on her coat hastily and went out.

After signing the gifts, Catherine opened the package and found it was a photo album.

Catherine couldn't laugh or cry.

Lily never sent those photos to herself. Unexpectedly, she actually made these photos into a thick photo book...

After a moment of tenderness with Lisa, the other party left in a hurry.

Lisa also has her own family, and she is going home for Christmas.

As soon as Lisa left, a phone call came to Catherine's home.

"Merry Christmas, sir."

Sanders opposite is very humorous.

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Five-Star General." Catherine followed suit.

"The good news is that the development of a new generation of graphics cards has been completed. Should we start the GPU plan?"

GPU is a graphics chip. Catherine told the company about this concept very early. And if it goes according to the original plan, Catherine will start the development of GPU after the research on the new generation of graphics card is completed.

"Of course, it's necessary."

Catherine also seemed very happy.

"How about the new graphics card?"

Catherine has been busy with a lot of things recently, so she has never asked about this matter.

"This graphics card can support a maximum of 256 colors. At this time, the resolution can reach a maximum of 120x90. In a monochrome state, it can reach a resolution of 800x600."

Pretty good.

"GPU must be studied, and our work should not be disrupted by other things."

In history, the earliest graphics card was not one, but two graphics cards integrated by IBM when it launched the personal computer in 1980, including the monochrome graphics card MDA and the color graphics card CGA. In the original history, this is currently recognized as the earliest

graphics card.

cga has a display resolution of 640x200 and a maximum 16-color display capability.

The first graphics card with the concept of GPU was not launched until the 1990s.

Before that, there was a company called ATI, which already had a GPU, but they called it a VPU.

But Catherine doesn't want to wait until the 1990s to play 3D games, so this is a must.

Although she now owns a graphics card, Catherine's ultimate goal in this regard is still the GPU.

"By the way, what's going on with the 16-bit CPU plan?"

"We will be able to see CP Des' answer as early as February, which makes Catherine extremely happy.

Although today's computers are not that great, with a 16-bit CPU, the future computer that Catherine is looking forward to here will be one step closer. There is nothing more perfect than this.

"Sanders, please inform Clay that after the 16-bit CPU appears, we will directly attack the supercomputer capable of billions of operations per second."

Catherine ordered.

"Okay," Sanders replied.

The CPU's main frequency, word length, and the rationality of the instruction system affect the computer's computing speed.

Many people think that the main frequency of a CPU is its operating speed, but this is not the case.

The main frequency of the CPU indicates the speed at which the digital pulse signal oscillates in the CPU, and has no direct relationship with the actual computing power of the CPU.

There is a certain relationship between the main frequency and the actual computing speed, but there is currently no definite formula that can quantify the numerical relationship between the two, because the computing speed of the CPU depends on various performance indicators of the U pipeline, such as cache and instruction set.

, the number of cpu bits.

Since the main frequency does not directly represent the computing speed, under certain circumstances, it is likely that the actual computing speed of a CPU with a higher main frequency will be lower. The main frequency is only one aspect of the CPU's performance, and does not represent the performance of the CPU.

overall performance.

If you insist on a conversion formula, it is the theoretical peak speed (hundred million times hzx the number of floating point operations performed per clock cycle x the number of CPUs.

For example, a single-core 2ghz CPU has a floating-point arithmetic unit. In the end, its peak operation speed should be 2gfl, which is 2 billion times per second.

The number of operations that a supercomputer refers to is the theoretical peak speed.

A billion-operations-per-second supercomputer looks very gimmicky and powerful, but in terms of capabilities, it is not as good as a high-end mobile phone processor in the future.

"By the way, let's start the plan for the ternary computer."

Catherine continued her instructions.

"Okay, but I thought maybe we'd have a better solution."

Sanders spoke.

"What?" Catherine was a little surprised.

"In fact, this plan is not only mine...but also some other employees, uh, it's Robert Noyce's plan."

"Robert Noyce?"

Eight rebellious?

"Wait, is it Robert Noyce from Fairchild Company?" Catherine was a little unbelievable.

"Yes, they have already contacted me, and they promised to come to our company next year."

Because Intel has become the holy place that everyone in Silicon Valley aspires to, it is obviously reasonable for the Eight Rebels of Fairchild to want to develop on their side.

"What did he say?"

Catherine asked.

"Noyce got inspiration from our optical fiber. If we realize the transmission of optical signals on the computer, the peak speed of the computer can theoretically be increased hundreds of times..."

Optical brain?

Is there such a concept now?

Catherine was so clever that she was misled by her cleverness.

The research on optical brains is not much later than that of electronic computers. Research on optical brains has begun in the 1950s, and the first optical brain will be born in the laboratory.