Capítulo 662: Chapter 204 Project Passed_3
I believe everyone is more or less familiar with this project now, given that we have already held two online etings. This ti, we have specifically invited everyone for a deep offline discussion.
The core goal of Qiao Yu’s project is to simulate the capabilities of quantum computing using classical computers, particularly to realize Shor’s algorithm. I’m an outsider in terms of technology, so I won’t speak too much.
However, before everyone speaks, let outline the key points of this eting’s discussion. We are all already aware of the significance and background of this project, so there’s no need to repeat them.
So, everyone please focus on practical issues related to the feasibility of the project and resource requirents in your discussions. Additionally, this eting is classified, and the content is not to be disclosed externally.”
After the leader sitting at the main position finished speaking, their gaze naturally fell on the first elder on their left and said: “Academician Li Zhen, you are an expert in quantum computing, why don’t you start the discussion?”
Li Zhen nodded, adjusted his glasses, and said: “Then I’ll start with my opinion.”
“After reviewing Qiao Yu’s plan and consulting so related materials these days, it is true that there is international research on simulating quantum computing with classical computers.
Technically, there are generally two approaches: the first is full-scale simulation using matrix operations. Its advantage is the accurate simulation of quantum states, but it requires an exponentially growing amount of computational resources.
The other is approximate simulation based on tensor networks, which reduces computational demand but affects accuracy. After reviewing relevant literature, both technical approaches are immature.
Currently, the world’s most advanced quantum computing simulations, such as IBM’s Qiskit, Google’s Cirq, and QuEST, can simulate 40-50 quantum bits.
However, Qiao Yu’s project aims to efficiently simulate Shor’s algorithm, which requires hundreds or even thousands of quantum bits. If successful, this could be considered a technological miracle.
However, how should I put it… I personally think this miracle is not as significant as the sudden solution of the Riemann Conjecture. So if I had to judge the feasibility of this project, I would say it’s feasible.”
When Academician Li Zhen finished, he turned off the microphone, leaned back, and stopped speaking.
The leader at the main position nodded and instinctively glanced at another clearly eager to speak expert, Academician Zhuo, sitting on the right.
However, the glance quickly moved past him and stopped montarily on the stenographer responsible for taking eting notes. After the stenographer paused their pen, the leader looked left to two engineers sitting next to Academician Li Zhen.
“Senior Engineer Chen, Senior Engineer Yan, you are experts in high-performance computing. What do you think? Can the current supercomputing resources and performance we have available et Dr. Qiao’s needs?”
The two being addressed exchanged glances and, with tacit understanding, Chen Ming, who sat slightly ahead, took the question.
“In fact, Qiao Yu’s proposal does not demand much from supercomputing. Even without ntioning our latest supercomputing performance, the older generation Shenwei would be more than sufficient.
Of course, to fully et Dr. Qiao Yu’s requirents, so hardware upgrades may be necessary. For example, adopting the latest generation of fast interconnect technology, optimizing communication protocols, and adding so high-bandwidth storage.
There might also be a need to upgrade the cooling system. Overall, the investnt is not significant. Indeed, if we can directly access a new generation of supercomputers, the cost would be even lower, and there’s also the option of dostic alternatives.
In summary, from the perspective of resource requirents feasibility, we also believe this project is feasible.”
Sitting opposite Academician Li was Academician Zhuo, who glanced sharply at the two engineers but still remained silent.
The leader nodded and then looked at another person sitting towards the back on the left: “Professor Zhu, you are involved in computational mathematics, what do you think?”
“Actually, my view is similar to Academician Li’s. Currently, the international mainstream for implenting Shor’s algorithm is essentially quantum Fourier Transform, which on quantum computers only requires O(n²) complexity.
But simulating it on classical computers may increase the complexity to O(2^n). So, in essence, the key problem is how to reduce computational complexity.
Therefore, whether the project goals can be achieved hinges on solving this global challenge. This project is fundantally a mathematical problem, unrelated to hardware.
Since it’s a mathematical issue… well, we all know Dr. Qiao Yu’s level in mathematics, and I am not qualified to evaluate it. But I have 100% confidence in Dr. Qiao Yu’s mathematical capabilities. So, I believe the feasibility of Dr. Qiao Yu’s project is extrely high.”
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After each of the over ten experts had spoken, the leader finally turned their gaze to Academician Zhuo, who had been eager to speak.
“Academician Zhuo, you have been researching quantum chips and are an expert in this field. What is your opinion?”
“I have no opinion.” Zhuo Gang bluntly shook his head and said directly.
Nobody is a fool; the attitude of the supervising leader is obvious.
Having asked around with everyone agreeing on feasibility, what opinion could he offer?
His opinion, of course, was that it was not feasible! If this project gets off the ground, what would be the need for quantum chips?
The problem is that he truly didn’t expect everyone to find Qiao Yu’s project feasible; he genuinely couldn’t see how it was feasible!
But the most frustrating thing is that this group had thoroughly analyzed the technical difficulties and then offered feasible opinions.
What more could he say? Repeat what has been said about difficulties and then say it’s not feasible?
Infuriating!
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