"What the hell?! Really or fake?"
When he heard the news that Yunmeng Games planned to build a supercomputing center to provide computing power to support World of Warcraft, Yang Yuan, the editor-in-chief of "People's United Information Industry News", was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
So much so that he, who had always adhered to civility and politeness, couldn't help but curse on the spot.
The editor Wang Hongsheng who reported the news to him nodded, his expression did not look like he was joking, and he continued the previous topic in a serious tone.
"I was surprised at first, thinking it was a rumor spread by some self-media... But then I contacted the person in charge of Yunmeng Technology and Professor Chen Mingdong from the Xiaguo Academy of Engineering on the phone, and I got answers that it was true. "
After hearing Wang Hongsheng's explanation, the expression on Yang Yuan's face gradually became serious, and at the same time it was also filled with a hint of unnoticeable excitement.
"There is something about Yunmeng Group... Can you help me contact the executives of Yunmeng Group? The higher the level, the better."
Looking at Editor Yang, Wang Hongsheng was slightly stunned and said.
"Are you planning to conduct an exclusive interview with Yunmeng Technology?"
"That's right!"
Yang Yuan nodded, with obvious interest in his eyes, and continued.
"Using a supercomputer as a game server is such an interesting thing. This is the first time I have heard of it."
"But... is it really okay to report news related to video games in a professional media like ours?" Wang Hongsheng said with a slightly hesitant expression.
Regarding his subordinate's confusion, Yang Yuan said nonchalantly.
"You don't need to worry about this. If the board of directors asks, I will naturally explain it. You just need to do what I say."
If something like this isn't even worth covering, what else is worth calling news
Yang Yuan is confident enough that this report will definitely shock the entire industry!
In fact, it was not just the editorial department of "People's United Information Industry News" that was shocked. When Yunmeng Games announced the news on its official website, almost the entire gaming circle was shocked by Yunmeng Games' generosity.
Use supercomputers to provide computing power for World of Warcraft
Is this because there is too much money to burn, or is it just a supercomputing gimmick
Under normal circumstances, a supercomputer with a computing power of 10PFlops will cost 60,000 to 100,000 yuan in electricity bills every day. In one year, the electricity bill alone will cost 30 million yuan, and the operating cost will easily exceed 50 million yuan.
This is thanks to the breakthroughs in energy conservation in electronic industry technology in the past two years. Two years ago, this number might have doubled.
But even so, using a supercomputer as a game server is fanciful enough.
After all, the maximum lifespan of an MMORPG is five years. For a game that will be eliminated in five years, more than one billion is spent to build a supercomputer, and tens of millions are spent on server maintenance every year. cost.
Even the wealthy Sea Lion Group may find it difficult to bear such high costs.
Besides, there's no need for that.
The advantage of supercomputing lies in its huge computing power, and ordinary games simply do not use such huge computing power. In addition, the hardware level of current home computers is generally good. In order to save costs, many game manufacturers simply put a lot of calculations on the players' computers.
Because this incident was so surprising, the popularity of the topic even overshadowed the internal beta version of World of Warcraft, ranking among the top three on the scarf hot search list.
[Using supercomputer as a game server? ? ? Are you really not going to risk your life?]
[Mr. Hao: Sorry, my ability is that I can do whatever I want. (funny)]
[I don’t know how to complain... I just hope that Yunmeng Games will not bankrupt itself. There are really not many game developers with such conscience.]
[Hahaha, isn’t it bad to be bankrupt? If it really goes bankrupt, we can play the game designed by Mr. Hao himself. (dog head)]
[Look at this person! The Sea Lion of Dog Day is still trying to get members to jump in the queue, so I pointed out that Mr. Hao is willing to spend money to upgrade the server. I give Yunmeng Games a thumbs up!]
Hao Yun also didn't expect that his decision to build a supercomputer would attract so much attention.
However, the extra attention could not offset the pain caused to him by the loss of another billion from Yunmeng Group's account.
Fortunately, Wu Fan helped him apply for a high-tech transfer loan in the park. The interest rate for one year was less than three points. Especially since he heard that Yunmeng Group planned to build a supercomputing center, the person in charge of the park even paid the land rent. He was exempted.
It is different from other industries.
The added value provided by a supercomputer with a computing power of 10PFlops to other high-tech industries in the park cannot be simply converted into money.
In the president's office.
Secretary Zhou Ruining, who was handling work, suddenly spoke.
"Mr. Hao, you have received a new email in your work mailbox."
"who?"
"It seems to be from the People's United Information Industry News?"
"People's United Information Industry News"
Hao Yun asked when he heard this name for the first time.
"what is that?"
"It seems to be a communications media..."
Zhou Ruining, who was also hearing this name for the first time, quietly opened the search tool and entered the name in the search bar.
Soon the search results appeared in front of me.
"Ah, I checked online. This newspaper seems to be quite famous in the IT industry. It is said to be the highest-selling professional newspaper within the People's Federation. It mainly reports on the latest information technology developments in various countries of the People's Federation, as well as Industry news.”
Hearing these words, a surprised expression suddenly appeared on Hao Yun's face.
"Does this industry...include video games?"
"Uh, I don't know, but I looked through the recent issues of their newspapers, and it seems there is nothing related to games." Looking away from the computer screen, Zhou Ruining looked at Hao Yun, tilted his head, and continued. , "Could it be because of the supercomputing center we recently invested in?"
Hao Yun nodded and said.
"It seems like this is the only possibility."
According to Zhou Ruining's description, the position of "People's Information Industry News" in the IT industry is probably similar to that of "Times" in general news. Video games such as World of Warcraft have no chance of entering the sight of such newspapers.
This has nothing to do with fame or how much money you make, it’s purely because the style of painting doesn’t match.
If you think about it carefully, among all the recent businesses of Yunmeng Group, the only one that can arouse the interest of this newspaper is the supercomputing center that has just started construction.
"Mr. Hao, do you plan to accept their interview?"
Hao Yun thought for a while, then his heart suddenly moved slightly and he spoke.
"I think there is no problem. Please communicate with me about the specific interview time. Try to avoid Mondays and Tuesdays. It is best to arrange it before the beta version is officially launched. I should be free at other times."
"Also, remember to communicate with them clearly about the specific content of the interview in advance. If possible, ask them to send us an interview outline."
After carefully taking note of Hao Yun's instructions, Zhou Ruining spoke enthusiastically.
"Okay, Mr. Hao! Then I will follow your instructions and reply to your letter."
Hao Yun nodded, then looked at the time and saw that it was almost lunch time, so he pushed his chair away and stood up from his desk.
"Well. I'll leave this matter to you."
"By the way, after the email is sent, remember to go to Yunmeng Media to find Sun Xiaoteng and ask her to come to the group conference room after lunch. I will wait for her there. I plan to discuss some things with her about The recent friction between us and Sea Lion Group in the gaming business, as well as the promotion and public relations of World of Warcraft."
Zhou Ruining nodded repeatedly and said with a smile.
"Yeah! Leave it to me!"