Upon hearing this, Liu Ping obediently took off his shoulder straps and collar badges of the rank of major.
Seeing this, Chen Ming quickly took off his own, and the two of them exchanged and stuck to each other.
Chen Ming looked at his military rank of two rods and one star and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Wow, I got to experience what it’s like to be a major in advance.
As he thought about it, a smile appeared on his face, and he felt a little more confident as he walked.
At this moment, he was secretly looking forward to the moment when he would actually be awarded the rank of major.
At that moment, it seemed like it was not far away from him!
Afterwards, led by Peng Xu and Jin Wenling, everyone came to the press conference venue in the auditorium located in the center of the building.
In the middle of the press conference, there was a very large display screen, but it was turned off at this time.
Below the big screen is a long table with only three seats, and there are two microphones sticking out of each seat.
Chen Ming, Peng Xu and Jin Wenling sat in these three seats respectively.
Others will sit in the audience and will go up to take photos after the press conference is over.
At this time, many media reporters, both domestic and foreign, had gathered in the auditorium.
After all, the news about Tianhe-1 was leaked a month in advance, and many reporters from abroad rushed to the scene.
Among them are media reporters from the Beautiful Country and the Cherry Blossom Country.
After all, this is about supercomputers, and they are the only two companies in the world that have them. I heard that Longguo has also developed one, so naturally they have to come over to take a look.
As Chen Ming and others appeared on the stage, reporters took turns to take pictures with their cameras.
The young Chen Ming attracted more attention, so the reporters took two more photos.
After all, it's not easy to be on stage at such a young age.
The press conference is about to begin! .
Chapter 151: Chen Ming speaks, Tianhe-1 calculates the sky, the earth, and people!
As all the lights on the scene were turned on, the large screen in the center of the curtain wall lit up, and under the blue background, the four large characters "Tianhe-1" appeared, and the press conference began.
Cameras from various media outlets off the field were turned on one after another, and everyone was fully armed and waiting nervously.
The process of the press conference was that Peng Xu spoke first.
Peng Xu looked at the many media reporters and people from various computer fields below the stage and said:
"Good afternoon, everyone. I am Peng Xu, director of the National Supercomputing Center. Welcome to the launch event of our supercomputer Tianhe-1."
"Our country's first supercomputer, Tianhe-1, was recently completed. Supercomputers play an extraordinary and significant role in various fields."
"Its successful development represents a new step forward for our country in the computer field and is of milestone significance!"
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Peng Xu's speech was very long, but it was all about the significance of the successful development of supercomputers and the changes it will bring to the future.
After he finished speaking, there was a series of clicking sounds at the scene. Some stenographers from the media that were broadcasting live tapped their steno machines vigorously to write down all his words.
After Peng Xu finished speaking, he looked at Jin Wenling, who then spoke:
"Good afternoon, everyone. I am Jin Wenling, dean of the School of Computer Science at the National University of Defense Technology."
"After five years of concerted efforts and hard work by our National University of Defense Technology research and development team, the great project of Tianhe-1 has finally come to an end."
"Here, I would like to thank all the members of the team for their hard work. It is their painstaking research day and night that has made it possible for Tianhe-1 to be presented to the world in such a short time..."
Jin Wenling's speech was also relatively lengthy, describing the team's development history, the difficulties encountered in supercomputer research and development, and how to overcome them.
After Jin Wenling finished speaking, everyone's eyes were focused on Chen Ming.
Many media reporters and people from all walks of life in the audience were very curious.
Who is this young man? He looks to be in his early twenties, but he has the rank of major.
And he can also sit at the same table with Peng Xu and Jin Wenling.
It’s no wonder they are curious, after all, Chen Ming is too young.
When other people were in their twenties, they were basically still studying or hanging out in various Internet cafes.
Not only has Chen Ming been promoted to the rank of major, but he can also speak as a representative in such an important research. Who on earth is he?!
Many cameras were pointed at Chen Ming, and more people cast curious glances at him, looking forward to Chen Ming's speech.
Facing the focused gaze, Chen Ming was not in a hurry. He took a deep breath, cleared his throat and said:
"Hello everyone, I am Chen Ming, a representative of the Tianhe-1 R&D personnel, and also a doctoral student at the National University of Defense Technology. I am honored to be here today to speak and introduce my country's first supercomputer, Tianhe-1, to you."
When these words were spoken, many people in the audience were naturally surprised. It is rare to see such a young doctor these days.
Many reporters secretly memorized the name Chen Ming in their hearts.
This young doctoral student may become a big news in the future.
Chen Ming ignored the commotion in the audience and continued:
"Tianhe-1 is our country's first supercomputer, consisting of 120 cabinets. Its average number of operations per second reaches 100 trillion times, and its peak number of operations reaches an astonishing 123 trillion times."
"Compared to the two supercomputers in the United States and Sakura Country, Tianhe-1 is even better!"
After these words were spoken, many people in the audience were stunned for a moment, and then they opened their eyes as big as copper bells, and were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.
Although the reporters who came here had no in-depth research on supercomputers, everyone had done some homework in advance in order to come here.
However, the computing peaks of the Beautiful Country and the Sakura Country that they came into contact with in their homework were far from reaching this level!
You know, the peak computing power of supercomputers in the United States and the Sakura Country is only over 100 trillion times.
Dragon Country's Tianhe-1 is directly over 100 trillion times? !
The most shocked were the journalists and scholars from the United States and the Cherry Blossom Country.
There were only three words left in my mind at this moment: Impossible!
How could Dragon Country create such a product! Absolutely impossible!
They are very proud of the computer field. After all, among so many countries in the world, they are the only two countries that have the ability to independently develop supercomputers.
Even though they knew that Longguo had successfully developed the product and held a press conference, they still thought that Longguo was just tinkering with it to follow the trend.
It would be good if we could get a peak of one quadrillion times at most.
But unexpectedly, Longguo was not just following the trend, but overtaking on the curve, and overtaking so much that they couldn't even see the taillights of their cars!
The sense of pride in my heart was shattered in an instant.
At this time, some people even suspected that Chen Ming had said something wrong or made a slip of the tongue.
Otherwise, no matter how much Dragon Country comes from behind, it is impossible for it to directly surpass the other two countries by more than ten times!
Many computer scholars from Dragon Country present at the scene jumped up excitedly after hearing this, staring at Chen Ming with burning eyes.
Most of them are advanced scholars immersed in the field of computer science. Compared with others, they know better how terrifying this number is!
You should know that the peak performance of a supercomputer depends on the computer hardware and the level of programming.
Both are indispensable. Now Tianhe-1 is far superior to the United States and the Sakura Country.
To a large extent, this shows that Longguo may have far surpassed those two countries in both hardware and program software.
If that is the case, I am afraid that not only the computer field, but other fields will also develop rapidly like flowers blooming and leaves spreading!
If what Chen Ming said is true, then Tianhe-1 is a product that is far ahead of its time.
To put it in a cheesy way, it's so fucking awesome!
Chen Ming ignored the others' shock and continued, "Many people may not be familiar with the concept of supercomputers."
"But in fact, it is closely related to the lives of ordinary people. Its application can be simply and popularly summarized as: calculating the sky, calculating the earth, and calculating people."
After this statement was made, many scholars nodded to show their understanding.
They are all leaders in the industry, otherwise they would not have come to this press conference in person. They naturally know the various application fields after the birth of supercomputers.
But the journalists were confused again. What counts as heaven? What counts as earth
Although they had done their homework before coming, there was really limited information that could be found in this era.
After all, the research and development of supercomputers was previously only owned by the United States and the United States, but both countries kept it hidden like a treasure. Even if they wanted to look up information, they couldn't find much.
Fortunately, Chen Ming did not keep them curious for long, and then said:
"So, what exactly is calculating the sky, calculating the earth, and calculating people?"
"Let us take a closer look."
"Forecasting the weather refers to using supercomputers to predict climate change. Numerical weather forecasting has always been one of the important application areas of high-performance computers."
"Supercomputers will provide early warning of low-probability but high-damaging weather events."
"With this kind of early warning, we can greatly reduce the damage caused by extreme weather to humans and provide help and data support for research related to climate change."
As Chen Ming was speaking, the PPT screen projected on the projection screen behind him changed automatically.
All of these were produced when the Supercomputing Center was writing the manuscript.