This conference is different from other conferences. There are very few amateur audiences. The participants are all high-end talents who work in scientific research or have certain qualifications.
As soon as the conference started, a hundred flowers bloomed. Various companies and institutions have brought their latest technologies or product displays, and the most cutting-edge technologies can be seen everywhere here.
Coming here, Lu Zixin’s biggest emotion is that China’s high-tech industry is still too weak.
Here, scientific research institutions and high-tech companies from the Americas and Europe can be seen everywhere, but there are only a few from China that you can count on your fingers.
Lianxiang, Keli, Penguin, Huawei, Shuguang, Inspur... These are all top Chinese companies in the computer, data, and information industries, so they can come here to attend the conference.
In the venue, Lu Zixin was talking to several foreigners, who were members of IEEE and the American Computer Society.
"Mr. Lu, this is the first time for Hongxin Group to participate in the Global Supercomputing Conference. On behalf of IEEE, I would like to welcome you." Vice President Tolan Bell said politely.
"Thank you. We are honored to participate in such an academic event." Lu Zixin responded with a courtesy, and he shook hands with several people next to him.
"Mr. Lu, this time your Hongxin Group is participating in the conference as a high-tech computer company. I wonder what achievements Hongxin Group has made in this area. Can you let us see it?" An American asked first.
His name is Plit, he is an honorary fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and the head of a computer research center at IBM International Business Machines Corporation.
"Yeah, I'm curious too. As far as I know, China's Hua Wei and other companies all participate in the conference as hardware suppliers or in the information and data industry. Only Hongxin Group participates in the computer industry." Another person said, "And what makes me most surprised is that in addition to computer software, you also filled in computer hardware in the participation information form. I wonder what computer hardware products the Hongxin Group has?"
This man's words were obviously contemptuous and hostile, and the Americans next to him also looked at Lu Zixin and others with the same eyes.
Lu Zixin was not familiar with them, but he understood where their hostility came from. When Hongxin entered the U.S. market strongly before, it almost offended American high-tech companies in terms of tariffs, intellectual property fees, market share, etc.
These people are more or less interested in those companies, so it is normal for them to be unfriendly to Hongxin.
Especially now that Hongxin has made it clear that it wants to enter the computer industry, which makes them feel a sense of crisis. Speaking like this also has the meaning of irritation, and they want to explore the next intention of Hongxin Group.
Tolan Bell also looked at Lu Zixin with a smile and did not speak. Apparently his attitude was consistent with the others.
"Computer hardware, Hongxin Group is working on it, and has achieved certain results. I believe everyone will be able to see it soon." Lu Zixin's answer was very smooth, as if he had said it.
The other party was not satisfied, and Plit continued: "I am very much looking forward to seeing the emergence of Hongxin brand computers in the future, just like your Huaxia Lianxiang computers, which are also very good."
"By the way, if Hongxin Group needs it, we will be very happy to provide the necessary hardware."
On the surface, his words didn't seem to have any problems, but in fact, there was some slighting in them, either intentionally or unintentionally. Because although the computers of Lianxiang Group are Chinese brands, the main hardware in the computers are foreign products.
The IBM company where Plit works is also a major supplier of hardware to the Lianxiang Group. In their eyes, Huaxia's computers are just assembled products with a shell, and all the core things come from them.
Lu Zixin smiled and said, "I think so too. If you need our Hongxin Group to provide hardware services in the future, we are also willing to cooperate."
Several Americans smiled, as if they had heard a joke.
Tolan Bell stopped the topic and said: "Mr. Lu, the global supercomputer ranking conference is coming soon. Why don't we go together?"
"That's what I meant." Lu Zixin nodded.
At this conference, the organizers will work with the international TOP500 organization to jointly select and release the top 500 supercomputers in the world in terms of computing speed.
This kind of behavior is not only to attract public attention to the computer field, but also to fiercely compete with each other to promote the development of the industry.
At the venue, Lu Zixin met a few more friends. Wu Zhigao, the president of Huawei Group, Bai Chenghui, the president of Lianxiang Group, and several experts from the Computer Technology Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
"Friends from China, which ones do you think will be the top three supercomputers this year?" Tolan Bell suddenly asked.
"This year, several top-performance supercomputers have appeared in the world, but when it comes to the TOP3, two of them definitely belong to China." A Chinese computer expert said proudly, "China's Sunway supercomputer has been ranked as the top supercomputer several times. Ranked first, there is also the Tianhe-2 supercomputer, there is no problem in entering the top three!”
"Hahaha!" Tolan Bell laughed and said: "The performance of China's two supercomputers is indeed good, but this year, the situation may be a little different."
"Different?" Several computer experts in China looked puzzled, "Has some organization developed a supercomputer with stronger performance?"
"You will be surprised!" Plit said confidently. Listening to his tone, it seems that a faster supercomputer has really come out.
Everyone entered the venue and began the selection of supercomputers. In addition to the data collected by the international TOP500, participants can also provide the latest supercomputer data for them to review and then rank.
As soon as everyone arrived at the venue, they heard heated discussions.
"The Titan 2 supercomputer has a computing speed that exceeds the previous number one Chinese Sunway supercomputer!"
"More than a billion floating point operations per second!"
"Our American supercomputer is indeed the most powerful in the world!"
"Titan II?" Everyone from China showed surprised expressions.
An expert said: "The Titan supercomputer is a supercomputer under the U.S. Department of Energy. It was previously among the top ten supercomputers in the world. Is this Titan 2 an improved version of the Titan supercomputer?"
"That's right!" A member of the Association for Computing Machinery proudly introduced, "The Titan II supercomputer is a more powerful supercomputer improved by Cray Supercomputer Company on the basis of the Titan I supercomputer."