Is it normal for a top student with an EQ of 20 to create a chip?

Chapter 73: Covered by the official father! ([-]-in-[-])

President Shan did not respond immediately on the other end of the phone.

He was silent for a few seconds before asking: "Mr. Zheng, we have discussed the situation before. We are actually very risky when executing Plan B."

Zheng Housheng briefly mentioned to him that Luo Yao had designed the quantum chip.

President Shan unconsciously held the phone tightly at this time: "Quantum chip? Mr. Zheng, this is not a joke!"

"Academician Pan Zhi and Academician Zhang Wu are currently helping Luo Yao do theoretical demonstrations. Academician Pan Zhi said that the probability of this chip entering practical application scenarios is very high, so can we send more relevant professionals to help Luo Yao do it? Early theoretical verification?”

Shan Xing thought for a moment, but was not as excited as Zheng Housheng. He said, "Mr. Zheng, if it can be built, it would certainly be a good thing. But after all, this is a quantum chip, not an ordinary chip. We must treat it with caution."

"Let's do this. I'll prepare here first, and then I'll wait for Academician Pan Zhi's call. If he can't handle it, he will definitely call us. It will be better for us to intervene at this time."

"What about plan B?"

Zheng Housheng has been thinking about Plan B. Of course Shan Xing knows it, but at this juncture, who dares to act rashly?
"Plan B should be suppressed first. It involves the interests of many parties. Under the current circumstances, even if I agree, it is impossible for other departments to agree."

"I know you are worried that the other party is going to start a price war, but for now we have to be stable first."

Knowing that there was no way to persuade Shan Xing, Zheng Housheng had no choice but to listen to Shan Xing's words.

After hanging up the phone, he walked into the laboratory again and saw two academicians, two professors, a doctoral student, and Luo Yao already having a heated discussion.

Pan Zhi said: "There are several sources of incoherent noise. One is the fluctuation of the external electromagnetic field, the other is the coupling between the bit and the external vacuum field, and the other is the coupling with the impurities in the base material, so the material is also very important. !”

Professor Jin nodded in agreement with Pan Zhi's statement: "Some components such as resonators are currently made of aluminum nitride. Quantum chips are also made of aluminum nitride, which will obviously affect the quantum properties. We need to find new materials."

Zhang Wu didn't have any ideas about materials, so he simply said: "Let's ask the people at the Materials Research Institute. What if they have found some new materials?"

"Well, Xiao Lin, write down the question and ask someone from the materials office later." Pan Zhi instructed Xiao Lin, who was standing aside and couldn't say anything.

After finishing speaking, he turned to Luo Yao: "Quantum error correction coding scheme, Luo Yao, do you think you should conduct new coding research and development?"

"Well, the new encoding is indeed a bit more complicated, but in theory the error correction rate will be higher than other existing error correction encoding schemes."

"In order to reduce collisions between qubits, a heavy hexagonal layout between qubits is the best way to avoid the situation where a pulse for one qubit changes the value of an adjacent qubit."

"The new code uses quantum Fourier transform and number theory as the basis, and combines the characteristics of Surface code and three-bit encoding Shor code, which can effectively correct adjacent dislocations. Of course, this is just my theory, and the specifics need to be verified."

This new set of codes was corrected by Luo Yao using his [Extreme Error Correction] talent, so Luo Yao was so sure to come up with a new error correction coding scheme.

"Of course, in order to continuously correct errors in quantum computing, we must be able to control more qubits in parallel, which means that the chip must adopt a three-dimensional architecture."

Pan Zhi waved his hand and asked his students to write down Luo Yao's words. These are the issues they will study next.

Zheng Housheng, who was standing at the door of the laboratory, found that he couldn't understand it at all. Zheng Mengrong and others around him felt the same way as him.

"It's really unimaginable that Luo Yao, a freshman, could be so involved in discussions with two academicians."

"Freshman students with high IQs are different from ordinary students. You see, Luo Yao can easily handle topics that even doctoral students can't handle."

"You said, should we hire a few doctoral students to help Luo Yao in the future? Let Luo Yao free up time to specialize in research and development?"

"Forget it, I'm worried that Luo Yao will think others are stupid. Except for two people in their laboratory who are not geniuses, everyone else is. The recruitment threshold is so high that you can't find anyone in the whole country."

"Aren't there two ordinary people in their laboratory?"

"Those two people seem to be Luo Yao's roommates. I have asked Professor Xia before. Their grades are considered good among ordinary people, their families are good, and they are good to Luo Yao, so Luo Yao recruited them into the Shannon Experiment. Room is not surprising.”

"It seems that Luo Yao is still grateful. He has not forgotten to support the people around him when he has the opportunity."

"This child's emotional intelligence is a bit low, but it's not an IQ problem. He knows very well who treats him well."

"To be honest, in the past, when I was with geniuses, I always felt like I was with a robot. I didn't know what the other person was thinking. Although I sometimes felt the same when I was with Luo Yao, the way he was focused on research and development for China made people feel at ease. .”

"The most fearful thing about cultivating geniuses is making wedding clothes for other countries. Luo Yao makes this a lot easier for us."

They were discussing in a low voice when Pan Zhi started talking loudly.

"This won't work. We have to continue to find people and set up a special research team. We are just sorting out what we need to do. How can we do it with so many things?"

"Isn't Luo Yao developing the fluxonium quantum chip just to overtake others in a corner? Time is precious, so we have to hurry up. I think we can report the situation to Chairman Shan. What do you think?"

"Quantum chips not only restrict the digital terminal market, but also restrict the development of various fields such as aerospace and military equipment. I think it is necessary to report to Chairman Shan as early as possible."

"Academician Zhang is right. If Scarron and the others are allowed to build quantum chips before us, all that awaits us is limited production materials."

"Under the value chain system, whoever masters the technology and market is the boss. After Scaron masters quantum chip computing, the entire semiconductor market will be monopolized by them, and it will be difficult to turn around by then."

"Then we've settled. I'll report it to the president and see what he says."

Pan Zhi is a man of action. After finishing speaking, he immediately picked up the phone and called Chairman Shan.

When Shan Xing received the call, he was actually surprised. He didn't expect Pan Zhi to call him so soon.

Pan Zhi told Shan Xing about the quantum chip on the phone, and Shan Xing became more and more surprised as he listened.

"Using a three-dimensional layout? How to create this structure? It shouldn't be stacked three layers like a sandwich, right?" A sandwich filled with fillings appeared in Shan Xing's mind.

"That's true, but the filling here is a very thin qubit layer. The qubit layer is sandwiched between two wire mesh layers."

"In this way, by applying a voltage through some wires, multiple qubits can be controlled in parallel, that is, a series of operations can be performed with less control, and its error-correcting coding protocol is based on two dimensions, which can Make sure any errors are corrected promptly."

"President Shan, you know that the error correction ability of a two-dimensional array is stronger than that of a one-dimensional array. The error correction ability of a three-dimensional array is theoretically stronger than that of a two-dimensional array, so it is imperative to conduct experiments on a three-dimensional architecture."

It has to be said that just a three-dimensional structure successfully attracted Shan Xing.

He said: "In this way, you prepare a set of plan descriptions, and we will apply for special applications to secure financial support and personnel in one step."

When he heard that financial support was going to be provided, how could Pan Zhi not be reluctant?
After talking to Shan Xing, Pan Zhi told everyone the good news.

After hearing this, Luo Yao began to think.

After this project becomes an official project, the progress will undoubtedly be accelerated.

In order to complete the experiment as soon as possible and enter the tape-out production process, the official will definitely conduct saturated experimental research.

If so, according to current progress, quantum chips will be available in about three months.

Now the question arises, are the chips still sold under the name of Huaji?
It’s hard to say that he didn’t participate in the design of the previous Light6 chip, but this time the quantum chip was designed by him alone, so it would be inappropriate to sell it under the name Huaji.

While Luo Yao was thinking about it, Pan Zhi thought about it and decided to ask Luo Yao how to arrange the plan.From a project perspective, Luo Yao is the designer and should be in charge.

But writing plans is a troublesome task, and some people don’t like writing.

So he wanted Luo Yao to make his own decision.

"If you are unwilling to write it, I will let Xiao Lin be responsible for writing the plan, and you will check it then."

If doctoral students write plans, the quality will certainly not be bad, but Luo Yao has his own ideas.

This is his first time writing a plan, so he can give it a try, otherwise it would be embarrassing if he couldn't write a plan later.

Luo Yao does not allow himself to do things that he cannot do within a certain range.

He said to Pandit, "I'll give it a try this time."

Pan Zhi was a little surprised by Luo Yao's answer. He knew that many people only like to do the design part, and they think troublesome things like writing plans are irrelevant.

Unexpectedly, Luo Yao actually wanted to write it himself.

This kid is more down to earth than he imagined.

In order for Luo Yao to figure out the plan at once, Pan Zhi also brought his previous plan to Luo Yao for reference.

Of course, Luo Yao would not refuse this kind of kindness.

Through the plan given by Pan Zhi, Luo Yao quickly sorted out the details that should be paid attention to when writing the plan.

After working for almost half a day, Luo Yao finalized the plan.

When Luo Yao submitted the plan, he also proposed the idea of ​​setting up his own company.

Luo Yao is 70% sure that the people above him will agree with this. He has considered that the quantum chip he developed will involve technological upgrades in multiple fields, and the official will never put him under a certain company.

After Luo Yao's plan was submitted, Shan Xing immediately asked people from the Science and Technology Committee to evaluate the level of the entire plan.

"President Shan, is there any point in saying this? It must be at the national level."

“It is recommended that the allocation of funds and personnel should be in accordance with the Torch Plan.”

The main purpose of the Torch Program is to commercialize high-tech and new technology research results.

Scientific research results cannot enter the market and be commercialized in a lifetime, and then the research will be extremely limited in helping overall development.

This has led to many scientific researchers taking advantage of the loopholes. After receiving scientific research funds, no one knows what they are researching all day long. They just ask and the final results cannot be applied to actual scenarios.

In order to promote scientific researchers to market their research results, China started this Torch Project.

After reading Luo Yao's plan, the people from the Science and Technology Committee had no objections.

At this time, what they are worried about is not the issue of project classification, but whether a quantum chip can be developed.

"President, Luo Yao made some demands at the end of the plan."

Shan Xing was pinching the bridge of his nose, trying to wake himself up.

Hearing the voice of his subordinate, he was slightly startled: "What's the request?"

"He wanted to start his own company."

After hearing this, Shan Xing had several thoughts in his mind.

However, they were all rejected after a little thought.

Luo Yao wanted to set up his own company, and Shan Xing was sure that he wanted to ensure the independence of his own research and development.

The projects Luo Yao is researching, at a small scale, can be linked to some industries, but at a large scale, they can affect the international market. If he is backed by Huaji, it will inevitably be affected by corporate interests.

Now that Luo Yao has brought it up, it shows that the other party has thought it through clearly.

Isn't it just a company?

What's so difficult about it.

According to Luo Yao's contribution, let alone one company, as long as he can give reasons, it is possible for the official to give him ten companies.

Soon, Shan Xing reported Luo Yao's plan and his idea of ​​starting a company to the elegant man in the capital.

The man said that he would personally read all the important documents related to Luo Yao.

It was already eleven o'clock in the evening.

The ashtray on the man's desk was filled with cigarette butts.

Until six o'clock in the morning, a secret email was sent from the man to Shanxing's office.

On the same day, Shan Xing flew to Dongcheng with Fu Daobin and went to Huaji headquarters to find Luo Yao.

"Luo Yao, this is the chairman of the Science and Technology Committee, Chairman Shan Xingdan." Fu Daobin felt that the scene in front of him was not real at all.

Fu Daobin never expected that Shan Xing could come from the capital in person.

Not to mention general scientific research projects, even national-level projects may not necessarily appear in person on site.

Now Shan Xing actually flew from the capital to Dongcheng. How important is this project to the higher-ups?
Fu Daobin didn't understand.

The people in Huaji don’t understand even more.

Shan Xing's sudden arrival made Hua Ji nervous.

From their point of view, the matter of quantum chips has not even been discussed yet, but the superiors are paying so much attention to it. So what if there is no result in the end?
The people in Huaji began to feel uneasy.

After Shan Xing arrived, he couldn't help but give Zheng Housheng some face by visiting Xia Hua Ji. The two sides were polite to each other. After a round, Shan Xing got down to business.

"Mr. Zheng, let's talk about something first. When is it convenient for you?"

When Zhenghousheng heard what Shan Xing said, he immediately understood that the other party wanted to talk to him alone about important matters. Zhenghousheng invited Shanxing into his office with understanding.

Ps I was delayed by something today, I will update it tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)