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Chapter 181 Chapter 181 Very Interesting Guy
"What an interesting discovery!" A middle-aged man was drinking coffee while browsing the latest content about chemistry on the computer in the office. If there are old Wall Street acquaintances here, they will find this strange The energy and time he spends on the fund is only 1/10 of what he spends on academics.

"What makes you find it interesting?" A researcher in a white coat next to him asked very curiously.

"You may not understand, it's about computational chemistry." David Xiao is in a very good mood now, and he feels very interesting now.

"That's really not my strong point, but I've also heard about that paper on thermoelectric materials and the research method mentioned in it, right? It's very popular now." Obviously everyone They are all from the academic circle, and if there is a little trouble in it, everyone will know it soon.

"I'm very interested in the research methods he mentioned in it. If he can sort out the results further, I think maybe he can win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry." A middle-aged man on the other side said, obviously he Be a chemist.

"Hey, I think we can be a little more optimistic. At that time, our results may be of interest, my friends!" David Xiao said refreshedly after drinking a cup of coffee.

"It is indeed very possible." Both researchers agree with each other's point of view. Of course, this is not because they want to make a living under the boss's hands, but because of their own academic intuition.Of course, eating is also a very important issue.

"Boss, I think we can be more optimistic. When they finally remember our Anton in the future, it should be when traditional supercomputing is powerless in the face of large-scale parallel computing and molecular dynamics simulation."

"At that time, the entire chemical community will have to put on a good posture and welcome us in with the most humble attitude. They will definitely pay the price for the initial rejection and disgust!" One of the researchers said a little bit aggrieved.

"Hey, come on, man, we should be generous. At most we will increase the price by 50% when the time comes, and as a generous person, we should not hold grudges." David Shaw joked.

"But considering the contribution I will make, at least I should be awarded a Turing Award, or a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Otherwise, those guys will not be able to enjoy our best service."

"Boss, you are right, you still have a better opinion!"

"Boss, you're right, you still have a good opinion!" As a researcher who was recruited by the boss to his subordinates when he was in the most unsatisfactory time, he not only got a job that looked very decent at the time, but also had a very guaranteed income. For his job, he even gained a boss who can recognize talents with eyesight.

Biochemical ring materials are not only a big hole in other places, but also a big hole in the United States, where research funds are so abundant.Even if you get a PhD in this field, you may not be able to enter academia and get a decent job.

As the first person to come into contact with the oldest version, he is very clear that his boss's hobbies are not in money, but in academia.So flattering must be on point, so that the boss feels comfortable.

"However, boss, I think what you said is not enough. I think these two awards are very suitable for you."

"Really, I'm actually so good!" David Xiao almost grinned to the back of his head, which shows that he is very suitable: Sure enough, the talents he hired with a high salary of 60 US dollars really have first-class vision.

Although he is one of the main players in hedge funds and is very famous on Wall Street, he does not enjoy the fun that money brings him.He is not interested in those expensive luxuries, he does not like to show off private jets and private yachts, he does not like to raise Hollywood canaries, even the coffee is very convenient but cheap in the coffee machine type.

To be honest, this is probably the most down-to-earth super-rich man, if you don't understand his interests and hobbies.Although he does not enjoy a luxurious life, he does have hobbies that are more expensive than those things!
At this moment, on the campus of Columbia University, there is such a strange institute, his name is DEShaw Institute, it is located in the campus surrounded by flowers and trees, and David Shaw lives there. Lover: Anton, a supercomputer designed for massively parallel computing.

Or to put it more bluntly, it was born for computational chemistry. It is called the nuclear weapon of computational chemistry. Its molecular dynamics simulation efficiency is more than a hundred times that of conventional supercomputers.

At this moment, the famous nuclear weapon of computational chemistry in their mouth, Anton was lying quietly in a corner of the institute, looking quite low-key.This legendary nuclear weapon in the computational chemistry world only occupies an area of ​​only a dozen square meters.

However, just for this chassis, which is only a dozen square meters, David built a supercomputing center that covers an area of ​​more than a hundred times, and it is still in an academic holy place like Columbia University.

Not only that, according to him, the entire Anton Supercomputing Center, from every employee to every screw, is working for this machine, or every scientific researcher, even himself This one is a super-calculated screw.

It is stored in a separate building, with thick walls and strong bulletproof glass, which can effectively withstand natural disasters; the earthquake-proof measures below the building can withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8, which means that even if Columbia University encounters an earthquake of magnitude [-] Invasion, this sophisticated supercomputer will not be affected in any way.

Originally, this big guy could only be placed here, to be alone with him. Although Anton's simulation is very efficient, his price is higher.So he can only have dragon slaying skills, but there are no dragons to hunt for him.

But the situation is different now. They will definitely not sit still in front of the newly rising opponent across the ocean. It is foreseeable that more and more funds will be invested in the field of computational chemistry in the future. To pursue higher efficiency, Anton is a must for them.

As a top scientist, David Xiao has his own confidence and pride. It is impossible to have a supercomputer that can do better than him in a short period of time. No, there will not be one.

As one of the best computer scientists, the founder of a famous fund company, a chemist, and most importantly, he is also a billionaire, which gave him enough confidence to face any threat directly.

It’s actually very interesting to say that David was originally a computer professor in a university, but because the federal science fund always cut his research funds for no reason, he simply didn’t go anywhere to make a smile, but directly chose himself To earn money to support his "wife".

Later, in the 20s, computers and the Internet had just begun to enter financial transactions. David seized the opportunity to enter the investment industry and quickly accumulated billions of dollars in assets in the market through advanced computer high-frequency quantitative trading... Feeling and opening Hanging the same.

Moreover, he is not the only one who is awesome, his subordinates are also very awesome, everyone is a good material for research, but because of the same reason and dream, everyone sat together and started earning their own wives!
The richest man in the world today, Bezos, chairman of Amazon, used to work under him. Later, he finally earned enough money to support his wife, which is the Amazon you will see later.Of course, later on, this wife was too money-burning, so she had no choice but to... yes, it was crowdfunding!
But later, David still felt that he was still a scientist, so he returned to academia with a net worth of billions (the rich and the rich do not return home, such as Jinyi Night Walk), and led the investment in dedicated supercomputers for computational chemistry.

With the support of money ability, he no longer needs to beg for mercy in order to get a little bit of financial support; he has money himself, very, very rich, and relying on his strong financial strength, he entangled a group of gangsters at that time. He was very despondent, just like him, a man of science and technology who had advanced the development of this discipline for decades at that time. At present, the team led by him is the best in the field of computational chemistry, and Dugu seeks defeat.

"Want to really live?"

"Want to understand the meaning of life?"

"Do you want to realize your own life value?"

"Is it the fate of a man in science and engineering to be tied to a job with an annual salary of tens of thousands of dollars until he dies?"

"I'll give you one hundred thousand, how about you come to work for me?"

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Everyone still remembers that their boss appeared in front of them like a savior and saved their lives. If it wasn’t for this person, there is a high probability that everyone would be doing repetitive tasks day after day in a certain company. My life has been until death, how can I live so wonderfully like now!
Moreover, an annual salary of [-] US dollars was still very powerful in that era when US dollars were still very thin. At that time, the threshold for the middle class was only [-] US dollars, and David Shaw gave them several times the salary and benefits!
Not only that, as a person who knows science and engineering men very well, David Xiao does not squeeze his employees like other bosses, overdrawing their development potential. After all, he is not short of money. It is better for him to cut a wave of leeks in the circle. Money fast.

Therefore, a virtuous circle has been formed. With the support of David Xiao's strong financial resources and everyone's efforts, the two generations of Anton are like overlords, making all computers tremble in front of it!
To be honest, if it wasn’t because the cost of Anton is so expensive that the super rich David Shaw only built one, maybe it will create an era, after all, compared with ordinary supercomputers, its performance is really Too strong.

"Maybe it's time to fill the fire again!" David Xiao thought, the structural model of the electrochemical interface, this word appeared more than once in the young man's paper, and he felt that the other party might need to use him soon up.

This is not an option, but an inevitable requirement. It is necessary to know that general-purpose supercomputers cannot perform molecular dynamics simulations very efficiently, or the efficiency is very low.

However, Anton is different. It completes its calculation work completely on a dedicated ASIC. Each chip is born for computational chemistry.

With a total of 512 computing nodes, it can simulate more than 23558 nanoseconds per day in a protein-water system composed of 17000 atoms.

In contrast, for a general-purpose supercomputer with the same number of processors, the simulation rate of parallel computing on the same chemical system can only reach the level of hundreds of nanoseconds per day.

It is precisely because of this that Anton is called the nuclear weapon of computational chemistry.I have to say that David is indeed a genius.This is true whether it is in finance or massively parallel computing, or in the field of polymer chemistry.

If it weren't for the fact that Anton was too expensive, ordinary research institutes would not be able to afford it. Perhaps one day in the future, the Nobel Committee would even consider nominating him.Just like biologist Jacques Dubochet, who was nominated for the 17 Chemistry Prize for his cryo-electron microscopy technology...

Of course, technology will not be buried, but people may not need it yet. As a very visionary investor, David Xiao’s mind is undoubtedly top-notch, and he has already foreseen that his time is coming. .

If you want to successfully break through this theory, then a supercomputer with super molecular dynamics simulation capabilities will be a necessity, and the other party has few choices, or even none.

The young man on the opposite side was a genius, and the other party also had good technology in the computer field, and his financial resources were no less than his own, even much stronger than his own.

He has no doubt that when the other party needs funds, their country can provide a large amount of money to support the other party. That sum of money may exceed his imagination. After all, no matter how rich a person is, he cannot be with a super Big countries on par!
But many problems cannot be solved by money. For example, semiconductor technology, even if the other party can design a more efficient simulation algorithm and a more efficient processor, there is a fatal problem that they cannot solve: their semiconductor industry. Do not support them.

So in the end, the young man will most likely ask himself. It just so happens that he also needs a better grade, a more convincing grade, so that he can convince those stubborn old men to be obedient Pay the bill!

Wang Feng, who was far away across the ocean, hadn't thought that he had been calculated clearly, but there was nothing to say. He was only so old now, and it was normal for him not to see as far as an old fritter like David Xiao.

But now he has indeed encountered the problem that David Xiao expected: Although the best supercomputer has been allocated to him, he still encounters a bottleneck in computing power. Of course, this bottleneck is not only in computing power. , and many more.

(End of this chapter)