As the end of April draws closer, two big things are happening in the international tech community.

One incident was the $20 billion financing of SubCom by East Asia Communications, which shocked the whole of North America.

Everyone didn't expect that this giant, which once occupied more than 40% of the market share of the submarine fiber optic cable market, would end up in such a form.

What people didn't expect was that the Federal Department of Commerce actually approved this financing plan, allowing a communications company with a Chinese background to buy this communications company belonging to the United States.

Even, it was a loan from a U.S. bank.

According to the Wall Street Journal, because of SubCom's poor financial performance, successive failures in global submarine fiber optic cable projects, and the key quantum repeater technology is far away, there is no hope of defeating competitors, which eventually led the board of directors to give up resistance in the face of East Asia Communications' financing proposals.

Although the official news is indeed the case, Chairman Carter also said in an interview that it is a better choice for SubCom to join forces with Dongya Communications, and the two sides can complement each other well in the field of experience and technology, which is just a business practice, and there is no need to make too much guesswork.

However, there are still many people who read a hint of the unusual flavor of this financing proposal that is almost an unequal treaty.

But one way or another, it's already happening.

The Federal Ministry of Commerce did approve the proposal.

The quantum submarine fiber optic cable is heading for the Americas, and eight landing stations have landed on the west coast of North America......

As for another big event, the Xinghai No. 1 Quantum Supercomputing Center has finally been completed after more than two months of construction......

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Pilot Development Zone.

Next to the wide six-lane road stands a building as steep as an obelisk.

A few days ago it was a bare steel skeleton, but now it was covered with rows of inky glass panels. From afar, it's hard to imagine that it's a supercomputing center, but more like a skyscraper or a monument or something.

Judging from the shape, this supercomputing center is indeed a bit chic, so that many people are puzzled why Star Technology finally adopted such a strange design.

However, this kind of doubt did not last long in the hearts of the locals, because soon news came out that the design of this supercomputing center was made by Academician Lu himself.

Hearing this news, everyone was also relieved.

After all, Academician Lu's taste is obvious to all.

Just like geniuses are always mavericks, it's not that it's weird, but there is still a little difference from ordinary people.

Repair the supercomputing center into this shape......

There doesn't seem to be much to fuss about.

After getting off the car from Lu Zhou, he followed him step by step, and Director Sun of the Development Zone Management Committee said with a smile on his face without concealing the courtesy in his tone.

"In the last two months, at least 200 companies have settled in our park. Originally, our investment promotion bureau was still worried about how to complete this year's investment promotion target, but I didn't expect it to be completed at the beginning of the year. ”

"Thank you so much for your support, Academician Lu!"

Listening to the flattering tone, the expression on Lu Zhou's face didn't change much, and he simply replied.

"Director Sun is serious, I'm just a scholar, and I can't talk about any support or support."

Director Sun: "Hey, you're too modest!" ”

Lu Zhou diverted the topic and said.

"When will the ribbon cutting start?"

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't seem interested in listening to his own flattery, Director Sun hurriedly omitted those nonsense and said straight to the point.

"It's ready! Ready to go—"

At this time, there seemed to be some small commotion at the site of the completion ceremony not far away. I saw a female reporter in civilian clothes, with a cameraman, arguing with the security guards who maintained order at the scene.

Wang Peng, who was standing behind Lu Zhou, silently glanced at the building next to him, and then did not make any other movements.

It was Lu Zhou, who looked over there with interest.

"What's going on there?"

Wang Peng: "It seems to be a reporter. ”

A hint of understanding appeared on Lu Zhou's face.

"Oh, journalist."

Because they were on the way to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the group had to stop.

Looking at the embarrassed security guard, Director Sun frowned, he originally planned to have a seizure, but considering that it was now a public place, he still maintained restraint.

However, just as he was about to open his mouth to ask which unit this reporter was, he saw that the reporter's eyes suddenly lit up, and he directly ignored Director Sun, rushed to Lu Zhou in two steps, took out the microphone and spoke first.

"Hello Academician Lu, I am a reporter from the Southern Morning Post, can I interview you?"

Lu Zhou glanced at Director Sun next to him a little strangely, and from the expression on his face, he could probably guess that it should be an emergency.

However, he didn't blame Director Sun, after all, no one could guarantee that everything that happened in the future was planned, even if it was an IMCRC collider, let alone a person.

Looking at the young lady of the reporter, Lu Zhou nodded and said.

"Absolutely, as long as it's a question I can answer."

"Thank you so much for your time!"

With a smile on her face, the reporter's young lady handed the microphone to Lu Zhou.

"Prior to this, we learned through investigation that Professor Aric of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said in an interview with the New York Times that until the technical bottleneck of quantum memory is solved, it is impossible to achieve quantum computing technology above 500 qubits by relying solely on the design of quantum logic circuit gates."

"May I ask Academician Lu, can Xinghai-1 really reach the computing power of 524 qubits? Or is there something else going on? ”

As soon as he heard this, before Lu Zhou could speak, Director Sun, who was standing next to him, became anxious.

What does this mean?

Is this questioning the capabilities of the Xinghai-1 Quantum Supercomputing Center?

Now the enterprises that plan to engage in intelligent manufacturing in the country are inquiring about the policies of the Pilot Development Zone, and at least half of them are rushing to the "Jinling Institute for Advanced Study" model and the cloud computing services provided by the legendary world's first quantum computer.

If this kind of report spreads, wouldn't it mean that their development zone is colluding with Star Technology to deceive investors?

"Comrade reporter, what do you mean by that?"

The expression on his face did not change, and the reporter said with a smile unchanged.

"I just have some questions, and I ask Director Sun to understand."

"It's okay, it's normal to have doubts."

Signaling Director Sun, who was still going to say something, to shut his mouth with his eyes, Lu Zhou nodded, and then cast his eyes to the obelisk-like mansion next to him.

“…… It's about to take place for a test run, so I'll show you how. ”

As soon as he heard this, the Southern Morning Post reporter's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had found some big news, and hurriedly asked.

"What are you going to demonstrate? Is it convenient to reveal it in advance? ”

Lu Zhou: "It's not an inconvenient issue to disclose, if you have paid attention to the dynamics of the academic community, you should know that we announced our pilot plan as early as a week ago. ”

Reporter: "I'm sorry, could you please be a little more clear?" ”

"It's a very simple, but representative math problem," Lu Zhou continued, after a pause, "and it has to do with pi, which we all know." ”

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