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In order to ensure that Zu Chongzhi No. 3 could operate on time, Xu Yun basically did many things himself in the next month. With the joint efforts of Zhu Hengyi and all project members, Zu Chongzhi No. 3 was finally successfully built and the final equipment debugging work was completed.

As for Lu Yang, who is responsible for specific algorithms and operating systems, the assistance of artificial intelligence Deep Sea did not hinder him.

In this month, there have been more and more overseas reports about Suzuki quantum computers.

It is called by many media as a sign of the maturity of quantum computers.

Well-deservedly represents the world's top level.

Basically, the academic community has already acquiesced that the Suzuki superconducting quantum computer has achieved quantum hegemony.

Among them, Professor Puskore boldly proposed in an interview that the Suzuki quantum computer is expected to reach commercial level within five years.

After this statement spread on the Internet, it immediately caused another wave of public excitement.

Even domestic netizens are looking forward to it.

Since there is no new news about domestic superconducting quantum computers, and it is reported that the optical quantum computer project has been stopped, many people are almost not talking about domestic quantum computers.

Xu Yun and other project members have been busy during this time, and sometimes they have to work overtime until late.

Naturally, I don’t have the time to pay attention to online public opinion.

Anyway, in his opinion, no matter how popular the Suzuki quantum computer is now around the world, once Zu Chongzhi 3 is officially launched and the data is released to the public, I believe that no one will pay attention to the so-called quantum hegemony overseas soon.

Time is like a stubborn donkey, it keeps running.

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June soon entered, and even though it was already a hot summer, the members of the Institute of Quantum Information and Technology were forced to stay calm at this moment.

Saturday, June 24, 2023.

Today is an important day for all members of the Quantum Information Technology Research Institute.

Everyone's mood was surprisingly consistent.

Excited and a little nervous.

Of course, this is not because it is the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, but because Zu Chongzhi No. 3, which has been busy for such a long time, is finally going to officially run tests.

How can I not let my emotions fluctuate when I have put in so much effort and am about to receive a reward?

If it weren't for the crucial importance of the current situation, I believe everyone present would not be able to remain calm.

"Report to Xuyuan that the equipment has been inspected and meets operating standards."

In the main processor room of Zu Chongzhi No. 3 superconducting quantum computer, Xu Yun nodded while listening to Zhu Hengyi's report.

Then he raised his gaze to Pan Xiaozhi beside him and asked out of politeness.

"Pan Yuan."

"It's up to you to issue the final orders."

Although Xu Yun is solely responsible for the entire Zu Chongzhi No. 3 project, Pan Xiaozhi will definitely come to attend such an important occasion.

Hearing this, Pan Xiaozhi didn't argue about this kind of thing, and just said those two words with a smile.

"Turn on."

"Start running immediately." Xu Yun added immediately.

The main processor room where everyone is located belongs to the classical computer, which serves as the connection between the user and the quantum computer.

As the order was issued, Zhu Hengyi was seen turning on Zu Chongzhi No. 3 with his own hands.

Seeing that the world's most powerful superconducting quantum computer is about to be fully displayed in front of everyone, the most worried among everyone present are Lu Yang and several other key members of the original Jiuzhang project. They are assigned to be responsible for the development of specific algorithms and operating systems. If there is a problem, it will most likely lead to the failure of the first run of Zu Chong No. 3.

This is something no one wants to see.

But after all, it is a newly developed algorithm and system, and the time is much less than before.

It will inevitably make people feel unsure.

Even if there is artificial intelligence deep sea assistance this time.

Before seeing the system run successfully, Lu Yang would definitely not be able to let go of his hanging heart.

Xu Yun saw this scene, and while the computer was starting up, he turned his head and expressed relief.

"Relax, Professor Lu, you should have confidence in your results."

"That's what Xu Yuan said." Lu Yang replied with a wry smile.

He naturally understood what Xu Yun's words meant.

He led the team to develop the specific algorithm and quantum operating system of Zu Chongzhi No. 3.

This is a critical moment. If he, the person in charge, is not confident, doesn't it mean that the specific algorithms and systems they developed are not working?

As Xu Yun said, he should be confident and firmly believe that his algorithm and system have no problems.

The thought stayed here, and the next second I saw him puffing out his chest.

There was no longer a look of worry on his face.

Soon, as the quantum computer was successfully powered on, a picture appeared on the main processor screen.

It is the quantum operating system developed by Lu Yang and others.

Although it seems to have relatively few functions, the words "Nine Chapters" above are very conspicuous.

Yes.

Although the institute suspended research on the optical quantum computer Jiuzhang in order to speed up the progress of the Zu Chongzhi No. 3 project, Lu Yang and others still named the latest quantum operating system developed Jiuzhang.

It makes up for a small regret.

Seeing that the Jiuzhang Quantum Operating System was running successfully, Lu Yang was completely relieved.

"Hoo~"

"Finally, we successfully completed the task assigned by Pan Yuan."

"I can rest assured that you are in charge." Pan Xiaozhi responded to Lu Yang with a smile.

It can be seen that both of them are in a good mood at the moment.

Zu Chongzhi No. 3 started up smoothly and the operating system ran normally. This is indeed a good signal.

At least there were no embarrassing emergencies.

But Xu Yun knew very well that it was just the beginning.

Next, it is necessary to determine the number of coupled qubits that the quantum computer can deeply control, and determine the most important error correction technology to see whether the final value can meet the design requirements.

After all, according to his design plan, the number of qubits that Zu Chongzhi-3 can deeply control must be five digits.

Error correction is one error a million times.

If it cannot be successfully achieved, or is much lower than this value, there is a problem with the design solution.

If this is the case, the situation will get worse.

In addition to the need to re-research the design plan, there is no way to announce the situation of Zu Chongzhi No. 3 for the time being.

If time goes by, maybe overseas joint laboratories will be able to achieve quantum hegemony.

Knowing the importance of the following operations, Xu Yun did not dare to delay at all.

The next second, he continued to give Zhu Hengyi instructions.

"Professor Zhu, let's start as planned and get the test results of the quantum computer as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, Xu Yuan, I believe your plan will be fine." Zhu Hengyi took the words and answered with confidence.

From the moment Xu Yun came up with the design plan for Zu Chongzhi No. 3, Zhu Hengyi was already convinced from the bottom of his heart.

He highly recognized Xu Yun’s research in the quantum field.

Under this circumstance, I almost firmly believed that there would be no problem with Zu Chongzhi No. 3 designed by Xu Yun.

After answering this sentence, he immediately started various tests and verifications on Zu Chongzhi No. 3 according to the procedures.

Everyone who was originally gathered in the main processor room also returned to their work stations to cooperate with Zhu Hengyi in verifying the general computing power and error correction results of Zu Chongzhi No. 3.

It is worth mentioning that this testing process takes a long time.

There is no need to keep an eye on it here.

At this point in the domestic superconducting quantum computer project, Xu Yun basically no longer needs to intervene.

He just needs to wait patiently for the final test verification results.

So at this time, he turned around and faced Pan Xiaozhi and said, "Everyone here will probably be busy next time. Let's go out first, shall we?"

After hearing Xu Yun's words, Pan Xiaozhi hesitated for a few seconds before answering.

"Oh well."

According to his inner thoughts, he definitely wanted to stay here and see the test results as soon as possible.

But then I thought it might affect the work of the on-site personnel, so I agreed to Xu Yun's proposal.

At this time, Lu Yang next to him also obviously saw Pan Xiaozhi's worries, so he took over the conversation and added.

"Pan Yuan doesn't need to worry too much. Zu Chongzhi No. 3 has been successfully started and operated."

"Even if the final test result does not meet the design requirements, it is already much better than our Zu Chong No. 2."

How could Pan Xiaozhi not know the reason? It can be said that when he first saw the design plan completed by Xu Yun, he was sure that the quantum computer built according to this plan would definitely far surpass Zu Chong No. 2.

After all, it uses a lot of new technologies, which Zu Chongzhi No. 2 does not have.

If it had been before, he might not be as worried as he is now, and might be satisfied with the improved performance.

However, today is different from the past.

The overseas joint quantum laboratory has suddenly raised the level of superconducting quantum computers to the milestone of one thousand qubits. If it cannot exceed this value, it means that domestic superconducting quantum computer technology has fallen behind others.

This was something he definitely didn't want to happen.

You must know that before this, domestic superconducting quantum computers were far ahead.

At the moment, he can only place all his hopes on Zu Chong No. 3, and he must ensure that he can crush Suzuki Quantum Computer no matter what.

As long as this level can be achieved, even if the final test results cannot meet the requirements of the design plan, it will definitely be an extremely successful quantum technology breakthrough.

"Then let us wait patiently for the results."

A lot of thoughts flashed through his mind instantly, and finally Pan Xiaozhi left these words and turned to leave the main processor room.

Xu Yun, Lu Yang and others followed behind.

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After several days of waiting, the research institute finally got the performance data of Zu Chongzhi-3.

After receiving the news, Pan Xiaozhi immediately held a reporting meeting.

Hou Shengchang, president of the Academy of Sciences, was also specially invited to attend.

In the conference room of the institute in the morning, in addition to Hou Shengchang, Pan Xiaozhi, Xu Yun, Zhu Hengyi, Lu Yang and others who were invited, there were only a few core members of the project.

There are three academicians alone.

It can be seen that the institute attaches great importance to this meeting.

"Xu Yun, you did a good job. You gave me another surprise this time."

Hou Shengchang was sitting in the middle seat. Before the meeting officially started, he turned his head and couldn't help but smile and say something to Xu Yun on his right.

A smile on his face.

It can be seen that he is in a good mood indeed.

"It seems that it was the right thing for me to agree to Lao Pan's request and let you go to the Institute of Quantum Information Technology."

"Who says it's not the case? It all depends on Xu Yun this time." Pan Xiaozhi, who was sitting on the left after hearing the exchange between the two, immediately answered.

It can be said that what he said is absolutely correct.

If he hadn't passed that paper and realized that Xu Yun was likely to be researching the quantum field very early and had achieved results, he would promptly invite dignitaries from the Academy of Sciences to join the Institute of Quantum Information and Quantum Technology Innovation.

So the current research on domestic superconducting quantum computers will be very passive.

If Xu Yun had not joined before, the level of domestic quantum computers would definitely still be at the level of Zu Chongzhi No. 2.

Not only cannot it solve the problem of error correction, but the number of qubits that can be deeply manipulated is only a few hundred.

Obviously, there is absolutely no way to compare with the Suzuki superconducting quantum computer currently developed by overseas joint laboratories.

The previous leading position of domestically produced quantum computers will soon cease to exist.

There is also the possibility that the situation in the semiconductor field will be repeated.

Perhaps the field of quantum computing will be shrouded in the shadow of overseas quantum hegemony for a long time to come.

"Quantum computers are related to the speed of future technological development. They are very important technologies that must be mastered."

"The current overseas announcement of achieving quantum hegemony has indeed had a certain impact on us."

"So the burden on everyone is also very heavy."

"We must continue to maintain our previous advantages."

At this time, Hou Shengchang's simple speech made the atmosphere in the conference room inevitably tense.

Pan Xiaozhi followed closely and replied: "Please rest assured in this regard, we are all very confident that the performance of Zu Chongzhi-3 will surpass that of Platanus officinalis in the overseas joint laboratory."

"Then let's start the report." Hou Shengchang knew the purpose of today's meeting. He nodded and said nothing more.

Immediately afterwards, in order not to keep everyone waiting too much, Xu Yun turned his attention to Zhu Hengyi.

"Publish the various test data of Zu Chongzhi No. 3."

"Okay Xu Yuan." Zhu Hengyi responded.

There is no doubt that among everyone present, only Zhu Hengyi knows the experimental data obtained by Zu Chongzhi No. 3.

Others were summoned to the conference room to participate in the report as they had just learned of the results.

Naturally, I didn’t have time to check.

I don't know if Zhu Hengyi had practiced outside in advance, but he hid the expression on his face very well.

It is impossible to judge the outcome from the expression.

However, Xu Yun has confidence in his masterpiece after all, and he personally participated in the entire construction process. Logically speaking, there should be no situation where the actual results fail to meet the design requirements.

So compared to other people's expectations, he was calm and silently waited for Zhu Hengyi to come up with the data.

But at this moment, when Zhu Hengyi met the eyes of several people, he suddenly felt the pressure doubled in his heart.

I didn't dare to deliberately sell it, so I immediately took out the data report that I had prepared and distributed it to everyone present.

At the same time, do not forget to give oral reports.

"According to the final results of the test, under the operation of the specific algorithm we independently developed and the Jiuzhang quantum operating system, it can be determined that the number of qubits that can be deeply manipulated reaches 10,000."

"In addition, with our latest error correction technology, we have successfully made Zu Chongzhi 3 error-free nearly once a million times."

"Now we can say that Zu Chongzhi-3 does have universal quantum computing power."

"And it can initially carry out quantum combination optimization to decipher codes, as well as quantum weather prediction, etc."

Zhu Hengyi's words were undoubtedly a bombshell. Except for Xu Yun, one could clearly see the ecstasy on the faces of everyone else.

Even Zhu Hengyi himself is no exception.

The results proved that there were no problems with Xu Yun's design. Although the error correction was only close to one error per million times, it was still enough to have commercial value and provide quantum computing power in multiple fields.

"good."

"Very good."

"OK."

After coming back to his senses, Hou Shengchang said three words in a row, without hiding the smile on his face.

Then he even sighed: "What is quantum hegemony? This is the real quantum hegemony."

"In addition, we also used the Zu Chongzhi-3 quantum computer to conduct quantum circuit sampling, and the result was that it only takes two seconds to sample one million times."

"Compared to the Suzuki computer developed by overseas joint laboratories, it is ten times higher than theirs."

"I have long said that our quantum computer does not need to catch up, it only needs to stay ahead." Pan Xiaozhi was completely immersed in the good news at this moment, and did not forget to express his gratitude to Xu Yun again: "In addition, it is possible to achieve this result. All thanks to the design plan provided by Xu Yun.”

"As a scientific researcher, now that I have joined the Institute of Quantum Information and Quantum Technology Innovation, this is what I should do."

Faced with Pan Xiaozhi's praise, Xu Yun answered with a standard answer, and then did not forget to remind him of another thing.

"But Pan Yuan, should we put the quantum computer cloud platform on the agenda?"

With the current performance of Zu Chongzhi-3, it is fully capable of being launched on the quantum computer cloud platform.

In addition to allowing everyone to truly experience quantum computers, it is also an operation that reflects commercial value.

In addition, with this cloud platform, I believe it will not take long for Shenhai and Benben to iteratively update to version 4.0.

There are also corporate laboratories in many other fields that can also solve their own problems by using universal quantum computing power.

In this way, as long as the number of qubits that can be controlled increases in the future, this cloud platform will gradually become more powerful and can accelerate the research and development of various domestic technologies.

This matter has been decided long ago, and Pan Xiaozhi will naturally have no objections to this.

After hearing this, he immediately expressed his position: "The cloud platform must be done as soon as possible. In addition, we also hope that the dean can deploy a supercomputer to cooperate with us in setting up." As for the last words, he said it to Hou Shengchang.

Even if quantum computers develop to a high level, specific applications will still be inseparable from the cooperation of classical computers.

Only when the two are combined to form a super fusion can greater value be exerted.

After all, quantum computers now look more like servers.

Hou Shengchang naturally knew this, and agreed to Pan Xiaozhi's request without saying a word.

"Of course there is no problem with this matter. In addition to launching the quantum computer cloud platform, you must also be prepared to hold a press conference to let the outside world know what true quantum supremacy is."

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