Chapter 1077 Super Computing Power

In the research room, Tang En, Clotto and others looked at each other.

"Has this happened before?"

Tang En has a dark line. Some hackers use data calculation overflow to burn the hard drive, but I have never heard of Superπ burning the hard drive... And it seems that the storage crystal is directly overloaded and exploded because the calculation data is too large. …

It's just calculating pi, and the output is pure numbers. How big can the data be?

Tang En was suddenly startled, unless... at that moment, the data calculated by this computer was so huge that it filled the storage crystal!

How many digits have to be calculated?

"No...this is the first time to calculate Dal cylinder ratio..."

Clotto scratched his head: "Speaking of which, I seem to have forgotten to add a limiter for this situation... Nokia! Get a backup storage crystal!"

It is worth mentioning that due to the different design principles of the magic computer, the memory and the artificial soul core carrier are separated. If the memory is damaged, it will not affect the artificial soul core carrier.

After reconnecting a storage crystal, Clotto and the others began to check the previous calculation records.

You won’t know the result until you see it, and you will be shocked when you see it…

"hiss……"

Tang En took a breath of air: "The calculation speed of this artificial soul is unbelievable..."

At this moment, Tang En was certain that the artificial soul computer was really something similar to a quantum computer.

In the world where the earth is located, all conscious behaviors are realized based on the calculations of the brain. The calculation speed of the human brain is very fast. What we are talking about here is not calculations, but all human behaviors, including every muscle in your body when you raise your hand. , how each cell, each nerve works, etc. If you want to simulate the efficiency and intelligence of the human brain, it is simply impossible for an electronic computer to achieve it.

This is only possible with quantum computers.

The computing power of a quantum computer increases exponentially with the number of qubits. That is to say, if there are 10 more qubits, it is 1,000 times faster, and if there are 20 more qubits, it is one million times faster.

If there are 1,000 more qubits, it is 10 times faster.

If the number of qubits doubles every year, the increase in computing power will never be exhausted.

Of course, this refers to traditional calculations, and the biggest effect of quantum computers is to simulate the operation of the universe, physical phenomena, etc. The amount of data and calculations involved is too huge, so traditional electronic computers cannot achieve it perfectly. The characteristics of quantum computers can be realized.

And what about the world that Purandar lives in?

Human beings here not only have bodies and brains, but also incredible souls. The soul body is a very wonderful thing. Tang En does not understand the state in which the soul exists. The soul body cannot be regenerated under normal conditions. It can only be observed by others, but he can see and touch it, and the gods have given him special permission. If he allows it, the living can also observe the soul.

This means that the existence of the soul is very similar to the quantum superposition state.

The Einzbern family's artificial soul technology is so powerful that they even have the ability to turn artificial souls into truly intelligent and conscious soul bodies!

This also means that in this world, the efficiency of using artificial souls for calculations can, at worst, reach the level of simulating human intelligence. What is even more incredible is that by adjusting the focus of artificial souls, this technology can not only Simulate human intelligence and can also perform pure logical operations...

What does this mean?

This shows that the performance of the artificial soul quantum computer has completely surpassed earth's computer technology on the first day of its birth!

Looking at the crude artificial soul quantum computer in front of him, Tang En could not imagine that such an awesome artifact could be developed under such conditions and social background...

Although it is a world of high magic, Purandar is now a feudal society...

"It's done!"

After typing on the keyboard for a while, Clotto said: "I added a limiter, and the calculation data can be output to a maximum of 10 million digits. It can be tested again."

"No need to test."

Tang En waved his hand feebly and said, "We generally know how it performs."

The performance of the artificial soul quantum computer is definitely not bad, but at present, it can only be used to perform some pure data operations. As for the development of human-machine interfaces suitable for users, there are also various functional programs and the like. , I’m afraid we have to take our time.

At least, it is now necessary for Clotho and Justeza to continue to further improve the basic core instruction set of the artificial soul.

"If nothing else, after making this thing, we discovered that it might really come in handy in the future."

Clotto said with a smile: "In the past, when I was making airships and steam tanks, I would often have to calculate the stress data of a bearing for a long time. Now I write the formula and algorithm directly into the packet and input the instructions directly. The data is available.”

"This is the most basic application."

Tang En nodded and said, "In my world, computer technology is everywhere. People use computers to solve various problems they encounter in life. They also use computers for work. Even home entertainment is also used. Conducted on a computer.”

"For entertainment?"

Clotto was stunned: "Isn't it a bit wasteful?"

"There is no way, this is bound to happen when society develops to a certain extent."

Tang En shrugged: "Don't talk about my world, even here, when you mature the technology of artificial soul quantum computer, we will promote this thing as a product in the future."

Meeting the need for computer entertainment is only secondary. With the popularization of magic mobile phones and artificial soul quantum computers, the entire Purandar will be closely connected through the magic communication network, and will be closely connected with the earth when it enters the Internet era. Same, that is, “the world has never been more connected than it is now.”

By connecting everyone together, the exchange and collision of information will be more frequent, and the amount of information will be greatly increased. In this case, people's imagination will be further unleashed, and what kind of geniuses may be born? .

The mass production of artificial soul quantum computers is not difficult. As long as the instruction set of the artificial soul is packaged and encapsulated, it can be copied at will. The soul core is also easy to produce. The magic energy projection receiver is now in mass production. To produce a display, Just make a few changes. The only thing that limits production is the storage crystal. The technology for storing crystals has now been obtained from the Dragon Clan. Next, we need to start thinking of ways to solve the problem of mass production.

In other words, as long as Clotho and Justeza solve the shortcomings of the first artificial soul quantum computer and reach a practical level, the Datang Chamber of Commerce and even the government personnel of the Illus Empire can be equipped with this machine. Kind of magic to modify the computer.

——The premise is to cultivate enough alien programmers to add various programs for the future modification of computers.

Tang En said: "You don't need to rush to consider mass production. Now try it out in the laboratory for a period of time, find problems during use, solve them, and then consider mass production after the defects are resolved."

Clotto said very cheerfully: "No problem, I will leave the calculation of the data to Eve in the future."

“It’s not just about data calculations.”

Tang En reminded them: "The storage of various data can also be left to Eve, but you must first create corresponding work software for various occasions."

"software?"

"It's the packet instruction set."

Tang En began to popularize the concept of software to them again, including the office software he commonly used on Earth. While he was talking, Justisa was recording, looking thoughtful from time to time, as if she was deeply inspired.

After finishing speaking in one breath, Tang En took out a cup of hot tea to moisten his throat, and then continued: "In addition to these commonly used office software, you also need to solve the problems of professional software."

The so-called professional software is not for civilians, but for professionals like them. The most critical thing is the auxiliary combat with magic power armor, magic modified tanks, helicarriers, and the trajectory of long-range missiles. The amount of calculation and software required in these situations require specially designed design, which is very time-consuming and energy-consuming.

In particular, the current artificial soul quantum computer is still in its primitive state, and the instructions written by Justice and others are still in a state between "machine language" and "assembly language". Even high-level programming languages ​​have not yet been born.

Before the birth of the C language for computers on earth, system software was mainly written in assembly language.

Because assembly language programs rely on computer hardware, their readability and portability are poor; however, it is difficult for general high-level languages ​​to directly operate computer hardware, and this is also the advantage of assembly language, so people hope to have a comprehensive A new language with assembly language and high-level language features, so the C language was born.

The development of high-level languages ​​has also gone from early languages ​​to structured programming languages. The next development goal of high-level languages ​​is to be application-oriented, that is to say: you only need to tell the program what you want to do, and the program can automatically generate algorithms and process them automatically. , this is a non-procedural programming language.

Tang En's current ambitions are not that big. He doesn't think about any application-oriented APP that automatically generates algorithms. As long as there is a high-level programming language available for others to use, it is enough.

What needs to be achieved now is to enrich, standardize, and model the basic instruction set to design a high-level language.

There is no way, because "assembly language" is too complicated.

The essence of assembly language is the same as machine language. They operate directly on the hardware. Each instruction of the assembly program can only correspond to a very subtle action during the actual operation. Therefore, the assembly source program is generally lengthy, complex, and error-prone. , and programming in assembly language requires more computer expertise, so although assembly language is fast in execution, it is still difficult to popularize.

If we describe it in terms of profession, the alchemists of Justeza and the Einzbern family are equivalent to professional engineers engaged in computer development and production. What they master is machine language and assembly language.

Compared with assembly language, high-level programming language not only synthesizes many related machine instructions into a single instruction, but also removes details related to specific operations but irrelevant to completing the work. This greatly simplifies the instructions in the program, so programmers also It does not require much professional knowledge before it can be popularized and cultivate a large number of programmers.

Therefore, next, the main task of Clotho and Justeza is to find loopholes, fix them, and then develop a high-level programming language.