r18novel Chapter 61 Now, do you see it?
Chapter 61 Now, do you see it?
On the large screen behind them, their team's chip architecture and the bismuth telluride thin film were displayed.
"ladies and gentlemen."
Wearing a headset, Kevin's voice echoed throughout the venue: "Moore's Law has reached its end. The power wall is a dead end that our generation must face."
He pressed the remote control, and a steep curve appeared on the screen.
"But today, we broke it."
"18.2%!"
Kevin announced loudly, "This is the waste heat recovery conversion rate achieved by our chip when running at full load! We've turned waste heat that would have burned out servers into energy to drive computing!"
The audience erupted in applause.
The Nvidia and Google executives sitting in the front row nodded in agreement. This data is enough to change the existing industry landscape.
Kevin basked in the applause. He looked down at the audience, his gaze settling on the Chinese team sitting in the corner.
"I know some people disagree with this data."
Kevin said into the microphone, "Therefore, the organizing committee has decided to add a special segment to today's opening ceremony."
"On-site performance showdown."
The entire audience erupted in uproar.
In previous SC conferences, testing was conducted in a closed environment backstage. Live competition like this is pushing people to their limits.
Kevin looked in Lin Yu's direction.
"The Loongson team from China. Do you dare to bring your machines up on stage?"
The spotlight instantly shone on Lin Yu.
All eyes turned to them. Some were curious, some mocking, and some sympathetic.
Lin Yu leaned back in his chair, his eyes half-closed, as if he were about to fall asleep.
Wang Lei gave him a push.
Lin Yu opened his eyes and stood up.
He didn't take the microphone; he just nodded toward the stage.
"Can."
Ten minutes later, two servers were brought onto the stage.
On the left is the MIT team's machine. The streamlined black chassis gleams with a blue light that represents top-tier computing power.
On the right is the machine assembled by Wang Lei and Li Jianbin. The outer shell hasn't even been painted yet, revealing the bare metal, making it look like a half-finished product.
A burst of snickers came from the audience.
The organizing committee's technical director went on stage and announced the rules.
"Test task: Run a large-scale global climate simulation model containing 300 billion parameters. Whoever finishes first wins. At the same time, we will monitor the power consumption and heat generation of both machines in real time."
The technical director glanced at Lin Yu and added a sentence.
"To ensure fairness, the Huaxia team is using the standard testing interface provided by the organizing committee. Do you have any objections?"
Wang Lei's expression changed drastically.
"Bullshit! The interface you provided is a ten-year-old standard! The bandwidth is completely limited!" He pointed at the technical director and cursed.
A commotion broke out in the audience.
Kevin sneered. "If your technology is really that advanced, what does it matter if the interface is a bit outdated?"
That's pure robber logic.
They give you a sports car, but make you drive it in a mud pit, then laugh at you for not being able to outrun a tractor.
Chen Jiefang sat in the audience, his brows furrowed. He knew the West would suppress him, but he hadn't expected them to be so blatant.
"Lin Yu."
Chen Jiefang stood up. "This is not fair. We can refuse to be tested."
Lin Yu stood in front of that dilapidated server.
He patted the cold metal chassis and turned to look at Chen Jiefang.
"Mr. Chen, I already said that."
"The opponent has revealed their cards. It's my turn to play my royal flush."
Lin Yu pulled over a chair and sat down in front of the machine.
He turned on the monitor and brought up the command-line interface.
"Wang Lei, connect."
Wang Lei gritted his teeth and plugged the data cable into that old-fashioned interface.
Kevin, on the other side, pressed the start button.
Progress bars for two machines appeared on the large screen.
MIT's machines instantly surged. The progress bar advanced at a visible speed. 10%...20%...
Meanwhile, the progress bar of the Huaxia team's machine was stuck at 1%, not moving at all.
A huge burst of laughter erupted from the audience.
"Look, their machines have crashed!"
"Using that junk, it can't even load the model!"
Kevin crossed his arms and looked at Lin Yu. "Mr. 750, it seems your magic has failed."
Lin Yu ignored him.
His hands were on the keyboard.
"Interface rate limiting?"
Lin Yu stared at the screen, a cold smile playing on his lips. "Then I won't use your interface."
He took a deep breath and began furiously typing on the keyboard.
The clattering of the keyboard sounded particularly jarring on the quiet stage.
Xia Zijing stared at the code flashing on the screen, her pupils suddenly contracting.
That was a compiler written by Lin Yu himself.
Instead of looking for loopholes in the existing rules, he bypassed the underlying logic of the operating system and forcibly took over all the hardware resources of the machine using the Tianyan instruction set.
"What is he doing?" The technical experts in the audience realized something was wrong.
The power consumption curve of the Huaxia machine suddenly exhibited a strange fluctuation.
It's not rising, it's falling.
"impossible!"
An expert suddenly stood up and exclaimed, "How can power consumption decrease when running at full load?"
The next second, the progress bar on the big screen started moving.
It's not about climbing forward little by little.
It's a jump.
1%... Jumping straight to 15%!
Then it's 40%!
Kevin's smile froze.
"What's going on? Is there an error in the backend data?" he shouted.
"The data is correct..."
The technical director stared at the monitor screen, his voice trembling, "Their machines... the heat is rising rapidly, but... but this heat isn't dissipating; it's all being redirected back to the CPU!"
This defies common sense!
Lin Yu's fingers stopped.
He pressed the last Enter key.
boom!
On the big screen, the progress bar for the Huaxia team instantly reached full speed: 100%.
Time taken: 34 seconds.
MIT's progress bar has only just reached 60%.
The entire room fell silent.
In a venue that can hold 5,000 people, you could hear a pin drop.
Kevin stared intently at the screen, his body trembling uncontrollably.
"This is impossible... You're cheating! Your materials couldn't possibly withstand such high heat recovery!"
Kevin pointed at Lin Yu, hysterical.
Lin Yu stood up.
He walked to the center of the stage and took the microphone from the technical director.
"You just said that 18% is an insurmountable number."
Lin Yu's voice was broadcast globally through the speakers.
Let me introduce myself.
He pointed to the broken machine behind him.
"Our material substrate. Thermal conductivity, 5247."
"Energy recovery efficiency." Lin Yu paused for a moment.
32.7%.
The experts in the audience gasped. Many slumped into their chairs.
This data is almost twice as high as Kevin's limit.
This is a dimensional reduction attack.
Lin Yu looked at Kevin, whose face was ashen.
"You asked online before whether this material exists."
Lin Yu threw the microphone on the table, making a dull thud.
"Now you see."