Chapter 336 Try to Be a Civilized Person

The water organization started spending money from the moment Tang Guo joined. The three million dollars borrowed by Yang Yi were reduced by two-thirds on Tang Guo's first night.

Two million dollars worth of Bitcoins were exchanged for a piece of software.

But the money that needs to be spent must be spent.

Tang Guo took her bag, and then she said loudly: "Since the first day we met, I have been thinking about what is needed to build a network intelligence center. I have made a list and the approximate cost. Please take a look. Well, as long as we have our own personal supercomputer, we can get started.”

Tang Guo took out a list and pushed it to Yang Yi. After Yang Yi read it, he pushed it in front of Mike.

When Mike read the list, his face turned ugly.

“One head node, at least twenty compute nodes, Ethernet switches, power distribution units, server racks, cooling systems, private IP address segments, node naming, a suitable location, 50 high-performance processors, Linux high-performance computing Cluster…”

Mike read for a while, then he put down the list and said in a deep voice: "A total of 1.2 million US dollars is needed!"

Tang Guo nodded and said: "My goal is to achieve one trillion operations per second. This list can achieve this goal at a minimum. Of course, this computing power only belongs to personal supercomputers, but based on our needs It is said that reaching this level is completely sufficient.”

Mike breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I don't have 1.2 million US dollars to give you now, I will give you 800,000 US dollars at most!"

Tang Guo thought for a while and said: "Then we can first achieve a computing speed of more than 500 billion operations per second, which is enough for at least this mission. My idea has left room for future upgrades."

Mike looked at Yang Yi, then he gritted his teeth and whispered: "Here's the money! When can we build a supercomputer?"

Tang Guo thought carefully for a while and said, "One month."

Mike almost jumped up. He said loudly: "A month? Impossible! We don't have a month at all, three days, I will give you three days at most!"

Tang Guo was surprised. She said loudly: "Three days? Are you kidding? How is it possible in three days? We need to order equipment, assemble, and test. All of this cannot be completed in three days, even if I don't sleep. Without meals, and with the help of Black Lightning, it would be impossible to complete it within three days. The ordered hardware would not be delivered. Also, we need a special place to place the supercomputer, and we also need to consider the issue of electricity. It’s impossible if we don’t have enough time!”

Mike took two deep breaths, and then he said with a desperate look on his face: "Is a supercomputer so troublesome? Fuck!"

Mike couldn't help but swear. Although Yang Yi was anxious, he also knew that it was unrealistic to expect Tang Guo and Schultz to complete the assembly of the supercomputer in three days.

Yang Yi said slowly: "Is there no other way? For example, we can rent the computing power of a supercomputer?"

Tang Guo thought for a while and said: "Rent the computing power of a supercomputer? Of course you can, but you didn't say you can do this. Oxford and Cambridge universities have their own supercomputers. Well, Imperial College London also has supercomputers." , and they are right opposite!”

Imperial College is right next to Hyde Park, and Yang Yi and the others are also right next to Hyde Park, so Tang Guo is absolutely right when he says Imperial College is right across the street.

Mike's face looked much better, and then he whispered: "Can I borrow the computing power of the supercomputer? In that case..."

Tang Guo whispered: "Yes, but we need to prepare our own software. In addition, the computing power of the supercomputer is very tight. Whether it is used for the school's own scientific research or for external rental, it will take a long time to queue up."

Mike doesn't know how to assemble a supercomputer, but when it comes to renting a supercomputer, Mike doesn't need anyone to teach him.

Mike looked at Yang Yi confidently and said solemnly: "We will use the supercomputer from Imperial College!"

Yang Yi nodded and said: "As long as it is technically feasible and the time is available, renting it is no problem. We will assemble our own supercomputer after completing this task."

Mike shook his head and said, "No, you don't understand. I'm talking about using the Imperial College supercomputer, not renting it."

After finishing speaking, Mike stood up, strode out of the restaurant, and soon returned with Brian.

After inviting Brian over, Mike said solemnly: "We need to take action!"

Brian said solemnly: "Okay."

"We want to use a supercomputer from Imperial College, but it costs money to rent it and it takes a long time. But our task must be completed within a month, and my plan is to complete it within a week."

Brian's face looked a little ugly, and then he said solemnly: "It's a computer again. Why call me over if you are using a computer."

Mike said solemnly: "I want you to find a way, no matter what it is, let us use the supercomputer as soon as possible!"

Brian nodded with an astonished look on his face. After thinking for a moment, he said, "It shouldn't be too difficult. Supercomputers are also managed by humans. If you find the right person, you can solve it naturally."

Mike looked at Tang Guo and said, "If we can use Imperial College's supercomputer, how long will it take for other things to be completed?"

"With the supercomputing performance of Imperial College, coupled with the maximum data transmission speed, I think it will take about a few hours to complete the analysis of all the data of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This is mainly limited by the data transmission speed. Otherwise, then The amount of calculation is nothing at all.”

Mike let out a long sigh of relief, then he looked at Brian and smiled: "You know what to do, right?"

After thinking for a moment, Brian nodded and said, "I know what to do. Now I'm going to investigate and try to give you an answer tomorrow morning."

Mike nodded, then he looked at Yang Yi and said: "The problem of the supercomputer has been solved. What's left is how to enter the Ministry of Interior or the Transportation Department. I don't know where the information of the Ministry of Interior is stored, but The Ministry of Interior building is very close to us, so it’s easy to know where to go.”

Yang Yi didn't know Mike and Brian's plan, so he asked curiously: "How do you plan to borrow Imperial College's supercomputer?"

"There is always someone in charge of that damn supercomputer. Just find the right person, induce and threaten. As long as you find the right person, the rest is easy."

After Brian finished speaking calmly, Mike shook his head and said: "You can't go too far. We have to work in London for a long time. It's not good to be too arrogant, so we try to investigate in secret."

Yang Yi also followed: "Yes, as long as you can't be rough, then try to be a civilized person."

I'm really sorry to keep everyone waiting for so long.