Chapter 576

The next day.

Half asleep and half awake, Gu Lu was awakened by the alarm clock placed on the table not far away.

As soon as Gu Lu opened his eyes, the outline of a face came into Gu Lu's eyes.

Gu Luyi was so smart that he was so frightened that he lost all sleep in an instant.

"Researcher Ai, what are you doing?" Gu Lu couldn't help but complain.

That's right, what Gu Lu saw when he opened his eyes just now was Ai Liang looking down at him, which really scared Gu Lu.

Ai Liang scratched his head and smiled, "Professor Gu, am I planning to wake you up? The teacher wants to see you."

"Mr. Guo wants to see me?" Gu Lu suddenly opened the quilt and put on his coat.

Ai Liang nodded, "I just happened to bump into the teacher when I went downstairs to eat, and he asked me to call you to his office."

"What does Mr. Guo want from me?" Gu Lu asked doubtfully.

Ai Liang shook his head, "I don't know, but it seems like the matter is quite important."

"Then I'll go over there right away. By the way, Researcher Ai, help me go to the cafeteria and get two buns back. I'll make ends meet for breakfast later." Gu Lu hurriedly put on his shoes, but before Ai Liang could refuse, he still got it.

Agreeing, Gu Lu rushed to the director's office upstairs while sorting out his clothes.

"Mr. Guo, it's me!" Standing at the door of the director's office, Gu Lu scratched his hair and made a hairstyle that was barely acceptable.

Gu Lu's hair has not been cut for almost two months. It is estimated that in the first half of the month, Gu Lu will be able to wear his long hair and become a street singer.

Hearing the knock on the office door, Academician Guo coughed a few times and said in a weak voice, "Come in."

Gu Lu pushed the door open and saw Academician Guo's weak expression at first glance.

"Cough cough cough!"

Seeing Gu Lu come in, Academician Guo asked Gu Lu to sit down and coughed violently.

"Mr. Guo, do you have a cold?" Gu Lu's heart suddenly jumped and he asked.

Academician Guo covered his mouth and coughed, while waving his hands, "It's okay, it's just a minor problem. I'll go to the infirmary and get an injection later."

Academician Guo crossed his fingers and looked at Gu Lu seriously, "The reason why I am so anxious to find you this time is because I have another very important news to tell you."

"What news?" Gu Lu asked in confusion.

Although he didn't know exactly what news Academician Guo was going to say, Gu Lu could clearly see from Academician Guo's serious expression that what Academician Guo was about to say was definitely not good news.

After a few seconds of silence, Academician Guo spoke in a low tone, "After returning home last night, an old friend of mine in the United States secretly told me a piece of information about the IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States."

"IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States?" Gu Lu raised his eyebrows.

IBM Quantum Computing Center is currently recognized as the number one research institution in the field of quantum computers.

Although it is said that this research and development competition on quantum computers is a competition between China and the United States.

But in the final analysis, it is actually a competition between the semiconductor quantum chip project team and the IBM Quantum Computing Center.

But now, Academician Guo must have received some terrible news from the enemy's base camp, so he found Gu Lu in such a hurry.

"That's right, it's the IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States, a research institution that gathers top talents in the field of digital quantum computing." Academician Guo nodded solemnly, and then explained to Gu Lu.

"According to my old friend, the IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States, after successfully developing a 28-qubit quantum computer, did not go on to develop a 29-qubit quantum computer.

Instead, it jumped directly to thirty qubits!"

Gu Lu's brows knitted together tightly.

really……

Just as Gu Lu had guessed just now, what Academician Guo was going to say was indeed bad news.

The IBM Quantum Computing Center in the United States directly skipped the research and development of the twenty-nine-qubit quantum computer and directly entered the research and development stage of the thirty-qubit quantum computer, which means that the time left for their project team will be reduced again.

"Doesn't that mean..." Gu Lu looked bitter.

Academician Guo knew what Gu Lu was thinking, so he smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "Yes, just as you thought, the time left for us is no longer the more than a month we expected before, but

Yes... only half a month, fifteen days!"

Half a month?!

Gu Lu's pupils shrank suddenly.

The reserved time was shortened by half.

The situation is getting more serious.

Originally, Gu Lu and Academician Guo had almost completed about half of the research and development work on the 30-qubit semiconductor chip.

Give them another month, and if they work overtime, Gu Lu might actually be able to create a miracle and make a comeback.

However, the news brought by Academician Guo today was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Gu Luna's gradually building confidence.

Within a month, there is a great chance of a comeback.

But within half a month, the chances of a comeback are slim.

This means that both Gu Lu and Academician Guo need to increase their work efficiency to twice the original level.

…………

Standing in the office, Gu Lu was stunned for more than ten seconds before he recovered and asked cautiously, "Mr. Guo, do you want to tell the rest of the project team about this news?"

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

However, unexpectedly, instead of ushering in new weather, we were greeted with bad news like a bolt from the blue.

"Tell them." Academician Guo let out a long sigh, leaned back in his chair and rubbed his eyebrows, "There is no need to hide this news. The current research progress has reached this stage, and it is impossible to suspend the project."

If we had suspended the project six months ago, we might have saved a lot of losses, but now we have reached the final stage of the project, which is less than a month old. As Academician Guo said, it is no longer possible to suspend it.

"Instead of letting everyone face an unclear failure, it is better to tell them the situation truthfully, and maybe it will inspire everyone's final resistance."

Gu Lu nodded lightly, "Mr. Guo, I understand."

Academician Guo waved his hand, "Then tell them the news as soon as possible. Also, the progress of our project needs to be accelerated. Although hope has become slim again, if we don't give it a try, we always feel that we will lose.

Very unwilling!"

"At the beginning, we could use five months to raise the original possibility of one in ten thousand to a level where we could barely compete. In the same way, we might be able to create the same thing in the remaining half a month.

Miracle!"

Academician Guo laughed, his smile was very open-minded.

A smile also appeared on Gu Lu's face.
Chapter completed!