"Quick, quick..."
At Crescent Technology Group headquarters, General Manager Ma Longjie watched rows of transport vehicles depart and could not help sighing. "This is the seventh batch of supercomputer components, isn't it?"
His secretary immediately replied, "Yes."
Ma Longjie asked, "How much has President Chu's new computing power center consumed so far? How much longer until it is completed?"
The secretary replied, "The new computing power center is being built at full speed and is expected to be delivered within a month.
So far, 420,000 quantum chips have been allocated, all of them generation 7.9.12 chips. More than 700 tons of various cables have been used, with a total length exceeding 1.2 million kilometers. We have deployed 3,560 related engineers and 2,265 pieces of specialized engineering and unmanned equipment.
To provide energy, twelve sets of large-scale Cold Nuclear Fusion units have been temporarily installed. The cooling system uses the latest formation-based cooling technology. It is quick to deploy, though rather costly.
The wages and basic material costs paid so far have already exceeded 68 million Spirit Stones. Another 20 million Spirit Stones are expected to be needed later.
That does not include the price of the quantum chips. Generation 7.9 quantum chips are soaring in price on the market right now. The highest-output generation 7.9.4 chips have risen to 10,000 Spirit Stones each, while the most advanced generation 7.9.12 chips have risen to 220,000 Spirit Stones each. They are unavailable even at that price, and the few transactions that do happen go through auctions, so the prices are inflated.
At current market prices, the 420,000 chips alone would be worth 90 billion Spirit Stones."
Ma Longjie listened to those exaggerated figures with a calm expression. He instructed his secretary to keep an eye on the project. After the secretary left,