Travel through the 1945 super power construction secret base

Chapter 327 Computer, the United States and the Soviet Union

When they turned on their computers, the girls were instantly in trouble.

They studied the instructions carefully, gesticulating here and there, and exerting a lot of effort. In the end, they were exhausted, panting and sweating.

After nearly an hour of hard work, I finally completed this seemingly simple task.

"Success! Success!" Li Feishuang and her colleagues cheered excitedly, and they jumped up with joy immediately.

When they purchased the computer, they did not realize that they had to install all the computer accessories, power supplies, etc. themselves.

Li Feishuang originally thought that everything would be assembled like the hospital's computers, so she refused the door-to-door installation service without hesitation.

In her eyes, she had already mastered computer operation skills in the hospital and was also adept at connecting lines.

It was just the accessories inside the case that caught them off guard.

Fortunately, the computer came with a detailed instruction manual, otherwise they might have to ask after-sales service to come to their home.

After more than ten seconds, the computer started up successfully.

Li Feishuang couldn't wait to open the browser on her desktop and was surprised to find that she could not connect to the Internet.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered that she had not yet plugged in the network cable.

So she hurried to the wall and pulled out an Internet cable that had been prepared long ago.

She had installed this network cable the day before.

She also asked many people before she found out that the Internet cable is managed by the telecommunications bureau.

She was also one of the first residents in the new city to get an Internet connection.

She plugged in the Internet cable, skillfully logged in with her account and password, and connected to the Internet.

Li Feishuang quickly refreshed the webpage.

"Look at this." The colleague next to him said softly, pointing to the connection of New Town TV.

Li Feishuang did not refuse, because she was also curious about watching TV on the Internet.

When I opened it, I found that it was full of movies and TV series that had been broadcast by Metro TV before, as well as TV series from Hong Kong and abroad.

However, when they clicked on foreign TV series, there was no translation. They had never learned English or other languages in school and could not understand them at all.

But there are still Hong Kong ones, they can still understand Hong Kong TV dramas.

As for the dramas on Metro TV, they have already seen them all and have no interest in watching them again.

For the whole afternoon, the few people didn't try anything else, but watched Hong Kong film and television programs one after another.

There are many people like them.

Nanhua's telecommunications department is working hard behind the scenes to ensure the stable operation of the network.

Although they had simulated various situations in various departments of the new city before, they still did not dare to take it lightly when faced with the large-scale access of the public to the network on the first day.

After all, leaders at all levels attach great importance to it, and if a failure occurs on the first day, it will make them appear incompetent.

Therefore, the staff of the network department and the server department were nervously keeping a close eye on the data that day.

Fortunately, since the number of people accessing the system on the first day was relatively small, no major problems occurred.

The next day, reports about the computer were widely published in the New City Daily and the South Asian Daily.

Those who didn't pay much attention to new things only realized at this time that Nanhua had launched another great invention.

As they excitedly discussed with each other, some computers were already being shipped by plane to all parts of the world.

One was sent to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Not only relevant experts, but President John is also here watching the running computer.

Although there is no Internet here, they are still amazed by the powerful computing power of this computer even without Internet access.

After all, this is a civilian computer!

It actually runs faster than the one they use themselves.

This is simply a product from a different era.

In comparison, their existing computers are as large as wardrobes with various components and are covered with densely packed circuits.

What about this computer? Not only is it small in size, but the various exquisite and beautiful components inside are even more jaw-dropping.

"How long will it take us to build a computer like this?" John leaned on the table, looking at the technicians in front of him performing various analyses around the computer, and asked the person next to him with mixed feelings.

IBM's technicians also watched the scene in silence, and only came to their senses after hearing the president's questions.

However, faced with this question, he didn't know how to answer.

Because he understood that it was not easy to build such an advanced computer. It involved many technical and engineering problems and required a lot of time and resources.

In his opinion, this thing is completely beyond the technological level of the current era. Shouldn't the development of computers follow scientific laws and advance step by step?

However, Nanhua's computer seemed to have skipped the middle stage of development.

As head of IBM's hardware division, he originally thought he was invited to the White House because the government planned to purchase his company's computer equipment.

After coming here, he realized that there were places whose technology was far superior to theirs.

Faced with this reality, he was helpless because he couldn't even understand the technical principles for a while, let alone predict how long it would take to reach the same level.

However, despite this, out of professional habit, he still replied: "We have a strong technical reserve. If the White House can provide sufficient financial support, we are confident that we can catch up within two years."

Hearing this, John nodded slightly and put out the cigar in his hand.

He also understands that the development of technology cannot be separated from capital investment.

To maintain the country's competitiveness, action must be taken.

So he said firmly: "I will organize a discussion in Congress to strive for more financial support for the computer industry."

For him, it is absolutely intolerable for the United States to fall into a passive situation in technology again.

For a hundred years, the United States has been committed to catching up with Europe's advanced technology. Now it has finally surpassed Europe and has become a technology center.

But once again it fell behind in new technology.

How could this be possible? Although competing with the Soviet Union now cost a lot of money, he also had to increase funding for computer technology.

After all, computer technology is crucial to the country's development. If we don't increase investment, we may be left far behind by Nanhua.

At the same time, the Soviet Union also obtained Nanhua’s computer, which surprised them very much.

Because the Soviet Union's technological route was still vacuum tubes, and Nanhua had begun to use transistor technology, this made Nanhua's computers smaller in size, with higher performance and lower power consumption.

In addition, Nanhua's computers also used various advanced technologies, such as integrated circuits and microprocessors, which were lacking in the Soviet Union.

Faced with such a gap, the Soviet top leaders began to reflect on whether their technological route was correct.

Originally, the Soviet Union had always insisted on investing in the research and development of electron tube technology, believing that electron tube technology had advantages such as good stability and strong anti-interference ability, which was very suitable for a nuclear war that could occur at any time.

But when I saw this computer from Nanhua, I felt the difference of times.

Therefore, the Soviet top leaders had to consider whether they should change their technological route and turn to transistor technology.

Although they always felt that the stability and anti-interference of vacuum tubes were what they needed most, the reality was that Nanhua's computers had already demonstrated the superiority of transistor technology.