Chapter 1348 Overtaking on a curve (first update, please subscribe)
Technology is money!
I don’t know since when, this sentence has been deeply rooted in the hearts of NBC and has become a well-known truth.
Where does this truth come from?
It is an international electronics company.
The International Electronics Company located in Yining District, Chang'an is just a company that looks... not very conspicuous, but in fact, it is one of the most well-known companies of NBC.
This company arose entirely because of transistors. At that time, it was the first company in the world to realize the industrial production of transistors. At that time it supplied 70% of the world's transistors.
It is precisely because of the rise of transistors that the current international electronics companies have emerged.
Even to some extent. The present NBC was born. Before the invention of the transistor, in the era of electronic tubes, NBC's economy relied on exporting simple consumer goods such as clothing and toys.
Because they invented the transistor, NBC was able to achieve industrial upgrading by exporting various transistor household appliances.
First it was transistors, ordinary computers, then integrated circuits, and then various household appliances. In the process, NBC changed from a backward tropical country to a country with extremely developed economy and technology.
Not only Ivanov, who is the general manager of Sunan Trading Company, understands this, but Alexey, who is an electronic computer expert, also knows this very well.
“It was the transistor that changed everything. At that time, tubes were being produced all over the world, even at NBC. The first electronic products they produced used tubes. Those Germans at that time Most of the Chinese-American engineers were experts in electronic tubes. At that time, they were at the world's advanced level in the technology of miniaturizing electronic tubes. Therefore, from a technical point of view, He said that if they had chosen electronic tubes, they would have definitely had a technical advantage. "
The Soviet Union and NBC have something in common on this point. After all, the Soviet Union also introduced a group of electronic tube experts from Germany. , and Germany was far ahead in electron tube miniaturization technology, so the Soviet Union naturally carried out further development in this technology.
“But they finally chose transistors and integrated circuits, didn’t they?”
Ivanov said.
“Yes, this is exactly the difference between us and them.”
“In the Soviet Union, the direction of scientific research was determined by the academicians of the National Academy of Sciences; It is determined based on the needs of the country.
We chose electronic tubes because the military believes that the future form of war will be for both sides to throw nuclear bombs at each other, and transistors cannot resist the electronic pulse generated when nuclear bombs explode. Given the technical conditions at the time. Unless special protection is taken, they will basically be burned and are not practical. Therefore, the military believes that transistors and integrated circuits are not suitable for future wars. To ensure advanced automated combat capabilities in nuclear war, electronic tubes can only be used.”
Mentioning this old incident, Alexey’s brows wrinkled, and Ivanov asked:
"Didn't they discover that transistors are not suitable for war?"
"They discovered that, but unlike the Soviet Union, the technological development of NBC and Western countries is mainly carried out through enterprises, and the development of enterprises It is market-oriented. For ordinary people, they will not consider the premise that transistors are not suitable for fighting nuclear wars, but which one is lighter, cheaper and more useful, transistors or electron tubes."
Alek. Xie shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
“Yes, the rest just needs to be left to the market. The miniaturization of electron tubes... The market will make a choice between transistors and electron tubes. Which one is lighter, cheaper and more useful, the market will Which one will you choose? It’s like an integrated circuit.”
Although he is only a scientist, Alexey couldn’t help but sigh after this incident.
"This is the most amazing thing about the will of the market. The market will eliminate products that do not meet market demand. It will not be based on human will."
"This is not a correct view. "
Ivanov reminded from the side.
“But this is also true. The compactness of the transistor has transformed the radio that people have in mind to be placed on the table to listen to together, into a small thing that can be put in their pockets. It is generally welcomed by people and is the first on the market. Several million units were sold every year.”
Looking at the International Electronics Company not far away, Ivanov continued:
"At that time, there were many cars parked in front of the gate of International Electronics Company. As long as someone bought a transistor from there, someone would take the initiative to buy it at a higher price. It was precisely because the market demand for transistors was very high, so NBC only used one All the tube factories were eliminated in two years, and those tube experts had to either switch careers and continue to study transistors, or they would lose their jobs."
Ivanov's words made Alexey shake his head and sigh.
"Unemployment is impossible in the Soviet Union. Moreover, the entire country has a large number of factories, engineers and technicians focused on the electronic tube industry. It is impossible for these thousands of people to cause projects to change due to this change in technical goals.
Not only that, there are also a group of academicians who study electronic tubes in the National Academy of Sciences. Naturally, they will not eliminate their own, so not only will they not be eliminated, but they will also publish articles and use them. Their own status and influence can influence the direction of the country's scientific research.
In the Soviet Union, scientists, engineers and factories even formed an anti-transistor community of interests that still controls the development of the Soviet electronics industry. ,"
As an electronic computer expert, Alexey was extremely knowledgeable about the Soviet electronics industry.
When he mentioned all this, there was unconcealable anger in his expression.
“Even against transistors and integrated circuits through counterfeiting, the advantages of electronic tubes in some aspects are not obvious, but just like the earliest cars are not as fast as horses, but in the end no matter how fast the horse is, At the same speed as cars, vacuum tubes will eventually be unable to compete with transistors."
Looking at the electronic computer expert Ivanov from China next to him, he said.
“That’s why you’re here.”
"I came here because... we need Deep Blue!"
Alexey said directly.
“In order to meet the military’s requirements for weapon performance and the country’s development will, the Soviet electronics industry, on the one hand, never relaxed its efforts to tap and develop the performance of electronic tubes, wasting a lot of manpower and material resources. On the other hand, there is semi-open scientific research fraud and counterfeiting to cope with the inspection and pressure from above. But...Deep Blue 2000 changed everything."
Looking at the building in the distance, Alexey continued. .
“Before the advent of Deep Blue 2000, those people could conceal everything through forgery. However, its emergence changed everything. The advantages of transistors and integrated circuits have reached a point where those people cannot conceal it. . Even those laymen in the military are full of enthusiasm. They are fully aware of the advantages of transistors and integrated circuits. After all, that is a 100-million-time supercomputer. In the era of hundreds of thousands or millions of times, they can also use the so-called "advantages of electron tubes" to cover up all Everything, but now it’s no longer possible, it can’t be covered up.”
Sometimes reality is so cruel. During last year's "Operation Iraqi Freedom Restoration," the Soviet Union discovered that NBC had begun using semiconductor integrated circuits in its latest fighter jets and missiles.
Although the Soviet Union only obtained some weapon remains, the performance data of these new weapons were far superior to those of the Soviet army. War is the simplest naive materialism, coupled with the abnormal "100 million computing power" of "Deep Blue 2000", the Soviet military finally recognized the advancement of transistors and tried to stop trying to miniaturize electron tubes and began to turn Research on transistors and integrated circuits.
The reason why Alexey came to NBC this time was precisely for this reason - to purchase "Deep Blue 2000" from an international electronics company.
Of course this is just an idea in Moscow. In addition to purchasing supercomputers for domestic scientific research, they also hope to purchase international electronics companies to launch the "Athlon microprocessor", which is a machine with integrated 3098 transistors. microprocessor. In terms of performance, it is not only far ahead of the famous 101 chip, but also more suitable for use in extreme situations. Of course, its price is also more expensive.
When thinking of this, Alexey's expression was slightly sad.
Because in NBC's experience, everyone has seen what overtaking in corners is. NBC has firmly seized the opportunity of this technological change and surpassed European and American countries.
What about the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union failed to seize this opportunity. Not only did it fail to seize this opportunity, it even missed it in vain, just because there was a group of people immersed in the past achievements.
For those people, they did safeguard their own interests, but what about the Soviet Union?
And this is also the reason why he came here. Because he was behind, he needed to ask for help here.
Sometimes this is a curve. Some countries achieve overtaking in the curve, and some countries choose to fall behind in the curve.
What prompted them to make such completely different choices?
Until now Alexei has no answer in his heart. However, I was now in the parking lot, looking at the building in the distance.
Not just a building.
This is proof of NBC’s overtaking in a corner. It was on this corner that NBC, which was once lagging behind and not even worth mentioning, achieved their overtaking in a corner.
The Soviet Union... has been left far behind by them. Fortunately, the top leaders are now aware of this problem.
There is still a chance to make amends...
"Will they sell it to us?"
While sighing, Alexey had a little doubt in his heart. After all, this micro The processor is different from the civilian 101 microprocessor. The "Athlon microprocessor" is a versatile microprocessor for both military and civilian use.
“We should be thankful!”
Ivanov said:
“NBC masters these technologies. Compared with other Western countries, they are more willing to cooperate with us in various fields. In these fields, they are not so exclusive of us.”
“It’s like we imported the car production line from them, right?”
Alexey said.
“Yes, if we switch to other Western countries, it would be impossible for them to provide us with automobile production lines and the most advanced automobile technology, but NBC is willing to provide us with all this.”
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Ivanov said:
“This is also the fundamental reason why Moscow thinks NBC is different from other Western countries. This is a capitalist country, but they are the kind of countries that are extremely friendly to us. This Isn’t it ridiculous?”
The sudden question stunned Alexei, and he didn’t even react.
“As the only country in the world that is completely owned by businessmen, they are actually the most friendly to us. Perhaps this is the truest attitude of businessmen.”
Ivanov The reason why we feel so emotional is because we all understand what capital is. "As long as there is enough profit, the capitalists will sell the noose to hang themselves!".
Each of them understands this very well, and this is the fundamental reason why they came to NBC! At NBC, as long as there is enough profit, they are willing to sell almost anything!
“This is the truest side of capital, but...why is it here?”
Thinking this in his heart, Alexei looked out the car window, this The country sometimes gave him the illusion that he was in the Soviet Union, even a "high-end version."
However, this is a country of capital!
A country that is completely ruled by capital will actually provide people with free housing, medical care, elderly care and other services like the Soviet Union, which is even far more than that of the Soviet Union.
It is precisely because of this that he will have some kind of illusion - because this is the Soviet Union.
The fundamental reason for this feeling is because - they take good care of everyone.
And all this is unimaginable in other Western countries.
Maybe, this is NBC.
With emotion, Alexei opened the car door, and when he got out of the car, he said:
"I hope we can get what we want! Just like we can get a car from here..."
(End of Chapter)