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The RAND Corporation's employees were able to input the program within five or six minutes, which was already a very fast operation. In this era, the program input is very cumbersome, and most of them use paper tape to punch holes to input and output.

When Alex proposed a fair and just game, the RAND Corporation insisted that both sides use their own formulas and procedures, thinking that they were familiar with their own formulas and procedures, and they would definitely be better than them in terms of input; What I didn't expect was that the input method of the "first generation" was completely different from the previous punch-hole input method. Typing directly on the keyboard is many times faster than theirs. Now they are tragic, and their disadvantages in terms of input are exposed.

"It's not fair!" The RAND Corporation's men immediately shouted, but no one listened to them.

Nonsense, isn't it better than the arithmetic, since your computer input and output are slow, then it's no wonder that others!

What's even worse is that the calculation of "Yuriwak" is much slower than that of "The First Generation", and the audience and judges present clearly saw that the time difference between the two calculations is very large.

The arithmetic degree of the "first generation" has completely exploded the "Yuriwak", and even laymen can see it clearly.

In the end, the results of their calculations came out, and after the host got the note, he announced: "'Yuriwak' predicted the same as 'the first generation', and they also thought that Eisenhower could become president, and he was also elected with 438 votes." ”

At this time, everyone was waiting a little impatiently, and they were not interested in the result calculated by "Yuriwak". They all understood that the "first" computer won, and the "Yuriwak" lost.

Yes, Alex wanted this to happen when he proposed fairness and justice. He thought that since everyone used the same formulas and procedures, the results would of course be the same. Then the competition is to compare whose computer is faster, and he does not have to worry about this aspect at all.

On the part of the RAND Corporation, which thought that it was a fair and just game, if it used its own formula and procedures, on the basis of what they already had, the input degree would definitely have an advantage over cpT.

You know, computers in this era all use punch-hole input programs, and it takes a long time to complete the input. If you make a mistake in typing, you'll have to start all over again. They put the program notes they had prepared directly into the computer to compensate for the disadvantage of slow operation.

Faced with such a result, the person in charge of the RAND Corporation also knew that his side was lost. Sure enough, the judges were quick to announce that the winner was cpT's "first-generation" computer.

Even if he was mentally prepared, the person in charge of the RAND Corporation turned pale after hearing this. The audience at the scene also talked about it, and they had no objection to this result.

"A million dollars! Million! ”

"The RAND Corporation is really miserable, losing a million dollars in one game."

"What's this, you can earn it back by selling a few more computers."

"Haha, the result of the game is like this, will anyone still buy their computers now?"

"You said they wouldn't cheat, so they didn't give money at all."

"Doing so has a bigger impact on their company's reputation, and they are willing to gamble and lose, even a million dollars. Who will dare to spend tens of millions of dollars on their computers in the future? ”

"If no one does business with them, isn't that going out of business?"

"Going out of business? That's impossible, it's just right to be acquired. ”

"Acquisition? How I haven't heard of such a thing. ”

"I've heard about it, but I don't know which big company is going to buy it."

"Shhhhhhhhh

"I see......"

After Alex came up with the "first-generation" computer, even bigwigs like IBm were almost out of breath. Not to mention the RAND Corporation, they haven't made a transistor computer yet, and they are still eating the old money, of course, the profits are getting lower and lower, and the products are becoming more and more unbought.

The game was seen not only by the audience, but also by the audience in front of the TV. After deciding to have this game with the RAND Corporation, Alex actively contacted major media in the United States and attracted some sponsorship.

cBs (CBS) broadcast the entire tournament and paid for the cost of the tournament. As soon as they aired the show, it immediately attracted a lot of viewers. It's just that I don't know what's going on, and when the cBs reporter talks about the news, he always has to wonder if the results they predicted are accurate.

"How could a machine predict something that had not yet been born? This is something that even humans can't do, is it possible that the current machine is already smarter than humans? I don't believe that. ”

Regardless of what the cBs news says, people finally know that the "first" generation of computers was fast and accurate. All of a sudden, cpT's marketing department received a large number of orders.

At the same time, some lawmakers are openly questioning the government's procurement plan, citing the number jù and saying: "The price of the 'first generation' is only half that of the 'defense computer', but the computing degree is more than 1o times faster, and as for the accuracy of the original statement, it is simply nonsense." Why should we reduce the number of 'first generations' and increase the number of 'defense computers' when purchasing? Is there some shady deal in this that we don't know about? ”

As soon as this kind of questioning was exposed, it immediately attracted the attention of many news media, and reporters chased after the news that was accidentally introduced. IBM and the relevant purchasing leaders were so overwhelmed that they were bombarded by reporters all day long, and they were almost speechless.

The Carpenter couple were also very concerned about the competition, but they were too busy with work to watch it in person. When the results reached them, they immediately jumped with excitement.

"Great, really good! It's my son, it's the fastest computer in the world. ”

At dinner that day, Angel also asked Alex: "Do you really want to donate the million dollars to the Red Cross?" ”

"Yes, after all, this money is won, and the donation is also donated to the RAND Corporation."

"You wouldn't have said less, donating $5o million is about the same, one million donations, that's a lot of money."

For Angel's money-keeping mentality, Alex could only smile and stop talking. But it's no wonder Angel, after all, she is the one in charge of finances, and if she doesn't keep her money, the company's money will soon run out.

It took several months for the matter to subside, and by this time cpT's "first" computers were once again gaining a foothold in the market. No longer afraid of similar rumors, people are beginning to understand that "transistor" computers are actually no different from "vacuum tube" computers.

At this time, there was news of a merger between IBM and RAND, and they believed that only the two companies could resist if they wanted to really curb cpT's expansion in the computer market.

It's just that IBM wants to acquire, and RAND just wants to merge. The two companies were at loggerheads, so it didn't take long for them to stop talking about it. This incident not only did not cause losses to CPT, but also made IBM and RAND turn from offensive to defensive.

IBm has a big business, and there are still 3,000 nails in the rotten ship, so it is not afraid of the offensive of cpT. The RAND company is different, it does not have the strength of IBm, and it does not want cpT to have advanced products, and after this blow, it quickly lost most of its market share and can only survive.

Even more worrying for IBM and RAND is that the presidential election is getting closer. Now they are constantly paying for people, and many news media say that the predictions of the "first generation" of computers are very unfounded and unreliable.

In fact, the election polls are telling the people the same. The media also overwhelmingly touted the eventual victory of the Democratic candidate. As for those who are optimistic about Eisenhower, there are very few.

"Now we can only hope that Eisenhower will not be elected in this election, so that we can also counterattack cpT. Otherwise, the computer market will definitely be occupied by the 'first generation' of cpT. ”

Both IBm and RAND were silently praying during the general election, which was a matter of their own jobs, and they couldn't help but be nervous.

Eisenhower was elected with 442 votes, which was very close to the 438 votes predicted by the "first generation", and the error was less than one percent.

Faced with this result, the media changed their attitude and made an 18o degree turn, praising the "first" generation of computers as if they were like gods. Even something as unpredictable as the presidential election is counted as inseparable.

cBs TV even praised the "first generation" in the evening news, and the famous program host Cronkite claimed that it was "an unparalleled electronic brain".

The success of this prediction put the "first generation" on an unprecedented level, and almost everyone was talking about it, and in that year, the "first generation" began to occupy more than half of the computer market. This continued until more advanced and reliable computers were discovered.

Both IBM and Deland were forced into a corner, and in the end, IBM relentlessly and worked hard, vowing to develop more advanced computers.

As for the sad RAND company, its market share fell again and again, and after a few years of hard support, it closed its computer business and switched to other industry exhibitions. Fortunately, they are transforming quickly, and in a few years, the entire computer market will be occupied by cpT companies!