PS: Today's three watches, the first one

Fortunately, Albert stopped Krupp's attempt to develop reactive armor, and for him, after completing the development of the main battle tank, the top priority should now be the research of self-propelled guns, which can be put aside for the time being, until the development of inert explosives is mature enough. The most important thing now is to take advantage of the fact that the countries of the world have not really realized the vast prospects of self-propelled artillery, and to develop the M109A6 self-propelled artillery with excellent performance and occupy the world market.

However, at this time, Albert now had to care about another genius he had dug up from Great Britain, and if it weren't for the credit of the lace news reporter's gossip report, Albert would not have thought of how to dig Turing out of the British computer research institute and become a scientist contributing to Belgium.

Photographs of Turing's intimate encounters with his male friend were sent to British newspapers by John, causing an uproar on the same day, and it became clear that the public could not accept that a behind-the-scenes hero who was touted by the government was actually a homosexual. The intelligence agents stationed in the United Kingdom also took Turing away before he was taken away by the police for chemical castration, and faked the scene as if he was absconding in fear of crime.

So Turing lived in seclusion in Brussels under Albert's operation, and Albert also gave Turing a new Belgian citizenship, of course, Turing's name also has a hint of ridicule, Steve? Paul? Jobs. In order to commemorate the former, the latter specially designed the company's LOGO as a small apple with a bite, and now Albert unceremoniously gave Turing the name of Joe's gang leader.

Turing lived on the outskirts of Brussels. It can be said that the area is usually quiet and undisturbed, so it is especially suitable for a hard-working computer genius like Turing, and of course Albert will not disappoint this founder of computer history. Almost everything Turing needed, Albert generously provided to him.

"Wow." Turing, who was working hard, was startled by a knock on the door, he was a little dissatisfied with the sound that interrupted his thoughts, and impatiently stood up and kicked away the scrapped manuscript paper at his feet, and said as he walked to the door, "Wait, I'm here." ”

When Turing opened the door. Seeing a young man with a steady temperament inversely proportional to his age standing in front of him, although the other party was handsome, Turing, who had learned from the past, just cautiously asked Who are you?

"Hello. Mr. Turing. My full name is Albert? Chretien? Jurgen? Mali? Vidin, of course, you must know my other identity, Crown Prince Albert of Belgium. Albert politely introduced himself.

Turing was a little stunned for a moment when he heard this, he didn't think that there was a deeper intention behind his rescue by the Belgian intelligence service this time. Especially what he didn't expect was that the big funder who was willing to fund and continue to support his research was so young. The young one made him unbelievable.

"Hmm...... Anyway, can I go in? Albert glanced at the dimly lit room behind Turing and asked with a smile, always trying to show his most polite side in front of this wayward genius, for fear that he would offend him by accident.

"Absolutely, Your Highness Albert." Turing hurriedly dodged out of the way, making a passage for Albert, who was blocked in front of the door, and after Albert entered the room, he fumbled to turn on the light. For a moment, the dim hut was as bright as day.

Albert, however, was shocked by what he saw, because Turing's house was so chaotic. Scrapped manuscript paper was everywhere, the floor had been covered with a layer of white, and the walls and tables were covered with dense formulas, like a mathematician who has fallen into a madness trying to solve a puzzle.

Turing was a little embarrassed to take away the manuscript paper on the sofa, and said apologetically while cleaning up, "When I left, I only brought some of the key data, and recently I have been supplementing the other data with my memory, and such a dirty room also made His Highness smile." ”

Albert smiled and didn't say anything, he picked up a scrap manuscript with formulas that he, a liberal arts student, couldn't read. I thought that genius brains are terrible, and their brains are completely computer storage. Albert didn't come to talk to Turing about it, he sat on the sky-blue couch, flipped through the manuscript at random, and asked, "Does Mr. Turing know about transistors?" ”

"Huh?" Turing, who was busy cleaning up the table, paused, thought for a moment and said, "Does Your Highness mean the point-contact germanium transistor developed by the research group of Shockley, Bardeen and Bratton at Bell Labs in the United States in December 1947?" ”

Turing's amazing memory allowed him to be precise about everything. Albert, who had learned Turing's super brain, nodded and said, "Yes, so I'd like to invite Mr. Turing to participate in one of our company's most special projects, developing a computer that uses transistors, how about it?" ”

After Albert said this, he found Turing staring at him with an extremely strange expression, and he asked in a surprised tone, "Does His Highness Albert know what a transistor is?" ”

Albert nodded, and repeated with what little knowledge he had forgotten quickly, "A transistor is a solid-state semiconductor device with a variety of functions such as wave detection, rectification, amplification, switching, voltage regulation, and signal modulation. A transistor is a variable current switch that controls the output current based on the input voltage. Unlike ordinary mechanical switches, transistors use electrical signals to control their own opening and closing, and the switching speed can be very fast. ”

"Although some of the statements are not so accurate, it is good for the average person to understand this point." Turing nodded appreciatively, although these things were just junior high school knowledge in his previous life for Albert, but for the fledgling electronic computer industry, it was tantamount to a book from heaven.

"His Royal Highness Albert must have recognized the shortcomings of the tube, which is a series of obvious shortcomings such as large volume, high power consumption, strong heat, short life, low power efficiency, fragile structure and the need for high-voltage power supply, while the use of transistors relies on its own design of small, complex and reliable circuits." When the tube computer was first introduced, the sharp-eyed Turing was already aware of its shortcomings.

The computer of the first generation of tubes was UNIVACI produced in 1951, and the computer that I came into contact with at this time was the size of a room, and the computer of the second generation of transistors had to wait until 1957, that is, eight years later.

"So it really shocked me when His Highness said that he wanted to develop a transistor computer, and I had previously reported to the British Ministry about the advantages of transistors, but the group of bureaucrats who were in the position of corpse food thought my idea was unrealistic and rejected my request. It is no wonder that a country that only remembers its past achievements in heavy industry will be defeated by the United States, which has risen in high-tech industries. As soon as Turing talked about the cold bench he had encountered earlier, he felt angry.

"So I would like to invite His Excellency Turing to participate in our company's transistor calculator development program, of course, we can provide the talents and equipment that Mr. Turing needs, and I only want the results regardless of the cost." Albert stared at Turing's increasingly hot eyes, and said with a hot iron, "I want Mr. Turing to be the manager of the R&D department of my new company, what do you think?" Of course, I wouldn't treat Mr. Turing badly when it comes to salary. ”

Albert finally offered a heartwarming condition that Turing couldn't refuse, what better job could be better than doing what he wanted to do and make a lot of money?

"Okay, I agree to your request, but I also have a suggestion, that is, before developing a transistor computer, the computer developer you hire must have a full understanding and knowledge of the tube computer." Turing made the only request. But this time it was Albert's turn, there are very few geniuses who can truly rival Turing in Belgium, and most of the computer talents are currently staying in the United States.

"Mr. Turing, you know, there are only a handful of talented people in Belgium who can stand side by side with you, and either we can only recruit new people for you to retrain, or we can pick out some of the current computer technicians with average talent."

Turing also recognized Albert's difficulties and took the initiative to propose a solution, "Okay, me and my old friend Von? Neumann contacted me to see if he could recommend a few good students to me. ”

"Wait, Feng? Neumann? The genius who wrote Game Theory? "Albert can't believe Von? Neumann was actually Turing's friend. Turing just gave Albert a knowing smile and explained, "But von? Don't think about Neumann, he's the focus of the U.S. government. Me and Feng? Neumann's acquaintance was also at a mathematical seminar, so His Highness could rest assured. ”

"Well, Mr. Lawturing has to worry a lot about this." Albert did not expect to solve the problem of the level of the company's R&D personnel so easily, and at this time, Albert and Turing discussed more plans to establish a computer company. He presented Turing with a proposal document with the new company's unique logo.

"It's the most creative company logo I've ever seen." Turing picked up the plan, stared at the bitten apple pattern with interest, and said with a smile, "Isn't it possible that the company that His Highness Albert wants to establish is called Apple?" ”

"You guessed it." Albert laughed wickedly, "The company I'm going to build is called Apple Technologies." (To be continued......)