The RAND Corporation's employees were able to input the program within five or six minutes, which was already a very fast operation.

When Alex proposed a fair and just game, RAND insisted that both sides use their own formulas and procedures, thinking that they would be able to input faster than CPT if they were familiar with their own formulas and procedures.

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.

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

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

Finally, the results of their calculations also came out, and after the host got the note, he announced: "'Yuriwak' predicted the same as 'the first generation', they also thought that Eisenhower could be 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, if they used their own formulas and procedures when playing fairly, they would definitely have an advantage over CPT on the basis of their existing input speed.

You must know that the computers of this era all use punch-hole input programs, and it will take 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 prepared program notes 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 decided. Sure enough, the judges quickly announced that the winner was the "first" computer of the CPT company.

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."

"Ha Luha, 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, too, but I don't know which big company is going to buy it."

"Shhhhhhhh

"I see......"

After Alex came up with the "first" 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 CBS reporters talk about the news, they always have to wonder if their predictions are accurate.

"How can a machine predict something that hasn't happened yet? This is something that even humans can't do, but is it true that today's machines are 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 data and saying: "The price of the 'first generation' is only half that of the 'defense computer', but the computing speed is more than 10 times faster. Why should we reduce the number of 'first generation' and increase the number of 'defense computers' when we want to procure? Is there some shady deal in this that we don't know about? ”

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

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 really my son, and 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 $500,000 is about the same, and donating a million is 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 had regained 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, IBM and RAND Corporation reported the news of mergers or acquisitions, and they believed that only the two companies could resist if they wanted to really curb the expansion of CPT in the computer market.

It's just that IBM wants to buy, 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 companies, but also made IBM and RAND companies switch from offense to defense.

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 the CPT company. 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 soon lost most of its market share and could 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, that's what the election polls tell people. 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 still fight back against CPT. Otherwise, the computer market will definitely be occupied by the 'first generation' of CPT companies. ”

IBM and RAND both silently prayed during the 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 did not exceed one percent.

Faced with this outcome, the media changed their attitude and made a 180-degree turn, praising the "first" generation of computers as expected. Even such an unpredictable thing as the presidential election is counted as inseparable.

CBS TV even praised the "first generation" in the evening news, and the famous show 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 a more advanced and reliable computer was invented.

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 changed to other industries.