The Rise of a Great Power: The Super Prodigy

Chapter 94

(This chapter is the helmsman: "The tears that you have will always fall" The little partner adds more, thank you for the reward.) Hmmmmm

As the red gift box is opened, a mysterious silver item is revealed.

The silver item is a cuboid with a "length and width" similar to that of a white-collar worker's briefcase.

The thickness is extremely thin.

In the sunlight, the silver objects reflect bursts of brilliance.

It's not so much a machine as an extremely fine work of art.

Seeing it, at this moment, everyone in the audience froze.

In front of the television, the Western people also froze.

Even the president of IBM Group Inc.: Mr. Watson Sr., was also stunned.

"It's... Is this a computer?"

"God, is there such a small computer in this world?"

The crowd was so amazed that they could hardly believe their eyes.

In everyone's perception, there are two kinds of computers in this era, one is like a television: there is a thick screen with a large external link.

The other is a supercomputer the size of a house, which is used to perform large, military-grade number crunching.

But no matter which one it is, it's bigger than the "little thing" in front of you, and it's much, much bigger...

"Can this little thing be a computer?"

"It's just a big calculator at best!"

That's what old Mr. Watson thought;

Others think the same way.

However......

That's when it happened.

Chen An stretched out his small hand and gently lifted the upper layer of the silver item.

At this moment, a black screen came into everyone's eyes.

Underneath it is a key-filled keyboard spray-painted with letters, numbers, and many other functional symbols.

Seeing the screen and keyboard, the audience was amazed.

"Really... Is it really a computer?"

"This little thing has a keyboard?"

"Oh my God, what's the use of being so small?"

Bursts of exclamations came from the scene and reached Chen An's ears.

At this moment, Chen An smiled.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a tiny computer, I call it: an ultra-thin laptop. Its total length is 29 cm, width: 16 cm, thickness: 2.5 cm. Total weight: 4 kg. "

"Yes, you heard it right. It weighs only four kilograms (8 catties), which is several times lighter than any television set in the world today. "

As soon as these words came out, it instantly caused a sensation in the audience.

Damn, this little thing weighs only four kilograms?

God, what material is it made of?

In front of the TV.

Countless Western people are also shocked that such a large size of the item is only four kilograms? Not to mention compared with televisions, it is also lighter than those keyboards on the market!

But......

"Wait!"

In the audience, Mr. Watson, President of IBM, stood up and asked in a deep voice: "Children of Xia Guo, I admit that this thing is very light and convenient, and it can even be carried around like a briefcase." But...... You say it's a computer?"

"Yes, sir!"

Chen An nodded with a smile, and his heart was light.

"Well, kid, since you think it's a computer, let me ask you: what is its memory, and what is the computing rate?"

As soon as this question came out, the audience was instantly silent.

Looking at the white old man, many people's eyes were full of admiration: Mr. Watson Sr. really deserves to be a world-renowned giant in the electronics industry, and he is the two core professional problems as soon as he makes a move.

What is a computer?

A computer is an electronic computer that can calculate at high speed, which can perform numerical calculations, logical calculations, and also has the function of storage and memory.

Memory is its foundation, and computing speed is its core.

It is fundamentally different from the "calculator" used to buy groceries.

Xia Guo's little guy may be about to miscalculate.

In the field of computing, Mr. Watson of IBM Sr. is a professional.

At this moment, many people have raised their heads and looked at the little guy on the stage with the eyes of "watching jokes".

However......

Hearing the white man's professional question, Chen An instantly raised his hand and stretched out five fingers.

"Its memory is: 8G, and the computing rate is: 1 billion per second!"

The immature children's voice shook the audience, with an indescribable confidence.

As the sound fell, the audience stood up.

The president of country M stood up;

Ambassadors to the United States stood up;

All the media reporters stood up.

1 billion per second?

OH，MYGOD！

At present, the most advanced super-large computers of the military of various countries have a rate of only a few hundred million per second. For example, the computer on the 10th basement floor of the Pentagon in country M has a rate of 800 million per second.

But!

Do you know what the footprint of that computer is?

Three hundred square meters.

It was an integrated circuit made with a million transistors, plus two processors the size of a house, combined to reach a rate of 800 million per second.

And now...

The small thing in front of me, which is as beautiful as a work of art, has a computing rate of up to 1 billion times???

"No!"

"This can't be! This absolutely can't be!"

Old Watson jumped up on the spot and thundered.

He's yelling, he's yelling, "This can't be! How can that little thing's memory reach 8 gigabytes?"

It's 1984.

Historically, this year, IBM will launch its heavyweight product: enterprise-class medium-sized computers, which serve large enterprises such as banking, stock markets, and cross-border trade.

The research and development of this medium-sized computer cost IBM tens of billions of dollars, including more than 2,000 electronics experts and researchers.

But it's such an enterprise-class computer, and it only has 10M RAM.

Yes, it's 10M!

（1M=1024KB，1024M=1G！）

"8G memory" vs. "10M memory", God, this is a difference of up to 800 times!

Eight hundred times!

At the thought of this, old Mr. Watson almost went crazy.

The same.

Others are no better.

Throughout the scene, everyone was stunned by Chen An's words.

Four kilograms.

8G RAM.

The rate of one billion operations.