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Chapter 791, Third Generation Computer

After two months of production, all the parts for the third-generation computer have been produced. To be honest, it will cost you your life to make these things. Not to mention other things, just talking about this chip, it will be hard to make a qualified thing. Quite not easy.

What the computer needs to run is not comparable to CNC machine tools. The complexity is several levels higher. It took Jiang Yan almost a day to process just this one chip. This was made from more than a dozen scrapped chips. A successful thing, this thing, is a big project to manufacture manually. Fortunately, with the chip, Jiang Yan can start to upgrade the lithography machine so that it can manufacture chips by itself to a certain extent.

Jiang Yan entered the large office with a drawing. At this time, the office had been transformed into a large studio, and all the technical staff were looking forward to it.

"Comrades, this is the final assembly drawing of our third-generation computer. Now we will start counting the equipment according to this drawing. The leader of the corresponding group will come forward to receive the corresponding parts drawing."

After a while, Jiang Yan took a table and started walking around various groups.

"CPU"

"Report, CPU has checked."

"Computational control unit."

"Report, the computing control unit has been inspected."

"Memory chip."

"Report, the memory chip has been checked."

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Jiang Yan checked one item after another and crossed out items on his watch. The crossed out items meant that the parts had been sorted out. In order to ensure that the parts were all available and foolproof, Jiang Yan even stopped to check the corresponding items himself. of parts.

The scientific researchers under inspection held their breath and concentrated, fearing that the word "unqualified" would come out of Jiang Yan's mouth. These were the hard work of all their team members, and they were also the results of their day and night.

"Comrades, all the temporary construction has been checked and correct. Let's start the next step of assembly work. This assembly work will be completed by me personally, and everyone can record it."

Then, Jiang Yan picked up the welding gun from his main hand and began to assemble the operation panel.

He first welded the input and output interfaces, and then placed various buttons and indicator lights with skillful and precise movements.

"General Engineer Jiang's craftsmanship is really good. Every bit of this welding is just right. Even our eighth-level welders probably can't meet such standards." A technician admired in a low voice.

After assembling the operation panel, Jiang Yan began to assemble the structural frame of the central processor.

The central processing unit is one of the main devices of the computer and the core component of the computer. Its function is mainly to interpret computer instructions and process data in computer software. For all operations in the computer, the CPU is responsible for reading instructions, decoding them, and executing the core components of the instructions.

The central processing unit is composed of many components such as logic components, register components, arithmetic units, and control components.

The central processor Jiang Yan and his team designed was the first microprocessor that Intel started developing for the computer manufacturer in 1969. Develops various chips for a range of programmable computers.

Finally, Intel launched the 1971 microprocessor to the global market on November 11, 15. The 4004 was Intel's first microprocessor, laying the foundation for future development of system intelligence functions and personal computers. The number of transistors on this processor Approximately 4004 pieces.

It is slightly difficult to produce according to the level of Jiang Yan and his research institute, but with the addition of the Academy of Sciences, this will undoubtedly speed up the process of this product a lot, but this is also due to the fact that Jiang Yan has a complete set of design processes in his hands.

I saw him carefully placing the processor chip and welding it firmly to the frame with metal wires. I breathed a sigh of relief after installing it. To be honest, I have never been so careful when holding my child.

"This processor is the most advanced product designed by the Academy of Sciences. It is also the core component of our computer. There must be no mistakes. You must be careful when installing it in the future." Jiang Yan warned while wiping his sweat. road.

"Understood, Mr. Jiang, we will be extremely careful." The technicians stared intently at Jiang Yan's every move.

Next is the installation of the memory chip. Jiang Yan repeatedly checked a part with hundreds of small chips on it several times. After making sure it was correct, he installed it in the slot and made sure it was secure.

"Memory is like the human brain to a computer. The number of chips directly determines the computing power."

After the processor and memory were installed, Jiang Yan began to assemble the tape mechanism. He accurately positioned the read and write heads on the track and debugged the conveyor belt operation several times to ensure normal reading and writing.

"This tape mechanism is like the heart and lungs of a computer, and all data input and output depends on it." Jiang Yan said while debugging it carefully.

It is only now that this computer has finally been installed.

Although the third generation computer is much smaller than the second generation computer, it is also half the size of a conference room. Its computing power is much better than the first two generations of computers. These things can be mounted on a truck. , which can be considered quite convenient.

"Next, let's start the power-on test." Jiang Yan immediately installed the power supply as soon as he finished speaking. However, when connecting the power supply, he repeatedly checked that there was no risk of short circuit in the line connection, then took a deep breath and slowly pushed the Turn on the power switch.

"Buzz--" After a burst of electricity, the operation panel lit up, and then the computer system started normally.

After the "buzzing" sound of electricity, the indicator light on the host came on.

"It's started!" a technician shouted excitedly. The other scientific researchers present looked at the lighted up screen, and finally could no longer contain their excitement, and all of them were moved to tears.

"We succeeded." Professor Li from the Institute of Physics burst into tears.

"It's incredible!" Professor Zheng from the Institute of Mathematics couldn't stop the tears on his face.

Several old professors were so excited that they could not speak. They pointed at the computer screen that lit up and trembled for a while. Jiang Yan stared at them closely, fearing that these old men would hit them if they were not careful. They had a plan. One, they are all masters of their industry.

Seeing their excited expressions, Jiang Yan actually knew quite well that in this era, computers for flower growers were still very backward, with only a handful of low-speed second-generation computers.

Jiang Yan led them almost from scratch, working on key problems day and night, and finally climbed to the pinnacle of world computer technology. If it were not for the development of the country's computer industry, these old professors would not be able to listen to Jiang Yan's command.

In fact, this is not only the birth of a computer, but also the growth of the country's scientific and technological strength. It is also a sign of the development of the times! With its addition, we have some things whose computing power has doubled.

This made Jiang Yan's eyes appear one after another on the next door. Although the country's small mushrooms and large mushrooms have been successfully tested one after another, lightweighting and standardization are still in progress. What's more, we haven't gone to the sky or the sea yet. No, this is also of great help to them and can further save them time.

After letting the technical staff involved in the conference room vent their emotions, Jiang Yan smiled slightly and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"Comrades, the results we have achieved are exciting, but this is just the beginning. It can also be the first step in our long march. I hope that computers in the future will be smaller and have more powerful computing power. In the future, we will develop more Many advanced technologies will promote the progress of the country’s scientific and technological undertakings!”

After hearing this, everyone applauded enthusiastically again.

(End of this chapter)