Chapter 1091 The First Electronic Computer

"Dr. Tommy Ferrells, Dr. Turing, you have made outstanding contributions to our electronic numerical integration and computers, and now, the Empire will grant you the glorious title of Holy Aryan!" After the computer had been successfully developed, Cyric couldn't wait to fly directly from the wolf's den to the University of Munich to see the computer in front of him.

As a person who has passed through in later generations, Cyric certainly understands the huge role that electronic computers can play. Not to mention, with the development of his own ballistic missiles, Dr. Braun has completely grown up.

Every time a flight test is carried out, a room of people under his command has to use a hand calculator to calculate for several weeks, which is a rather complicated process.

And now, with computers, everything will change!

Dr. Turing, with a smart brain, is the winner of countless titles, the father of modern computers, the father of artificial intelligence, etc. At first, after discovering Dr. Turing by accident, Cyric helped to make plans and use agents Falcon, successfully seduced Turing and made Turing obediently work for the Empire.

As for the other person, it is the precious treasure of the empire, Dr. Ferrers, who is an important computer expert comparable to von Neumann!

Generally speaking, in all kinds of electronic computer textbooks, Eniac is called the world's first computer, which was born in the United States in 1946, and Dr. Neumann played a prominent role in the development of computers. For example, until now, all computers have been built according to the von Neumann structure.

However, during the war, it also prompted some countries to develop computers, such as the United Kingdom, who believed that their own Colossus was the real world's first electronic computer, which was more than two years earlier than the ENIAC computer.

During World War II, the German "Lorenz" encryption machine was the main encryption machine used for communication between senior German generals including Hitler, and it was very difficult to decipher the encrypted passwords.

The main purpose of developing the "Korosas" computer was to decipher the ciphers encrypted by the "Lorenz" encryption machine. The "Corosas" computer was developed in March 1943 and shipped to the Bletchley campus at the end of the same year. On January 10, 1944, the "Corosas" computer started operating.

Of course, from this point of view, it seems a bit too much to call it an electronic computer. After all, it is only used to decipher ciphers, but the person who developed it undoubtedly has a bright mind, and this is Dr. Ferrells.

In order to win Turing, Cyric used a lot of brains, but it was much easier for Dr.

After the occupation of Britain, Dr. Feraules did not leave with George VI. He still stayed in his university. When he found this man, the Gestapo in Germany quickly found him, hoping that he could cooperate. And he happily agreed.

In this era, there are still a lot of people who are aware of current affairs, either following the old empire's demise or gaining a new life in the new empire. Dr. Ferrous is obviously the latter.

There are not many computer experts in Germany. With these two people as the backbone, the development of electronic computers in Germany has begun to enter the fast lane. What excites them is that the transistor technology in Germany has given them greater opportunities to display. stage.

As a result, the first generation of computers in Germany appeared in this way.

This computer is not comparable to the microcomputers of later generations. It is a large cabinet that stands in the center of the laboratory and covers an area of ​​less than ten square meters.

In the history of Eniac, it covers an area of ​​150 square meters. Compared with this kind of tube computer, the volume of transistors is much smaller.

"Our first-generation computer used 17,000 transistors, 600 tubes, 6,000 switches, 7,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 500,000 wires, consumed 14 kilowatts, and could perform 5,000 additions per second. ." Dr. Ferrous said to Cyric.

Although a large number of transistors are used, in some circuits, it is still necessary to use electron tubes. Such circuits are still relatively large, but they can perform 5,000 operations per second, which is quite an amazing result. He is satisfied.

Cyric nodded and looked at the behemoth making a humming sound. It was the fan in the cabinet that was dissipating heat. Cyric looked at the tape on one side and was spitting it out continuously. It was printing the result.

Today's computers are different from those of later generations. There is no keyboard, no display screen, and input and output rely on punched paper tapes. Such efficiency is of course low.

Cyric, who was born in engineering, still has some understanding. Now that electronic computers have just come out, you can use paper tape for input and output, but it is quite inconvenient.

Although all kinds of fool-like programming tools in later generations are not yet possible, but in the early stage, it should be considered.

"We can invent an assembly language," Cyric said. "In a computer, first design a compiler that replaces the opcodes of machine instructions with mnemonics, and the addresses of instructions or operands with address symbols or labels. This allows us to enter data a hundred times faster.”

The paper tape records zeros and ones, which is quite tedious. It would be much more convenient to describe it in one language! Cyric had studied PLC in his previous life, and he was familiar with this assembly language, so he told it now: "For example, we use SHL to represent the logical left shift instruction, followed by a number to represent the left shift number. bit, you can perform the operation directly.”

Cyric only said this, and Dr. Ferrous already understood. In front of his eyes, there seemed to be something like a typewriter keyboard. Between the keyboard and the computer, a conversion circuit was installed. It can be achieved!

This will greatly improve the efficiency and reduce the chance of errors. The input and output are all punched paper tapes, which is quite cumbersome.

"Führer Cyric, your wisdom really impresses us." Dr. Feraules said to Cyric with a gleam in his eyes.

This is the advantage of the traverser. For Cyric, as long as the most obvious ones of later generations are taken out, they are new ideas one by one, and they are absolutely correct.

"I hope you will guard against arrogance and rashness, continue to develop new computers, simplify input and output, and your contribution to the empire will be written in history."

These people will definitely enter the history books. Cyric is very clear that the emergence of electronic computers has completely changed the entire world. At least for now, it is not just the ballistic calculation of ballistic missiles. If it is improved, it can be installed on warships for fire control calculation. When the size is reduced, it can be installed on aircraft or even tanks.

"Führer Cyric, there is a new situation in the Balkans, and the Greeks have already reached Albania." After the inspection at the University of Munich, when he returned to his special car, an adjutant came to report to Cyric.