Chapter 231： Eight thousand eighty chips

Digitized and information-based troops are only assigned to combat terminals at the squad level. With the current technical level of the Soviet Union, it is already difficult to achieve, not to mention the computer processing massive data, and the satellite positioning system that is taken for granted. !

Although the pressure is not only on the 35, other scientific research institutions will be assigned certain tasks, but these systems need to use digital systems to transmit, and the Soviet Union's current main body is still analog, basic circuit components, or It takes 35 institutes to develop it, which is a cumbersome and huge project. For example, according to the description in the project book, the combat terminal needs to have a cpu chip!

Hearing that it would take so long, Ogarkov's face darkened instantly.

Build digital troops and information troops, first equip a division, let the high-level experience the huge improvement in combat effectiveness brought about by this kind of military reform, and then continue to implement a larger reform plan, these are when Ogarkov became a marshal When the time came, I had already made up my mind. This is a huge plan that will change the entire Soviet!

However, right now, it will take years for this basic technical problem to be solved, how can I wait so long!

"Yes, we are a lot behind in the field of electronic technology. Now, although we are catching up, it will take a long time." At this time, Andrei on the side spoke: "In this case, we will It's better to bring in some ready-made ones from the West."

Andre's words surprised everyone, imported from the West? how can that be! The West has a complete technical blockade against the Soviet Union. How could advanced military electronic technology be exported to the Soviet Union!

"The digital and information-based equipment we need now requires a large number of microprocessors." Andre said: "The gap in our own electronic technology makes us unable to overcome this difficulty, so I think. We now The best solution is to buy their civilian chips from the western civilian market. For example, I think Intel's 8080 chips are quite good and meet our needs. We can still import them in the name of civilian use. We can get it from the black market in Europe, and it is also easy to get it from island countries. After getting it, we first use these chips to develop our various equipment, and then imitate them on the basis of this chip. ."

The key component is the microprocessor. Although the Soviet Union is not far behind in supercomputers, those are big guys. If you want to achieve the goal of digital terminals, you need a small microprocessor, and Intel's 8080. is the most suitable choice.

As the leader in the microprocessor chip industry, Intel Corporation manufactured the first real CPU in human history in 1971: the 4004. It integrates 2250 transistors. The distance between each transistor is 10 microns, it can process 4 bits of data, 60,000 operations per second, and the operating frequency is 108khz. The birth of this cpu marks that the computer has entered a new era. After that, Intel introduced the intel8008.

In 1974, l8008 developed into intel8080, which became the second generation microprocessor. This is a relatively successful processor, and until later generations, the l8080 is still widely used in various application circuits and equipment as a device to replace electronic logic circuits. Just like the 51 series MCU, it has tenacious vitality.

If there is a choice. Of course, Andrei hopes that the Soviet Union can imitate the 8086, which is the first 16-bit processor. It can be said to be the ancestor of the entire Intel x86 cpu in later generations. It is a pity that this cpu will not be available until next year, and the integration level is only 29,000 transistors. Such an integration level cannot be achieved by the current Soviet industry.

Thousands of transistors are the level of 8080.

Intel, 8080 chip? Hearing Susannah's eyes lit up, this kind of chip does not need to be imported from abroad, and we are already researching it!

Andre is not omnipotent, and it is impossible to know the situation of all aspects of the Soviet Union. Historically, the Intel 8080a processor imitated by the Soviet Union was launched in 1978, named kp580nk80А, and the military model was named 580Вm80.

And now, with Andre's crossing, the Soviet Union's electronic technicians have opened up their horizons. They have already begun to study new Western electronic technologies. This 8080 chip obtained from the civilian field is now in 35 institutes. Among them, they have already started the research of reverse surveying and mapping, and have overcome the main difficulties. If there is a higher-level document, mass production can be achieved within a month.

Intel's technology patent? The Soviets do not recognize this! It will not pay American patent fees.

"If it is this kind of chip, we can put it into production at any time, but." Susannah expressed her concerns: "This is an ordinary civilian chip, which is not resistant to electromagnetic pulses, let alone used in nuclear war."

Why did the Soviet Union insist on using the electron tube, that is, the electron tube can survive the strong electromagnetic pulse of the nuclear explosion in a nuclear war! Now, although thinking is changing and new electronic technologies are constantly being adopted, this indicator still exists.

Nuclear war, hearing this word, Andre is not as disgusted as before Andre from later generations knows that a large-scale nuclear war has never broken out, and both the United States and the Soviet Union are restrained , will not destroy the global village. However, when Andre came to this world, after more than a year, he deeply realized how serious the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union was in the Cold War. War, especially now, is more like a crater, driven by Andre.

However, even so, Andre is still firm, the electronic tube is destined to be eliminated, and the integrated circuit is the direction! Come on, let's try it out by building a digital terminal that one soldier can hold with a vacuum tube!

"The equipment of the Americans we seized should be enough to inspire us, right?" Andre said.

The ep-3 reconnaissance plane is full of integrated circuits. How did the Americans prevent the attack of electromagnetic pulses? There must be a way for them!

"American military chips are all reinforced, with a large current margin of the circuit, and a thick aluminum shielding shell." Susannah said.

"Whatever the Americans do, we will do it." Marshal Ogarkov on the side finally spoke. (To be continued.)