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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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THIS IS WHAT COMMUNISTS DO TO INNOVATORS AND GENIUSES.

The Computer Genius the Communists Couldn’t Stand

In 1970s Poland, the engineer Jacek Karpinski made an incredible technological breakthrough. He created the K-202, a computer which could conduct a million operations per second but was small enough to fit into a briefcase. At a time when computers were not only slower but also comparable in size to large cupboards, this was a remarkable accomplishment. Unfortunately, the communist regime blocked the device from going into production, and here’s why.

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