How the Soviet Union lost the global computing race
In 1986, the Soviet Union possessed just over 10,000 computers, compared to 1.3 million in the United States. This video explores how a nation capable of launching Sputnik and landing on Venus failed to close a widening technological gap.
At the time of Stalin's death, the Soviet Union ranked as the world's third most proficient computing power. However, by the 1960s, a gap of several years had emerged between US and Soviet capabilities. By twenty years later, this disparity had become permanent.
Despite having the country's finest minds and significant state support for research, development, and the hard sciences, the Soviet Union could not maintain its competitive edge in computing. The video examines the decline from early scientific triumphs to the eventual, undeniable technological divide.
Source: Why the Soviet Computer Failed
