Book Review: 司宏伟. 神机妙算会“银河”——中国第一台 巨型计算机“银河-I”的研制、创新、影响 [Si Hongwei. The Development, Innovation and Impact of the First Supercomputer YH-1 in China]. Beijing: Chinese Industry and Information Technology Publishing Group, Posts & Telecom Press, 2024, 240 pp. ISBN: 978-7-115-64353-7

In 1983, the American futurist Alvin Toffler underscored the advent of a "third wave," the era of the information revolution, lamenting its implications.As the past recedes, the future unfolds.The computer has become the most efficient information processing tool for human beings, epitomizing the realization of Babbage's dream.In the explosive development of electronic computers for more than seventy years, supercomputers are one of the main trends, known as the crown jewel of the computer industry.They play an extremely important role in international high-tech competition and strategic games, being the status symbol of the world's powers to seize scientific and technological heights.