Microcomputer emerges
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December 31, 2010
The advent of the microprocessor and solid-state memory made home computing affordable. Early hobby microcomputer systems such as the Altai...
Friday, December 31, 2010
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Altair 8800 and IMSAI 8080
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December 28, 2010
Development of the single-chip microprocessor was an enormous catalyst to the popularization of cheap, easy to use, and truly personal compu...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Mainframes and minicomputers
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December 22, 2010
Before the introduction of the microprocessor in the early 1970s, computers were generally large, costly systems owned by large institu...
Monday, December 20, 2010
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December 20, 2010
At the other end of the computing spectrum from the microcomputers, the powerful supercomputers of the era also used integrated circuit tech...
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Fourth generation
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December 18, 2010
The basis of the fourth generation was the invention of the microprocessor by a team at Intel. Unlike third generation minicomputers, which ...
Friday, December 3, 2010
A typical Busicom desk calculator
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December 03, 2010
But a new Intel employee (Ted Hoff) convinced Busicom to instead accept a general purpose computer chip which, like all computers, could be ...
Thursday, December 2, 2010
The original IBM Personal Computer (PC)
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December 02, 2010
This transformation was a result of the invention of the microprocessor . A microprocessor (uP) is a computer that is fabricated on an integ...
