Hasitha Helappriya
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...
Monday, December 20, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Fourth generation
Hasitha Helappriya
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
Hasitha Helappriya
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)
Hasitha Helappriya
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...
