Transcript A Look Into Computer History Generations

A Look Into Computer History
Generations
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Slide 3: 1946 1st Generation
Slide 4: 1950 1st Generation [cont’d]
Slide 5: 1958 1st Generation Vacuum Tube Components
Slide 6: 1959 1st Generation Vacuum Tube Pictures
Slide 7: 1959: 2nd Generation Transistors
Slide 8: 1959: 2nd Generation Transistors [cont’d]
Slide 9: 1965: 3rd Generation Integrated Circuits
Slide 10: 1965: 3rd Generation Integrated Circuits [cont’d]
Slide 11: 1971: 4th Generation Microprocessors
Slide 12: 1971: 4th Generation Microprocessors
Slide 13: Artificial Intelligence Pictures
1946: 1st Generation
Vacuum Tubes
• The first computers used
vacuum tubes.
• The ENIAC was first released
in February.
• The project was started: 1943
• The project was completed:
1946.
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1950: 1st Generation
Vacuum Tubes (cont’d )
ERA 1101 Memory Drum.
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• The ERA of Minneapolis
built ERA 101.
• The ERA was the 1st
commercially produced.
• The 1st customer was the
U.S. Navy.
• The magnetic storage
device held 1 million bits.
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1ST Generation: 1958
Vacuum Tube Components
• Jack Kilby created
the first integrated
circuit.
• Jack Kilby’s circuit
consisted of
Vacuum tubes
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• Jack’s circuit had five ges
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1959: 2nd Generation
Transistors
• Transistors replaced vacuum
tubes.
• Transistors were invented in
1947.
• Transistors allowed computers
to become smaller and faster.
• Transistors allowed computers
to become more reliable.
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1959: 2nd Generation
Transistors
[cont’d]
Transistors are a semiconductor device.
Transistors are made of semiconductor
materials.
Transistors are the fundamental building block.
Transistors provide amplification of a signal.
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1965: 3rd Generation
Integrated Circuits
• The development of circuits
was the hallmark.
• The circuits allowed many
applications to run.
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1965: 3rd Generation
Integrated Circuits
Integrated Circuits are also [cont’d]
known as IC.
• Integrated Circuits is a
miniaturized electronic circuit.
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1971: 4th Generation
Microprocessors
• Microprocessors moved out
the realm of computers.
• Microprocessors allowed
• Computers to be linked
together.
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1971: 4th Generation
Microprocessors
• The artificial
intelligence generation
is developing.
• The use of parallel
processing aid helping.
• The super conductor is
Robot
helping artificial
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Artificial Intelligence Pictures
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Five Generations Jupitermedia Corporation
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Timeline of Computer History
Computer History Museum
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2006 Computer History Museum
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Microsoft Office Clip Art
Gallery
References