COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Vacuum Tubes
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Integrated Circuits
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Magnetic Tape
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RAM
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Detailed explanation-1: -The MOSFET (metal-oxide-silicon field-effect transistor), also known as the MOS transistor, was invented by Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng at Bell Labs in 1959. The MOSFET made it possible to build high-density integrated circuits.
Detailed explanation-2: -The computers of third generation used Integrated Circuits (ICs) in place of transistors. A single IC has many transistors, resistors, and capacitors along with the associated circuitry. The IC was invented by Jack Kilby.
Detailed explanation-3: -This is Jack Kilby’s first integrated circuit. He invented it at Texas Instruments in 1958. From TI: “Comprised of only a transistor and other components on a slice of germanium, Kilby’s invention, 7/16-by-1/16-inches in size, revolutionized the electronics industry.
Detailed explanation-4: -This led to the inventions of the microprocessor and the microcontroller by the early 1970s. During the early 1970s, MOS integrated circuit technology enabled the very large-scale integration (VLSI) of more than 10, 000 transistors on a single chip.