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For example, the 1961 Semiconductor Network Computer (Molecular Electronic Computer, Mol-E-Com), [10] [11] [12] the first monolithic integrated circuit [13] [14] [15] general purpose computer (built for demonstration purposes, programmed to simulate a desk calculator) was built by Texas Instruments for the US Air Force.
As an analog computer does not use discrete values, but rather continuous values, processes cannot be reliably repeated with exact equivalence, as they can with Turing machines. [58] The first modern analog computer was a tide-predicting machine, invented by Sir William Thomson, later Lord Kelvin, in 1872. It used a system of pulleys and wires ...
KDF9 Timesharing Director (English Electric) – an early, fully hardware secured, fully pre-emptive process switching, multi-programming operating system for KDF9 (originally announced in 1960) OS/360 (IBM's primary OS for its S/360 series) (announced) PDP-6 Monitor descendant renamed TOPS-10 in 1970; SCOPE (CDC 3000 series) 1965
The Computer History in time and space, Graphing Project, an attempt to build a graphical image of computer history, in particular operating systems. The Computer Revolution/Timeline at Wikibooks "File:Timeline.pdf - Engineering and Technology History Wiki" (PDF). ethw.org. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-10-31
An excellent computer history site; the present article is a modified version of his timeline, used with permission. The Evolution of the Modern Computer (1934 to 1950): An Open Source Graphical History, article from Virtual Travelog
The storage of computer programs is key to the operation of modern computers and is the connection between computer hardware and software. [7] Even prior to this, in the mid-19th century mathematician George Boole invented Boolean algebra —a system of logic where each proposition is either true or false.
HAL Computer Systems: 101–118 MHz 64 400 nm - 1995 Pentium Pro: Intel: 150–200 MHz 32 350 nm: 5.5 1996 Alpha 21164A: DEC: 400–500 MHz 64 350 nm 9.7 1995 S/390 G3: IBM - 32 - 1996 K5: AMD: 75–100 MHz 32 500 nm 4.3 1996 R10000: MTI: 150–250 MHz 64 350 nm 6.7 1996 R5000: QED: 180–250 MHz - 350 nm 3.7 1996 SPARC64 II: HAL Computer ...
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) was the first electronic general-purpose computer, announced to the public in 1946. It was Turing-complete, [45] digital, and capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems. Women implemented the programming for machines like the ENIAC, and men created the ...