Year,Generation,Computer_Name,Technology,Key_Developer,Description,Computer_Type
1940,First Generation,ENIAC,Vacuum Tubes,John Presper Eckert & John Mauchly,First general-purpose electronic computer,Mainframe
1945,First Generation,EDVAC,Vacuum Tubes,John von Neumann,Introduced stored-program concept,Mainframe
1951,First Generation,UNIVAC I,Vacuum Tubes,Remington Rand,First commercial computer,Mainframe
1959,Second Generation,IBM 1401,Transistors,IBM,Popular business computer,Mainframe
1964,Third Generation,IBM System/360,Integrated Circuits,IBM,Standardized computer architecture,Mainframe
1969,Third Generation,PDP-8,Integrated Circuits,DEC,Affordable minicomputer,Minicomputer
1971,Fourth Generation,Intel 4004,Microprocessor,Intel,First commercial microprocessor,Microprocessor
1975,Fourth Generation,Altair 8800,Microprocessor,Ed Roberts,Triggered the personal computer revolution,Personal Computer
1981,Fourth Generation,IBM PC,Microprocessor,IBM,Popularized home and office PCs,Personal Computer
1984,Fourth Generation,Apple Macintosh,GUI & Mouse,Apple,Introduced graphical user interface to consumers,Personal Computer
1991,Fifth Generation,World Wide Web,Networking,Tim Berners-Lee,Enabled global information sharing,Networked Computers
2006,Fifth Generation,Cloud Computing,Virtualization,Amazon,On-demand computing resources,Cloud Systems
2010,Fifth Generation,Smartphones,Mobile Computing,Apple & Google,Computers in handheld devices,Mobile Devices
2015,Modern Era,AI Accelerators,GPU & TPU,NVIDIA & Google,Optimized hardware for AI workloads,AI Computers
2020,Modern Era,Quantum Computers,Quantum Bits (Qubits),IBM & Google,Computing using quantum mechanics,Quantum Computer
2024,Modern Era,Edge Computing Devices,IoT & AI Chips,Various Companies,Local processing near data sources,Edge Devices