INB 201 Development of the Personal Computer The Origins of the Personal Computer and Software Industry Development of the Computer Industry Historical Epochs in Computers 1) Wartime Development 1940-1947 Alan Turing and John von Newman – 1947 Invention of the transistor at Bell Labs – 2) Development of Early Commercial Computers 1950-1958 3) 1958 Invention of integrated circuit – 4) Mainframe Era 1960 1975 – – 5) 1971 Invention of Microprocessor at Intel – 6) Early PCs 1975-1980 7) IBM PC 1981 8) Rise of the Clones and Wintel 1983-1990 9) The Decline of Apple and IBM and the Rise of Microsoft 1986 1995 – – 10) Early Mobile Phones 1992 - 2000 – 11) The Rise of the Internet 1994-2000 E-commerce – – 12) Comes Back from Near-Dead 1997 2003 – – 13) Miniaturization of Computers Pagers 1996; iPod 2001; BlackBerry 2003; – iPhone 2007 14) Emergence of AI Deep Blue 1997; Watson 2011; Barbie 2015 – 15) Computers in Products 1990 Lexus LS 400 antilock brakes; 2015 –
INB 201 Development of the Personal Computer The Origins of the Personal Computer and Software Industry Development of the Computer Industry Historical Epochs in Computers 1) Wartime Development – 1940-1947 Alan Turing and John von Newman 1947 – Invention of the transistor at Bell Labs 2) Development of Early Commercial Computers 1950-1958 3) 1958 – Invention of integrated circuit 4) Mainframe Era – 1960 – 1975 5) 1971 – Invention of Microprocessor at Intel 6) Early PCs 1975-1980 7) IBM PC 1981 8) Rise of the Clones and Wintel 1983-1990 9) The Decline of Apple and IBM and the Rise of Microsoft – 1986 – 1995 10) Early Mobile Phones – 1992 - 2000 11) The Rise of the Internet – 1994-2000 – E-commerce 12) Comes Back from Near-Dead – 1997 – 2003 13) Miniaturization of Computers – Pagers 1996; iPod 2001; BlackBerry 2003; iPhone 2007 14) Emergence of AI – Deep Blue 1997; Watson 2011; Barbie 2015 15) Computers in Products – 1990 Lexus LS 400 antilock brakes; 2015
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