In this chapter, we will discuss the development in Computer Science chronologically.
The following table lists down the development −
|
Year |
Development |
|
1959 |
Transistors: IBM 7090; IBM 1401 |
|
1962 |
NPN transistor |
|
1963 |
Mouse; CMOS patented |
|
1964 |
CDC 6600; IBM Data Cell Drive |
|
1966 |
Integrated circuits: HP 2116A |
|
1966 |
Apollo Guidance Computer |
|
1969 |
Honeywell 316 |
|
1971 |
8" floppy disk; ILLIAC IV |
|
1973 |
Micral first microprocessor PC |
|
1980 |
Sinclair ZX80, Seagate hard disk drive |
|
1981 |
IBM PC, Acorn BBC Micro |
|
1983 |
Apple Lisa; 3.5" floppy |
|
1984 |
Apple Mac; Apple Lisa 2 |
|
1988 |
Dell |
|
1989 |
NeXT |
|
1991 |
Apple Switches to PowerPC |
|
1992 |
HP 95LX; Palmtop PC |
|
1995 |
IBM Deep Blue chess computer |
|
1996 |
USB 1.0 |
|
1997 |
Compaq buys Tandem; CD-RW |
|
1998 |
iMac |
|
2000 |
USB 2 |
|
2001 |
Apple iPod |
|
2005 |
Mac Mini |
|
2006 |
Apple transition to Intel |
|
2007 |
iPhone 1 |
|
2008 |
USB 3.0 |
|
2010 |
Apple iPad |
|
2012 |
IBM zEnterprise System |