History of Computers

History of Computers

First Generation

• Vacuum tubes 1946-1959

Second Generation

• 1959-1965 Transistors

Third Generation

• 1965-1971- Integrated Circuit 

Fourth Generation

• 1971-1980 - Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) microprocessor 

Fifth Generation

• 1980-onwards - Ultra Large Scale Integration (ULSI) microprocessor 

• Parallel processing hardware

• AI (Artificial Intelligence)

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References

• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/computer_fundamentals/computer_generations.htm