5 generations of computers

  • Fusajiro Yamauchi on September 23, 1889

    Fusajiro Yamauchi on September 23, 1889

  • Was invented 1937 by Atanasoff and Clifford Berry

    Was invented 1937 by Atanasoff and Clifford Berry

  • First Generation (1940-1956) Vacuum Tubes

    First Generation (1940-1956) Vacuum Tubes

  • Thomas Aquinas, prepared by Roberto Busa beginning in the late 1940s

    Thomas Aquinas, prepared by Roberto Busa beginning in the late 1940s

  • The Z3 by German inventor Konrad Zuse from 1941 was the first working programmable,

    The Z3 by German inventor Konrad Zuse from 1941 was the first working programmable,

  • Ralph H. Baer conceived the idea of a home video game in 1951.

    Ralph H. Baer conceived the idea of a home video game in 1951.

  • Second Generation (1956-1963) Transistors

    Second Generation (1956-1963) Transistors

  • A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that evolved in the mid-1960s by DEC, Data General, and Hewlett-Packard.

    A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that evolved in the mid-1960s by DEC, Data General, and Hewlett-Packard.

  • Third Generation (1964-1971) Integrated Circuits

    Third Generation (1964-1971) Integrated Circuits

  • Hewlett-Packard calculators as far back as 1968 had various levels of programmability such that could be called microcomputers.

    Hewlett-Packard calculators as far back as 1968 had various levels of programmability such that could be called microcomputers.

  • As the personal computer (PC) became feasible in the 1970s,was imagined by Alan Kay

    As the personal computer (PC) became feasible in the 1970s,was imagined by Alan Kay

  • Fourth Generation (1971-Present) Microprocessors

    Fourth Generation (1971-Present) Microprocessors

  • Steven Sasson as an engineer at Eastman Kodak invented and built the first electronic camera using a charge-coupled device image sensor in 1975.

    Steven Sasson as an engineer at Eastman Kodak invented and built the first electronic camera using a charge-coupled device image sensor in 1975.

  • Apple was established on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne

    Apple was established on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne

  • August 12, 1981under the direction of Don Estridge

    August 12, 1981under the direction of Don Estridge

  • In 1975 Kodak engineer Steven Sasson invented the first digital still camera, which used a Fairchild 100 x 100 pixel CCD. By 1986 Kodak had developed a sensor with 1.4 million pixels.

    In 1975 Kodak engineer Steven Sasson invented the first digital still camera, which used a Fairchild 100 x 100 pixel CCD. By 1986 Kodak had developed a sensor with 1.4 million pixels.

  • First developed in 1991, a webcam was pointed at the Trojan Room coffee pot in the Cambridge University Computer Science Department.

    First developed in 1991, a webcam was pointed at the Trojan Room coffee pot in the Cambridge University Computer Science Department.

  • Hewlett-Packard in May 2002.

    Hewlett-Packard in May 2002.

  • Hewlett-Packard's webOS, and embedded Linux distributions such as Maemo and MeeGo. had come into common usage by 2008

    Hewlett-Packard's webOS, and embedded Linux distributions such as Maemo and MeeGo. had come into common usage by 2008

  • Fifth Generation (Present and Beyond) Artificial Intelligence

    Fifth Generation (Present and Beyond) Artificial Intelligence