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IBM releases its Personal Computer
In 1981, IBM would release its own Personal Computer based on open architecture, and would drastically change the personal computer market. This would help enhance lives for the future by shaping the personal computer market and influencing the future of personal computers in many homes for decades to come, with many personal computers of today's generation being descendants of the IBM PC. Its main inventors are cited as Mark Dean (Pictured), and Philip Don Estridge (not pictured). -
The CD-ROM is introduced
In 1984, the CD-ROM would be introduced, which would be used to store programs and data, being able to hold a large amount of data within them. Said to be invented by James Russell, it would be extremely consumer friendly and allow for easy access to data. -
The invention of Flash Memory
Invented by Fujio Masuoka in 1984, flash memory is a storage chip with a long life that would erase and then rewrite data at a byte level and is viable even without an active power source. Even today, flash memory is still used by USB drives due to a need for security, mobility, and more. -
C++ Programming Language is Established
Written by Bjarne Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language" would become a massive success, and C++ as a programming language would eventually see itself rise through the ranks, now being one of the most popular programming languages of all time, with it being extremely common in game development particularly. C++ has greatly helped the real world as well in many ways, especially through high-level mathematical computations. -
Nintendo releases the Game Boy, a portable handheld game console
Released in 1989, Nintendo's Game Boy was thought up of by Gunpei Yokoi, a Japanese video game designer working for the company. The invention would become extremely popular with people who loved video games, and would help to enhance the gaming console into new territory, and also advance developing technologies of computing when it came to graphics and game development.