Hardware History

By nadegekolias

  • Personal Computers

    Founded by Charles Babbage.

  • Nintendo

    Founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi.

  • First Generation, Vacuum Tubes

  • E-Books

    Founded by many, but i guess Michael Hart.

  • The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

    Built by John Vincent Atanasoff and his assistant, Clifford E. Berry.

  • Game Consoles

    Founded by Ralph H. Baer.

  • Second Generation, Transistors

  • DEC PDP-8

    Founded by Edson de Castro.

  • Minicomputers

    Founded by Carlos Negrete and Harlon Anderson.

  • Third Generation, Integrated Circuits

  • Microcomputers

    Founded by Charles Babbage.

  • Fourth Generation, Microprocessors

  • Smatphones

  • Digital Cameras

    First made by Steven Sasson.

  • Apple Computers

    Founded by Steve Jobs.

  • Laptop

    By a Briton, William Moggridge.

  • IBM Personal Computers

  • Kodak DCS

    Invented by Steven Sasson.

  • Web Cam

    By the Cambridge University science department.

  • Fifth Generation, Artificial Intelligence