History of the Computer

  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    The ENICA, electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was regarded as the first general electronical computer. It was invented for the purpose of World War 2, but ended up being completed after the war was done.
  • SAGE

    A gigantic computerized air defense system, SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) was designed to help the Air Force track radar data in real time. SAGE has many technical advantages such as modems and graphical displays, the machine weighed 300 tons and occupied one floor of a concrete blockhouse.
  • NECA 2203

    NECA 2203
    The NECA was designed and manufactured by Nippon Electric Company. They called it the drm-based machine and was the earliest transistorized Japanese computer.
  • CDC 6600

    CDC 6600
    The CDC 6600, Control Data Corporation's 6600, was the fastest machine in the world at the time. It was designed by noted computer architect Seymour Cray. It kepted its speed crown until 1969.
  • IBM System/360

    Part of a family of interchangeable computers, the IBM System/360 mainframe was the first to cover a complete range of applications, from small to large, from commercial to scientific. Users were able to enlarge or shrink their setup without having to make headache-inducing software upgrades as well. Higher-end System/360 models had roles in NASA's Apollo missions as well as air traffic control systems.
  • Interface Mesage Processer

    Conceived at the height of the Cold War, when the U.S. government sought a way to keep its network of computers alive in case certain nodes were destroyed in a nuclear attack or other hostile act, the IMP featured the first generation of gateways, which are today known as routers.
  • Cray-1

    Cray-1
    They Cray-1 was the fastest working computing machine. Despite its price tag — between $5 and $10 million — it sold well. It is one of the many machines designed by Seymour Cray, a computer architect who devoted his life to the creation of so-called supercomputers, machines which prioritized processing capacity and speed of calculation.
  • IBM Personal Computer

    IBM Personal Computer
    Featuring an independent keyboard, printer and monitor, the slick, complete-looking package that was the IBM PC helped push personal computing out of the hobbyist's garage and into the corporate and consumer mainstream.
  • Hewlett-Packard 150

    Representing the first step in a technology widely available today, the HP 150 was the first commercially available computer with touch screen technology. The 9-inch computer screen was surrounded by infrared transmitters and receivers that detected the position of the user's finger.
  • Deep Blue

    Begun at IBM in the late 80's, the Deep Blue project was an attempt at using parallel processing to solve a difficult problem — namely, beating the best chess player in the world, Garry Kasparov. During a six-game match, which Kasparov ultimately lost, the confounded master attributed one move to "the hand of God."
  • iPhone

    The handy little device introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in 2007 not only brings together internet access, a regular cell phone, camera and media player, it supports a wide variety of third party applications, or apps, that supply everything from recipes to maps of the night sky, and wraps it all in a sleek, glossy exterior.
  • iPad

    And now the tablet is finally here. It's called an iPad, and it's half an inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds and features a 9.7 inch display. As Steve Jobs says in the presentation above, the device has a 10-hour battery life, so you'll be able to use all the 3rd-party apps, games, video and online newspapers you want. The Wi-Fi iPad begins at $499 while the 3G version begins at $629.
  • iPhone 5c

    Color reveals your personality. iPhone 5c, in five anything-but-shy colors, does just that. It’s not just for lovers of color. A6 chip. 8MP iSight camera. 4-inch Retina display. Ultrafast LTE wireless.
  • X-Box One

    Xbox One is where games, live TV, movies, music and sports come together in one place.* Thanks to the power of the cloud, Xbox One will keep getting better, with more games, TV, movies, music, and apps launching all the time.
  • X-Box One

    Xbox One is where games, live TV, movies, music and sports come together in one place.* Thanks to the power of the cloud, Xbox One will keep getting better, with more games, TV, movies, music, and apps launching all the time.
  • New Mac Pro

    When we began work on the next Mac Pro, we considered every element that defines a pro computer — graphics, storage, expansion, processing power, and memory. And we challenged ourselves to find the best, most forward-looking way possible to engineer each one of them. When we put it all together, the result was something entirely new. Something radically different from anything before it. Something that provides an extremely powerful argument against the status quo. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s