Timeline: Inventions of the 1970s | Timetoast

Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Dec 31, 1970

1970
Oct 1, 1970

Intel 1103

Invented by William Regitz, the Intel 1103 is the first commercially available dynamic RAM.
Period: Jan 1, 1971 to Dec 31, 1971

1971
Nov 15, 1971

Intel 4004

Invented by Marcian Hoff, the Intel 4004 is the first commercially available microprocessor.
Period: Jan 1, 1972 to Dec 31, 1972

1972
Period: Jan 1, 1973 to Dec 31, 1973

1973
Period: Jan 1, 1974 to Dec 31, 1974

1974
Period: Jan 1, 1975 to Dec 31, 1975

1975
Apr 1, 1975

Olivetti P6060

Invented by the Olivetti engineering team, the Olivetti P6060 is the first personal computer with a built-in floppy disk.
1976

Cray-1

Invented by Seymour Cray, the Cray-1 is the first supercomputer with the vector processor design.
Period: Jan 1, 1976 to Dec 31, 1976

1976
Period: Jan 1, 1977 to Dec 31, 1977

1977
Period: Jan 1, 1978 to Dec 31, 1978

1978
Jun 8, 1978

Intel 8086

Invented by several designers and engineers at Intel, the Intel 8086 is the first x86 microprocessor.
Period: Jan 1, 1979 to Dec 31, 1979

1979