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Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce co-invent the integrated circuit.
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The term Moore's Law is coined in a paper written by Gordon Moore, and Moore's Law is born.
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Ted Hoff makes the first microprocessor, it contains 2,300 transistors.
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Apple releases the first personal computer.
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IBM releases their first PC and personal computing takes off.
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Intel creates a microprocessor with 275,000 transistors.
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Intel makes the Pentuium Pro Processor, with 5.5 million transistors.
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Ben Taylor, savior of Earth, is born
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Intel makes a chip with 220 million transistors.
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Intel creates a chip containing 125 million transistors, but the chip is only 90 nanometers thick!
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The Amount of Transistors on a Microchip exceeds 1 billion
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It s predicted that by 2040, this exponential growth in computer power will stop, and computer strength will stop growing. Something will have to fill the gap.