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Invention of the keyboard
Christopher Latham Sholes created the first keyboard in 1873, however the electronic computer keyboard was created in 1970 by John Morton and Frank Pearne of Teletype corporation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Corporation
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First Personal computer is Built
The first personal computer was built by Ed Roberts of MITS, an air force engineer. While the machine was primitive, it was revolutionary for its time and it began a new era of technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 -
BIOS
BIOS, an format computers use to interpret data, was created by Gary Kildall. His creation massively reduced the time to write code. His universal language is still used today and is the basis of all computers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS#History -
DDR RAM
Geoff Tate, and engineer at AMD, created DDR RAM to increase the performance of RAM by more than double the speed and storage that was used at the time. http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/archived/resources-archived/rambus-unveils-new-rapid-bus-technology-2000-06/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR_SDRAM -
Dual Core Processors
Intel released dual core processors, an innovation that allowed computers to run simultaneous tasks and larger tasks as well. The introduction of this new technology revolutionized the computer industry and set a new precedent for computers to come. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_Dual-Core
