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The first vaccum tube computer, ENIAC, was announced to the public
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ENIAC is dedicated to the University of Pennsylvania.
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ENIAC was temporarily shut down for new refurbishings and memory upgrades.
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Walter Brattain and John Bardeen invent the transistor. This invention was the start of new, improved and more compact computers. The transistors were made of gold foil on a plastic triangle and these triangles were pushed down onto a piece of germanium.
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Walter Braittain and John Bardeen demonstrate the point-contact transistor to their collegues at Bell Labs.
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Brattain and Bardeen announce the revolutionary transistor to the public in a press conference at Bell Labs.
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UNIVAC, worlds first commercial, general purpose digital computer is dedicated by the U.S Census Bureau. This computer was made by engineers J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. These engineers also built ENIAC and, similarly used vaccum tubes in UNIVAC aswell.
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On 11:45 p.m, ENIAC is shut down for good.
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Jack Kiliby built a working model of an integrated circuit after pitching the idea to his boss at Texas Instruments. Kiliby noticed one day that the transistors that were very popular were made out of expensive silicon. He believed that a semiconductor could be made out of some thing that could be smaller and easier to handle.
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Steve Russell invents the first game that was intended for the computer. He called this game "SpaceWar!"
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Ray Tomlinson invents a way to send messages between computers using the "@" symbol. The message was just a test, so the exact date and message is well forgotten.
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Intel computers announced their new product, the Intel 4004 microprocessor. This was the first microprocessor of its kind. It was created by Ted Hoff to give to the Japanese company BUSICOM to be used in new calculators.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak announce the Apple II computer at the West Coast Computer Fair.
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Apple II computer officially goes on shelves.
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Steve Jobs announces the IPOD. This was the first piece of equipment that could hold thousands of songs in one device. This invention revolutionized the music industry.
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Steve Jobs annouces the iphone to feature touchscreen at the Macworld Convention.
