Many of us are familiar with computers. You’re likely using one now to read this blog post as devices such as laptops, smartphones and tablets are essentially the same underlying computing technology. Supercomputers, on the other hand, are somewhat esoteric as they’re often thought of as hulking, costly, energy-sucking machines developed, by and large, for … Read more
Year Event 1994 In December 1994, the very first version of USB was released as USB 0.8. Considered a pre-release version, it was not available to the commercial market. 1995 USB 0.9 was released in April 1995 and like USB 0.8, it was a pre-release version and not available commercially. 1995 Another pre-release version, USB … Read more
Year Event 1823 Baron Jons Jackob Berzelius discovers silicon (Si), which today is the basic component of processors. 1903 Nikola Tesla patented electrical logic circuits called “gates” or “switches” in 1903. 1947 John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invent the first transistor at the Bell Laboratories on December 23, 1947. 1948 John Bardeen, Walter … Read more
A computer consists of a central processing unit and some form of memory.” COMPUTER stands for “Common Operating Machine Purposely Used for Technological and Educational Research“