Prehistory Computer
- Computer Abacus - 5th Century BC (século V a.C.)
- Pascaline - 1642 (creator: Pascal)
- Calculating Machine - 1672 (creator: Leibniz)
- Analytical Machine - 1835 (creator: Babbage)
First Generation of Computers: Vacuum Valve
- Eniac (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) -1945 (creator: moore school team at the university of pensilvania)
- IAS - 1952 (creator: Von Neumann)
- UNIVAC 1 -1951 (creator: It was designed by John Eckert and John Mauchly's company, later Unisys)
- UNIVAC 2 - late 50s
Transistors were invented by three scientists at Bell Labs in 1947:
John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain e William Shockly
Third Generation of Computers: Integrated Circuits
Fourth Generation of Computers: Microprocessor
1971: Intel releases the first chip containing all the components of a CPU, the 4004, beginning the microprocessor period.
Fifth Generation of Computers: Microprocessor
1987(atual) - Today's computers are 100 times smaller than those of the 1st
Generation and a single chip today is far more powerful than the ENIAC.
