1950s Decade Milestones in Computing

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  • Introduction of IBM 701

    Introduction of IBM 701
    Developed and invented by Jerrier Haddad and Nathanial Rochester the IBM 701 was the first commercial scientific computer.

  • Invention of Magnetic Core Memory

    Invention of Magnetic Core Memory
    This was the earliest form of Random Access Memory and ancestor to the RAM that we use in our own modern computing devices. Although several inventors were involved in the creation of Magnetic Core Memory the MIT engineer Jay Forreser perfected the technology.

  • IBM 650 is mass produced

    IBM 650 is mass produced
    The IBM 650 was the first mass produced computer with almost 2000 being made.

  • Release of Magnetic Disc Storage

    Release of Magnetic Disc Storage
    IBM's RAMAC 305 is released which contains the world's first hard drive disk. This disk has 50 metal platters and real time random access to data.This technology was created by a team of IBM engineers including John Lynott,William Goddard and Louis Stevens.

  • Manafacturing is enhanced by computer programming

    Automatically Programmed Tools (APT) is first project to seek out how to help manufacturing with computer programming.