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the ABC (ENIAC) computer
The ENIAC was invented by J Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. -
The first computer with stored memory
First delivered to the United States government, the UNIVAC 1101 or ERA 1101 is considered the first computer capable of storing and running a program from memory. -
first commercial computer
Konrad Zuse began working on the Z4 that later became the first commercial computer. The computer was sold to Eduard Stiefel, a mathematician of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. -
IBM's first computer
IBM publicly introduced the 701, its first commercial scientific computer. -
The first desktop and mass-market computer
the first desktop computer, the Programma 101, was unveiled to the public at the New York World's Fair. It was invented by Pier Giorgio Perotto and manufactured by Olivetti. About 44,000 Programma 101 computers were sold, each with a price tag of $3,200. -
The first workstation
Although it was never sold, the first workstation is considered to be the Xerox Alto, The computer was revolutionary for its time and included a fully functional computer, display, and mouse. The computer operated like many computers today utilizing windows, menus, and icons as an interface to its operating system. -
first personal computer (IBM)
released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. it was created by a team of engineers and designers directed by Don Estridge in Boca Raton, Florida. -
world wide web
UK. The World Wide Web is created at the CERN physics laboratory by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Although the paper was published in 1989, it was built in 1990 and the product was launched in 1991. -
first multimedia computer
Tandy Radio Shack released the M2500 XL/2 and M4020 SX, among the first computers to feature the MPC standard. -
power-book series of labtops
apples Macintosh Portable meets with little success in the marketplace and leads to a complete redesign of Apple's line of portable computers. -
power 5g is released
the G5 had comparatively limited space for expansion. Virginia Tech used more than a thousand PowerMac G5s to create the System X cluster supercomputer, rated #3 in November of that year on the world’s TOP500 fastest computers. -
mac-book air is released
Apple introduces their first ultra notebook a light, thin laptop with high-capacity battery. The Air incorporated many of the technologies that had been associated with Apple's MacBook line of laptops -
China's Tianhe supercomputers are operational
With a peak speed of over a petaflop, the Tianhe 1 (Milky Way 1) is developed by the Chinese National University of Defense Technology using Intel Xeon processors combined with AMD graphic processing units (GPUs). -
the nest learning thermostat
Nest Learning Thermostat is an early product made for the emerging “Internet of Things” which envisages a world in which common everyday devices have network connectivity and can exchange information or be controlled. -
apple watch
Building a computer into the watch form factor has been attempted many times but the release of the Apple Watch leads to a new level of excitement. -