Hardware History Timeline

  • Nintendo

    Nintendo
    Fusajiro Yamauchi invented the Nintendo.
  • Antanasoff-Berry-Computer

    Antanasoff-Berry-Computer
    John Vincent Antanasoff and Clifford Berry invented the Antanasoff-Berry-Computer.
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    First Generation

    Vacuum tubes were invented.
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    Second Generation

    Transistors were invented.
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    Third Generation

    Integrated ciruits were invented.
  • Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC PDP-8)

    Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC PDP-8)
    Stan Olsen, Ken Olsen, and Harlan Anderson invented the DEC PDP-8).
  • Minicomputer

    Minicomputer
    Kenneth Olson invented the minicomputer.
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    Game Consoles

    Ralph H. Baer invented game consoles.
  • E-books

    E-books
    Michael Hart invented e-books.
  • Personal Computer (PC)

    Personal Computer (PC)
    Philip Don Estridge invented the personal computer.
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    Fourth Generation

    Microprocessors were invented.
  • Digital Camera

    Digital Camera
    Steven Sasson invented the digital camera.
  • Microcomputer

    Microcomputer
    Ed Roberts invented the microcomputer.
  • Apple Computer

    Apple Computer
    Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, ad Ronald Wayne invented the Apple computer.
  • International Business Machines Personal Computer (IBM)

    International Business Machines Personal Computer (IBM)
    Philip Don Estridge invented the IBM PC.
  • Laptop

    Laptop
    Adam Osborne invented the laptop.
  • Kodak Digital Camera System 100

    Kodak Digital Camera System 100
    Kodak invented the DCS-100.
  • Web camera

    Web camera
    The Cambridge University Science Department invented web cameras.
  • Smartphones

    Smartphones
    IBM invented smartphones.
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    Fifth Generation

    The World Wide Web was invented.