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invention of electricity
Benjamin Franklin created the electricity. -
invention of vacuum tubes
British engineer John Ambrose Fleming invents and patents the thermionic valve, the first vacuum tube. -
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1st generation
vacune tubes.
huges. -
invention of transistors
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley invented the first working transistors. -
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2nd generation
Made by transistors.
Much smaller.
Faster.
Cheaper. -
invention of integrated circuits
Jack Kilby, an engineer invented the integrated circuit. -
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3rd generation
Made by integrate circuits.
Smaller.
Faster.
Cheaper.
Less electricity.
Fewer mistakes. -
invention of microprocessors
Created by Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, Stanley Mazor and Masatoshi Shima. Microprocessors are small silicon chips with thousands of circuits. -
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4th generation
Microprocessors.
Smaller.
Portable.
Cheaper.
Less electricity.
Less heat. -
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5th generation
Scientists are developing they can "think" on their own.
Artificial Inteligence.
