Inventions of the 1970s

1970

Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Dec 31, 1970

Intel 1103

Oct 1, 1970

Invented by William Regitz, the Intel 1103 is the first commercially available dynamic RAM.

1971

Period: Jan 1, 1971 to Dec 31, 1971

Intel 4004

Nov 15, 1971

Invented by Marcian Hoff, the Intel 4004 is the first commercially available microprocessor.

1972

Period: Jan 1, 1972 to Dec 31, 1972

1973

Period: Jan 1, 1973 to Dec 31, 1973

1974

Period: Jan 1, 1974 to Dec 31, 1974

1975

Period: Jan 1, 1975 to Dec 31, 1975

Olivetti P6060

Apr 1, 1975

Invented by the Olivetti engineering team, the Olivetti P6060 is the first personal computer with a built-in floppy disk.

Cray-1

1976

Invented by Seymour Cray, the Cray-1 is the first supercomputer with the vector processor design.

1976

Period: Jan 1, 1976 to Dec 31, 1976

1977

Period: Jan 1, 1977 to Dec 31, 1977

1978

Period: Jan 1, 1978 to Dec 31, 1978

Intel 8086

Jun 8, 1978

Invented by several designers and engineers at Intel, the Intel 8086 is the first x86 microprocessor.

1979

Period: Jan 1, 1979 to Dec 31, 1979