Steve Wozniak - Timeline

By jbanks16

  • Time at UC Berkley

    Time at UC Berkley
    Wozniak designed and engineered his first computer for a school project. He used punching cards and only 20 TTL chips. They cleverly named it " Cream Soda"

  • Hewlett- Packard

    Hewlett- Packard
    During his employment at Hewlett-Packard, Steve designed calculators(Hosch). He then dropped out of UC Berkley shortly after.

  • First Interaction Between Wozniak and Steve Job

    First Interaction Between Wozniak and Steve Job
    Jobs paid Wozniak to decrease the amount of chips that were included in a circuit board for the Atari-created game, Breakout. Wozniak decreased the number by 50, utilized RAM for the "brick" representation in the game

  • The beginning of Apple

    The beginning of Apple
    Wozniak started creating the computer that would become his signature device, the Apple 1(Santisi)

  • Founding of Apple

    Founding of Apple
    On this date, Jobs and Wozniak formed the Apple Computer Company, now Apple Inc.

  • The Apple II

    The Apple II
    During his time, Wozniak designed the Apple II, one of the first extremely popular microcomputers to be mass-produced(Hosch).

  • Disk II floppy disk drive

    Disk II floppy disk drive
    Released in 1978, Wozniak designed this for use with the Apple II to replace the cassette tape storage unit

  • Apple Macintosh

    Apple Macintosh
    Wozniak played a significant role in shaping the early ideas for the Apple Macintosh.

  • Re-enrollment at UC Berkeley

    Re-enrollment at UC Berkeley
    Wozniak re-enrolled at UC Berkeley and completed his Electrical Engineering and Computer Science degrees.(Wozniak)

  • Plane Crash

    Plane Crash
    Wozniak was involved in a plane crash which left him with anterograde amnesia, and face and head injuries. He then decided to leave Apple after he recovered.

  • Founding of Unuson

    Founding of Unuson
    Along with Bill Graham, Wozniak founded Unuson, which ended up being a technology expo and a rock festival which showcased music, computers and television.

  • Founding of CL 9

    Founding of CL 9
    With the founding of CL 9, Wozniak created and commercialized the first programmable remote control.

  • Wheels of Zeus

    Wheels of Zeus
    To develop wireless GPS technology and make everyday objects easier to find, Wozniak founded Wheels of Zeus.

  • Acquicor Technology

    Acquicor Technology
    Wozniak founded a holding company which acquires technology companies and develops them. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2023-05-02/steve-wozniak-need-to-be-responsible-about-tech-changes-video

  • Woz U

    Woz U
    Wozniak established an online learning platform for workers and independent learners. It holds an Arizona State Board school license(Wozniak).

  • Privateer Space

    Privateer Space
    Wozniak, alongside Alex Fielding, created a company to address the issues of space debris. Their first version of space traffic monitoring launched on March 1, 2022