timeline of computers

By Joseph Pullen
  • first computer

    first computer

    Charles Babbage invents the first programmable computer in 1936
  • first computer that can calculate multiple problems at a time

    first computer that can calculate multiple problems at a time

    Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, design a computer that can calculate 29 problems at a time
  • first computer chip

    first computer chip

    Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce make the first computer chip (circuit)
  • first floppy disk

    first floppy disk

    alan shugert leads a team of IBM engineers to create the floppy disk
  • first personal computer

    first personal computer

    first personal computer was made
  • first laptop

    first laptop

    Alan Kay invented the first laptop
  • First apple laptop

    First apple laptop

    apple created their first laptop