​Computer Technology
Timeline
 

A Bell Labs 'Transistor History' Paperweight (1967)

The technological "brains" inside a computer that enables it to rapidly process data has quickly evolved over the years:

​From using electro-mechanical relays & vacuum tubes in the 1940's, transistors in the 1950's, Micromodules, Hybrid Integrated Circuits & Solid Logic Technology in the 1960's, integrated circuits in the 1970's, to Very Large Scale Integrated circuits (VLSI) used from the 1980's until today.



                                                      

The Evolution of Computer Logic Technology

         1940s                        1950s                             1960s                             1970s              

Vacuum Tubes

Transistors

Micromodules

Hybrid Circuits

IBM SLT

Integrated Circuits

Computer Memory Technology Timeline

Other Computer Related Technologies

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Silicon Wafers

MEMS Devices

RFID Chips

Computers Chips in Cars

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Tape & Disk Storage

Fiber Optics

CCD Camera Sensors

Computer Chips in Televisions

Diodes

Solar Cells

Automotive Electronics

Punched Cards

Capacitors

Vidicon video camera vacuum tubes

Evolution from Vacuum Tubes to Transistors (1950's)