BBC documentary history of computers part 5

The BBC broadcasted in 1991 the serie 'The dream machine'. In this part we see Dick Davis Senior V.P. Bank of America, Paul Ceruzzi Curator of Computing of Smithsonian Institution talks about development of transistors, we see Geoffrey Dummer who was the first person to conceptualise the integrated circuit, and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor who produced the first manufacturable integrated circuit.

Also shown is Gordon Moore co-founder of Intel

More information about this part can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Dummer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor

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[MagnumColtranePrice]

I love Nasa.

[KnittingPasta]

hug people with a radio today!! lol actually I wouldn't be surprised if people hugged each other while holding ipods

[hrbear]

@ludocrat Indeed. If I remember well, that microcomputer was the ZX81 by Clive Sinclair. That was before the ZX-Spectrum...I remember that these micros were connected at a black and white TV, and you had to enter the programs in assembly code in order to play a game. There were magazines which were publishing listings in assembly for games, and the young who were typing and typing assembly commands and numbers he he he :)

[ludocrat]

And the most important chip in the history of computer technology? The Zilog Z80A (1975). Others will argue it's the 6502. No! That entire series, while important, was still far too expensive.

The impact of the Z80 CPU was that it enabled every single human being in the world potentially (once they became interested enough in the idea) to afford a computer.

It also created the rule: CPUs must be Cheap, Flexible and Universal. Every processor improvement ever since then has followed that rule.

[t5239857289578947594]

Awesome,thanks



[neuroza]

3.19 - Jeffrey Dahmer ?!?!? ...funny...