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History of computing hardware (1960s–present)

The history of computing hardware starting at 1960 is marked by the conversion from vacuum tube to solid-state devices such as transistors and then integrated circuit (IC) chips. Around 1953 to 1959, discrete transistors started being considered sufficiently reliable and economical that they made further vacuum tube computers uncompetitive.…

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History of computing hardware (1960s–present)

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transistorsinstance ofThe history of computing hardware starting at 1960 is marked by the conversion from vacuum tube to solid-state devices0.80text
then integrated circuitinstance ofThe history of computing hardware starting at 1960 is marked by the conversion from vacuum tube to solid-state devices0.80text
Unix.In November 1966instance ofaffordable hardware also brought about the development of important new operating systems0.80text
Hewlett-Packard introduced the 2116A minicomputerinstance ofaffordable hardware also brought about the development of important new operating systems0.80text
one of the first commercial 16-bit computersinstance ofaffordable hardware also brought about the development of important new operating systems0.80text
the LINCinstance ofwere early minicomputers0.80text
PDP-8instance ofwere early minicomputers0.80text
and later on VAXinstance ofwere early minicomputers0.80text
larger minicomputers from Digital Equipment Corporationinstance ofwere early minicomputers0.80text
the Altair 8800instance ofEarly hobby microcomputer systems0.80text
Apple I introduced around 1975 marked the release of low-cost 8-bit processor chipsinstance ofEarly hobby microcomputer systems0.80text
which had sufficient computing power to be of interest to hobbyinstance ofEarly hobby microcomputer systems0.80text

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