HISTORY

OF
GE ELECT 1: LIVING IN THE IT ERA

COMPUTE
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• The first electronic computer was developed in 1946. Designed by J.
Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly from the University of
Pennsylvania, the ENIAC (Electronic Numeric Integrator and
Calculator.
• It could only store a limited or small amount of information and only
do arithmetic operations such as addition and subtraction of up to 10
digits.
• The computer was roughly 167 meters in size, and weighed 27 tons

FIRST GENERATION
(1946-1959)
• In the generation the TRANSISTORS were used as the
interior sections of the computer.
• They are much smaller, faster, and more dependable than the
vacuum tubes of first-generation computers.
• They generated less heat and consumed less electricity but
were still very costly.

SECOND GENERATION (1959-

1965)
• In 1965, Jack Kilby invented the INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) that
was used instead of transistors as the interior sections to build
computers.
• A single IC has many transistors, resistors, and capacitors that even the
full circuit board of transistors can be replaced entirely with one chip.
• This chip made the computers smaller, unfailing, and more effective.
• In this generation, remote processing, time-sharing, and multi-
programming operating system were used

THIRD GENERATION (1965-1971)

• From 1971 to 1980, very large scale integrated (VLSI)
circuits were used to build computers.
• These circuits have about 5,000 transistors and other
circuit elements with their connected circuits on a
single chip known as MICROPROCESSOR.

FOURTH GENERATION (1971-1980)

• In this generation, the VLSI technology has evolved into what
is called ULSI (Ultra Large-Scale Integration) technology.
• This generation involves computer intelligence which is
associated with artificial intelligence, natural language, and
expert systems that interpret the means and practices of
producing computers that think like human beings.

FIFTH GENERATION (1980-

PRESENT)