Computer Generation Part 2

Third Generation

(1964-1971)

Integrated circuits

The development of the integrated circuit was the point of the third generation of computer.Transistor were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips,called semiconductors,which drastically increased the speed and efficiency of computers.

Users interacted with third generation computer through keyboards and monitors and interfaced with an operating system,which allowed the device to run many different applications at one time with a central program that monitored the memory.Computers for the first time became accessible to a mass audience because they were smaller and cheaper than their predecessors.

3.0 Third generation

3.1 Example computer

Fourth Generation

(1971-Present)

Microprocessors

The microprocessor brought the fourth generation of computer,as thousands of integrated circuits werw built onto a single silicon chip.What in the first generation filled an entire room could now fit in the palm of the hand.The Intel 4004 chip,developed in 1971,located all the components of the computer-from the central processing unit and memory to input/output controls-on a single chip.

In 1981 IBM introduced its first computer for the home user,and in 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh.Microprocessors also moved out of the realm of desktop computers and into many areas of life as more and more everyday products began to use microprocessors.As these small computers became more powerful,they could be linked together to form network,which eventually led to the development of the Internet.Fourth generation computer also saw the development of GUIs,the mouse and handheld devices.

4.0 Example computer for 4th generation

4.1 Small and more powerful

4.2 IBM produce

Fifth Generation

(Present and Beyond)

Artificial Intelligence

Fifth generation computing device,based on artificial intelligence,are still in development,though there are some applications,such as voice recognition,that are being used today.The goal of fifth-generation computing is to develop devices that respond to natural language input and are capable of learning and self-organization.