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∙ 11y agoPowerPC (short form of Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC-Performance Computing,sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a RISC computer architecture created by the 1991 APPLE-IBM-MOTOROLA alliance known as AIM.
...Originally invented for personal computers.PowerPC cpus since became very popular as embedded and high performance processors and thus made computers more affordable..
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∙ 11y agoThe invention of the microchip is the event that spurred computers on to become as tiny as possible.
Microcomputer ICs. They also made many other things possible.
Ever since the first computer, advances in technology made it possible to maker smaller and smaller computers. The 50's reduced the size of computers drasticly with the invention of the transistor, which replaced the old glass vaccum valves. Jack Kirby, development engineer for Texas instruments is credited with the first microchip, the critical technology for microcomputers, The first one was made in 1958.
Yes, they did. It was the Roman's invention of concrete that made the dome possible.
No, microchips made missile guidance computers possible in the early 1960s. The microprocessor (a specific type of microchip containing a complete CPU) made microcomputers possible in the early 1970s and when microprocessors became powerful enough in the early 1980s, the first personal computers.
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The invention of the microchip is the event that spurred computers on to become as tiny as possible.
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Microcomputer ICs. They also made many other things possible.
The key development that allowed for the transition to the digital age was the invention of the microprocessor. Microprocessors made it possible to create smaller, more powerful, and more affordable computers, enabling the widespread adoption of digital technologies in various industries and everyday life.
The invention of the transistor - and the later invention of the integrated circuit, which uses transistors - made it possible to have thousands, and eventually millions and billions of components on an area of a few square centimeters, making it possible to produce complicated circuits, and thus build lots of electronic devices, including modern computers.
The invention that made life in the suburbs possible was the invention of automobiles.
The invention that made life in the suburbs possible was the invention of automobiles.
The discovery of the cell was possible due to the invention of the microscope.
the turnpike was the invention that made the growth of railroads possible
The printing press revolutionized communication by allowing for mass production of written material, fostering the spread of knowledge and ideas. Similarly, the invention of personal computers and the Internet transformed the way information is accessed and shared on a global scale, connecting people in ways never before possible. Each of these innovations has had a profound impact on society, reshaping how we communicate and interact with the world around us.
That would be the vacuum tube. There were hundreds of thousands of them in the old, original computers. Of course the newer computers depend on the semiconductor junction, invented in 1948 by Shockly, Brattain, and Bardeen. These were the first transistor, and sophisticated electronics these days use the same technology.