Posts about History of computers
On April 25, 1961 The US Patent Office issues Robert Noyce a patent for the integrated circuit, starting a long battle with Jack Kilby over who had rights to the patent. Kilby had invented a germanium version of the circuits, while Noyce developed the silicon integrated circuit — the one that grew to be more … Learn more …
On April 18, 1986 newspapers report that IBM had become the first computer manufacturer to use a megabit chip – a memory chip capable of storing 1 million bits of information – in a commercial product, it’s Model 3090. The announcement is heralded as a notable triumph for American computer makers, whose work had been … Learn more …
On April 13, 1909 was born Stanislaw Ulam. He is a mathematician who did early theoretical work on the use of computers in mathematics. Ulam teaches at Harvard and the University of Wisconsin before joining the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where he meets John von Neumann. There, Ulam and von Neumann discuss … Learn more …
On April 4, 1994 Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Mosaic Communications Corp., later renamed Netscape Communications Corp. Andreessen developed the software used for browsing the World Wide Web while working at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. Clark co-founded high-performance computer maker Silicon Graphics Inc. https://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/april/4/#marc-andreessen-founds-netscape-with-jim-clark On April … Learn more …
On March 21, 2006 the origins of Twitter came out of a brainstorming session at the podcasting company Odeo. The initial concept was to share short messages via SMS text messaging with a small group. Jack Dorsey was the primary designer of what was then code-named “twttr” and sent the first message at 9:50am on … Learn more …
On March 10, 1949 was born William Arthur Stewart Buxton. He is a Canadian computer scientist and designer. He is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research. He is known for being one of the pioneers in the human–computer interaction field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Buxton On March 12, 1939 was born Judith Milhon, best known by her pseudonym St. … Learn more …
On March 2, 1922 was born Frances V. Spence. She was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC (the first electronic digital computer). She is considered one of the first computer programmers in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Spence On March 4, 1986 was born Michel Krieger. He is Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram along … Learn more …
On February 21, 1924 was born Thelma Estrin, an american computer scientist and engineer who did pioneering work in the fields of expert systems and biomedical engineering. She was one of the first to apply computer technology to healthcare and medical research. She was professor emerita in the Department of Computer Science, University of California … Learn more …
On February 7, 1990 died Alan Jay Perlis. He was an American computer scientist and professor at Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University. He is best known for his pioneering work in programming languages and was the first recipient of the Turing Award. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Perlis On February 10, 1883 was born Edith Clarke. She … Learn more …
On January 31, 1928 was born Irma Wyman. She was an early computer engineer and the first woman to become vice president of Honeywell, Inc. She was a systems thinking tutor and was the first female CIO of Honeywell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Wyman On February 2, 1952 was born Ralph C. Merkle. He is a computer scientist. Merkle … Learn more …