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Chip History and Evolution

 

Microprocessors

Microprocessors - The Early Years 1971-1974

Microprocessors - The Explosion 1975-1976

Microprocessors - Pre-IBM PC 1977-1979

Microprocessors - Early IBM PC Era 1980-1982

Microprocessors - IBM PC Era 1983-1989

Microprocessors - RISC Rising 1990-1999

Microprocessors - The Battle for Share 2000-2006

 

Memory Chips

Early SRAMs - 16 - 32 bit

Early SRAMs - 64 bit

Early SRAMs 128 - 576bit

Early SRAMs  1K - 1152bit

Early SRAMs 2K - 4Kbit 

Early SRAMs 4K+

Early DRAMs - 1K

Early DRAMs - 2K-3K

Early DRAMs - 4K

Misc DRAMs - 4K+

EPROMS - Intel

EPROMS - Texas Instruments

EPROMS - Motorola

Early ROMS/PROMS

Other Interesting Memory Chips & Technology (Bubble Memory, etc.)

 

From Edison to Noyce:  Tracing the Evolution of the Light Bulb to the Integrated Circuit

The Edison Effect

The Fleming Diode

The De Forest Grid

The Semiconductor Diode

The Transistor

The Planar Transistor

The Integrated Circuit

 

Magnetic Core

What is Core Memory

Jay Forrester and Whirlwind

Core Memory vs. Solid State Memory

Miscellaneous Pictures of Core Memory

 

  

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Last updated: September 28, 2004.