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Why 1957?
by nielsbot 9y ago
Why 1957?
- mrb 9y agoIt's where the historical data of memory prices start on his source: http://jcmit.net/memoryprice.htm http://jcmit.net/memoryprice.htm
- nielsbot 9y agothanks.
- danso 9y ago> Consider the 256 GB memory iPhone X: Implemented in vacuum tubes in 1957, the transistors in an iPhoneX alone would have [cost]... Did a search for computer history and 1957 and came up with this: http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1957/ http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1957/ ...the creation of FORTRAN? Looking at the entry for 1956, the site lists MIT creating the TX-0, the "first general-purpose programmable computer built with transistors", and IBM's shipment of "RAMAC", the first computer based on "The new technology of the hard disk drive".
- superasn 9y agoSo that Steve jobs was at least 2 years old before he came up with the idea
- aren55555 9y agoIn the mid 50s silicon transistors started to replace vacuum tubes. I assume tubes were at their cheapest in the late 50s. I'm not sure why the article uses '57 in particular though.
- colejohnson66 9y agoIt’s exactly 60 years ago