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This was written 3 years after the invention of the first silicon transistors at bell labs. Why doesn't the Future computers section make any mention of compute
by AustinDev 12y ago
This was written 3 years after the invention of the first silicon transistors at bell labs. Why doesn't the Future computers section make any mention of computers becoming smaller? It even goes the opposite way and suggests one giant computer over multiple computers.
- tbrownaw 12y agoOn September 27, 1960, using the ideas of Noyce and Hoerni, a group of Jay Last's at Fairchild Semiconductor created the first operational semiconductor IC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_integrated_circuit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_integrated_cir... I'd guess it's because 1957 was a few years too early for ICs, which is where the real shrinkage came from. More powerful computers require more switches, and without ICs that takes more space (and power & cooling).