Evolution of Computers

By: Jaimmie Bajanen and Tiffany Broughton

Introduction
Hello my name is Tiffany Broughton my colleague is Jaimmie Bajanen. Necessity is the Mother of Invention Our technology has evolved because we have better computers that are easier to use and more efficient.

Topics for discussion

Generation 1 ( the first digital computer) Generation 2 Generation 3 Generation 4 Generation 5

Generation 1
This is when the first digital computer was built It was started to be built in 1937 and finished in 1939 John Vincent Atanasoff, and Cliford Berry At Iowa State University This machine was not intended as general-purpose computer, it was built to solve physics equations that Atanasoff was working on at the time using electronic vacuum tubes, as the switching components

Generation 2
This invention of the transistor which was faster, smaller and required considerably less power to operate This was introduced in 1959

Generation 3
By the late 1960s devices which included more than one circuit on a single silicon chip became available

Generation 4
In about 1970 the technology was available to place an entire CPU on a single chip and the micro processor was born.

Generation 5
Current trends now are to exploit the advantages of computer systems which can contain literally thousands of computers. This means that thousands of computations can be taking place at the same time. This type of large scale processing of information makes it possible to explore very different kinds of processing that could be done earlier.

Positives
One positive that the computer has is that it makes it easier to find information and faster to find it. Another positive is that they are more efficient, then they used to be. Another positive is that it makes it easier to talk to friends on Aol or Yahoo.

Negatives
One negative is that they can be very slow Another negative is that it might not find the exact information you need, or it might give you something you dont need.

Reflection
One important thing we learned was that computers are a great way to find information on many topics. Our opinion is that we are glad that John Atanasoff and his colleague designed the computer. It was a great idea!

Closure
Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Generation 4 Generation 5 Any Questions?!?!?

References
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/co mputer1.html The encyclopedia www.computerhistory.org/ http://ei.cs.vt.edu/history/ www.google.com www.ask.com