Principles of Computing: IBM History

Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore = Established INTEL in Silicon Valley, California, USA Jack Kilby, Jerry Merryman, and James Van Tassel = Developed a prototype handheld pocket calculator Gordon Moore = Predicted a doubling of components per chip every 2 years, known as Moore's Law

1963 = ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) published 1964 = Metal Oxide Silicon (MOS) Random Access Memory launched 1965 = Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore established INTEL

DRAM = Dynamic Random Access Memory MOS = Metal Oxide Silicon IMP = Interface Message Processors

<p>ARPANET = A network interconnecting ARPA sites Packet switched network = A wide area network using mini-computers equipped with IMPs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>BASIC = Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Data Modem 1A = Operating at 200Bit/sec Handheld pocket calculator = Capable of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Silicon Valley, California, USA = Where INTEL was established UK = Where the Data Modem 1A became available</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>INTEL = Integrated Electronics Texas Instruments = Developed a prototype handheld pocket calculator</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Moore's Law = A prediction of doubling components per chip every 2 years</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Introduction of commercial handheld calculators = Early 1970s Publication of plans for ARPANET = 1967</p> Signup and view all the answers