By Mike Wills What is a PC Brief History Current Industry Status Future Presentation Outline Merriam Webster defines a personal computer as A generalpurpose computer equipped with a microprocessor and designed to run especially commercial software as a word processor or Intern ID: 741673
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Personal Computing: Past, Present, and Future
By:
Mike
WillsSlide2
What is a PC?
Brief History
Current Industry StatusFuture
Presentation OutlineSlide3
Merriam Webster defines
a personal
computer as:
A
general-purpose computer equipped with a microprocessor and designed to run especially commercial software (as a word processor or Internet browser) for an individual user
What is a PC?Slide4
HistorySlide5
Mainframes
Very Large and expensive
Corporations, Government, and Universities
Jobs prepared on punch cards
Could take hours or days to get job results
Minicomputers
Early 60’s
Still large and fairly expensive
Much more convenient
History - Before PC’sSlide6
Combined arithmetic, logic, and control functions into one integrated circuit
Costs and size dropped dramatically
First invented: Texas Instruments TMS 1000September 17, 1971
First commercially available:
Intel 4004
November 15, 1971History - The MicroprocessorSlide7
History - InnovationsSlide8
Brought personal computing into mainstream society
Commodore PET
Apple II
TRS-80
History – “1977 Trinity”Slide9
Commodore64IBM PC 5150
Apple Macintosh 128k
Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.1, and 95Apple iMac, and PowerMac
History – What Comes Next?Slide10
Current IndustrySlide11
ProcessorsClock Speeds
Multi-Core
Moore’s lawRAMInput Devices
Output Devices
Storage
Current – The ComputerSlide12
Google Glass
OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator
Samsung
Youm
Flexible Displays
Current - Innovations Slide13
FutureSlide14
Laptops and Desktops on the decline
Future – Where Are We Headed?Slide15
Apple vs
Android
Future – Rise of the TabletSlide16
Future: DesktopsSlide17
Questions?Slide18
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