by: mike wills. what is a pc? brief history current industry status future
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Personal Computing: Past, Present, and
FutureBy: Mike Wills
What is a PC?
Brief History
Current Industry Status
Future
Presentation Outline
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?
History
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’s
Combined arithmetic, logic, and control functions into one integrated circuit
Costs and size dropped dramatically First invented:
◦ Texas Instruments TMS 1000◦ September 17, 1971
First commercially available: ◦ Intel 4004◦ November 15, 1971
History - The Microprocessor
History - Innovations
Brought personal computing into mainstream society◦ Commodore PET◦ Apple II◦ TRS-80
History – “1977 Trinity”
Commodore64 IBM PC 5150 Apple Macintosh 128k Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.1, and 95 Apple iMac, and PowerMac
History – What Comes Next?
Current Industry
Processors◦ Clock Speeds◦ Multi-Core◦ Moore’s law
RAM Input Devices Output Devices Storage
Current – The Computer
Google Glass
OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator
Samsung Youm Flexible Displays
Current - Innovations
Future
Laptops and Desktops on the decline
Future – Where Are We Headed?
Apple vs Android
Future – Rise of the Tablet
Future: Desktops
Questions?
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