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COMPUTER GENERATIONS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The first transistor called the TX-0 and invented around 1956
      - Exp : CDC 3600 , CDC 1604
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        Use of transistor as basic technology
        
        Use of paper tape as output device
- - - - Semiconductor material
      - Exp: IBM 370, PDP-11, IBM System/360, UNIVAC 1108, Honeywell-6000, DEC series, and ICL 2900.
      - CHARACTERISTICS
        
        As compared to previous generations, the third generation computers were more reliable, fast, efficient, less expensive, and smaller in size.
        
        The integrated circuit technology replaces the use of individual transistors
        
        The computers have high storage capacity
- - - - made up of thousands of integrated circuits that are assembled on a single chip known as a silicon chip
      - Exp:STAR 1000, CRAY-X-MP(Super Computer), DEC 10, PDP 11, and CRAY-1
      - CHARACTERISTICS
        
        Handheld computers have grown in popularity and cost
        
        The processing power, or speed, has skyrocketed
        
        In this generation, microcomputers became the most affordable.
- - - - In 1982, Japan was invented the FGCS (Fifth Generation Computer System
      - Exp: PARAM 10000, IBM notebooks, Intel P4
      - CHARACTERISTICS
        
        Computers that are more portable and powerful
        
        Computers are dependable and less expensive
        
        Mainframe computers are extremely efficient
- - - - Exp : ENIAC, EDVAC, IBM-701, and IBM-650: