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1936, Konrad Zuse, German engineer, design and made the Z1, which for many is the first programmable computer in history. The Z1 was a binary mechanical calculator operated with electricity and that occupied a whole table, quite large by the way.
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n this generation, computers are reduced in size and are less expensive. Many companies appear and computers were quite advanced for their time as the 5000 series of Burroughs and the ATLAS of the University of Manchester. Some computers were programmed with perforated tape and others by wiring on a board.
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Third-generation computers emerged with the development of integrated circuits (silicon wafers) in which thousands of electronic components are placed, in a miniature integration.
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Fourth generation computers use very large integrated circuits (VLSI). VLSI circuits having about 5000 transistors and other circuit elements and their associated circuits on a single chip made it possible to have fourth generation microprocessors. Fourth generation of computers became the most powerful, compact, reliable and affordable. As a result, it resulted in the revolution of the personal computer (PC).
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Fifth generation of computers. Considering the technological advances in the area of computing and computing, some dates and characteristics of what is called the fifth generation of computers could be specified, which extended from 1982 to 1989.
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The sixth generation of computers could be called the age of computers based on artificial neural networks or "artificial brains". They are computers that use superconductors as raw material for their processors, which allows them not to waste electricity in heat due to their null resistance, gaining performance and saving energy. The performance gain is approximately 30 times that of a processor of the same frequency that uses common metals for its operation.
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The 7th generation began in 1999, when LCD 2 flat screens became popular and aside from cathode rays, where DVDs and optical hard disk formats were left.The new generation of high density data storage with a storage capacity that reaches 50 GB, although it has been confirmed that this list can receive 16 layers of 400 GB.
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The physical and mechanical devices will disappear bone hard drive and motherboards etc. Everything will be based on nanotechnology. A hard drive is limited in speed by having to write on plates.
