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Third Generation ComputersINTEGRATED CIRCUITS
(1964-1971)
THIRD GENERATION COMPUTERSwere generally much smaller in size than the 2nd and 1st generation computers. This is because these newer computers made us of integrated circuits and semiconductors.
What is Integrated
Circuit?
> It is small chip that can function as an amplifier, oscillator, timer, microprocessors , or even computer memory.
Integrated Circuit
Integrated Circuit
> It combined electronic components onto a small silicon disc, made from quartz.
Who invented the Integrated Circuit?
He is JACK KILBY!!
Inventor of Integrated Circuit. . .
Jack St. Clair Kilby(November 8, 1923 – June 20,
2005)
- an American electrical engineer.- took part (along with Robert Noyce) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958.- also the inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer.- as awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000.