2. Index
● 1 The five generations of computers
● 1.1: Vacuum Tubes
● 1.2: Transistors
● 1.3: Integrated Circuits
● 1.4: Microprocessors
● 1.5: Artificial Intelligence
3. Vacuum Tubes
● The first
computer
systems used
vacuum tubes for
circuitry and
magnetic drums
for memory
4. Transistors
● The world would
see transistors
replace vacuum
tubes in the
second
generations of
computers
5. Integrated Circuits
● The integrated
circuits was the
hallmark of the third
generations of
computers.
Transistors were
miniaturized and
placed on silicon
chips, called
semiconductors