Modern Computer Systems 
 Module I
Evolution 
of 
Computers
The Early Years 
 The first counting device was the abacus, originally 
from Asia. It worked on a place-value notion 
meaning that the place of a bead or rock on the 
apparatus determined how much it was worth. 
Roman Abacus Russian Abacus
Napier's bones (1600s) 
 Napier's bones is a manually-operated calculating device created 
by John Napier of Merchiston for calculation of products and quotients 
of numbers.
Pascaline (1642) 
 Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator called Pascaline. This 
calculating machine could add and subtract two numbers directly and 
multiply and divide by repetition. 
Pascaline signed by Pascal
Difference Engine (1812) 
 Charles P. Babbage, the "father of the computer", designed a 
machine, the difference engine which would be steam-powered, fully 
automatic and commanded by a fixed instruction program.
Ada Lovelace (1840s) 
 Ada Lovelace, world's first computer programmer, 
provided the first algorithm intended to be processed by 
Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose 
computer, the Analytical Engine. 
 She suggested that a binary system should be used for 
storage rather than a decimal system. 
Analytical Engine
Boolean logic(1850s) 
 George Boole developed Boolean logic which would 
later be used in the design of computer circuitry. 
Venn diagrams for conjunction, disjunction, and complement.
Hollerith’s Tabulator(1890s) 
 Dr. Herman Hollerith introduced the first electromechanical, punched-card 
data-processing machine which was used to compile information for the 
1890 U.S. census. Hollerith's tabulator became so successful that he started 
his own business to market it. His company would eventually become 
International Business Machines (IBM). 
Hollerith card puncher used by 
the United States Census Bureau
Vacuum Tube(1906) 
 The vacuum tube was invented by American 
physicist Lee De Forest. 
Triode vacuum tube
Turing Machine(1943) 
 British mathematician Alan Turing developed a hypothetical device, the 
Turing machine which would be designed to perform logical operation and 
could read and write. 
Model of Turing Machine
Harvard Mark I 
 Howard Aiken, in collaboration with engineers from IBM, constructed a 
large automatic digital sequence-controlled computer called the Harvard 
Mark I. This computer could handle all four arithmetic operations, and had 
special built-in programs for logarithms and trigonometric functions.
ENIAC 
 The giant ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator) machine 
was developed by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, Jr. at the 
University of Pennsylvania. It used 18, 000 vacuums, punch-card input, 
weighed thirty tons and occupied a thirty-by-fifty-foot space.
First Generation(1951-1959) 
 1951: Mauchly and Eckert built the UNIVAC I, the first computer designed 
and sold commercially, specifically for business data-processing 
applications. 
 1950s : Dr. Grace Murray Hopper developed the UNIVAC I compiler. 
 1957 : The programming language FORTRAN (Formula Translator) was 
designed by John Backus, an IBM engineer.
Integrated Circuit 
 Jack St. Clair Kilby and Robert Noyce of Texas Instruments 
manufactured the first integrated circuit, or chip, which is a 
collection of tiny little transistors. 
First IC First transistor
Second Generation 
(1959-1965) 
 1960s : Gene Amdahl designed the IBM System/360 series of 
mainframe (G) computers, the first general-purpose digital 
computers to use integrated circuits. 
 1961: Dr. Hopper was instrumental in developing the COBOL 
(Common Business Oriented Language) programming language.
Cont… 
 1963 : Ken Olsen, founder of DEC, produced the PDP-I, the first 
minicomputer (G). 
 1965 : BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) 
programming language developed by Dr. Thomas Kurtz and Dr. John 
Kemeny.
 1969 : The Internet is started. 
 1970 : Dr. Ted Hoff developed the famous Intel 4004 
microprocessor (G) chip. 
 1971 : Intel released the first microprocessor, a specialized 
integrated circuit which was able to process four bits of data at a 
time. It also included its own arithmetic logic unit. PASCAL, a 
structured programming language, was developed by Niklaus 
Wirth.
Fourth Generation 
(1971-Present) 
 1975 : Ed Roberts, the "father of the microcomputer" designed the first 
microcomputer, the Altair 8800, which was produced by Micro 
Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). The same year, two young 
hackers, William Gates and Paul Allen approached MITS and promised to 
deliver a BASIC compiler. So they did and from the sale, Microsoft was born.
Cont… 
 1976 : Cray developed the Cray-I supercomputer (G). Apple Computer, Inc 
was founded by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak. 
 1977 : Jobs and Wozniak designed and built the first Apple II 
microcomputer.
Cont… 
 1970 : 1980: IBM offers Bill Gates the opportunity to develop the operating 
system for its new IBM personal computer. Microsoft has achieved 
tremendous growth and success today due to the development of MS-DOS. 
Apple III was also released. 
 1981 : The IBM PC was introduced with a 16-bit microprocessor.
Cont… 
 1984 : Apple introduced the Macintosh computer, which incorporated a 
unique graphical interface, making it easy to use. The same year, IBM 
released the 286-AT. 
 1986 : Compaq released the DeskPro 386 computer, the first to use the 
80036 microprocessor.
Cont… 
 1987 : IBM announced the OS/2 operating-system technology. 
 1988 : A nondestructive worm was introduced into the Internet network 
bringing thousands of computers to a halt. 
 1989 : The Intel 486 became the world's first 1,000,000 transistor 
microprocessor. 
Intel 486
Cont… 
 1993s: The Energy Star program, endorsed by the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), encouraged manufacturers to build computer 
equipment that met power consumption guidelines. When guidelines are 
met, equipment displays the Energy Star logo. The same year, Several 
companies introduced computer systems using the Pentium microprocessor 
from Intel that contains 3.1 million transistors and is able to perform 112 
million instructions per second (MIPS).
Fifth Generation (Present and 
Beyond) Artificial Intelligence 
 Fifth generation 
computing devices, 
based on artificial 
intelligence, are still 
in development, 
though there are 
some applications, 
such as voice 
recognition, that are 
being used today.
Fifth Generation 
 The use of parallel processing and superconductors 
is helping to make artificial intelligence a reality. 
 Quantum computation, molecular and 
nanotechnology will radically change the face of 
computers in years to come. 
 The goal of fifth-generation computing is to develop 
devices that respond to natural language input and 
are capable of learning and self-organization.
Cloud Computing 
 Cloud computing, or something being in the cloud, is an 
expression used to describe a variety of different types of 
computing concepts that involve a large number of 
computers connected through a real-time communication 
network such as the Internet. 
 Cloud providers claim that computing costs reduce. 
 Device and location independence enable users to access 
systems using a web browser regardless of their location or 
what device they use. 
 Virtualization technology allows 
sharing of servers and storage 
devices and increased utilization.
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2 evolution of computer systems

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    The Early Years  The first counting device was the abacus, originally from Asia. It worked on a place-value notion meaning that the place of a bead or rock on the apparatus determined how much it was worth. Roman Abacus Russian Abacus
  • 4.
    Napier's bones (1600s)  Napier's bones is a manually-operated calculating device created by John Napier of Merchiston for calculation of products and quotients of numbers.
  • 5.
    Pascaline (1642) Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator called Pascaline. This calculating machine could add and subtract two numbers directly and multiply and divide by repetition. Pascaline signed by Pascal
  • 6.
    Difference Engine (1812)  Charles P. Babbage, the "father of the computer", designed a machine, the difference engine which would be steam-powered, fully automatic and commanded by a fixed instruction program.
  • 7.
    Ada Lovelace (1840s)  Ada Lovelace, world's first computer programmer, provided the first algorithm intended to be processed by Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.  She suggested that a binary system should be used for storage rather than a decimal system. Analytical Engine
  • 8.
    Boolean logic(1850s) George Boole developed Boolean logic which would later be used in the design of computer circuitry. Venn diagrams for conjunction, disjunction, and complement.
  • 9.
    Hollerith’s Tabulator(1890s) Dr. Herman Hollerith introduced the first electromechanical, punched-card data-processing machine which was used to compile information for the 1890 U.S. census. Hollerith's tabulator became so successful that he started his own business to market it. His company would eventually become International Business Machines (IBM). Hollerith card puncher used by the United States Census Bureau
  • 10.
    Vacuum Tube(1906) The vacuum tube was invented by American physicist Lee De Forest. Triode vacuum tube
  • 11.
    Turing Machine(1943) British mathematician Alan Turing developed a hypothetical device, the Turing machine which would be designed to perform logical operation and could read and write. Model of Turing Machine
  • 12.
    Harvard Mark I  Howard Aiken, in collaboration with engineers from IBM, constructed a large automatic digital sequence-controlled computer called the Harvard Mark I. This computer could handle all four arithmetic operations, and had special built-in programs for logarithms and trigonometric functions.
  • 13.
    ENIAC  Thegiant ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator) machine was developed by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, Jr. at the University of Pennsylvania. It used 18, 000 vacuums, punch-card input, weighed thirty tons and occupied a thirty-by-fifty-foot space.
  • 15.
    First Generation(1951-1959) 1951: Mauchly and Eckert built the UNIVAC I, the first computer designed and sold commercially, specifically for business data-processing applications.  1950s : Dr. Grace Murray Hopper developed the UNIVAC I compiler.  1957 : The programming language FORTRAN (Formula Translator) was designed by John Backus, an IBM engineer.
  • 16.
    Integrated Circuit Jack St. Clair Kilby and Robert Noyce of Texas Instruments manufactured the first integrated circuit, or chip, which is a collection of tiny little transistors. First IC First transistor
  • 17.
    Second Generation (1959-1965)  1960s : Gene Amdahl designed the IBM System/360 series of mainframe (G) computers, the first general-purpose digital computers to use integrated circuits.  1961: Dr. Hopper was instrumental in developing the COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) programming language.
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    Cont…  1963: Ken Olsen, founder of DEC, produced the PDP-I, the first minicomputer (G).  1965 : BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) programming language developed by Dr. Thomas Kurtz and Dr. John Kemeny.
  • 19.
     1969 :The Internet is started.  1970 : Dr. Ted Hoff developed the famous Intel 4004 microprocessor (G) chip.  1971 : Intel released the first microprocessor, a specialized integrated circuit which was able to process four bits of data at a time. It also included its own arithmetic logic unit. PASCAL, a structured programming language, was developed by Niklaus Wirth.
  • 20.
    Fourth Generation (1971-Present)  1975 : Ed Roberts, the "father of the microcomputer" designed the first microcomputer, the Altair 8800, which was produced by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). The same year, two young hackers, William Gates and Paul Allen approached MITS and promised to deliver a BASIC compiler. So they did and from the sale, Microsoft was born.
  • 21.
    Cont…  1976: Cray developed the Cray-I supercomputer (G). Apple Computer, Inc was founded by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak.  1977 : Jobs and Wozniak designed and built the first Apple II microcomputer.
  • 22.
    Cont…  1970: 1980: IBM offers Bill Gates the opportunity to develop the operating system for its new IBM personal computer. Microsoft has achieved tremendous growth and success today due to the development of MS-DOS. Apple III was also released.  1981 : The IBM PC was introduced with a 16-bit microprocessor.
  • 23.
    Cont…  1984: Apple introduced the Macintosh computer, which incorporated a unique graphical interface, making it easy to use. The same year, IBM released the 286-AT.  1986 : Compaq released the DeskPro 386 computer, the first to use the 80036 microprocessor.
  • 24.
    Cont…  1987: IBM announced the OS/2 operating-system technology.  1988 : A nondestructive worm was introduced into the Internet network bringing thousands of computers to a halt.  1989 : The Intel 486 became the world's first 1,000,000 transistor microprocessor. Intel 486
  • 25.
    Cont…  1993s:The Energy Star program, endorsed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), encouraged manufacturers to build computer equipment that met power consumption guidelines. When guidelines are met, equipment displays the Energy Star logo. The same year, Several companies introduced computer systems using the Pentium microprocessor from Intel that contains 3.1 million transistors and is able to perform 112 million instructions per second (MIPS).
  • 26.
    Fifth Generation (Presentand Beyond) Artificial Intelligence  Fifth generation computing devices, based on artificial intelligence, are still in development, though there are some applications, such as voice recognition, that are being used today.
  • 27.
    Fifth Generation The use of parallel processing and superconductors is helping to make artificial intelligence a reality.  Quantum computation, molecular and nanotechnology will radically change the face of computers in years to come.  The goal of fifth-generation computing is to develop devices that respond to natural language input and are capable of learning and self-organization.
  • 28.
    Cloud Computing Cloud computing, or something being in the cloud, is an expression used to describe a variety of different types of computing concepts that involve a large number of computers connected through a real-time communication network such as the Internet.  Cloud providers claim that computing costs reduce.  Device and location independence enable users to access systems using a web browser regardless of their location or what device they use.  Virtualization technology allows sharing of servers and storage devices and increased utilization.
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