A brief history of pcS

TECHNOLOGY MILESTONES

• 1948: BELL LABS INVENTED THE TRANSISTOR (SEMICONDUCTOR)
• 1959: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INVENTED THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT,
• 1969: INTEL INVENTED A 1K MEMORY CHIP
• 1971: INTEL INVENTED THE FIRST MISROPROCESSOR

EARLY PERSONAL COMPUTER (PCS)

• 1975: ALTAIR KIT SOLD FOR $395
• 1975: IBM INTRODUCED THE $9,000 5100 PC
• 1976-77: APPLE INTRODUCED THE APPLE 

THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY VIABLE PCS

• 1981: IBM RELEASED THE IBM PC, THE FIRST DIRECT ANCESTOR
• 1984: APPLE INTRODUCED THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL MACINTOSH

OTHER KEY DEVELOPMENTS

• THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM
• THE RISE OF THE INTERNET
• VOICE AND DATE CONVERGENCE