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Computer Generation

 Always we came to know about the latest in the computer world.Lets now know the generation of the computer system through different times. 

Development through times


First Generation (Mechanical or electro mechanical) :
Calculators : Difference Engine
Programmable devices : Analytical Engine

Charles Babbage Analytical Engine











Second Generation (Vaccum tubes) :
Calculators : IBM 604,UNIVAC 60
Programmable devices : Colossus,ENIAC,EDSAC,EDVAC,UNIVAC 1,IBM 701/702,650,Z22





ENIAC
Third Generation (discreet trasistors and SSI,MSI,LSI Integrated circuits)
Mainframes : IBM 7090,System360
Minicomputer : PDP-8,System 36

PDP-8

Fourth Generation (VLSI integrated circuits)
Microcomputer : VAX,IBM System-1
4-bit : Intel 4004/4040
8-bit : Intel 8008/8080/Motorola 6800/Zilog 280
16-bit : Intel 8088/Zilog Z800
32-bit : Intel 80386/Pentium/Motorola 6800
64-bit : x86-64/Power PC/MIPS/SPARC
Embeded : Intel 8048,8051
Personal Computer : Desktop,Laptop,SOHO,UMPC,Tablet PC,PDA

Intel 4004






Motorola MC6800










Fifth Generation : Here Artificial Intelligence is making the ground.Some of them are Quantum computer,DNA computing,Optical computers etc.

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