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  2. History of computing hardware (1960s–present) - Wikipedia

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    The planar process was developed by Noyce's colleague Jean Hoerni in early 1959, based on the silicon surface passivation and thermal oxidation processes developed by Mohamed M. Atalla at Bell Labs in the late 1950s. [4][5][6] Computers using IC chips began to appear in the early 1960s.

  3. ENIAC - Wikipedia

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    ENIAC on a Chip, University of Pennsylvania (1995) - Computer History Museum. In 1996, in honor of the ENIAC's 50th anniversary, The University of Pennsylvania sponsored a project named "ENIAC-on-a-Chip", where a very small silicon computer chip measuring 7.44 mm by 5.29 mm was built with the same functionality as ENIAC. Although this 20 MHz ...

  4. Scrabble letter distributions - Wikipedia

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    The score of 20 for a K is the highest known point value for any letter in any Scrabble score distribution worldwide. The fourth distribution, which uses U instead of V, and includes Y, is as follows: [ 34 ] 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points) 1 point: E ×10, A ×9, I ×9, S ×9, T ×9, U ×9. 2 points: M ×6, N ×6, O ×6, R ×6.

  5. Cryptic crossword - Wikipedia

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    A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.

  6. IBM Personal Computer - Wikipedia

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    Related. List of IBM Personal Computer models. The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. Released on August 12, 1981, it was created by a team of engineers and designers at International Business ...

  7. iPad (1st generation) - Wikipedia

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    The lower portion of the iPad, showing the charging port and audio output grilles The Apple A4 chip, used in the first-generation iPad and the iPhone 4. The first-generation iPad features an Apple A4 SoC, [3] which comprises a 1 GHz processor, 256 MB of RAM and a PowerVR SGX535 GPU.

  8. Graphics processing unit - Wikipedia

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    A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.

  9. Invention of the integrated circuit - Wikipedia

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    The first planar monolithic integrated circuit (IC) chip was demonstrated in 1960. The idea of integrating electronic circuits into a single device was born when the German physicist and engineer Werner Jacobi developed and patented the first known integrated transistor amplifier in 1949 and the British radio engineer Geoffrey Dummer proposed to integrate a variety of standard electronic ...