The advent of microcomputers in the 1970s has dramatically changed our society. Since then, microprocessors have been made almost exclusively from silicon, but the ever-increasing demand for higher ...

Cache prefetching is what allows processors to have data and/or instructions ready for use in a fast local cache rather than having to wait for a fetch request to trickle through to system RAM and ...

Here’s a peek at the events and technologies that led to the development of Intel’s x86 architecture, plus milestones in its 30-year reign. 1947: The transistor is invented at Bell Labs. 1965: Gordon ...

The release of Intel’s 8086 microprocessor in 1978 was a watershed moment for personal computing. The DNA of that chip is likely at the center of whatever computer—Windows, Mac, or Linux—you’re using ...

Thirty years ago, on June 8, 1978, Intel Corp. introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086, with a splashy ad heralding “the dawn of a new era.” Overblown? Sure, but also prophetic. While the ...

In November 1984, a powerful microcomputer was taken to Dhaka, Bangladesh, to aid health professionals at the National Institute for Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM) in processing and analyzing ...

You've probably heard this story before, or perhaps lived it: Once upon a time, computers were huge. In the 1960s, a computer with the capability of, say, an Apple II, required a room full of heavy, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This blue printed circuit board is ...