Generation of Computers
Generation of Computers
ARCHITECTURE
Dr.M.Sindhuja
Assistant Professor(Senior Grade)
School of Electronics
VIT, Chennai
MODULE 1
EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS
EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER
Before mid-1900s,
•Mechanical devices constructed from gear wheels, levers, and pulleys to perform basic arit
hmetic operations
1930’s to 1940’s ,
•Electromechanical relay devices used in early telephone switching systems,
for performing logic functions in computers.
•It used 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighed 30 tons and occupied 30ftx50ft space
•Magnetic core memories and magnetic tape storage devices were developed
•Smaller, faster, cheaper and produce less heat compared to vacuum tubes