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1971
– First commercial microprocessor introduced |
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1971
– EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory) |
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1971
– Pascal programming language by Niklaus Wirth |
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1971
– First Cray-1 Supercomputer |
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1973
– Ethernet (a LAN) by Robert Metcalfe - a soon to be critical
control network
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Age of Computer Integration |
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1974
– UPC bar code scanner introduced by NCR |
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1974
– Thompson and Richie – UNIX |
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1974
– Joseph Harrington/Gene Merchant define Computer Integrated
Manufacturing
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1974
– Hand held calculator by TI |
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1974
– Stamford robot arm by Victor Sheinman |
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1974
– UNIX published by Dennis Richie and Kenneth Thompson
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1975
– Personal computer revolution launched |
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1976
– Vicarm Inc. incorporates a microcomputer in robot arm |
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1976
– Viking 1 lands on Mars, uses robot arm |
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1977
– ASEA builds two electrically powered industrial robots |
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1977
– Odetics builds the first computer controlled Walking
Robot |
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1977
– Fiber optics changes communication practice |
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1978
– Puma robot by Unimation and Schienman |
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1979
– Parallel computing by Seymour Cray and David Gelernter |
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1979
– Eelectronic spreadsheet VisiCale by Daniel Briclkin |
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