Computer History

Third Generation

Although the transistor in many cases surpass vacuum cleaner tube, but the transistor produces a large amount of heat, which can potentially damage the internal parts of the computer. Quartz stone (quartz rock) eliminate this problem. Jack Kilby, an engineer at Texas Instrument, to develop integrated circuits (IC: integrated circuit) in the year 1958. IC combines three electronic components in a small Silicon plate made of quartz sand. In the scientists and successfully enter more components into a single chip called a semiconductor. The result, computers become increasingly smaller as komponenkomponen can dipadatkan in the chip. The progress of the third generation of computers is the use of other operating systems (operating system) that allows the engine to run many different programs simultaneously with a major program that monitors and coordinates the computer memory.