(The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA) The home of the largest collection of computer artifacts in the world, which includes thousands of hardware components, images, films and videos.

The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...

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Science history: Computer scientist lays out 'Moore's law,' guiding chip design for a half century — Dec. 2, 1964 Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Taschen delves into the rich visual history of the computer with this new XL-scale book, edited ...

Set in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Computer History Museum long cheered the developments around it. Now, it’s taking a more nuanced approach. Credit...By Loren Elliott For The New York Times ...

From the abacus to the IBM personal computer, calculating devices have come a long way. Let’s take a look through the history of these machines and the remarkable progress that came with the 20th ...