Computer

Computer Inventions of the 80's

  • IBM Personal Computer

    IBM Personal Computer
    After 12 years of hard work of inventors Mark Dean and Philip Don Estridge, IBM released its own Personal Computer based on open architecture that would drastically change the personal computer market. This has not only helped change lives but shaped todays generation of computers and computers to come.
  • Flash Memory

    Flash Memory
    Flash Memory is a storage chip with a long life that would erase and rewrite data at a byte level and is viable without an active power source. Invented by Fujio Masuoka, it is still used by USB drives due to a need for security, mobility and more.
  • CD-ROM

    CD-ROM
    In 1984, with inventor James Russell, Denon and Sony introduced the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM would be used to store programs and hold large amounts of data within them.
  • C++ Programming Language is Established

    C++ Programming Language is Established
    written by Bjarne Stroustrup, C++ Programming Language is an object-oriented programming language that is best for creating large scale applications. It is used in Java script and common in game development. C++ has helped in many ways, especially through high-level mathematical computations.
  • The release of the Game Boy

    The release of the Game Boy
    The portable Nintendo's Game Boy was though up by Gunpei Yokoi, a Japanese video game designer working for the company. The invention would help to enhance the gaming console into new territory and help advance technologies in computer graphics and game development.