Necessity
Creates
Innovation
Where it all Begins
Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC) was the world first general purpose, fully electric computer. Weighting at 30 tons and kept in a 1,500 square foot room, ENIAC had 49 ft cabinets contained over 18,000 vacuum tubes. ENIAC was built in the University of Pennsylvania during the heat of WWII for the US army to calculate the trajectory of projectiles and bombs. It was later used for other calculations, including simulations for the hydrogen bomb.
The Revolution...
By the 1970s big computers such as size of a room has been reduced to very small machines. All thanks to the development of single chip CPU (processor) in the 1970s. And due to that the cost of a computer came down to within the reach of average consumers. Most modern computers uses single chip CPU nowadays. Intel holds the biggest share in CPU market with ~63% followed by AMD with ~35%.
How to decode INTEL processors naming?
Ever felt overwhelmed by the weird naming convention of processors? What does the weird names like “Intel Core i9-14700HX” even mean? What does the numbers represent and what does the weird HX mean at the end? Here is a breakdown of Intel naming convention.
