Artist: Amy C Nelson

In 1971, Intel Corporation invented the very first microprocessor, or CPU, the Intel 4004, which I didn’t know this until I started researching topics for SAT17. When I graduated from university with a degree in Electrical Engineering, I had what can best be described as a hate-hate relationship with the computer technology of the day. I needed a job, though, so when I received an offer from a personal computer company, I accepted.

I have since spent my career of over 20 years working on and with PCs and now the software that runs on them. The year I was born, the fastest CPU from Intel ran at 740kHz, (1kHz is 1000 Hertz). This last year, Intel’s fast CPU, a Core 2 Duo™, commonly known as Skylake, ran at 4GHz (4,000,000,000 Hz)! Computers far more powerful than those available when I graduated are now commonly known as Smartphones.

© 2015 Amy C Nelson

Dawn of the Computer Age by Amy C Nelson  Dawn of the Computer Age by Amy C Nelson
Dawn of the Computer Age by Amy C Nelson