Category Archives: Computer History
Lessons for Corporate Venture Capital Firms from the early days of Intel Capital
Corporate venture capital (CVC) firms broke records last year. Funding increased 47% to $52.95 billion and 264 new corporate venture groups invested for the first time, a 35% increase over 2017. There were 773 active CVCs worldwide in 2018, participating … Continue reading
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Computer Storage Timeline
https://www.frontierinternet.com/gateway/data-storage-timeline/
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ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer
The history of technology, whether of the last five or five hundred years, is often told as a series of pivotal events or the actions of larger-than-life individuals, of endless “revolutions” and “disruptive” innovations that “change everything.” It is history … Continue reading
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When Lovelace and Babbage Met Padua
Accidental entrepreneurs stumble sometimes into what turns out to be a most wonderful venture. Take, for example, computer animator Sydney Padua. One day in 2009 she drew a web comic illustrating the life of Ada Lovelace. It was at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ada Lovelace, Analytical Engine, Charles Babbage, Difference Engine, Sydney Padua
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Gordon Moore on 50 Years of “Moore’s Law”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgk3HEyZ_g]
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