Important for Electronics in World History

Inventions In Electronics


1895 : H. A. Lorentz - Postulated existence of Electrons.
1897: J.J. Thomson - Proved the same
1904: Fleming - Vacuum Diode
1906: De. Forest - Triode
1920: Radio Broadcasting in USA
1930: Black and White TV USA
1947: Shockley invented the junction transistor. (BJT)
1947: Schokley BJT Invention
1950: Colour Television

1959: Integrated Circuit concept was announced by Kilby at an IRE convention.
1959: KILBY etc. anounced ICs.
1969: LSI, IC : Large Scale Integration, with more than 1000 but < 10,000 components per chip (integrated or joined together), device was announced.
1969: SSI 10 - 100 comp/chip. LOGIC GATES, FFs.
1970: Intel People, 9 months, chip with 1000 Transistors (4004 Microprocessors )
1971:  Microprocessor  - 4 bit INTEL
1971: 4 bit Microprocessor was made by Intel group.
1975: VLSI: Very large scale integration> 10,000 components per chip. ICs were made.
1975: CHMOS - Complimentary High Metal Oxide Semiconductor ICs were announced by Intel.
1975: MSI (Multiplenum, Address) 100 - 1000 comp/chip
1978: LSI 8 bit ~Ps, ROM, RAM 1000 - 10,000 comp/chip
1978: LSI 8 bit ~Ps, ROM, RAM 1000 - 10,000 comp/chip
1980: VLSI > 1,00,000 components/ser 16, 32 bit Microprocessors
1981: 16 bit J.lP > 1,00,000 components/ser 16, 32 bit Microprocessors
1982: 100,000 Transistors, 80286 Processor
1984: CHMOS > 2,00,000 components/ser 16, 32 bit Microprocessors
1985: 32 bit Microprocessor  > 4,50,000 components/ser 16, 32 bit  Microprocessors
1986: 64 bit  Microprocessor > 10,00,000 components/ser 16, 32 bit  Microprocessors 
1987: MMICS Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits
1989: Intel's 64 bit CPU
1990: ULSI > 500,000 Transistors ultra large scale
1992: GSI > 10,00,000 Transistors Giant scale 100, 3 million Transistors, Pentium
1998: 2 Million GateslDie
2001: 5 Million Gates / Die
2002: 1000, 150 Million Transistors. 1 Gigabit Memory Chips Nature is more SUPERIOR
2003: 10 n.m. patterns, line width
2004: Commercial Super Compo IOTRILLION Flip Flops
2010: Neoro - Computer Using Logic Structure Based on Human Brain