The Commodore 1541 was built to do one job—to save and load data from 5.25″ diskettes. [Commodore History] decided to see ...

Any computer-based device that accepts different applications. All mainframes, servers, laptop and desktop computers, as well as smartphones and tablets are general-purpose devices. In contrast, chips ...

There are a ton of inventions out in the world that are almost complete accidents, but are still ubiquitous in our day-to-day lives. Things like bubble wrap which was originally intended to be ...

Moore’s Law has underwritten a remarkable period of growth and stability for the computer industry. The doubling of transistor density at a predictable cadence has fueled not only five decades of ...

I bought an 8GB Raspberry Pi 5 as soon as they went up for preorder, just like I have bought every full-size Pi model since the Pi 3 Model B launched back in 2016, including the Pi 3B+, with its ...

“Energy efficiency of electronic digital processors is primarily limited by the energy consumption of electronic communication and interconnects. The industry is almost unanimously pushing towards ...

(WHTM) – Pennsylvania has been home to many firsts to happen in America or even in the world so of course it’s home to the world’s first general-purpose computer. The name of the computer was ENIAC ...

Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Computers — the iPad, the Mac and anything else where a screen is the main form of interaction — are creativity killers. They distract, frustrate and get in the way ...

The race is on to scale up quantum computing, transforming it from an esoteric research tool into a commercially viable, general-purpose machine. Special-purpose quantum computers have been available ...

A computer designed from scratch to perform a specific function. Contrast with general-purpose computer. See ASIC. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.