Fourth Generation: Very Large Scale Integration (1975 to present) ThefourthgenerationcomputersuseVLSIchipsforbothCPUandmemory.TheVLSI technology allowed millions of transistors on a single chip. This high density of fabrication directly affected the size and sped of the machine. With heavy drop in price, it was feasible forsingleindividualtohavehis/herowncomputer.Someoftheachievementsinthis generations are: |