Hardware
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Groq New
Groq builds the LPU, a custom inference chip, and GroqCloud, a fast, …
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A Short History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Microchip New
Plain-English history of computing, from counting beads to mechanical …
Basics
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Abacus New
A manual counting frame that holds place values in columns of beads, the …
History
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IBM Personal Computer (5150) New
IBM's first mass-market personal computer, whose open architecture and …
History
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IBM System/360 New
The 1964 computer family that shared one architecture across many …
History
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Integrated Circuit New
The integrated circuit packs many connected components onto one chip of …
History
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Intel 4004 Microprocessor New
The first commercial general-purpose programmable microprocessor, a …
History
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Magnetic-core memory New
Computer memory built from tiny magnetizable ferrite rings on a grid of …
History
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Moore's Law New
Moore's law is the 1965 observation that the number of components on a …
History
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Pascaline (Pascal's Calculator) New
A 1642 mechanical adding machine that used geared wheels to add and …
History
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Transistor New
A solid-state semiconductor device that amplifies or switches electrical …
History
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Boolean Algebra and Logic Gates
The mathematical foundation of digital logic, from George Boole's …
Glossary
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GPU vs TPU for AI Training and Inference
Comparing GPUs and TPUs for AI model training and inference, covering …
Comparisons
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What is a Computer?
A computer is a machine that follows instructions. Understanding this …
Basics
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