Category Archives: Computer History

Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Brief History

Posted on August 18, 2019 by GilPress
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Lessons for Corporate Venture Capital Firms from the early days of Intel Capital

Posted on June 19, 2019 by GilPress

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

Posted on March 26, 2018 by GilPress

https://www.frontierinternet.com/gateway/data-storage-timeline/

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A Very Short History of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Posted on February 12, 2017 by GilPress

1308                                  Catalan poet and theologian Ramon Llull publishes Ars generalis ultima (The Ultimate General Art), further perfecting his method of using paper-based mechanical means to create new knowledge from combinations of concepts.  The nine most fundamental principles of the … Continue reading →

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ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer

Posted on May 22, 2016 by GilPress

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

Posted on June 23, 2015 by GilPress

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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Gordon Moore on 50 Years of “Moore’s Law”

Posted on April 20, 2015 by GilPress
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