Self-Healing Microchip: A Super Chip With Super Powers!

Don’t you hate it when you’ve got a sweet, hot rod computer where all of your most valuable files live and then suddenly, you watch in terror as it endures a painful meltdown? (Well, due to the fact that it’s an inanimate object, you’re doing your best to feel it’s pain.) Of course it doesn’t just “hurt” your computer, it’s making you scream, “Why???!!! Why???!!!” in agonizing emotional pain from the depths of your soul. Well, just know, that help is on the way. Maybe not for this particular computer, but maybe say, the computer you own five years from now. I know it’s not too terribly encouraging now, but know that the technology to prevent this sort of thing from happening has begun to come into existence. You’re just dying to know what it is, aren’t you. I’ll save it for the next paragraph… just to keep building the suspense…

Infographics: A Comprehensive History of Computers

A computer is a programmable machine designed to automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem. An important class of computer operations on some computing platforms is the accepting of input from human operators and the output of results formatted for human consumption. The interface between the computer and the human operator is known as the user interface.

Conventionally a computer consists of some form of memory, at least one element that carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control unit that can change the order of operations based on the information that is stored. Peripheral devices allow information to be entered from an external source, and allow the results of operations to be sent out.

The first electronic digital computers were developed in the mid-20th century (1940–1945). Originally, they were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers (PCs). In this era mechanical analog computers were used for military applications.

A Comprehensive History of Computers by Tech King

Infographics: The Microprocessor Timeline

A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit, (IC) or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and provides results as output. It is an example of sequential digital logic, as it has internal memory. Microprocessors operate on numbers and symbols represented in the binary numeral system.

The advent of low-cost computers on integrated circuits has transformed modern society. General-purpose microprocessors in personal computers are used for computation, text editing, multimedia display, and communication over the Internet. Many more microprocessors are part of embedded systems, providing digital control of a myriad of objects from appliances to automobiles to cellular phones and industrial process control. 

Below is an information graphics on the 40 years of the microprocessor.

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