Interesting Web Sites

Hardware and Operating Systems

 

If you find a URL that would be helpful for the class, please let me know and I’ll add it to this list. 

 

URL

Description

Suggested By

http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html

History of Computers – Part I

Jeff Fineberg

http://ftp.arl.army.mil/ftp/historic-computers/

 

Historic Computer Images

Jeff Fineberg

http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/96summary/

 

Eniac – The Army sponsored Revolution

Jeff Fineberg

http://www.fineberg.com/inft130/resources/YouRobot-HansMoravec.htm

 

Raw Computing Power compared to Biological entities – Hans Moravec

Jeff Fineberg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWVywhzuHnQ&feature=related

 

How do they make Silicon Wafers and Computer Chips?

 

Jeff Fineberg

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI5GCsZCgeo&feature=related

 

Inside Intel's Fabs - People and Machines

 

Jeff Fineberg

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YITsrpOZsL0&feature=related

 

 

 How It's Made:Microprocessors

 

 Jeff Fineberg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stdnSB0A3S8&feature=related

 

How Microchips are made

 

Jeff Fineberg