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First American Man in Space and the First Video Game 1962

U.S Astronaut John Glenn goes "ballistic" to become the first American in space. The U.S. space program is in high gear. Technologies used in the space program will begin to filter down for consumer and educational use.

The first video game, "Spacewars," is created by a team at MIT.

The Microchip is Invented 1959 by Jack Kilb and Robert Noyce

The Microchip is Invented in 1959

Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semicondoctor Systems are co-credited with creating the microchip. They both built on their work with integrated circuits to create and miniaturize the number of ICs that could be placed on a single chip. Immediate uses were found in computers and other electronic equipment using tubes and transistors.

Robert Noyce Intel Invention and Images

Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce Intel is Born/RAM

1968

Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce found Intel. Intel's computer chips go on to leading in the era of the personal computer. The PC's impact on education leads to a shift to the age of information that is still being experienced today. Robert Dennard creates Random Access Memory (RAM) that allows computers to store and manipulate memory. A computers power is now based on not just its core processor but the amount of RAM available to leverage processing speed.

The Microchip is Invented

1959 by Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby