Kardashev index
0.696
Based on primary energy power · Type I = 1
AccelerationFour-dimensional view49 years agoThe Personal Computer
1977-06-10
Apple II Goes on Sale
Ready-made personal computers for the general public begin to spread.
Art style · 1970s advertising illustration
Origin of Life on EarthDinosaurs and MammalsAI Agents
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4.24Bpeople
1/2 of today
9×10¹²W
1/2 of today
11floating-point operations per second per dollar (FLOP/s per $, nominal dollars)
1/7.39B of today
0.02 seconds
1 times faster than today
39,897km/h
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UCLA sends the first network message to the Stanford Research Institute. Source
The Intel 4004 puts a central processing unit on a single chip. Source
Motorola's Martin Cooper makes the first public call on a handheld mobile phone. Source
Ready-made personal computers for the general public begin to spread. Source
The World Health Organization certifies the global eradication of smallpox. Source
DEC begins using the XCON configuration system in its plants, bringing rule-based AI into commercial use. Source
IBM launches its Personal Computer, and its compatibles become the de facto standard. Source
ARPANET officially switches to TCP/IP, and the internet protocol suite takes shape. Source
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