Computers have evolved from the early mainframes to the relatively small smart devices with high computing power used today. Which of the following inventions contributed to reduce the physical size of computers?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Integrated Circuit.

Important Points

Integrated circuit (IC):
- Integrated Circuit was introduced with the Third Generation of computers.
- They were the first steps toward computers as we know them today. Their main feature was the use of integrated circuits, which allowed them to be shrunk down to be as small as large toasters
- An integrated circuit (IC) is manufactured using silicon material and mounted in a ceramic or plastic container (known as Chip).
- The basic components of an IC consist of electronic circuits for the digital gates.

Additional Information

A solid-state drive
- It is a solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies to store data persistently, typically using flash memory, and functioning as secondary storage in the hierarchy of computer storage.
Register:
- A Register is a collection of flip flops. A flip flop is used to store single bit digital data. It is used To take the instructions given by the users and fetch the instruction stored into the main memory
A vacuum-tube computer
- Now termed a first-generation computer,It is a computer that uses vacuum tubes for logic circuitry