CS ATLAS A map of computing

Path 02 —

From Transistor to Cloud

How computing went from vacuum tubes in one room to data centres around the world — hardware, abstraction and scale in three movements.

6 stopsSystems
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    Computer Architecture · 1945

    Von Neumann Architecture

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  3. 03
  4. 04

    Computer Architecture · 1956

    Memory Hierarchy & Caches

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  5. 05
  6. 06

    Distributed Systems & Frontiers · 2006

    Cloud Computing

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