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1823
| Charles Babbage's Difference Engine
| Early mechanical computer, the conceptual foundation for later computing
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1837
| Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine
| The first concept of a general-purpose computer
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1936
| Alan Turing's Turing Machine
| Theoretical foundation of modern computing, concept of algorithms
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1941
| Konrad Zuse's Z3
| First programmable electromechanical computer
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1944
| Harvard Mark 1
| First large-scale automatic digital computer in the U.S.
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1946
| ENIAC
| First general-purpose electronic digital computer
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1951
| UNIVAC 1
| First commercially produced computer
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1958
| First integrated circuit by Jack Kilby
| Laid the groundwork for modern microprocessors
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1971
| Intel 4004
| First commercially available microprocessor
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1972
| Intel 8008
| First 8-bit microprocessor
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1974
| Intel 8080
| Set the standard for future microprocessors, used in early
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1976
| Zilog Z80
| Widely used in early personal computers
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1978
| Intel 8086
| Basis for x86 architecture, dominant in PC market
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1982
| Intel 80286
| Introduced protected mode, enhancing multitasking
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1985
| Intel 80386
| First 32-bit processor, significant performance improvements
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1989
| Intel 80486
| Integrated FPU, faster clock speeds
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1993
| Intel Pentium
| Superscalar architecture, significantly improved performance
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1996
| AMD K5
| AMD's first in-house x86 processor
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1999
| Intel Pentium III
| Introduced SSE instructions, improved multimedia performance
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2000
| AMD Athlon
| First to reach 1 GHz clock speed
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2006
| Intel Core 2 Duo
| Dual-core architecture, improved energy efficiency
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2008
| Intel Core i7
| Introduced Nehalem architecture, integrated memory controller
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2011
| AMD FX
| First 8-core desktop processor
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2012
| Intel Ivy Bridge
| First 22nm processor, introduced 3D tri-gate transistors
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2017
| AMD Ryzen
| Competitive multi-core performance, strong market resurgence
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2018
| Intel Core i9
| High-end consumer performance, up to 18 cores
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2019
| AMD Ryzen 3000 Series
| First to use 7nm process technology, significant performance gains
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2020
| Apple M1
| First ARM-based chip for Macs, highly efficient, strong performance
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2021
| Intel Alder Lake
| Introduced hybrid architecture combining high-performance and efficient cores
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2022
| AMD Ryzen 6000 Series
| Enhanced performance with Zen 3+ architecture and RDNA 2 graphics
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2022
| Apple M2
| Successor to the M1, offering improved performance and efficiency
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2023
| Intel Raptor Lake
| Improved performance with higher core counts and efficiency
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2024
| AMD Zen 5
| Expected advancements in processing power and energy efficiency
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2024
| Intel Meteor Lake
| Expected to utilize advanced process technology and new architecture
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