Silicon Valley of India

The Indian city of Bangalore is called the "Silicon Valley" of India. The city is the capital of the State of Karnataka and is home to over 6 million people. Since technology giant Texas Instruments discovered its potential as a high-tech city in the early 1980s, Bangalore has seen a major technology boom. It is now home to several hundred high-tech companies, including homegrown companies Wipro and Infosys.
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The Moog Synthesizer

Dr. Robert A. Moog creates the first playable and reconfigurable music synthesizer in 1963. Wendy Carlos's 1968 album "Switched on Bach" is produced entirely by using Moog's synthesizer. Many popular music artists begin using the Moog. In 1971, Moog breaks into the mass market with the Minimoog Model D, an all-in-one instrument interfaced with a keyboard.
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The Computer Store

Dick and Lois Heiser see the newly released Altair microcomputer at a Southern California computer show in the summer of 1975. The Heisers begin selling the Altair and later open The Arrow Head Computer Co. doing business as The Computer Store in Santa Monica, California. The Heiser's store is the first independent retail computer store in the United States.
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CP/M

Gary Kildall completes the Control Program/Monitor (CP/M) operating system in 1974. The system is remarkably simple, reliable, and well suited to the limited microcomputers of the day. He sells it himself through the newly formed company Digital Research. The highly popular CP/M operating system is the standard on most PCs until it is eventually eclipsed by MS DOS.
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The first commercial microprocessor

Intel engineer Federico Faggin leads the design of the first commercial microprocessor in 1970. Working into the early morning, Faggin successfully tests the critical functions of his 4004 chip design. The 4004 chip revolutionizes the integrated circuit by placing all the parts of a computer --the central processing unit, input and output controls, and memory-- onto one small chip.
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The History of Computers

American inventor and physicist Lee De Forest develops the vacuum tube triode in 1906. The triode is a three terminal device that allows him to develop an amplifier for audio signals, making AM radio possible. The vacuum tube triode also helps push the development of computers forward as the tubes are used in several computer designs in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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The first computer screensaver

Berkeley Systems develops one of the first computer screensaver programs in 1989. The screensaver is designed to prevent image burning on monitors when a computer is left running or unused for long periods. Berkeley's product includes its most famous screen saver - the Flying Toasters - which features art deco styled chrome toasters with bird-like wings, flying in formation across the screen.
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