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From Mainframes to Smartphones: A History of the International Computer Industry
Martin Campbell-Kelly
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Description for From Mainframes to Smartphones: A History of the International Computer Industry
Hardback. This compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet's explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
This compact history traces the computer industry from its origins in 1950s mainframes, through the establishment of standards beginning in 1965 and the introduction of personal computing in the 1980s. It concludes with the Internet's explosive growth since 1995. Across these four periods, Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe the steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences for the bundles of interacting components that make up a computer system. With miniaturization, the price of computation fell and entry into the industry became less costly. Companies supplying different components learned to cooperate even as they competed with other businesses for ... Read more
This compact history traces the computer industry from its origins in 1950s mainframes, through the establishment of standards beginning in 1965 and the introduction of personal computing in the 1980s. It concludes with the Internet's explosive growth since 1995. Across these four periods, Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe the steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences for the bundles of interacting components that make up a computer system. With miniaturization, the price of computation fell and entry into the industry became less costly. Companies supplying different components learned to cooperate even as they competed with other businesses for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
513 g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674729063
SKU
V9780674729063
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About Martin Campbell-Kelly
Martin Campbell-Kelly is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Warwick. Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz is an economist with Charles River Associates in Chicago.
Reviews for From Mainframes to Smartphones: A History of the International Computer Industry
A clear-eyed view of the international computer industry and its leading firms across time. The authors have a good grasp of how the landscape changed and a sensible take on the forces that drove those changes.
Steven W. Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology The history presented is sweeping in its scope.
Thomas W. Hazlett International Journal of the Economics of Business ... Read more
Steven W. Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology The history presented is sweeping in its scope.
Thomas W. Hazlett International Journal of the Economics of Business ... Read more