The way we tell computers what to do, through programming languages, has changed a ton. We’re going to take a look at the ...

Demand is high for engineers and computer scientists who can solve a range of critical problems, from generating renewable energy to designing life-saving technologies. The Erik Jonsson School of ...

Solid-state computing has had a long run since the 1950s, when transistors began replacing vacuum tubes as the key component of electronic circuits. Generations of new solid-state devices that process ...

The first generation of computers used vacuum tubes. The second, transistors and the third, integrated circuits. Each new generation allowed computers to be faster, smaller and more energy efficient.

The computer- and semiconductor-manufacturing industries are central to any inquiry into the reason for the acceleration of U.S. productivity after 1995, since together they account for roughly ...