Today in computer history: April 22th
Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on April 22th of every year during the evolution of computers. April 22th is the 113th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 253 days left in the year from this day.
April 22, 1592432 years ago
Wilhelm Schickard was born, a German professor of Hebrew and Astronomy and one of the first to design a direct entry calculating clock in the 17th century. Died October 24, 1635 (Age: 43).
April 22, 193094 years ago
Martin Goetz was born, computer software pioneer known for the development of the commercial software industry.
April 22, 194183 years ago
Amir Pnueli was born, a respected computer scientist who focused on temporal logic and model checking. Died November 2, 2009 (Age: 68).
April 22, 194678 years ago
Manuel Fernandez was born, founder of the Gavilan Computer Corporation which developed one of the first portable laptop computers.
April 22, 199331 years ago
The NCSA releases the Mosaic web browser, which quickly becomes the first popular web browser.
April 22, 199925 years ago
SyQuest Technology Inc. announced the sale of all its U.S. assets to Iomega Corporation for $9.1 million.
April 22, 200321 years ago
AMD released the first single-core Opteron processors.
April 22, 200618 years ago
Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E6320 (4M Cache, 1.86 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB).
April 22, 200717 years ago
Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E4400 (2M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB).
April 22, 200915 years ago
Square Enix purchased Eidos.
April 22, 201014 years ago
CenturyLink acquired Qwest.
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