IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

We have a special issue on the logistical histories of computing, which its guest editors, Matthew Hockenberry and Miriam Posner will introduce. My introduction will thus be brief, though with an important announcement.

How does the global supply chain matter to the history of computing? It seems clear that it does matter—after all, the iPhone achieved its market dominance in part because of Apple's world-leading supply chain. More recently, a global semiconductor ...

Where did the silicon used in manufacturing the first silicon transistors actually come from? While early marketing materials and media coverage of silicon electronics emphasized silicon as a material “found in ordinary sand” (a framing that persists ...

This article tells the early story of El Centro de Tecnología de Semiconductores (CTS) as a site of innovation. It argues that, along with economic and scientific development goals, CTS furthered political and geopolitical change agendas for IBM and ...

The broad contours of the personal computing industry can be traced via contradictory waves of consolidation and fragmentation. For example, the incorporation of diverse systems under the banner of Internet connectivity in the 1990s paradoxically resulted ...

Signetics Corporation expanded its integrated-circuit manufacturing globally from the 1960s to the 1980s, with logistics playing a crucial role in its growth. The Don Liddie Papers on Signetics, housed at the Computer History Museum, reveal diverse ...

When I finished high school in 1954, I had been admitted to several colleges around Philadelphia, since going away would add room and board to the cost. As a B student with As in math and some science courses, I received no scholarship offers, and there ...

Dr. London remained with CACI for the rest of his career becoming CEO in 1984. He describes the transition of CACI from a company providing services using the SIMSCRIPT product to a full-service IT contacting firm developing large-scale logistical systems ...

Presents highlights of a panel discussion, Computer Pasts/Computer Futures, held on April 4, 2024. The virtual event, part of the New York University's Dean’s Public Square Series, convened four speakers who each have written critical, socially embedded ...

Presents corrections to the paper, From the Editor's Desk.