10 points total. Five questions, five points. Five points for your research blurb.
1. Draw a von Neumann machine. What significant improvements did this architecture mark that are still used today?
2. What is the first significant electronic/vacuum tube computer? Why was it built?
3. What is the most important/significant feature of the IBM System/360?
4. What is Moore's Law? how is Moore's Law tied to a virtuous circle found in today's economy?
5. What is a transistor? What is an integrated circuit? What is VLSI? How are the three related?
Extra credit: What computer company did Seymour Cray found? What was the first machine created by this company? [Hint: It wasn't explicitly given in our textbook, so how could I ask such a question?]