11. Assess how the shift from vacuum tubes to very large-scale integrated circuits (VLIC) influenced the development of modern computers.
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- Answer: The shift from vacuum tubes to VLIC made computers smaller, faster, more reliable, and energy-efficient, enabling devices like smartphones and supercomputers.
- Description: Vacuum tubes (1940s) were bulky and fragile, limiting computers to room-sized machines. Transistors (1950s) shrank them, integrated circuits (1960s) boosted speed, and VLIC (1980s onward) packed millions of transistors onto tiny chips. This evolution slashed power use, increased processing power (e.g., enabling AI), and made tech portable, fundamentally shaping today’s digital world.
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