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Happy 60th Birthday IBM Research

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everybody-likes-fractals dept.

HockeyPuck writes "On Tuesday, IBM Research celebrated it's 60th Birthday "IBM inventions and discoveries include the programming language Fortran (1957), magnetic storage (1955), the relational database (1970), DRAM (dynamic random access memory) cells (1962), the RISC (reduced instruction set computer) chip architecture (1980), fractals (1967), superconductivity (1987) and the Data Encryption Standard (1974). In the last 12 years, IBM has received 29,021 patents--more than any other company or individual in the world.""

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  1. Superconductivity was invented before that by dybdahl · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Superconductivity is much older. Check your facts before posting things like that.

  2. Linux by NotFamous · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They forgot Linux!

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  3. Re:Welcome! by DataCannibal · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our old patent wielding overlords

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