Timeline of computing 2010–2019

This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing from 2010 to 2019. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see the history of computing.

2010

April 6
- Apple releases the original iPad.^[1]^[2]
June 24
- Apple releases the iPhone 4.^[3]^[4]

2011

May 4
- Intel announces the commercialisation of 3D transistors,^[5] a variant of the FinFET.
May 17
- Lenovo releases the first ThinkPad X1.^[6]
June 15
- The first Chromebooks, by Acer and Samsung, go on sale.^[7]
September 7
- The first 4 terabyte hard drive is released by Seagate.^[8]

2012

February 29
- Raspberry Pi, a bare-bones, low-cost credit-card sized computer created by volunteers mostly drawn from academia and the UK tech industry, is released to help teach children to code.^[9]^[10]
September 11
- Intel demonstrates its Next Unit of Computing, a motherboard measuring only 4 × 4 in (10 × 10 cm).^[11]
October 4
- TDK demonstrates a 2 terabyte hard drive on a single 3.5-inch platter.^[12]
October 26
- Microsoft releases the operating system Windows 8.^[13]
November 18
- Nintendo releases the Wii U in North America.^[14]

2013

June 15
- Apple releases the first Retina Display MacBook Pro.
September 20
- Apple releases the iPhone 5s, powered by the Apple A7 SoC which the company proclaimed to be the first 64 bit processor to be used on a smartphone.^[15]
November 15
- Sony releases the PlayStation 4 in the United States and in Europe 2 weeks later on November 29.^[16]
November 22
- Microsoft releases Xbox One.^[17]

2014

August 6
- Introduction of the RISC-V architecture with its instruction set.^[18]
August 26
- The first 8 terabyte hard drive is released by Seagate.^[19]^[20]^[21]
- Google releases the 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows.^[22]
August 29
- Intel unveiled its first eight-core desktop processor, the Intel Core i7-5960X.^[23]^[24]

2015

July 29
- Microsoft releases the operating system Windows 10.^[25]
October 15
- AlphaGo was the first Go AI computer program developed by Google to defeat a professional human opponent on a full-sized board without handicap.

2016

January 12
- The High Bandwidth Memory 2 standard is released by JEDEC.
January 13
- Fixstars Solutions releases the world's first 13 TB SSD.^[26]^[27]
March 4
- Scientists at MIT create the first five-atom quantum computer with the potential to crack the security of traditional encryption schemes.^[28]

2017

March 2
- AMD launches the Ryzen CPU architecture.
March 3
- Nintendo releases the hybrid gaming console Nintendo Switch.

2018

2019

January 9
- Lexar announces the first SD card which can store 1 terabyte.^[29]
September 20
- Google claims to have achieved quantum supremacy.^[30]^[31]

References

↑ "Official: iPad Launching Here April 3, Pre-Orders March 12". Gizmodo. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "iPad Available in US on April 3". Apple.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
↑ "iPhone 4 Release Date: New iPhone Release Set For Summer 2010". HuffPost. 7 June 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
↑ "Apple Presents iPhone 4". Apple.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
↑ Shimpi, Anand Lal (2011-05-04). "Intel Announces first 22nm 3D Tri-Gate Transistors, Shipping in 2H 2011". AnandTech. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
↑ "Lenovo ThinkPad X1 coming May 17th, with Gorilla Glass screen and spill-proof keyboard (video)". Engadget. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
↑ "Official Google Blog: A new kind of computer: Chromebook". Official Google Blog. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ Shimpi, Anand Lal (2011-09-07). "Seagate Ships World's First 4TB External HDD". AnandTech. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
↑ "BBC News - The Raspberry Pi computer goes on general sale". BBC News. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "Raspberry Pi $35 miniature computer now on sale, $25 model going into production 'immediately'". The Verge. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ Shimpi, Anand Lal (2012-09-11). "Intel's Next Unit of Computing: 4"x4", Core i3, Systems Targeted at $399". AnandTech. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
↑ Parrish, Kevin (2012-10-04). "TDK Finally Crams 2TB on One 3.5-inch HDD Platter". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
↑ "Windows 8's delivery date: October 26". ZDNet. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "Nintendo Wii U release date is November 18th in US starting at $299.99, November 30th in Europe". Polygon. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "The iPhone 5s: fingerprint sensor and improved camera, starts at $199 and coming September 20th". 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
↑ "PlayStation 4 Release Date Confirmed for November 15th in North America, November 29th in Europe". Archive.is. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Xbox One to Launch on November 22, 2013 in 13 Markets - Xbox Live's Major Nelson". Xbox Live's Major Nelson. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ Asanović, Krste; Patterson, David A. (August 6, 2014). Instruction Sets Should Be Free: The Case For RISC-V (PDF). EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley. UCB/EECS-2014-146.
↑ "Seagate's 8TB drive is biggest ever, stores more than 300 Blu-ray discs". TechRadar. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "Seagate ships first 8TB hard drive". Techreport.com. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "Seagate Ships World's First 8TB Hard Drives". Seagate.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "Chromium Blog: 64 bits of awesome: 64-bit Windows Support, now in Stable!". Chromium Blog. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ IntelPR. "Intel Unleashes its First 8-Core Desktop Processor". Intel Newsroom. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "Happy Haswell-E And X99 Chipset Day, Internet! How About A System Giveaway?". Tom's Hardware. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29". windows.com. June 1, 2015. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
↑ Shah, Agam. "The world's first 13TB SSD is here". Computerworld. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
↑ "The world's first 13TB SSD is here". Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
↑ "MIT's new 5-atom quantum computer could make today's encryption obsolete". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
↑ "Lexar Announces 1TB 633x SDXC UHS-I card, the behemoth of storage capacity". Lexar. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
↑ Waters, Richard; Murgia, Madhumita (2019-09-20). "Google claims to have reached quantum supremacy". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
↑ "Google touts quantum computing milestone". MarketWatch. Associated Press.

[1] "Official: iPad Launching Here April 3, Pre-Orders March 12". Gizmodo. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[2] "iPad Available in US on April 3". Apple.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[3] "iPhone 4 Release Date: New iPhone Release Set For Summer 2010". HuffPost. 7 June 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[4] "Apple Presents iPhone 4". Apple.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[5] Shimpi, Anand Lal (2011-05-04). "Intel Announces first 22nm 3D Tri-Gate Transistors, Shipping in 2H 2011". AnandTech. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

[6] "Lenovo ThinkPad X1 coming May 17th, with Gorilla Glass screen and spill-proof keyboard (video)". Engadget. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2021-07-01.

[7] "Official Google Blog: A new kind of computer: Chromebook". Official Google Blog. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[8] Shimpi, Anand Lal (2011-09-07). "Seagate Ships World's First 4TB External HDD". AnandTech. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

[9] "BBC News - The Raspberry Pi computer goes on general sale". BBC News. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[10] "Raspberry Pi $35 miniature computer now on sale, $25 model going into production 'immediately'". The Verge. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[11] Shimpi, Anand Lal (2012-09-11). "Intel's Next Unit of Computing: 4"x4", Core i3, Systems Targeted at $399". AnandTech. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

[12] Parrish, Kevin (2012-10-04). "TDK Finally Crams 2TB on One 3.5-inch HDD Platter". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

[13] "Windows 8's delivery date: October 26". ZDNet. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[14] "Nintendo Wii U release date is November 18th in US starting at $299.99, November 30th in Europe". Polygon. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[15] "The iPhone 5s: fingerprint sensor and improved camera, starts at $199 and coming September 20th". 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[16] "PlayStation 4 Release Date Confirmed for November 15th in North America, November 29th in Europe". Archive.is. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[17] "Xbox One to Launch on November 22, 2013 in 13 Markets - Xbox Live's Major Nelson". Xbox Live's Major Nelson. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[18] Asanović, Krste; Patterson, David A. (August 6, 2014). Instruction Sets Should Be Free: The Case For RISC-V (PDF). EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley. UCB/EECS-2014-146.

[19] "Seagate's 8TB drive is biggest ever, stores more than 300 Blu-ray discs". TechRadar. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[20] "Seagate ships first 8TB hard drive". Techreport.com. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[21] "Seagate Ships World's First 8TB Hard Drives". Seagate.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[22] "Chromium Blog: 64 bits of awesome: 64-bit Windows Support, now in Stable!". Chromium Blog. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[23] IntelPR. "Intel Unleashes its First 8-Core Desktop Processor". Intel Newsroom. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[24] "Happy Haswell-E And X99 Chipset Day, Internet! How About A System Giveaway?". Tom's Hardware. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[release-date-25] "Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29". windows.com. June 1, 2015. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.

[26] Shah, Agam. "The world's first 13TB SSD is here". Computerworld. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[27] "The world's first 13TB SSD is here". Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[28] "MIT's new 5-atom quantum computer could make today's encryption obsolete". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

[29] "Lexar Announces 1TB 633x SDXC UHS-I card, the behemoth of storage capacity". Lexar. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[30] Waters, Richard; Murgia, Madhumita (2019-09-20). "Google claims to have reached quantum supremacy". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-05-08.

[31] "Google touts quantum computing milestone". MarketWatch. Associated Press.

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