1937
analog Era
Shannon's Master's Thesis
Proves Boolean logic can be mapped to electrical circuits.
Detailed Analysis
Claude Shannon's landmark thesis at MIT established that electrical relays could perform logical operations, founding the entire field of digital circuit design.
Historical Impact
This milestone represents a critical shift in how information is processed. By externalizing logic into a physical or electrical medium, it paved the way for subsequent innovations in the analog era and beyond.
Context
Related architectural artifacts and OS simulations can be found in the museum.
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