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The following list of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) milestones represents key historical achievements in electrical and electronic engineering.[1]

Prior to 1800

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1800–1850

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1850–1870

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1870–1890

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1890–1900

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Krka-Šibenik Electric Power System plaque dedicated in 2013

1900–1920

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1920–1930

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1930–1940

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1940–1950

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1950–1960

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1960–1970

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1970–1980

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  • 1970 – World's First Low-Loss Optical Fiber for Telecommunications
  • 1971–1978 – The first word processor for the Japanese Language, JW-10
  • 1969–1970 – SPICE Circuit Simulation Program
  • 1971 – Demonstration of the ALOHA Packed Radio Data Network
  • 1971 – First Computerized Tomography (CT) X-ray Scanner
  • 1971–1977 – Development of the Commercial Laser Printer
  • 1972 – Nelson River HVDC Transmission System
  • 1972 – Development of the HP-35, the First Handheld Scientific Calculator
  • 1972 – Eel River High Voltage Direct Current Converter Station
  • 1972 – First Practical Field Emission Electron Microscope
  • 1972 – SHAKEY: The World’s First Mobile Intelligent Robot
  • 1972 – Polymer Self-Regulating Heat-Tracing Cable
  • 1972–1989 – Gravitational-Wave Antenna
  • 1972–1987 – Deep Space Station 43
  • 1972–1983 – The Xerox Alto Establishes Personal Networked Computing
  • 1973–1985 – Superconducting Magnet System for the Fermilab Tevatron Accelerator/Collider
  • 1973 – The First Two-Dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI)
  • 1973–1985 – Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN)
  • 1974 – First 500 MeV Proton Beam from the TRIUMF Cyclotron
  • 1974–1982 – First Real-Time Speech Communication on Packet Networks
  • 1974 – The CP/M Microcomputer Operating System
  • 1974 – Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Enables the Internet
  • 1975 – Line Spectrum Pair (LSP) for high-compression speech coding
  • 1975 – Gapless Metal Oxide Surge Arrester (MOSA) for electric power systems
  • 1975 – Handheld Digital Camera
  • 1976 – Development of VHS, a World Standard for Home Video Recording
  • 1976–1978 – The Floating Gate EEPROM
  • 1977 – Lempel–Ziv Data Compression Algorithm
  • 1977 – Vapor-phase Axial Deposition Method for Mass Production of High-quality Optical Fiber
  • 1977 – Perpendicular Magnetic Recording
  • 1978 – Speak & Spell, the First Use of a Digital Signal Processing IC for Speech Generation
  • 1978 – First Digitally Processed Image from a Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • 1978 – First Demonstration of a Fibre Bragg Grating
  • 1979 – Compact disc Audio Player
  • 1979 – 20-inch Diameter Photomultiplier Tubes
  • 1979 – Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Field-Effect Transistor Switches for Liquid Crystal Displays
  • 1979 – HEMT (high-electron-mobility transistor)

1980 to present

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  • 1980 – International Standardization of Group 3 Facsimile
  • 1980–1982 – First RISC (Reduced Instruction-Set Computing) Microprocessor
  • 1980 – Outdoor large-scale color display system
  • 1980 – MPD7720DSP, programmable digital signal processor chip μPD7720
  • 1980–1981 – Inverter-Driven Air Conditioner
  • 1980–1999 – Origin of the IEEE 802 Family of Networking Standards
  • 1981 – 16-Bit Monolithic Digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for Digital Audio
  • 1981 – Map-Based Automotive navigation system
  • 1981–1988 – The Development of RenderMan for Photorealistic Graphics
  • 1982 – Nobeyama 45-m Telescope
  • 1982 – Human Rescue Enabled by Space Technology
  • 1982 – First Large-Scale Fingerprint ID
  • 1982 – Commercialization of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors with Nickel Electrodes
  • 1984 – First Direct-broadcast satellite Service
  • 1984 – The MU (Middle and Upper atmosphere) radar
  • 1984–1989 – Active Shielding of Superconducting Magnets
  • 1984–1993 – MPEG Multimedia Integrated Circuits
  • 1984 – TRON Real-time Operating System Family
  • 1984–1996 – Development of 193-nm Projection Photolithography
  • 1985 – Toshiba T1100, a Pioneering Contribution to the Development of Laptop PC
  • 1985 – Emergency Warning Code Signal Broadcasting System
  • 1985 – Multiple Technologies on a Chip
  • 1985 – IEEE Standard 754 for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic
  • 1986 – Fiber Optic Connectors
  • 1987 – High-Temperature Superconductivity
  • 1987 – SPARC RISC Architecture
  • 1987 – Superconductivity at 93 Kelvin
  • 1987 – WaveLAN, Precursor of Wi-Fi
  • 1987–1995 – MTI Portable Satellite Communication Terminals
  • 1988 – Sharp 14-Inch Thin Film Transistor Liquid-Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) for TV
  • 1988 – Virginia Smith High-Voltage Direct-Current Converter Station
  • 1988 – Trans-Atlantic Telephone Fiber-optic Submarine Cable, TAT-8
  • 1988 – First Robotic Control from Human Brain Signals
  • 1989 – Development of CDMA for Cellular Communications
  • 1994 – Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
  • 1994 – QR (Quick Response) Code
  • 1996–1998 – PageRank and the Birth of Google
  • 1996 – Large-Scale Commercialization of a CDMA Cellular Communication System

Notes

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  1. ^ While Soviet spacecraft had made human orbital flights prior, they are not FAI-certified because the pilots ejected from the spacecraft before landing, which by FAI rules denotes an uncompleted (or failed) flight.

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