Timeline of computing 2010–2019

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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.

• April 6
  • Apple releases the original iPad.
• June 24
  • Apple releases the iPhone 4.

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

• 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.
• September 11
  • Intel demonstrates its Next Unit of Computing, a motherboard measuring only 4 × 4 in (10 × 10 cm).
• October 4
  • TDK demonstrates a 2 terabyte hard drive on a single 3.5-inch platter.
• October 26
  • Microsoft releases the operating system Windows 8.
• November 18
  • Nintendo releases the Wii U in North America.

• June 11
  • 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.
• November 15
  • Sony releases the PlayStation 4 in the United States.
• November 22
  • Microsoft releases Xbox One.
• November 29
  • Sony releases the PlayStation 4 in Europe.

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

• July 29
  • Microsoft releases the operating system Windows 10.
• 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.

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

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

• January 9
  • Lexar announces the first SD card which can store 1 terabyte.
• September 20
  • Google claims to have achieved quantum supremacy.