As integrated circuits are developed, the size of each transistor gets smaller, so more can be packed into single chips but they are still doing the same job as the individual transistors that were used to build the very first solid state computers.
Under his rule, the Vandals would take over North Africa and form a kingdom of their own. Roman weakness helped him accomplish this. In 429, the Western Roman Empire was ruled by a child named Valentinian III, who depended on his mother, Galla Placidia, for advice.
The Vandals advanced quickly into North Africa turning against Bonifacius (if they were ever on his side to begin with) and laid siege to the city of Hippo Regius in 430. Among the city's residents was the Christian bishop, Augustine, the philosopher, theologian and eventual saint, who died three months into the siege.