Computers and the Internet
| Computer Technology Forecasts
In September, 1976, six months before the first true personal computers, the TRS-80 and the Commodore Personal Electronic Translator 2001, were introduced in March , 1977. I published the (included) paper "Personal Computing - A New Home Brew for You?". It predicts the future of personal computing through the year 1981. Then in 1979, I updated it with a forecast through the year 2000. And in 1991, I updated the update with a forecast through the year 2040. And finally, in 1997, and again this year, I have refined these earlier forecasts and projected them through the year 2012. To find out how well or poorly I did, just click on the above. |
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New!
(6-8-2000) Speech Recognition: Coming of Age?:Satisfactory continuous-speech voice dictation, when
it fully arrives, will have profound consequences for both the
home and the office. And it's getting closer. This report
summarizes the voice dictation state-of-the-art as of June 8th,
2000.
New! (6-7-2000)In 1992, I helped prepared a 5-year
technology forecast for the Huntsville Research Operations of
Georgia Tech. Today, I have reviewed and updated this document.
The
World in 2020
Special Topic: Computers have become the engine driving the
"New Economy", and the rising productivity of American
industry. Past speed and storage improvements have brought us to
the takeoff point for various unfulfilled computer opportunities.
Computer price/performance ratios have improved by a factor of
10,000,000,000 since 1950. How much longer can computer speeds
and storage capacities continue to 100-fold every decade? At this
rate, by 2030, microchip circuit features would reach atomic
levels. It's hard to imagine computer capabilities
1,000,000-folding from here, at least within the foreseeable
future. This banner news item deals with the vitally
important question of what the future of computers might hold.