Exponential upward curves can be deceptively gradual in the beginning. But when things start happening, they happen fast. Here are a selection of future miracles? based on where science is at in the present.
In 1976, when he pioneered a device that could scan books and read them aloud, it was the size of a washing machine. Two decades ago he predicted that early in the 21st century? blind people would be able to read anything anywhere using a…
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Steve Jobs saved Apple by releasing the IMac. Over the next ten years, Apple used marketing and psychology to build a customer base of loyal followers who are literally addicted to their products.
The constant releases of highly hyped new looking? computers and mp3 players has early adapters constantly buying new versions. The apparent differences in the upgraded product? play on human emotions by creating feelings of interest,…
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Ever since the beginning of the microelectronics era there has been an eternal quest to reduce the characteristic features on the devices.But Moores Law applies not only to the dimensions on the silicon….
By far, this is the approach most foundries and IDMs have chosen to follow. The exception, of course, are those houses with cash to spare that have integrated functions or building blocks as they are called, that are complementary to their main…
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From 1 transistor on a chip in the 1950's to over 592,000,000 in the 2000's. Pics show the rapid evolution of scale and complexity in the engines that power computing, communications, and electronic devices in general.
Microelectronic silicon computer “chips” have grown in capability from a single transistor in the 1950s to hundreds of millions of transistors per chip on today’s microprocessor and memory devices. From the first…
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