Title :
Making smaller, faster, cheaper computers
Author :
MERKLE, RALPH C.
Author_Institution :
Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA, USA
fDate :
11/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A forecast of technological developments in the processes involved in manufacturing computers. The forecast is based on two principles. The first principle is demonstrated (albeit in nascent form) by scanning probe microscopes, which even now let us move individual atoms and molecules. The second principle is self-replication, which will let us inexpensively make things in enormous quantities. Taken together, these two principles will revolutionize how we make computers-and quite a few other things as well. Watkins´ vision of growing complex 3D computers is moving closer to reality
Keywords :
DP industry; electronic equipment manufacture; scanning probe microscopy; technological forecasting; atom movement; computer manufacture; molecule movement; scanning probe microscopes; self-replication; technological development forecast; Biotechnology; Circuits; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer networks; Grain boundaries; Parallel processing; Peer to peer computing; Pervasive computing; Poles and towers; Switches;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
