DocumentCode :
994728
Title :
Special Feature Distributed Computing Power: a Key to Productivity*
Author :
Shepherd, Mark, Jr.
Author_Institution :
Texas Instruments
Volume :
10
Issue :
11
fYear :
1977
Firstpage :
66
Lastpage :
74
Abstract :
Productivity is the driving force of the economic growth that leads to improved living standards. However, if the United States continues the past pattern of 2% productivity growth per year, the gross national product per capita will grow at only 2.5% per year and unemployment will still be at 5.7% in 1990. On the other hand, a single percentage point increase in productivity–from 2% to 3%–could accelerate economic growth sufficiently to drive unemployment down to 3.4% by 1990; two percentage points could drive it down to 1%, if other factors do not intrude.
Keywords :
Agriculture; Application software; Computer industry; Distributed computing; Manufacturing; Microcomputers; Power generation economics; Production facilities; Productivity; Unemployment;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Computer
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9162
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/C-M.1977.217568
Filename :
1646301
Link To Document :
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