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The future evolution of the computer

JUL 01, 1970
Internal‐logic devices have set the pace in the past and could be the key to further development.
Rolf Landauer

HOW FAR CAN WE EXPECT the development of the computer to go? What paths will future evolution take? To answer these questions we should consider both refinements in existing technologies and completely new device principles. The pace of computer evolution so far also leads us to think about the ultimate limitations of the information‐handling process, which inevitably depends on the number of real physical degrees of freedom available.

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Rolf Landauer, Yorktown Research Laboratory.

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