To: techie12
There are enough general purpose computers to last forever. The next thing is microcontrollers, which is like devolving back to 8-bit processors. The challenge will be to see where a microcontroller is not and put one there. How many microcontrollers in your car?
7 posted on
03/03/2004 4:09:16 PM PST by
RightWhale
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To: RightWhale
There are enough general purpose computers to last forever. The next thing is microcontrollers, which is like devolving back to 8-bit processors. The challenge will be to see where a microcontroller is not and put one there.Hear hear! ... smart systems ... fully networked autonomous appliances with self-diagnosis ... AI and robotics for the home -
- we have only scratched the surface of technology overall - and everyone laments that 'commodity' IT services that sharp high-school kids could do are being outsourced overseas!
25 posted on
03/03/2004 5:21:20 PM PST by
_Jim
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