Technology Review: May/June 2000
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The End of Moore's Law?
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The current economic boom is likely due to increases in computing speed and decreases in price. Now there are some good reasons to think that the party may be ending.
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Features
- Molecular Computing
- Imagine computers orders of magnitude more powerful and far cheaper than today´s machines. That´s one promise of a field that uses individual molecules as microscopic switches.
- Quantum Computing
- Computers that tap the bizarre properties of subatomic particles might calculate with awesome speed-cracking codes that stymie conventional machines.
- Biological Computing
- A vial of bacteria capable of computation? Injectable cells that survey the bloodstream and produce drugs on demand? These ideas might not be as far-fetched as they sound.
- DNA Computing
- DNA-based PCs? Doubtful. But DNA might do some computing-while assembling nanostructures.
- The Corporate Logic
- Alternatives to silicon-based computing are long shots. Knowing that, why do HP, Lucent and IBM spend time and money pursuing them? Their reasons may surprise you.
- Wake Up Call for HP
- She´s baaaack. Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard temp, has returned to jolt the information technology giant out of its lethargy. Her goal is simple: Make the company "unbeatable" in the coming age of pervasive computing.
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Columns
- Speech and Vision
- For thousands of years, people have interacted through speech and gesture. Truly easy-to-use machines will do the same.
- Ducking the Virus
- Drug companies make millions on lifestyle potions. Is R&D on more vital therapies lagging?
- Freedom-Or Copyright?
- By legalizing the copying of e-books, we can turn copyright back into the industrial regulation it once was.
- Silicon Handcuffs
- At 45, Bill Gates may be unable to remove the silicon handcuffs of his past success.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology