1-gigbit chips could be in use by 2002.
Predictor: Bell, Gordon
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article for The Futurist, an unknown author writes about C. Gordon Bell, at the time the chief scientist at Stardent Computer. The article says: ”What is most certain about computers is that processing powers will increase. Since 1972, memory has quadrupled every three years, meaning that 1-gigbit chips could be in use by 2002, Bell predicts.”
Biography:Gordon Bell proposed a plan for a U.S. research and education network in a 1987 report to the Office of Science and Technology in response to a congressional request by Al Gore. He was a technology leader at Digital Equipment Corporation (where he led the development of the VAX computer) and with Microsoft. (Technology Developer/Administrator)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: The Futurist
Title, headline, chapter name: Computers in the 21st Century
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Vol. 26, Issue 2, Page 51 ISSN: 00163317
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney