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The five generations of computing
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Vacuum tubes (1940s), transistors (1950s), integrated circuits (1960s), microprocessors (1970s on), AI and cloud (now).
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What defines a generation?
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The switching technology inside — each one smaller, cheaper and more reliable than the last.
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Moore's observation
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Components on a chip roughly doubled every two years. A prediction the industry organised around, not a law — and it has slowed.
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What did the cloud reverse?
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Computing had been moving closer to people; the cloud moved the processing back into a data centre and left a screen in your hand.
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