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== '''Description:''' ==

As the title of this driving force clearly says, computers continue to increase in power while dropping in cost. Computers are getting faster, smaller, easier to work with, with more capabilities and are getting cheaper. For instance, a computer bought four years ago, today is no longer worth buying. With the money spend on that computer, today, you can get a computer with a capacity which can be three, four times greater or even more. The life expectancy of a computer is getting shorter day by day.



== '''Enablers:''' ==
-	More competitors

-	Continued advancement in silicon chip technology

-	Globalization

  




== '''Inhibitors''' ==
-	Instability in the economy



== '''Paradigms:''' ==
Computers have become a part of our daily lives, just as the television or telephone did before. As there are more competitors in this business and the capability of the technology is improving constantly, the cost for computers will keep dropping. The availability of the computers will therefore increase, especially in schools. Where technology is becoming more important. Therefore people will start thinking that having technology in schools is just a means for learning.  
== '''Experts:''' ==
-	Where is Computing Headed? 
Ted G. Lewis


== '''Timing:''' ==
1940 – 1956		First generation: Vacuum tubes
1956 – 1963		Second generation: Transistors
1964 – 1971 		Third generation: Integrated circuits
1971 – Present	Fourth generation: Microprocessors
Present and beyond	Fifth generation: Artificial Intelligence


== '''Reference:''' ==
-	http://www.tcpd.org/Thornburg/Handouts/2020visions.html
-	http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLAbsToc.jsp?resourcePath=/dl/mags/co/&toc=comp/mags/co/1994/08/r8toc.xml&DOI=10.1109/2.303615
-	http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2002/FiveGenerations.asp
-	http://www.jcmit.com/cpu-performance.htm