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Technology Innovation in the New Era
Pages 105-110

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From page 107...
... I've seen some amazing things over the course of my career at IBM. I've seen an improvement of more than six orders of magnitude in fundamental information technologies semiconductors, storage technologies, and communications technologies in size, speed, density, capacity, and price/performance.
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From page 108...
... The processor takes input, performs mathematical functions, uses some memory and logic, and produces some form of output. Certainly, we've added storage to the mix, we can display output much more graphically, and we've sped up or increased the capacity of the fundamental components of the centralized computing machine.
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From page 109...
... Traditional disciplines are being complemented by new ones, such as mathematical engineering, people skilled in mathematical techniques who use them the way engineers use a set of tools, not to prove a theory, but as techniques to achieve big results. We can now run a broad set of specifications and a broad range of scenarios to improve the design of just about anything.
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From page 110...
... More of us need to be involved in organizations like National Engineers Week and NACME (National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering)
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