Viewpoint: Is there life beyond the microchip?

Abstract

Computing has become the classic example of the philosophy that ‘small is beautiful’ — currently known as the Felicity Kendall syndrome. As the hardware has become smaller so it has, paradoxically, become more powerful; and, more important still, the price has come down in, if anything, an even greater ratio. The progression can be summed‐up — if a certain well‐known company will excuse the plagiarism — by the acronym 3M: mainframe, mini, micro.

Citation

(1985), "Viewpoint: Is there life beyond the microchip?", Education + Training, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 193-206. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017160