Implications of large memory systems

[Bruce Barnett]

Another thing to consider about 1 GByte Memory workstations, is that
when the systems have more potential, the creative researcher finds
a way to use that power. They thought 64K was enough. Then 256K was
enough....

	Bitmapped workstations revolutionized the way we work with computers.
Suppose the workstation of the future had:

	Expert systems assiting you in creating new software, tapping
	into the knowledge base of the results of a million person-years of
	software experience.

	Hypertext encyclopedias available via USENET.

	Voice recognition systems, including personaility traits,
	inflections, etc.

	Artificial personalities.

	Real-Time, Real Colour 3D Imaging systems.

When we worked with Punchcards, 64K was a lot.

	Video terminals		640K?

	Bitmapped graphics.	6.4M?

	Expert Systems		64M?

	????			640M?

Give me enough memory, CPU power, tools, and time, and I would come up with
one or two ideas.

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Bruce G. Barnett	<barnett at crdgw1.ge.com>  a.k.a. <barnett@[192.35.44.4]>
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