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“I think 64-bit computing fits in with the projections we’ve been making. We forecast that the major applications of the Internet, B2B, broadband, wireless - those things will enter the mainstream, and by that I mean 30 percent penetration levels, around the second half of this decade. And we think it probably will be based upon a more intelligent interface involving some speech recognition, and that I think fits in with the use of the 64-bit processor.”


Quote #1
"We think the next big application that will use all of the emerging IT power is going to be the second coming of the Internet. Our forecasts show that broadband, wireless, B2B, e-tailing, distance learning, etc. are likely to reach mainstream adoption levels of 30% by about 2005-7. We also think that two technological breakthroughs will make this possible: speech recognition and flat wall monitors. These developments will usher in a new computer interface, a transition from the dumb interface of the keyboard to a more intelligent, comfortable system in which people just talk to the machine, interacting with life-size, full motion images. It is this next generation of the Internet that will harness the computing power of the 64-bit microprocessor."


Quote #2
"It seems to me that if the IT industry wants to do something about facilitating this new wave of computation and communication, they should foster AI (artificial intelligence), possibly through an industry consortium intended to get AI research moving faster. AI is the scientific basis for the new computer operating system that we're hoping to emerge in about five years."

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