Fifth Generation Computers

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the release phase of it’s new Pentium III-800MHz processor. Glenn Henry is
quoted to say “Megahertz is all people care about” and this is too true. Sys Technology recently came out with what they claim as the “fastest commercially available PC”. This computer runs at an astonishing 1000 Mhz or 1 Ghz. This computer is appropriately named the Cold-Fusion 1000 due to the KryoTech refrigeration unit that runs coolant through a pipe over the CPU to keep it at a cool -40 degrees Celsius. This computer is made for graphics creators and “ultra serious gamers”. This super computer will be available at the end of November for a steep price of $4299 American. Even as we speak, a new form opf processor is coming out that uses an Itanium chip made by Intel. But
don’t expect it anytime soon, “Itanium won’t be relevant for PC’s until 2003 at the earliest, more likely 2005.”
The next major improvement is the memory of a computer. This includes the hard drive and the RAM. During the same ...

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the Digital Wallet. This device can hold from 4 gigabytes to 8. This device is much like the zip and jazz drive due to its fast processor and portable capabilities. These products are becoming much more popular and may one day take over the whole hard drive market. Also, included in this category are CD’s and floppy disks. In the beginning, there were 5.25 inch floppy disks,
which were so big, they actually were floppy. These disks could hold very little memory. Next came along the 3.5 inch disks. These could hold around double the amount of information or 1.3 megabytes worth. These disks are still in production and one of the main tools used for transferring information. ...

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