Beyond Computing: Computers in the Next Fifty Years

Author: Ding Ning (USA), Metcalfe (Editor), Feng Yidong (Translator)
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Features: Will the development of computer science and technology ever come to an end? How long will the Wintel alliance formed by Intel and Microsoft last? What does the opening of the global information superhighway mean? How will the development of computer science and technology unfold in the coming decades? Some progress is entirely predictable, while other progress comes unexpectedly. This book features invitations from ACM's renowned computer educator Ding Ning and Ethernet inventor Metcalfe, who have invited 20 of the world's most influential figures in computer science to comprehensively predict the future direction of computer science and technology over the next half-century.