Fifth Generation Computers

Fifth Generation Computers Scott Martino Ever since computers first came into production, they have been evolving. The Commodore 64 and Apple computers have dominated the very first computer market. Today, there are many companies in the computer industry fighting for technology supremacy. And since the beginning, every new generation of computers has dominatedover the old ones. When they first came out, each jump in technology took awhile, but nowadays, the technology changes daily. Fifth generation computers …

…a life span just as living things. Gerald Holzhammer compares today’s computers to a tree, and says that people must “prune 20 years of legacy”5 so it can grow and prosper. Someday, the fifth generation of computers will be out of date and a new generation will be coming in to take it’s place. It is a continuous cycle, where the new always dominates over the old and it will not stop for anything.