Hardware and Software Trends
Hardware Trends 1. The emerging mobile digital platform Cell phone, Smartphone • Netbooks and Tablet Computers • E-book Reader an alternative to digital computers. 2. Nanotechnology Creating computer chips and other devices thousands of times smaller through manipulating individual atoms and molecules. Example of Nanotubes: Nanotubes are tiny tubes about 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. They consist of rolled up sheets of carbon hexagons, have potential uses as minuscule wires or in ultra small electronic devices, and are very powerful conductors of electrical current. 3. Cloud Computing • A model of computing in which firms and individuals obtain computing resources over the internet. • In cloud computing, hardware and software capabilities are provided as services over the Internet. Businesses and employees have access to applications and IT infrastructure ...