ever, many of the latest developments have been much more gradual and are harder to point out. Some changes worth noting deal with the use of parallel computing. There has been lots of competition between parallel systems and vector processors, with parallels having the upper had. Nonetheless, corporations, such as FUJITSU, are designing systems with large quantity high-end vector processors. The recently introduced a processor with 200 high-end vectors. Other developments include teraflops (1012 arithmetic operations per second) obtained by systems with a thousand processors or more in them. Workstations have also drastically improved. Their processors are designed now with a combination of RICS, pipelining, and parallel processing. They sell for approximately $30,000 and have the same overall computing power (100 Megaflops) as fourth generation supercomputers.The technical advancements achieved among the computer industry have drastically changed many lifestyles. Every day people can now easily purchase and use computers. Computers are practically everywhere. Society depends on computers everyday, and thanks to the computer evolution, day-to-day task are becoming easier and less time consuming. Students no longer have to go to the library to research for a paper; they have extensive information available to them right at home with the click of a button. Technology and its advancements have assisted us in so many fields: medicine, education, military, business and even entertainment. To think back to the first computer created over 2000 years ago, and realize how it has shaped our lives is an astonishing accomplishment. Americans rely so critically on computers for almost everything. There are many electronic devices related to the computer that we use each day, and we never think about how they work. Thank goodness for all of those so called “computer geeks,” if it weren’t for them, I may not have be...
