The Future of ComputersComputers of the future are expected to be smaller, faster and smarter. For the past 20 years, CPU performance has doubled approximately every 18 months. The PC will maintain this pace for the next 10 years – a nearly 100x improvement in that time. Hard drive storage capacities will continue to expand, currently growing at a rate of approximately 60% per year. Intel's Pentium II had only 7.5 million transistors. Within a few years, Intel processors are expected to contain 50 to 100 million transistors. In 5 years computers will have a memory capacity 16 times greater than today. "A big challenge is the time it takes for the processor to access the memory. [One solution is that] the processor could be on the same chip as the memory. Every time you buy memory, you get a processor." input will become a reality, but may not be widely used in offices due to privacy and environmental issues. Bill Gates predicts that within ten years "every computer will have speech and linguistics built in. Instead of typing or clicking, you'll tell your PC to launch this application or print that document. In the office, your email is just as likely whether it's a video clip. At home it probably means your PC takes control of the lights, temperature and appliances, the software will look for conflicts, make sure the drivers are up to date, when a fix is ​​needed, ask if you want to go online and get a patch. Later, it will look for the medicine it needs without your intervention. Even later, the software will monitor what you are doing and intervene when you have problems ; writing, speech, visual recognition Up to 90 percent of the operating system code will be devoted to these new features, predictable hardware improvements software advances have been a signature of the personal computer industry, this is simply supply and demand. Technologies that will change the world Disposable digital cards, inspired by the success of prepaid phone cards. Websites will be ready to accept prepaid cards. Many free items on the Internet, such as downloads and plug-ins, can be priced at $1 or $2.