Computers of tomorrow

Abstract

An overview is given of the development of computer architecture. The approaches that provide more computational power without changing the well-known hardware technology of silicon-based chips by developing new computer architectures are shown. Multiprocessors, dispersed networks, local networks, data-flow systems, and highly parallel systems are discussed. Their impact on chemistry and theoretical chemistry is expected to be enormous, especially in the area of non-numerical aspects of computing, far surpassing the present achievements.