Deconstructing the Computer: Report of a Symposium - Softcover

National Research Council; Policy And Global Affairs; Board On Science Technology And Economic Policy; Committee On Measuring And Sustaining The New Economy; Committee On Deconstructing The Computer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 030909254X ISBN 13: 9780309092548

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

Starting in the mid 1990s, the United States economy experienced an unprecedented upsurge in economic productivity. Rapid technological change in communications, computing, and information management continue to promise further gains in productivity, a phenomenon often referred to as the New Economy. To better understand this phenomenon, the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) has convened a series of workshops and commissioned papers on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy.

This major workshop, entitled Deconstructing the Computer, brought together leading industrialists and academic researchers to explore the contribution of the different components of computers to improved price-performance and quality of information systems. The objective was to help understand the sources of the remarkable growth of American productivity in the 1990s, the relative contributions of computers and their underlying components, and the evolution and future contributions of the technologies supporting this positive economic performance.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• I Proceedings: Introductory Remarks--Dale W. Jorgenson
• Panel I : Performance Measurement and Current Trends
• Panel II: Computer Hardware and Components
• Panel III: Peripherals: Current Technology Trends
• Panel IV: Peripherals: Current Technology Trends, continued
• Panel V: What Have We Learned and What Does It Mean?
• Concluding Remarks--Dale W. Jorgenson
• II RESEARCH PAPER: Performance Measures for Computers--Jack E. Triplett
• Appendix A Biographies of Speakers
• Appendix B Participants List
• Appendix C Bibliography

About this title

About the Author

Dale W. Jorgenson and Charles W. Wessner, Editors, Committee on Deconstructing the Computer, Committee on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030909254X
• ISBN 13: 9780309092548
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182
• Editor: Wessner Charles W., Jorgenson Dale W.