Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution In Economics And TechnologyFrom Simon & Schuster, Microcosm is the provocative national bestseller by the author of Wealth and Poverty. George Gilder's Microcosm is the crystal ball of the next technological era. Leading scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs provide vivid accounts of the latest inventions, revealing how the new international balance of power really lies in information technology. |
Contents
Preface | 11 |
THE OVERTHROW OF MATTER | 15 |
The Message from the Microcosm | 17 |
The Prophet | 32 |
Wires and Switches | 46 |
THE TECHNOLOGY OF MIND | 59 |
The Silicon Imperative | 61 |
The Monolithic Idea | 73 |
Competing Visions | 208 |
The New Balance of Power | 220 |
THE IMPERIAL COMPUTER | 233 |
Patterns and Analogies | 235 |
Analog People | 247 |
The Age of Intelligent Machines | 262 |
The IBM Machine | 280 |
The Neural Computer | 290 |
Flight Capital | 82 |
Intel Memories | 91 |
Intel Minds | 101 |
The Curve of Declining Entropy | 113 |
Japans Microcosm | 127 |
The CMOS Slip | 139 |
Mountain of Memories | 150 |
THE TRANSFORMATION OF CAPITAL | 163 |
Meads Theory | 165 |
From Boltzmann to Conway | 180 |
The Silicon Compiler | 193 |
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