Deconstructing the Computer : Report of a Symposium / Dale W. Jorgenson and Charles W. Wessner, editors ; Committee on Deconstructing the Computer, Committee on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jorgenson, Dale W. (Dale Weldeau), 1933-

Wessner, Charles W.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Economic aspects--United States--Congresses.

Information technology.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States--Congresses.

Technological innovations.

Semiconductor industry--United States--Congresses.

Semiconductor industry.

United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001--Congresses.

United States.

United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

At head of title: Measuring and sustaining the new economy

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Contents

Preface

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

II RESEARCH PAPER

Performance Measures for Computers

Jack E. Triplett

III APPENDIXES

Appendix A Biographies of Speakers

Appendix B Participants List

Appendix C Bibliography.

Notes:

This report is the second in a series designed to improve our understanding of the technological and economic trends underlying the growth and productivity increases that have created what many refer to as the New Economy. The previous report was Productivity and Cyclicality in Semiconductor Industry--Preface (p. xiii, xvi).

This symposium on Deconstructing the Computer was held on February 28, 2003, at the National Academies in Washington, D.C., focusing on metrics currently used in measuring computer performance and the sources of productivity growth in computers, examining current trends in hardware, components, and peripherals--Preface (p. xvii).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-164).

ISBN:

0-309-18136-4

1-280-26271-0

9786610262717

0-309-53320-1

OCLC:

70759622