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Traditionally, the stages in computer development have been determined by advances in the technology of the inner components of the machines. The first generation relied on vacuum tubes, the second on transistors, the third on integrated circuits and the fourth, just emerging, relies on very-large-scale integrated circuits (VLSI), with chips so compact they must be designed by another computer. The fifth generation will arrange large numbers of VLSI chips in parallel, clearing the way for dramatic breakthroughs in speed and power. More important, these computers will use their new potency not only to process mathematical data, like most...