Computer Technology Introduction Performance improvements: Improvements in semiconductor technology Feature size,clock speed Improvements in computer architectures Enabled by HLL compilers,UNIX Lead to RISC architectures Together have enabled: Lightweight computers Productivity-based managed/interpreted programming languagesComputer Technology Performance improvements: • Improvements in semiconductor technology • Feature size, clock speed • Improvements in computer architectures • Enabled by HLL compilers, UNIX • Lead to RISC architectures • Together have enabled: • Lightweight computers • Productivity-based managed/interpreted programming languages Introduction