A Retrospective and Prospects of the Fifth Generation Computer Project

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1993-09

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Ishikawa, Akira

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IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

Report on the Fifth Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) project undertaken by the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in the period 1982-1992. The Fifth Generation Computer was developed using a framework of parallel processing and inference processing based on logic programming. The project received an investment of ¥54.15 billion ($416.54 million) and employed around 100 young engineers.

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IC2 Institute

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Fifth Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), computer engineering, Japan

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http://hdl.handle.net/2152/46364

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IC² Institute Working Papers