INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND

TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

LECTURE NO.6
M S . S A R A FA R E E D
TOPIC
S
• T H I R D G E N E R AT I O N
COMPUTER
• F O RT H G E N E R AT I O N
COMPUTER
• F I F T H G E N E R AT I O N C O M P U T E R
 THIRD GENERATION

1. T h e i n t e g r a t e d c i r c u i t s w e r e u s e d i n t h e t h i r d
g e n e r a t i o n o f t h e c o m p u t e r.
2. T r a n s i s t o r s w e r e p l a c e d o n t h e s i l i c o n c h i p s
known as semiconductors which increases the
s p e e d a n d e f f i c i e n c y o f t h e c o m p u t e r d r a s t i c a l l y.
3. I n t h e t h i r d g e n e r a t i o n o f c o m p u t e r u s e r u s e d t h e
keyboards and monitors and interfaced with an
OS (operating system) instead of the punched
cards and printouts.
INTEGRATED
CIRCUIT (IC)
ADVANTAGE
1. M o r e p o r t a b l e
2. C o n s u m e l e s s e n e r g y
3. M a i n t e n a n c e c o s t i s l o
than its predecessor
 DISADVANTAGE

1. A i r c o n d i t i o n i n g w a s r e q u i r e d .
2. T h e h i g h l y s o p h i s t i c a t e d t e c h n o l o g y
required for the manufacturing of
IC chips
 FORTH GENERATION

1. T h e m i c r o p r o c e s s o r b r o u g h t i n t h e
fourth generation of computers.
Thousands of the integrated circuits
were built on the single silicon chip.
2. T h e fourth generation of the
computer became more powerful and
could be linked together to form the
networks which led to internet
development.
MICROPROCESSOR
 ADVANTAGE

• The air conditioner is

not required
• To t a l l y u s e d f o r
general purposes
• Small and compact in
size
• Heat generated is
negligible which is good
• Faster than its
predecessor
 DISADVANTAGE

1. H i g h l y s o p h i s t i c a t e d t e c h n o l o g y i s u s e d f o r
the manufacture of LSI chips.
 FIFTH GENERATION

1. T h e f i f t h g e n e r a t i o n o f t h e c o m p u t e r
is based on artificial intelligence
and still in development.
2. T h e goal of fifth-generation
computing is to develop devices that
respond to natural language input
and are capable of learning and self-
organization.
 FIFTH GENERATION

Some application of 5th generation Computers are:

• Voice Recognition
• Face Recognition
• Quantum Computation
• Molecular technology etc. and many more…
FIFTH
GENERATION
 • ULSI technology
• Development of true
artificial intelligence
• Development of Natural
language processing
• Advancement in Parallel
ADVANTAGE Processing
• Advancement in
Superconductor technology
• More user-friendly
interfaces with multimedia
features
• Av a i l a b i l i t y o f v e r y
powerful and compact
computers at cheaper
rates.
 • The fifth generation computers
will use super large scale
integrated chips.
• They will have artificial
intelligence.

ADVANTAGE • They will be able to recognize

image and graphs.
• Fifth generation computer aims
to be able to solve the highly
complex problem including
decision making, logical
reasoning.
• They will be able to use more
than one CPU for faster
processing speed.
 • Fifth generation computers are
intended to work with natural
language.
• These computers are much
faster than other generation
computers.
• It is easier to repair these
computers.
• These computers are much
ADVANTAGE smaller in size than other
generation computers
• They are portable and easy to
handle.
• Development of true artificial
intelligence.
• Advancement in Parallel
Processing.
• Advancement in Superconductor
technology
 DISADVANTAGE

1. D i s a d v a n t a g e s o f t h e f i f t h g e n e r a t i o n o f t h e
computer have yet to be agreed upon.
2. Ve r y e x p e n s i v e
3. T h e y t e n d to be sophisticated and complex
tools.
4. T h e y c a n g i v e m o r e p o w e r t o c o m p a n i e s t o
watch what you are doing and even allow them
t o i n f e c t y o u r c o m p u t e r.