Gates: Nature is the most important innovation in the PC industry over the past 30 years

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time of August 13, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said in a recent media interview that the most important industry innovation in the 30 years of PC birth is the evolution of nature, including GUI (graphical user interface), speech recognition, gesture and touch interface. While many in the industry believe the PC was invented and promoted by Apple's Steve Jobs and Wozniak (Steve Wozniak). But Microsoft has made the Windows operating system synonymous with PCs.　　Thanks to improved microprocessor performance, the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows have pushed the GUI into the mainstream. "Moore's law makes it possible to do something extraordinary," Gates said. In the software world, I think that all forms of natural user interface are equally important. Although it has become accustomed to, but the GUI is a huge breakthrough, greatly reducing the use of computer difficult, so that almost all people can use. Today, we see that speech recognition and speech synthesis technologies are moving into the mainstream. Touch screens for mobile phones, tablets and PCs have also opened up a new application world. We've opened up the tip of the new interface with products such as Kinect, which combines facial recognition with gestures and voice control. Gates also said that the areas of communication, collaboration and efficiency have made good progress, and that new forms of entertainment, such as social networking, are emerging, but all are benefiting from PCs.　　But he acknowledges that the impact of technology on education remains inadequate. The question now is how the PC will evolve. The era of desktops is clearly over, and the trend is accelerating in October 2008, when notebook sales began to overtake desktops. Mobile devices such as smartphones are booming.　　Gates believes that computing equipment has become the Internet access channel, and will continue to play this role. Speaking of future trends, Gates said: "The next 30 years will be as wonderful as the last 30 years." It's just the beginning. "(Ding Macro)