Changes in computes affect different parts of the knowledge management industry to different degrees. Understanding the value of applying computing power to different jobs in knowledge management will help planners project the rate of change in each part of knowledge management. Computers can contribute directly to the availability and locatability of information. Computers can contribute indirectly to the quality of information by freeing knowledge workers from mechanical tasks so that the knowledge workers can concentrate on managing the quality of the information being made available. Computer technology should continue to contribute to rapid changes in knowledge management for a very long time to come.
Many physical systems have a limit to continuous growth.
For example, in the United States, the number of persons using the Internet can only double one more time because one more doubling will bring the usage of the Internet to 100 percent of the population. The number of transistors manufactured is more than doubling each year at the present time. In 2000 manufacturers are expected to ship 150 million PCs and 8 billion embedded microprocessors. If the checkerboard had 4 squares on each side instead of 8, the checkerboard would have a total of 16 squares instead of a total of 64 squares. Deerfield is a low cost version of Madison.