泰德‧霍夫（Ted Hoff）

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• Why IT Doesn't Matter Anymore - HBS Working Knowledge: "In 1968, a young Intel engineer named Ted Hoff found a way to put the circuits necessary for computer processing onto a tiny piece of silicon. His invention of the microprocessor spurred a series of technological breakthroughs—desktop computers, local and wide area networks, enterprise software, and the Internet—that have transformed the business world. Today, no one would dispute that information technology has become the backbone of commerce. It underpins the operations of individual companies, ties together far-flung supply chains, and, increasingly, links businesses to the customers they serve. Hardly a dollar or a euro changes hands anymore without the aid of computer systems." 1968年，英特爾公司（Intel）的年輕工程師泰德‧霍夫（Ted Hoff）找到一種方法，把電腦處理作業需要的電路放進一枚小小的矽片。他的微處理器發明，激起一連串的技術突破，包括桌上型電腦、區域網路（local area networks）和廣域網路（wide area networks）、企業軟體，以及網際網路，商業世界為此改頭換面。如今沒人否認資訊科技已經成為商務的骨幹。它撐起了個別公司的營運活動，結合了既寬且廣的供應鏈，也日益成為企業和顧客之間的橋樑。一美元或者一歐元的轉手，不再不必借助於電腦系統。