Tsuyosh Yamamoto

Professor of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University

Most Important Technology of the Last 40 Years:

The integrated circuit.

Most Important Technology for the Coming Decade:

Computer-aided design and design automation, and also low-power technologies.

Technology That has Evolved in a Surprising Way:

The Internet and the Web.

"It is clear that we cannot continue to consume more and more energy in our daily lives. And yet our appetite for a rich life will never decline. If we can decrease the power consumption of electronic systems by a factor of 0.5 every 1.5 years (the inverse of Moore's Law!), we will be able to sustain our way of life much longer."