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Japanese FGCS

Era: AI Winter · 1970s–1990s

Japan announced the Fifth Generation Computer Project (FGCS) at a JIPDEC / MITI conference in October 1981, a 10-year national initiative to develop computers capable of logical reasoning and knowledge processing. The project was formally launched with the founding of ICOT (Institute for New Generation Computer Technology) in April 1982.

Japanese MITI

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  1. Fifth Generation Computer Systems project

    Information Processing Society of Japan Computer Museum · Source type: institutional-archive

    Institutional history documents the project’s 1982 start, goals, and eleven-year duration.

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