EDITOR ' S FOREWORD Is the race for fastest over ? Or just getting started ?
Technology – in all its forms – has always prized speed . But new race dynamics have come into play
“ The race to adopt has overtaken the need for processing speed ”
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5G will be the fastest adopted mobile standard in history . That ’ s according to Ericsson ’ s mobile research group , which produces regular ( and , actually , excellent ) reports for the progress of mobile technologies .
But that ’ s not really the story here . By and large , new iterations of technology should be adopted faster than the previous ones ; I expect more Pentium-powered computers were sold in the first week than i386s were ever manufactured . The story is that the race to adopt , say , 5G has significant geo-industrial ramifications . Northern Asia is leading the pack for 5G , says the report , with Europe lagging behind other industrialised zones .
Technology hasn ’ t stopped worshipping speed , but the definition of speed is changing . As connection and processing speeds become ample for a large sample of businesses , the competitive edge becomes adoption . Digital transformations aren ’ t happening because it ’ s a fad . It ’ s just that putting an adoption driver ( CTO Verstappen ) in your racing car is the fastest route to being , well , fast .
The definition of what it means to be fast may be shifting . But when it comes to competition , the brakes are still off .
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