Intel recently released details of a new generation “multi-core” chip. One implication of these powerful chips is that they will soon help users bridge the physical world with the virtual world. One possible application is that the chips—in combination with improved voice recognition technology—will allow small mobile devices to accurately and seamlessly record witness testimony in courtroom proceedings. In other words, we will soon be saying good-bye to the courtroom stenographer—provided, that is, the legal community can unlearn its long-held reliance on courtroom stenographers.
