In this post, I want to capture, what I think the tech scene will look like in 5 years.

1. ARM processors

ARM is already a very wide used architecture. It is used in nearly all smartphones, IoT devices and even calculators. With Apple switching their Macs to a custom built ARM chip, they are setting a trend for the last space x86 is still dominant. In my opinion, ARM chips will take over the desktop and laptops. Maybe we will see a rise of new producer companies, maybe Intel and AMD will switch their products, but I’m pretty sure that ARM will take over.

2. Elon Musk

Elon Musk owns major companies in the automobile and space industry. This year, he wanted to buy Twitter for some time but changed his mind. I think, he is not going to give up and will have bought or founded a major company in the IT space by 2027.

3. Laptops

We can already see the trend today: tablets and flexible notebooks with a touch screen are becoming more and more popular. I am sure that this will go on and almost all laptops will be replaced by tablets or similar devices in the next 5 years.

4. Fuchsia OS

Google has been working on an own operating system for a while already. It will be called Fuchsia and should run on all kinds of devices, from IoT to servers. We will see first devices with Fuchsia entering the market and Google publicly presenting their OS in the next 5 years.

5. Even more “Smart” and “Cloud”

The smart things era started already: IoT devices, like smart watches, smart lamps, smart refrigerators became mainstream in the last couple of years. Although I personally don’t like this developments (maybe I’ll write a more elaborated post on this in the future), I assume, that nearly everything will be hooked up to the internet in five years: from big household appliances like washing machines to smallest items like clothes.