<P> The Fifth Generation Computer Systems ( Present and Beyond ) ( FGCS ) was an initiative by Japan 's Ministry of International Trade and Industry , begun in 1982 , to create a computer using massively parallel computing / processing . It was to be the result of a massive government / industry research project in Japan during the 1980s . It aimed to create an `` epoch - making computer '' with supercomputer - like performance and to provide a platform for future developments in artificial intelligence . There was also an unrelated Russian project also named as a fifth - generation computer ( see Kronos ( computer ) ) . </P>
<P> The Fifth Generation Computer Systems ( Present and Beyond ) ( FGCS ) was an initiative by Japan 's Ministry of International Trade and Industry , begun in 1982 , to create a computer using massively parallel computing / processing . It was to be the result of a massive government / industry research project in Japan during the 1980s . It aimed to create an `` epoch - making computer '' with supercomputer - like performance and to provide a platform for future developments in artificial intelligence . There was also an unrelated Russian project also named as a fifth - generation computer ( see Kronos ( computer ) ) . </P>
when was the fifth generation of computers invented
when was the fifth generation of computers invented
1982
1982