Another objective of this conference is to offer an opportunity for researchers to present the results of advanced research related to
fifth-generation computer systems and to exchange ideas.
Its budget dwarfs those of the two other major American collaborations in
fifth-generation computer research--the privately sponsored Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation and the state-funded Microelectronics Center of North Carolina--which are geared to commercial development and receive no Federal Funds.
Therefore, very little was produced for final
fifth-generation computer systems based on PIM.