Fun with maths: The Moto MC68000 CPU in the original Mac had 68k transistors. Apple sold 372k units in 1984. 68k x 372k=25.3bn The A12X SoC in an iPad Pro has 10bn transistors. So, if you’re inclined to really unfair comparisons: 3 iPads => all Macs sold in the first year
Replying to @benedictevans
Benedict, brilliant sir. We can also fit ~68,000 of the Motorola 68000 chips on a single 14nm fab process die. When Moore’s Law moves 5nm dies we may actually get closer to ~512,000 Motorola 68000s on a die. It will be more powerful than all the computers combined up to 1994.
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