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GReedDiamond

(5,312 posts) Sat May 20, 2023, 01:59 AM May 2023

Stand Back AI...we are...

...THE TRANSISTOR!!

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Stand Back AI...we are... (Original Post) GReedDiamond May 2023 OP

Neat, neat, neat!! Thanks for providing. I've enjoyed this even though I've seen it before. It's SWBTATTReg May 2023 #1

Thanks SWBTATTReg, I 'preciate it...nt GReedDiamond May 2023 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author lapfog_1 May 2023 #2

70 years later lapfog_1 May 2023 #3

Amazing!!!... GReedDiamond May 2023 #5

I always like to make this comparison: Axelrods_Typewriter May 2023 #6

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)

1. Neat, neat, neat!! Thanks for providing. I've enjoyed this even though I've seen it before. It's

Reply to GReedDiamond (Original post)

Sat May 20, 2023, 02:14 AM

May 2023

always neat to wander in and out of history little snapshots as you so kindly provided us. I watched every bit of it too! Ha ha heh....

GReedDiamond

(5,312 posts)

4. Thanks SWBTATTReg, I 'preciate it...nt

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #1)

Sat May 20, 2023, 02:51 AM

May 2023

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lapfog_1 This message was self-deleted by its author.

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)

3. 70 years later

Reply to GReedDiamond (Original post)

Sat May 20, 2023, 02:20 AM

May 2023

80 Billion transistors on a chip about the size of a couple of postage stamps.

GReedDiamond

(5,312 posts)

5. Amazing!!!...

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Sat May 20, 2023, 02:54 AM

May 2023

...but OBSOLETE!!!

heh heh

Axelrods_Typewriter

(297 posts)

6. I always like to make this comparison:

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Sat May 20, 2023, 12:55 PM

May 2023

1956: The IBM 305 RAMAC disk drive. Weighs about a ton, was frequently transported using cargo planes. It held about 5 MB of data:

Today: The microsd card. Weighs a few grams, about the size of a fingernail, can be transported in your pocket. This particular example holds 1 TB of data, about 209,700 times that of the IBM 305.

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