On the one hand, it's fascinating to see how (overly) complicated the process of printing used to be. On the other hand, it looks much simpler now because we gl

On the one hand, it's fascinating to see how (overly) complicated the process of printing used to be. On the other hand, it looks much simpler now because we gloss over all the complexity in the silicon. Back then there were thousands of components, today there are billions and they all operate at millions or billions of actions per second. But it all happens inside tiny little packages about the size of a sugar cube.