Apparently this are 1,000 ec2 instances not real servers. This changes a lot of things. Btw how is it possible that 10 or 20 years ago using megaflops or MIPS

Apparently this are 1,000 ec2 instances not real servers. This changes a lot of things. Btw how is it possible that 10 or 20 years ago using megaflops or MIPS (or other sane measures of computer power) was normal and now we are here talking about "servers"? :) Edit: I'm searching around the internet if there is some new general measure of computer power that is able to reflect the real-world performance in non scientific applications. No luck so far.