There is a striking parallel between this and American cars in the 50's and 60's, when the focus powertrain-wise was simply to get as much power out of an engin

There is a striking parallel between this and American cars in the 50's and 60's, when the focus powertrain-wise was simply to get as much power out of an engine at the least possible cost, efficiency be damned. So mobile devices are sort of the Arab Oil Embargo of computing.