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E.g. the Apple Watch is more powerful than all the computers that sent Apollo 11 to the moon.
by alberth 4y ago
E.g. the Apple Watch is more powerful than all the computers that sent Apollo 11 to the moon.
- selectodude 4y agoI'm pretty sure the Apple Watch has more computing power than desktop computers from 15 years ago.
- nomel 4y agoI tried to look up these numbers, but, understandably, I'm having trouble finding Apple Watch benchmarks. It looks like first gen Apple Watch (2016) had around 3GF [1], where P4 had around 12GF, so stretch that 15 to 20, and it could be in a reasonable ballpark. 1. https://www.mouser.com/blog/stunning-increases-in-processing-explained-for-normal-humans https://www.mouser.com/blog/stunning-increases-in-processing...
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- liamwire 4y agoIn that example, we may as well compare a thermonuclear weapon to a conventional one—the scales are gargantuan. In my opinion a more apt comparison might be the TI-84 calculator, which was ~350x faster than the computers used in Apollo.