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For scale, the 8086 had 29,000 transistors.
by jedisct1 3y ago
For scale, the 8086 had 29,000 transistors.
- grumpyprole 3y agoMy first CPU, the 6502, also used in the Apple II, had approx 4500 transistors!
- nerpderp82 3y agoThat isn't really a good example of transistors well spent. You can do 32 bit RISCV or MIPS cpu in the same process node that is 2-6x faster than that 8086 using the same number of transistors.
- mannyv 3y agoThe human brain has 0 transistors!