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A small CPU in 1974 cost $360. A functionally similar CPU today costs $0.03. Whereas a pound of copper went from $0.89 to $3.91 in the same time. Transformer
by londons_explore 3y ago
A small CPU in 1974 cost $360. A functionally similar CPU today costs $0.03.
Whereas a pound of copper went from $0.89 to $3.91 in the same time.
Transformers of equal wattage cost more today than they did in 1974. Power electronics cost substantially less.
I don't see this trend reversing.