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jedisct1
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Apple Introduces M2 Ultra
For scale, the 8086 had 29,000 transistors.
grumpyprole
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My first CPU, the 6502, also used in the Apple II, had approx 4500 transistors!
mannyv
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The human brain has 0 transistors!
nerpderp82
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That 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.
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