The number of transistors in the world today

audiodef

"There are more transistors in the world today than the leaves on all the trees in all the world."

I didn't catch the name of who said that. It was a guest on PRI's Innovation Hub. I just thought some of you would find that quote interesting. Smile

gabbagabi · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:15 am Post subject:

sadly the one thing what comes to my mind is:
even if we would have 100 times more transistors like we already have collected now, it wouldnt help much, the human race will stay the same stupid bunch like ever...

genderwise i would like to know if the are more NPN or PNP outta

cheärz
gaga

Smile

audiodef · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:33 am Post subject:

The guest was there to discuss precision and engineering - how important it is and how much we take it for granted today. He prefaced that statement with describing how small transistors are and how many can fit on an area the size of his pinky fingernail, then compared it to an equivalent device in the 40's that would have been the size of his fist.

Grumble · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:04 pm Post subject:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count

PHOBoS · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:21 pm Post subject:

interesting overview grumble,. thats a bit more than I was expecting Shocked

Grumble · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:34 pm Post subject:

50.000.000.000 on a chip of 8cm2 😳