Buzzed Boomers will remember listening to music on their very own transistor radios. Often made in Japan, they were relatively inexpensive. Our first transistor radio had four transistors in it. Four. Those transistors and battery power allowed for a big leap in portability over tube radios.
Now hardware-maker Nvidia announces a processor unit with 77 billion transistors, meant to unify nearly all computer-controlled automation in self-driving vehicles. 77 billion?! Did someone count them?
– Jet Cannon
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