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Fast-forward — comparing a 1980s supercomputer to the modern smartphone (agc evolution smartphones supercomputers performance) (adobe.com | ia)
4 points by bmonkey325 423 days ago | 2 comments
  • qingcharles 422 days ago
    I played this game once when I bought the newest Intel CPU in 2013. I think I worked out it was faster than some DARPA mainframe which was the #1 supercomputer in 1990 and cost $90m and took up an entire building.

    If you took it back to something like 1983 it was faster than every computer on the planet combined, IIRC.

  • bmonkey325 423 days ago
    Computing as expressed in terms of Apollo guidance computing units.

    One thing I am always surprised by. In modern life, raspberry pi is viewed as slow, but handles emulating retro systems with no problems ( mostly ). But still prefer the OG kit whenever possible.

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