I've been learning about advances in computing power lately.  And Moore's Law states that the number of transistors that can fit in an intergrated circuit will double every two years.  From where we started with original computing to where we are today, we have defintely advanced.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/24/asml-the-biggest-company-in-europe-youve-probably-never-heard-of.html

 

Transistors Explained - How Transistors Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4oO7PT_nzQ

Bubbles Whiting - Using Punch Cards - Hollerith and IBM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7jAOcc9kBU

1889 

Herman Hollerith Census Machine by TMC which became IBM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXjLW7v-II

 

Scratch Built Punchcard Reader [How they operate]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DFo0BaDXOc

 

1840's blue prints built with today's tooling: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0anIyVGeWOI

 

Hand Made Vacuum Tubes by Claude Paillard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzyXMEpq4qw

 

Vacuum Tube Computer P.22 – Processor Finished!

(Current Processors are 64 bit, this is a 1 bit processor):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9oB-6963DU

 

For Size Comparison of the above "processor:"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPA8dHtf_6M

 

Vacuum Tube Computer P.26 – Memory Map and 4-Bits of RAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViUaaX6UsCU

 

Homemade Lithography Machine and Home Chip Printing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxz_ENnmgtI

 

IBM and the Holocaust:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48838.IBM_and_the_Holocaust

 

Chip War:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60321447-chip-war

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