To get an idea of the progress of computer electronics from 1951 to 2017, let’s make a comparison with automobiles: in 1951, the UNIVAC performed 2,000 operations per second and was the fastest computer around, while one of the fastest cars was the Alfa Romeo 6C. If cars had experienced the same increase in speed that computers have had in computing power, they would now be traveling at 8 million times the speed of light.
