For the first time, a microprocessor has achieved the computing power of the entire human race combined. It’s the Intel 486 DX, which reaches 60 MIPS. The world’s population is 5.5 billion, with a combined computing power of about 60 MIPS. In 1994, Intel’s new 70 MIPS processors leave humanity in the dust… In the second decade of the 21st century, a mid-range smartphone has 70 times the computing power of the entire world population. And there are tons of these smartphones.
