On 10/16/07, Bakul Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > a simple question: how many microrprocessors are there in the world? > > Dead or alive? In use or ever made?
If I were counting, I'd be thinking still in existence, but not necessarily in use. So, that magic line from 1955 to the present, some reasonable portion under the curve. I think the MMU is the interesting limiter. Normally I would have done something like: % of cell phones + % of cell phone users with a DVD player + % of cell phone users with a computer + % of cell phone users with a digital cable or satellite receiver + most of the trash + some fudge factor Though, if you could calculate the average number of microprocessors per person by nation (or by their nation's GDP, or some other easy extrapolation). -Jack
