The Apollo Guidance Computer was a 16 bit computer operating at 2 MHz in 1966, costing $200,000 per unit. It was made out of many individual ICs, based on fab l

The Apollo Guidance Computer was a 16 bit computer operating at 2 MHz in 1966, costing $200,000 per unit. It was made out of many individual ICs, based on fab limitations at the time. A single IC today with the same functionality costs under $2 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/renesas-electronics-america-inc/R5F1006DASP-30/10060949 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/renesas-electroni... That's 5 orders of magnitude in cost over 56 years, with the only "paradigm shift" being "we can now fit the whole functionality on 1 IC".