Exponential Cascade:From Leading Edge to Consumer Electronics

1985

Cray X-MP

Cost:$8,000,000

60,000 watts of power

No Built in Graphics

56 kbps NSFnet Backbone

1997 Nintendo 64

Cost: $149

5 watts of power

Interactive 3D Graphics

64 kbps ISDN to Home

Source: Silicon Graphics, 1997

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