Also a transistor is essentially a tiny on/off switch. Just as all internal combustion engines go 'bang' on the inside. But as JayUtah said there IS a world of difference between a modern engine and one from 100 years ago.

Transitors get smaller, we push the limits of design and manufacturing and eventually we create integrated circuits. People decide to see what these things can, design their own, and what do you know the VIC-20 comes out. (Just an example) Other people see the success, design their own chips, and the market does the rest. Nothing odd about that.

If we went from vacuum tubes to 32-core 128-bit cpus in one year then yes, odd. But that didn't happen.

Do you know why you can't identify what is under your hood? Its because you don't understand modern engines. At least *learn* about them, their history, the changes in emissions requirements and so on that has led to what you see under there now.

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