# Imagine Julia running on this
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378
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**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378 "2021-05-18T17:08:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mindaslab](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mindaslab)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378/1 "2021-05-18T17:08:42Z")
Imagine Julia running on this [https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/mega-chip-packs-transistors-cores-one-huge-piece-of-silicon/](https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/mega-chip-packs-transistors-cores-one-huge-piece-of-silicon/)
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNd94_XaVlY)
I hope one day it will. The reason is, as competition increases, this computer which costs millions will come down to 100’s of thousands, then few thousand dollars and can be afforded by individuals. If Julia runs on it, may be we can have present super computer power on our Desktop in say next 10 years. This will open up whole new possibility that is impossible for individuals now.
Exciting!
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### Author:  [@mbaz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbaz)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378/2 "2021-05-18T17:45:13Z")
Well, my first computer was a Commodore 64. I’m living your dream right now!
(Actually, my first computer was a [Casio PB-110](https://www.rskey.org/pb110), but it was too puny even for its day).
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### Author:  [@NiclasMattsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NiclasMattsson)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378/3 "2021-05-18T18:57:24Z")
This is my favorite anecdote about the astonishing advances of computer hardware (unfortunately I don’t remember the source, possibly a lecture or TED talk or similar). The person on stage claims:
“I have more computing power in my pocket than the Apollo 11 moon lander… and I don’t mean my cell phone, but the key fob to my car.”
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### Author:  [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378/4 "2021-05-18T19:06:12Z")
> [@NiclasMattsson](#):
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> “I have more computing power in my pocket than the Apollo 11 moon lander… and I don’t mean my cell phone, but the key fob to my car.”
Hardware capabilities are listed in the infobox on the right:
> **[Apollo Guidance Computer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer)**
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> The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a digital computer produced for the Apollo program that was installed on board each Apollo command module (CM) and Apollo Lunar Module (LM). The AGC provided computation and electronic interfaces for guidance, navigation, and control of the spacecraft. The AGC was the first computer based on silicon integrated circuits. The computer's performance was comparable to the first generation of home computers from the late 1970s, such as the Apple II, TRS-80, an Th...
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### Author:  [@MatFi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MatFi)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378/5 "2021-05-18T20:15:12Z")
Oh please use it for playing Pong!
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### Author:  [@fbanning](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fbanning)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378/6 "2021-05-19T13:14:29Z")
> [@mindaslab](#):
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> may be we can have present super computer power on our Desktop in say next 10 years
While this is all fine and dandy, the real question remains: Will it run Doom?
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### Author:  [@Paulo\_Jabardo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Paulo_Jabardo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378/7 "2021-05-20T19:00:41Z")
It sounds nice but unfortunately this reminds me of a laserdisc…