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Subject: Re: [9fans] I appear to have stumped the brains at chacha.com
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:15:24 -0700
From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
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> a simple question: how many microrprocessors are there in the world?
> 
> Let's restrict to 32 bits +mmu

assuming you mean real not virtual processors.

World population is 6.5B.  Optimistically 25% can afford any
electronics with 32bit processors (i.e.  percentage not preoccupied
solely with survival and bare necessities).  Roughly 1.6B. Some have
many (pc, laptop, pda, camera, mobiles); if on the average each person
has 2 - including those collecting dust in the closet - that's 3.2B.
It jibes with the estimated total number of mobile subscribers
(about 2.6B) worldwide.

wouldn't manufacturers keep track of unit production?