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SOCIAL NETWORKS COMPUTER MEMORY 16 GB
In 2007, fewer than 500 million people GROWTH
around the world used social networking 512 MB 2 GB
sites, such as Facebook. As of 2017, 128 MB 8 GB
this figure has grown to more than 1 KB = 1,024 BYTES
1 MB = 1,024 KB 16 MB 1 GB
2 BILLION. 1 GB = 1,024 MB 256 MB
1 MB 64 MB
64 KB 4 MB
VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT 4 KB 256 KB
COST$ 1 KB 16 KB 1,000,000,000

700,000,000
2015
1980
1970
1975
1985
2000
2005
1995
2010
1990
SUPER 600,000,000
2005–2013
$15,000,000
XBOX 360
500,000,000
2000–2013
$4,000,000
COMPUTER
PLAYSTATION 2
1983–2003 SYSTEM 1990–2003 COST OF DEVELOPING ONE GAME IN US DOLLARS PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE ONLINE IN EACH CONTINENT IN 2015 400,000,000
ENTERTAINMENT
NINTENDO
$50,000
One of the world’s fastest computers, the
Tianhe-2, uses 8,000 kW of electricity when
300,000,000
it is running at full speed. That’s equivalent
$300,000
to 1 million energy-saving 8-watt lightbulbs.
NINTENDO
SUPER
200,000,000
100,000,000
40%
88%
73%
Since the early 1980s, the average NORTH AMERICA EUROPE ASIA 0
cost of developing a video game
has increased by more than
30,000%. LATIN AMERICA AFRICA OCEANIA
73%
56%
29%
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