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Silicon Evolution: Processing Units from 1990 to 2040

Silicon has evolved from one general-purpose CPU to a whole family of specialized and reconfigurable processors powering modern computing. 1990s 💾 – Classic CPUs (486/Pentium), early DSPs, and the first FPGAs start the reconfigurable era. 2000s 🎮 – GPUs explode for graphics, multi-core CPUs arrive, and early commercial reconfigurable systems appear. 2010s ⚡ – Multi-core dominates with Sandy Bridge and Zen, plus powerful DSPs inside mobile SoCs. 2020s 🤖 – AI accelerators like TPUs, NPUs, Apple M‑series, and Versal FPGAs drive modern workloads. 2030s 🧠 – Neuromorphic chips, scalable QPUs, and reconfigurable photonics blur the line between brain-like and quantum computing. 2040s–2050 🌈 – Highly adaptive optical, photonic, and quantum processors form fully reconfigurable compute fabrics. Analogy 🧰: We move from a single sturdy desk (CPU) to a studio full of specialized stations (GPU, DSP), and finally to a modular lab that rearranges itself on demand (FPGAs, neuromorphic, quantum).