Reminds me of when the 386 microprocessor first came out, some engineering types and I were discussing the parameters and specs as published.
IIRC, it said it too something like 20 amps of +5VDC power just idling.
But someone said it has like 300k transistors!
Then another said, Yeah, but do they all have to be on at the same time???............
The design improvements of the 386 over the 286 was what inspired me to get hired by Intel.
Hard to believe it was that long ago.
LOL...good story.
That one chip would heat your house!
I remember when we wrote program overlays because the programs were too big to fit in the mainframe’s memory. - ex Control Data Corporation programmer here.