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Originally Posted by JA
Hmmmmmm Alex?
The best answer to that question might be to think of people you know with a computer of any type. Going back to the 1970s their processors were made up of tens of thousands of transistors. Now with further miniaturisation we are in to the many billions of transistors per computer CPU. And then there's phones. Anyway - not many folks have that many chopsticks at home 
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Mmmmmm JA
I each day the people in China go through a fair few and this has gone in for some considerable time maybe a century or two or even thousands of years. Now I have not verified this but I suspect it hints at the truth...
Residents of the People's Republic of China produce 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks each year, or 130 million pairs each day, according to Los Angeles Times, which reported on the story earlier this week.20 Aug 2010
BUT THEN I FOUND THIS
Global production of transistors has surpassed 20 trillion per second—hundreds of quintillions per year. Transistors are the primary building blocks of modern electronic devices: computers, smartphones, TVs, radios, and other devices.4 Apr 2017
I call for a recount
Alex