[leonheld]

If we're talking numbers, there are many, many more embedded systems than general purpose computers. And these are mostly built on ancient process nodes compared to the cutting edge we have today; the shiny octa-cores on our phones are supported by a myriad of ancilliary chips that are definitely not cutting edge.

[ngangaga]

We aren't talking numbers, though. Who cares about embedded? I mean that literally. This is computation invisible by design. If that were sufficient we wouldn't have smartphones.

[rescbr]

In a way, and for a long time, smartphones were/are defined as embedded devices.

I still don't see how one can classify a smartphone as a general-purpose computing device, even though they have enough computing power as a laptop.