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Technology@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs

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Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs

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Technology@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

We went from 8-bit, to 16-bit, to 32-bit, and ended things at 64-bit. Here's why 128-bit CPUs don't exist.

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Not to mention most “8-bit” CPUs had a 16 bit address bus.
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  Yes, because 256 memory locations is a bit limiting.

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