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 • 11 months ago

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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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John Mashey wrote about this nearly 30 years ago. This Usenet thread is worth a read.

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