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jwr1 to Technology@lemmy.world • 11 months 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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jwr1 to 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.
  • @hades@lemm.ee
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    114•11 months ago

    We used to drive bicycles when we were children. Then we started driving cars. Bicycles have two wheels, cars have four. Eight wheels seems to be the logical next step, why don’t we drive eight-wheel vehicles?

    • @TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz
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      92•11 months ago

      Lobbying by the auto corporations obviously. More wheels is more better

      • @CptEnder@lemmy.world
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        2•11 months ago

        So VM? Actually makes sense.

      • @VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1•11 months ago

        Huh, I’ve been in that train. Sudden, random hit of Nostalgia.

    • @kayazere@feddit.nl
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      58•11 months ago

      Funny how we are moving back to bicycles, as cars aren’t scalable solution.

      • @Surreal@programming.dev
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        13•11 months ago

        Bus is, though

        • @bitwaba@lemmy.world
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          6•11 months ago

          More wheels!

      • SaltySalamander
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        4•11 months ago

        But we aren’t really.

        • @sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world
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          2•11 months ago

          We should be.

          • robotica
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            2•11 months ago

            They serve different purposes, what’s wrong with having both bikes and cars? People live outside of cities too, you know

            • @sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world
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              1•11 months ago

              Moving towards something doesn’t imply that cars are being obliterated or banned. Funnily enough, whenever I’m in an unpleasant altercation with a driver, they tend to have plates from far away. If they want to drive their cars out in the country, they can do so - when you’re in a dense urban area (which is the most sustainable way to arrange people), you can park and get on the subway with the rest of us.

          • SaltySalamander
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            0•11 months ago

            I couldn’t if I wanted to. I live 30 miles from my work. No thank you.

    • borari
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      43•11 months ago

      Some of us drive 18-wheeled vehicles.

      • @IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world
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        10•11 months ago

        Some of us drive 48-wheeled vehicles.

        • @profdc9@lemmy.world
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          1•11 months ago

          That’s a lot of wheels. I’d hate to have to inflate all those tires.

    • Liz
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      19•11 months ago

      See here’s where this analogy is perfect. Sometimes a bicycle is the best solution, just like how sometimes a microcontroller is the best solution. You use the tool you need for the job, and American product design is creating way too many “smart” products just like how American town planning demands too many cars. Bring back the microcontroller! Bring back the bike!

    • randombullet
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      6•11 months ago

      I mean we do right?

      Trains are typically 2 x 4 bogies.

      But then high speed rail have fewer wheels due to friction.

    • @Fal@yiffit.net
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      2•11 months ago

      https://youtube.com/watch?v=vmRDcXADnbA

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