Re: What is an N-bit machine?

MitchAlsup1 <mitchalsup@aol.com> schrieb:

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:40:17 +0000, John Levine wrote:
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I get the impression that we will have 32 bit architectures for a very
long time, since they are smaller and cheaper to implement than 64 bit
and for a lot of embedded applications they are more than adequate.
Examples are ARM Cortex-R4 and -R5, high performance 32 bit realtime
chips.

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Still one hardly needs more than a Z80 to run a toaster, microwave,
stove,
oven, faucet, door lock, refrigerator, ... {{Or basically everything
nobody
ever thought would have/need a computer inside of them}}

I recently read that 6502 processors are still in use in pacemakers.
You just hope that there is no stack overflow...