Re: What is an N-bit machine?

MitchAlsup1 wrote:

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:40:17 +0000, John Levine wrote:
 

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.

 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}}

They are still going to end up with a 32-bit CPU in future products!
Both because that's needed to support a full development environment/ arbitrary languages and because the cost is becoming mostly trivial:
When every single flash/thumb drive has contained a full 32-bit CPU for more than 5 years now, the cost has to be in the cents range.
Terje
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- <Terje.Mathisen at tmsw.no>
"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"