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minus-squareEager EaglelinkEnglish23•5 months agoimagine the nightmare of writing a 65 bit instruction set
minus-square@laughterlaughterlink6•5 months agoI don’t think it has to be a nightmare per se if you start from scratch. Instead of 8-bit bytes, you have 5-bit “bytes” (fyves?) Hoozah! Done.
minus-square@yogurtwronglink1•edit-25 months agoNow imagine designing a 65 bit computer. The bus, registers, alu… You’ll probably waste a lotta chips since most of them are designed for working with powers of 2
imagine the nightmare of writing a 65 bit instruction set
I don’t think it has to be a nightmare per se if you start from scratch.
Instead of 8-bit bytes, you have 5-bit “bytes” (fyves?) Hoozah! Done.
only if double precision can be called high fyves
This is a mandatory rule now.
Now imagine designing a 65 bit computer. The bus, registers, alu…
You’ll probably waste a lotta chips since most of them are designed for working with powers of 2