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Ternary logic actually happened - a bunch of Soviet computers used it [1], and it was somewhat faster/more cost efficient, but not decisively so. In the end, t
by Artlav 10y ago
Ternary logic actually happened - a bunch of Soviet computers used it [1], and it was somewhat faster/more cost efficient, but not decisively so.
In the end, the party decided that code compatibility with the west was more important than independent innovation, and the soviet computer industry slowly lost it's charm and died in the late 80s.
Never heard of a ternary computer since then.
[1] http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/setun.htm http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/setun.htm
- mtrn 10y agoAn acquaintance wrote his thesis about Setun and later (2007) published a book about it: http://www.irmielin.org/setun-an-inquiry-into-the-soviet-ternary-computer/ http://www.irmielin.org/setun-an-inquiry-into-the-soviet-ter...