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Discrete "bit slice" ALU chips were common in early IC computers, tackling only a few bits of the ALU each. Hardware designers could chain those together to ge
by white-flame 10y ago
Discrete "bit slice" ALU chips were common in early IC computers, tackling only a few bits of the ALU each. Hardware designers could chain those together to get as wide a hardware ALU as necessary, within the timing constraints.
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