Why not both? There was at least one chip that let you select your endian-ness. (The MIPS R4000). See Wikipedia on Bi-endian machines: https://en.wikipedia.org

Why not both? There was at least one chip that let you select your endian-ness. (The MIPS R4000). See Wikipedia on Bi-endian machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Bi-endian_hardware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Bi-endian_hardware