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Comparing the millions of man-years that have been poured into 16-bit CPUs and architecturers, gotta suspect that the ROI by sticking with 8-bits would have bee
by 8bitsrule 4y ago
Comparing the millions of man-years that have been poured into 16-bit CPUs and architecturers, gotta suspect that the ROI by sticking with 8-bits would have been a better choice.
More generally, I'd suggest that ten-thousand ants could convey a ton of leaves with much better overal energy-efficiency than using a single pickup truck. ('Relative greenness') Might even be a law of nature!
- tenebrisalietum 4y agoEssentially that's what GPUs are.
- 8bitsrule 4y agoThanks for the tip. Haven't delved into GPU arch. much, guess I never found a good, clear overview.
- treeman79 4y agoIf you like biological computers you may enjoy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Time_(novel) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Time_(novel)
- 8bitsrule 4y agoThanks, sounds great, will need to find that.