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I’m kind of disappointed that embedded computing was not mentioned. It is the longest running use-case for resource constrained applications and there are cases
by samtho 4y ago
I’m kind of disappointed that embedded computing was not mentioned. It is the longest running use-case for resource constrained applications and there are cases where not only are you using 8-bit bytes but also an 8 bit CPU. BCD is still widely used in this case to encode data to 7 segment displays or just as data is relayed over the wire between chips.
- williamDafoe 4y agoI agree completely! See my answer up above. Only 7 or 8 bits makes sense for a microprocessor, not useful if you cannot store 0-100 in a byte! With ASCII(1963) becoming ubiquitous, the 8008 had to be 8-bits! Otherwise it would have been the 7007 lol ...