jwr1@kbin.earth to Technology@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy we don't have 128-bit CPUswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square123linkfedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down115
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minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoNot true 128 bit. It has 128 bit SIMD capabilities, but that’s about it. Probably mostly because of marketing reasons to show how much better it is than N64 (which also is “64 bit” for marketing reasons). In that case, we’re having 512 bit computers now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVX-512
Not true 128 bit. It has 128 bit SIMD capabilities, but that’s about it. Probably mostly because of marketing reasons to show how much better it is than N64 (which also is “64 bit” for marketing reasons).
In that case, we’re having 512 bit computers now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVX-512