Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxm!gjphw From: gjphw@ihuxm.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: 4 -> 8 -> 8/16 -> 16 -> etc. Message-ID: <934@ihuxm.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 11:36:14 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxm.934 Posted: Wed Mar 21 11:36:14 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Mar-84 01:09:16 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 18 Most people probably know this, but I thought it might be nice to get this into the open. The greatest value for a 64 bit microprocessor chip, as the Japanese have announced an intention to develop, is to the science and engineering communities. IBM and their 32 bit architecture dominate the market because of the needs of business, and the fact that the business end makes the purchasing decision. An IBM mainframe is not particularly well suited for scientific computing, and a 64 bit micro, included in a processor array with floating point support, would be ideal for serious numerical work. Think of it as a CRAY in a breadbox.... -- Patrick Wyant AT&T Bell Laboratories (Naperville, IL) *!ihuxm!gjphw