Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!jlg From: jlg@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: 4->8->16->32->64? bit micros Message-ID: <18341@lanl.ARPA> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 15:33:13 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.18341 Posted: Wed Dec 19 15:33:13 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 01:40:04 EST References:<280@oakhill.UUCP> <466@intelca.UUCP> Sender: newsreader@lanl.ARPA Distribution: net Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 13 The main problem with 64 bit micros is the pin count on the chip (I am new to this discussion, so please ignore if this stuff has been pointed out before). 32 address lines and 64 data lines already make 96 pins on the chip! Multiplexing these lines only defeats the purpose behind going to 64 bits to begin with. I'm not saying that there will be no 64 bit micros, but they are likely to be bit-sliced machines. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so - Louis Pasteur James Giles