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From: Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What is an N-bit machine?
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 08:19:36 -0000 (UTC)
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MitchAlsup1 <mitchalsup@aol.com> schrieb:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:40:17 +0000, John Levine wrote:
>
>> I get the impression that we will have 32 bit architectures for a very
>> long time, since they are smaller and cheaper to implement than 64 bit
>> and for a lot of embedded applications they are more than adequate.
>> Examples are ARM Cortex-R4 and -R5, high performance 32 bit realtime
>> chips.
>
> Still one hardly needs more than a Z80 to run a toaster, microwave,
> stove,
> oven, faucet, door lock, refrigerator, ... {{Or basically everything
> nobody
> ever thought would have/need a computer inside of them}}
I recently read that 6502 processors are still in use in pacemakers.
You just hope that there is no stack overflow...