Why we don’t have 128 bit OS or CPUs?
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No real need for them yet. Sixty four bit numbers can hold really huge numbers. And there aren’t many tasks that need bigger numbers. So while eight bit, sixteen bit and thirty two bit CPUs were limited and needed multiple instructions to do things, the current CPUs are capable for most things you want to do. And we have specialized GPU hardware for the things that a general purpose CPU isn’t good at.
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