On 9/28/21 12:15 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > My next computer will be 44 bits, if I ever get the routing timing bugs > out the FPGA > prototype card. I can't change the FPGA vender because I can use TTL > macros like 74181, for TTL bread boarding. > With the 74181 I can have any width I want, thus I can play with odd sizes. > > More I play with my designs, I come to the conclusion that > 32 bits is not ample for a general purpose computer.
64 bits is so, 1960s. How about 128 or 512 bits? Memory and silicon are a lot cheaper than they were back in the day. Why not a variable word length architecture? They were all the rage in the 1950s and 60s. --Chuck