[comp.arch] Historical architectural advanc

gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (10/31/90)

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>In article <8139@scolex.sco.COM> seanf (Sean Fagan) writes:
>>Using your fingers to do addition is an incredible performance/price ratio
>>(since price is 0).

Ahhh, but the cost of upgrade from a 10-bit processor to a 12-bit
processor is enormous.