jwr1 to Technology@lemmy.world • 1 year agoWhy we don't have 128-bit CPUswww.xda-developers.commessage-square123arrow-up1293
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minus-square@dlundh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish18•1 year agoDreamcast disagrees. https://www.consoledatabase.com/consoleinfo/segadreamcast/ /s
minus-square@DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoWas that a marketing thing? Because the SH-4 was only 32-bit AFAIK.
minus-squaremagic_lobster_partylinkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoOnly thing I can find is that it has 128-bit graphics-oriented floating-point unit delivering 1.4 GFLOPS. Probably only for marketing reasons. Everyone was desperate not to be worse than N64.
Dreamcast disagrees. https://www.consoledatabase.com/consoleinfo/segadreamcast/ /s
Was that a marketing thing? Because the SH-4 was only 32-bit AFAIK.
Only thing I can find is that it has 128-bit graphics-oriented floating-point unit delivering 1.4 GFLOPS.
Probably only for marketing reasons. Everyone was desperate not to be worse than N64.
Yes.
So cool.