jwr1@kbin.earth to Technology@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhy we don't have 128-bit CPUswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squaredlundh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoDreamcast disagrees. https://www.consoledatabase.com/consoleinfo/segadreamcast/ /s
minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoWas that a marketing thing? Because the SH-4 was only 32-bit AFAIK.
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months 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
So cool.
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.