This just hit me but with all the processor advancements in the last couple of years, but why don't they increase the data width for processors? e.g. 32 bit, 64 bit
Is it that hard to double the width again? Or is there just no need to? What does the data width even do for a processor? Sorry to rapid fire all those questions it just struck me as we only changed it once.
Is it that hard to double the width again? Or is there just no need to? What does the data width even do for a processor? Sorry to rapid fire all those questions it just struck me as we only changed it once.
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We are such a small market that it is not profitable (but very feasible) for companies to roll out their best stuff right away. What I think they do is create the best that they can, and then scale it back so they can prolong the profitability and to keep their competition still in the game to avoid illegal monopoly issues.
The modern GPUs are not "real" 512 bit processors as they are using that "512 bit" to just run massive amounts of shorter actions in parallel. A true 512 bit processor would be one executing a native fully 512 bit code, which, for most things done on desktop would be a huge waste.
