Is 8 bits dying?
July 10, 2012
In Mike Barrâs recent article he makes the prediction that 32 bit processors will eventually beat or match 8 bitters. I well remember meeting with an analyst around 1990 who told me with great certainty that 8 bits was dead and everything would be, in the near future, 32 bits.
Reponses to Mikeâs article are interesting and argue passionately for both sides of the issue. Chuck Manning thinks that decreasing 32 bit prices will push down their smaller brethren as well. Iâve made this argument many times in the past. When you can get an 8 bitter for a penny whole new applications will open that we canât imagine today.
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