Gates was way wrong but I'll stick by my own comment, at least for my
own lifetime. On more reflection I think the comment about the number
of atoms in the universe is likely more true for 128 bits. OK, I guess
there'll be another addressability jump somewhere down the road. But I
don't think I'll be here to see it. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/26/2010 4:31 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>
> Now we're finally at 64 bits and I think that should be the end of the line.
> I think I recall reading somewhere that 64 bits is more than enough to
> enumerate all the atoms in the universe of some other such incredulous
> number.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> That statement seems to be the logical extension of one made by Billl Gates
> about hard drives.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
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