Processors: why haven’t manufacturers created 128-bit ones?

All the electronics devices: computers, cell phones, tablets, smart TVs, among others, have bit processors, which allows them to fulfill their functions.

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What is a bit?

Bit is derived from the expression “binary digit”, which translates into Spanish as “binary digit”, and refers to a fundamental element within the binary number system, composed exclusively of two possible values: 0 and 1. They are the basis of all information units of digital technology, is ensured on the ‘JVS informatics’ website.

According to the ‘Ionos digital guide’ website, bits represent data consumption and transfer speed in services such as Internet, telephony or streaming, in other words, the bit rate indicates the number of units of information , which are transmitted per second.

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The bits in history

The first processors that were created were 8-bit processors in the 80s. During the 90s, 16-bit processors emerged, which were part of the Intel Pentium processors, the Commodore Amiga and the Super Nintendo console, among others.

These computers internally convert the commands given to them into binary code, an example is that 12 in binary is 1100, and 523 is 1000001011.

Shortly after, 32-bit CPUs appeared; In the new millennium, 64-bit was introduced, but everything stopped there.

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Nowadays, almost all devices such as computers or cell phones have 64-bit processors, only the oldest equipment that is still in use has 32-bit processors.

As explained on the ‘Computer today’ website: “The first commercial computers, in the 80s, used 8-bit processors, this means that they could only work with numbers from 0 to 255, because 256 in binary is 100000000, that is, 9 bits”, it reads.

As technology advanced, more powerful processors were needed, which is why we now have 64-bit processors, which are capable of handling 18,446,744,073,709,55,615 numbers, that is 18.4 trillion GB, or 18.4 Exabytes.

The reason why electronic devices do not have a 128-bit processor is because until now they have not been needed, but large technology companies would surprise in a while by launching it on the market.

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