[Gllug] Fileserver hardware advice

[Christopher Hunter]

On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 23:04 +0000, Martin A. Brooks wrote:

> So, working this logic backwards, an 8 bit CPU would be 4 times faster 
> than the 32 bit one that works just fine for you.

At the hardware level, this is sometimes the case!  I still use 8 bit
hardware for some very speed-intensive PLD-type applications.  16 and 32
bit processors have been proposed, breadboarded and rejected for these
uses. 

Chris


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