Re:Computer memory prototype ditches 1s and 0s for denser da...
by masswerk on Monday July 17, 2023 @08:20PM
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> We could have three states…
"With the advent of mass-produced binary components for computers, ternary computers have diminished in significance. However, Donald Knuth argues that they will be brought back into development in the future to take advantage of ternary logic's elegance and efficiency."
"With the advent of mass-produced binary components for computers, ternary computers have diminished in significance. However, Donald Knuth argues that they will be brought back into development in the future to take advantage of ternary logic's elegance and efficiency."
(Wikpedia article on ternary computer(s), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer, Donald Knuth's observation is found in The Art of Computer Programming.)