'Why did nobody build a 128-bit computer?' — the classic CS ragebait question
abhishekcode42 · x · 2026-11-15
A viral post asks why nobody built a 128-bit computer after 8/16/32/64-bit, which abhishekcode42 calls "computer science ragebait" — a deceptively naive question that baiting endless corrective replies, since doubling word width offers no practical benefit in addressing, power, or cost for general-purpose CPUs.
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