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And never 10 bits? All I could find with Google is some recent video processors are 10 bits.

wobmene
– wobmene

2014-01-02 00:07:38 +00:00
Commented Jan 2, 2014 at 0:07
@khrf It's possible, I just can't recall any architecture that had it (I mostly considered general-purpose computers).

Vatine
– Vatine

2014-01-02 12:08:24 +00:00
Commented Jan 2, 2014 at 12:08
Yes, I consider general-purpose computers too. It's strange because I imagine how nice it would be with 10-bits-byte to know that you can address 1 kilobyte with 1 byte, 1 megabyte with 2 bytes, etc. Of course, it's just a caprice on comfort :)

wobmene
– wobmene

2014-01-06 15:03:15 +00:00
Commented Jan 6, 2014 at 15:03

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