32-bit bit slice?

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Sat Feb 9 16:43:03 2002

Ken Seefried wrote:
>
> Odd questions, perhaps:
>
> Was there ever a commercial 32-bit machine built with 2901s? Other bit
> slice devices?
>
> What is the longest word length machines done in bit-slice?
>
> Is there a practical limit to the word length of a 2901-based machine?
>
> Ken

ISTR, the Chyron character generators were bit slice, 4 each of 4 bit
chips. They were AMD a20??, don't remember the exact number right now.

Gary Hildebrand
Received on Sat Feb 09 2002 - 16:43:03 GMT