Beyond Binary Computing?

daksis writes "Non base two computing is nothing new. But it is an idea that, for various reasons, never really caught on. Embedded.com is running an op/ed piece that asks if hardware and software engineers are ready to move to ternary or quaternary logic. A move to multi-valued logic provides more computational capability without the standard increase in die size or transistor count. Is the need to make do with the current fabrication technology enough to drive the move to multi-valued logic? Or will Moore's law continue without the need for doing more with less silica based real estate?"

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Re:Nice

[stratjakt]

Babbage's analytical engine? (It did calculus using analog circuits and was as big as yo momma, before the days of the modern computer)

True, false, Sorta true, Sorta false

[The Clockwork Troll]

So now there would be:

• True
• False
• Sorta true
• Sorta false

I don't believe it - is this a case where politics has beaten science in advancing the state of the art?

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[luckyguesser]

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