CPUs that process 128 bits as a single unit ... One of the reasons for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit computers was memory (RAM) addressing; however, for all practical purposes, there was ...

[Adrian] comments that the BBC Master 128 is a rare 8-bit computer, and we agree — we couldn’t remember hearing about that particular machine, although the BBC series is quite familiar.

Public key cryptography requires complex mathematical operations on very large numbers (from 160 to 4096 bits, or more). The majority of embedded CPUs are limited to operations on 32- and 64-bit ...