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Comment by Aerroon

8 months ago

There are 10^80 atoms in the universe, therefore 266 bits are enough to give each a unique identifier. Due to how computers work maybe we can do two numbers: a 32-bit type or area code and a 256-bit counter. Or perhaps we just combine them into a single 272 or 288 or 320-bit number.

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stackghost  8 months ago

Time for Intel to climb out of the pit by introducing x86_266

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