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The Limits of Microchips
Early chips could only run a limited teeny tiny amount of instructions compared to today before they ran out of room or bits. Early video game consoles like the Atari 2600 or early Nintendo systems, those ran on eight bit chips. The more bits, the better the sound. It means how many in terms of a mathematical equation it's two to the end power.
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