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From: abc@brl-tgr.ARPA (Brint Cooper )
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: multi-state logic
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Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 18:03:26 EST
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In article <290002@acf4.UUCP> lwe3207@acf4.UUCP (Lars Warren Ericson) writes:
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>  Translation: building a computer with
>N-state logic, N > 2, doesn't buy you anything, because you can use
>the same technology to build a computer with 2-state logic which will
>solve problems just as fast.
>
I don't believe that Shannon addressed the problem of squeezing more
functions on a given area of silicon, however.