Mikko Kotila

Topics: Computing

Can a 12-bit Bit Gate Be a 1-bit Gate Instead?

Y
BIOS
we hardcode all that level of “shift” keys to the BIOS
also
the AND gate to 1-bit example
so basically whenever we see the first 0
we know it’s not 1
the output is not 1
so instead having to go through the entire 12 bit table
we stop at the first one and conclude
but sometimes the first 0 comes later
so could we at the bios level decide
that with AND operations the row that starts with 0 is shown first
and with OR the other way around
which means we ALWAYS deal with gates at 1-bit level

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