Everything about 128-bit computing

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: 128-bit computingA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: Commodore 128 assembly language programmingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Go sideways: Quadruple-precision floating-point formatA closely related topic
4. Go sideways: AltiVecA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• No matching papers found.

📚 Books worth reading

• Commodore 128 assembly language programmingMark Andrews · 1986
• 128 machine language for beginnersRichard Mansfield · 1986

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics

• Quadruple-precision floating-point format In computing, quadruple precision (or quad precision) is a binary floating-point–based computer number format that occupies 16 bytes (128 bits) with precision…
• AltiVec AltiVec is a single-precision floating-point and integer SIMD instruction set designed and owned by Apple, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola's…
• 256-bit computing In computer architecture, 256-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 256 bits (32 octets) wide. Also, 256-bit central processing…
• Long double In C and related programming languages, long double refers to a floating-point data type that is often more precise than double precision though the language…
• X86 x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by…
• SSE2 SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2) is one of the Intel SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) processor supplementary instruction sets introduced by…
• Streaming SIMD Extensions In computing, Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) is a single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) instruction set extension to the x86 architecture, designed…
• Power ISA Power ISA is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) currently developed by the OpenPOWER Foundation, led by IBM.…