Ternary Computing: Theoretically Better than Binary
Added 2025-10-16 22:00:07 +0000 UTC
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I keep looking at it from an EE perspective: 1) If we use the complimentary systems as both live instead of stress relievers for each other, then we're going to burn out equipment far more quickly. If you have heat problems bad enough to suck up all the water for a town now, imagine... 2) Binary states can have giant buffer zones by voltage. In a 3.3v DC semiconductor circuit, everything from no voltage to 1.75 can be rounded down to zero (off), while 1.76v and well above can be smoothed out to 3.3v (on). A three-way detection circuit in DC would require almost a 555's level of astable circuitry (similar to the resistor clump in from the researchers at Queen's U) for every transistor. It seems like an awful lot of backfill electronics and wiring work just to get the slightest information density nudge.
Dante Blando
2025-10-29 18:13:19 +0000 UTCHe got SUNY right this time, so we must also give credit. Great video!
Dante Blando
2025-10-29 18:04:08 +0000 UTC(pronunciation correction [sorry]): Euler is pronounced "oiler", like a person who oils.
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2025-10-17 00:32:28 +0000 UTCI think the problem is ternary is much harder to reason about. When comparing 2 binary values you only have 4 possible outcomes, with 2 ternary values you have 9 possible outcomes.
Parker Bond
2025-10-16 23:15:05 +0000 UTC
