NSA force CPU makers to limit CPU'S?

It just seems to me that multi-core processors are a waste, when that space could be better used by a single bigger processor core.

Anyone that's ever designed a circuit realizes that redundancy is redundant.  4 processors !/= 4x the power.  Fractional improvements are fractional of what normal should be.

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Christ, try and fucking think about your post before making it. Also, you see my posts "all over the place"? I've made a grand total of maybe 20 posts on /sci/ and none on the other textboards, and none of them were double (or quadruple) posts.

Yes, of course you can emulate a 32 bit processor - or 64 bit processor - with a 2 bit processor; however it comes at a massive loss of performance. However, this DOES NOT WORK IN REVERSE. Just because a 32 bit processor is considerably slower doing 64 bit computations does not mean that a 128 bit processor will be considerably faster doing 64 bit computations. At BEST you can double performance by having it function as a vector processor, but this is very limiting compared to having two 64 bit cores.

Also, with regards to the last of your four post monstrosity - jesus christ I lol'd hard. Did you learn about computer science from a Neal Stephenson novel?

Finally, here's a simple question: How is a 128 bit CPU going to significantly improve performance (not precision; PERFORMANCE) over a 64 bit CPU, other than in the very limited fashion which I have already described? Until you can answer this clearly and logically (ie, not your usual "DUH! MORE BITS HUR HUR"), I will not reply again.