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In article , (Steven
Swift) wrote:

It is all about time. You can build all the computation blocks with
memory (delay line) and only a few gates; i.e., a few tubes. You make
the tradeoffs word-length/speed/tubes.

Motorola once made a 1-bit microprocessor that worked this way (serial
computation). This was the MC14500.

I don't think the MC14500 exactly took the world by storm, although I
could be wrong. Also I don't believe the MC14500 was intended as a
general purpose computer, I think its intended application was to replace
the relays in relay control ladders.

Regards,

John Byrns

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