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Subject: Re: [motm] Microprocessor trend in analog modules

From: John Mahoney <jmahoney@...>
Date: 2007-10-02

At 08:01 PM 10/1/2007, Paul Schreiber wrote:

>... a family of 16-bit parts priced where
>the 14-bits are now (that is 8 ∗times∗ better accuracy)....

Okay, I'll play the straight man: Aren't 16 bits ∗4∗ times more
precise than 14 bits?

Then again, you said "accuracy", not "precision", so I'm -- ahem -- a
bit confused.
--
john


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