Why binary and not ternary computing?

Question

Isn\'t a three state object immedately capable of holding more information and handling larger values? I know that processors currently use massive nets of XOR gates and th

Answer 1

Sure but a ternary 'bit' (a tet?) would be more complicated, you'd still be storing the same amount of information, just in base3 instead of base2, and the power if two-state components is the simplicity. Why not just go ahead and make a 10-state base10

Binary computing is related to binary AND, OR and NOT gates, their immense simplicity and ability to be combined into arbitrarily complex structures. They are the cornerstone of literally all the processing your computer does.

If there was a serious case to switch to ternary or decimal then they would. It isn't a case of 'they tried it like that and it just stuck'