Binary is a number system that only uses two digits: 1 and 0. All information that is processed by a computer is in the form of a sequence of 1s and 0s. Therefore, all data that we want a computer ...

It is not clear whether the ternary logic chip, which uses a -1, 0 and 1 numerical system instead of the binary 0 and 1 approach used in computing, can be produced on a viable, commercial scale.